Spotted somewhere in eastern Oregon during the post inaugural voyage of Grover’s new video camera. I hear there’s a new GVK around the, uh, corner. Enlarge-o-rama. Oh yeah, for the sake of the search engines. This is a billboard with a skateboard, advertising U.S. Cellular 3G coverage. It looks like they were kind of going for a retro look withthe board style, white pants and blue boat shoes, but the effect is kind of ruined by the modern cars in the background. I apologize for the lame post title.

The recycled skateboard material arms race is heating up. People use them to make art, pens, wallets, stools, lamps, office dividers, shoes, and yes, jewelry. There isn’t much being done with used wheels. I believe someone is using manufacturing wheels with recycled post consumer urethane, I’ll have to hunt that down. In the meantime, here’s a video from Portland’s own Maple XO, featuring Lindsay Jo’s earrings made from recycled skateboard wheels.

I don’t know much about this possibly diamond encrusted Bart Simpson pedant found over at the DJ Mobeatz blog, except that it’s attached to a free download for a fabulous hip hop track by Gucci Mane. It’s so great I can’t stand to listen to it.

– Thanks to Chris Gannon for the tip.

Tim Ravins spotted this truck from Idaho Milk Transport all the way in Portland. I wouldn’t have thought we would need to go all the way to Idaho to get milk,. Makes you think about your food supply chain. I think the guy on the board is Gene Brice, one of the owners, who does not actually skate. I asked these guys about the skateboard in the logo and it turns out it was just a gag that someone drew for fun.

Andrew Lewicki is at it again. In addition to gold plated grind rails and walnut launch ramps, he’s made a thing called y=x². The formula is approximated in the transition of the ramp, and you’ll notice the stairs to the deck can’t actually help you get anywhere. I admire his work conceptually, but I have to think he’s playing to an extremely limited subset of both the art world and the skateboarding world. Still, it tickles a part of my brain just knowing that someone goes through the trouble and expense to actually construct these items. Then again it tickles a different part of my brain thinking about the fact that all that wood has been wasted approximating a structure that can’t be skated.

– Thanks to Kelly Robertson for the tip.

[Source: MROD]

French Vogue, as spotted on Jezebel. Scantily clad models posing shots of roughing up dudes. In this case, Dewitt Cannon. I can’t see any of the accompanying text well enough to read what the point is.

– Thanks to Eric Cherry for the tip.

Somebody was questioning the usage of a Smokey Robinson and the Miracles tune for Rion Linderman’s recent video, but it made perfect sense. It was “My Girl” and Rion had just gotten married. Our Dutch office ( Thanks Matthijs ) turned up a picture of Smokey Robinson on an actual skateboard. It’s the cover of Going to a Go-Go, and it dates back to 1965. I can’t find a vinyl copy of this anywhere for less than $38 bucks, but it looks like it’s been released in an expanded edition on CD. Somewhere out there is a garage sale with this record and my name on it.

[Source: Flickr]

Sportlife Vibes is not the name of an adult film, but rather some European, possibly Dutch gum and or mint. There’s a TV commercial and a web site. I have no idea what they are saying. Maybe Sportlife Phibes is the name of the unfinished Dr Phibes sequel. All hail Vincent Price.

UPDATE: English version of a commercial after the jump.

– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

The Skateboard Bandit may have been busted. I don’t know, this guy looks like kind of a putz. I’m disillusioned. Did I mention I met the Choir Boy Bandit?

– Thanks to Eric Cherry for the tip.

P.S. Still buzzed from the earlier post. (Update: Obviously, I forgot to include the link.)

Well, you know. This is the age after Jackass. Apres Jackass, if you will. It’s entirely socially acceptable to have a commercial with a naked dude skateboarding in it. At least I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say the guy is naked and not just wearing a flesh colored speedo (and a transforming Eastpak backpack suit.) I’m loaded as I type this. A DVR, an episode of Mad Men and a couple leftover bottles of rum is all it takes. This is an advertisement for Eastpak backpacks that features skateboarding and a naked dude. Get some!

– Thanks to Boh Ipoh for the tip.