I found the Whamo-O Wheelie Bar in my quest to over-document anything with a tenuous or strange relationship to skateboarding. I couldn’t find a clear picture of the apparatus that appeared to be made out of a sissy bar with a skateboard truck attached to it. Fortunately for me, and you dear readers, John Drummond (aka Livmo) is obsessed with skateboards and old Schwinn bicycles. He had turned to that modern day equivalent of the Smithsonian known as old auctions on eBay. From his hard drive to mine, I bring you photographic evidence of the Wham-O Wheelie Bar, which is indeed made with Super Surfer wheels and Chicago trucks. Now there’s a brand name (Chicago Trucks) that someone ought to resurrect.

OK, I’m on thin ice as far as relevance goes here, but this concept car design looks like a skateboard, at least until you fold the rumble seats up. It’s not the first concept car to do so. [Source: Jalopnik]

This is a true story. We’re potty training our oldest kid who is not yet three. When we know we can watch him, we let him wear regular underpants – well, at least if you can call tighty whiteys covered in cartoon characters “regular.” After a particularly successful day full of positive reenforcement, we went for a ride in the van. From the back seat we hear my son telling me ” I have pee pee.” We tell him it’s ok to go right now because he’s wearing a diaper. He’s having a little trouble grasping the situation, so we talk about it. After a short break he asks “Where is my pee pee?” to which we reply without thinking it through “It’s in your weiner.” Yes, that’s what we’re calling it. Now don’t ask me what kind of drugs my son was on, but these were his next words. “My pee pee is in my wiener? Is it having fun? Is my wiener riding a skateboard?” I kid you not. Anyway, here’s the image I came up with to illustrate this post. From the Hot Diggity Dog Collection. Dachshund figurine titled “Real Weenie.” This wiener dog wears his cool…

If you think Tony Hawk has the market cornered on skateboarding birthday paraphernalia, well, he does. but there’s always room at the top… of the cake. Har, har. Shoot me.

Perfect for the Ryan Sheckler’s in your life: A Must For Teenage Skate Boarding Fanatics ! Is it a skate board…………. no it’s a Mirror ! For those who like the quirky side of life, try our skate board mirror… to be admired but definitely not to be ridden! It costs £110.00, and at today’s exchange rate, it can be yours for about $215.

Expanding on an idea already in practice elsewhere, designer Kris Lovett has made some heeled shoes for women out of used skateboard decks. He/she has put a battle of the sexes spin on it, although the irony of making heeled shoes for women out of the discarded waste of a traditionally male dominated past time surely must have occurred to Kris. I guess they aren’t high heels. Maybe someone will make a corset out of skateboards next. Used skateboard decks continue to pile up due to the production of over 100,000 decks per month in the United States alone. Reply explores this material waste stream as a resource for women’s shoes. By utilizing the overall shape and material properties found within the deck, the women’s shoe takes on an interesting aesthetic quality. This project is also a reapplication of waste skateboard decks in an unexpected way. By taking a movement-based leisure product mainly utilized by males, a creative method of reuse is reapplied to a movement-based market for Eco-conscious women. Pictures archived after the jump, but you really should see them at KrisLovett.com. [Source: NOTCOT.org]

Nothing proclaims your love for a sport more than your desire to surround yourself in accoutrements adorned with symbols of your passion. If you can’t be killing the coping at a particular moment, you might as well be killing your lungs with a skateboard-themed lighter.

Like shooting fish in a barrel: MF: What’s your perspective on fitness for skateboarding? I skate a lot with my shirt off, so working out has always been important to me. I almost have as much fun working out as I do skating. And seeing your body change, and seeing yourself get bigger and more toned and cut, makes a big difference in how you feel about yourself. As of right now I’m working out three times a week and it’s fun. Check out the full Ryan Sheckler interview as part of 2008’s 25 Fittest Guys in America in Men’s Fitness magazine. – Thanks to Larry Pescatore for the tip, but don’t ask Larry what he’s doing trolling Men’s Fitness.

Cause he gets fan mail, and he really, really reads it. Fan mail, and he really really needs it. I sent you my letter now I want a reply. You don’t know any better so you won’t take your time with my fan mail Name that slightly altered tune for a valued Noprize. (Everyone I know is disqualified.) This picture of Grover was sent in by an adoring fan, and he’s got more than one. Hell, since I’m wasting one of the precious few posts we have left before we hit 2000 (!) – We might as well have a GVK photo contest. The best Grover collage submitted will win an actual prize, maybe a skateboards or some wheels or some miscellaneous (and useful) items we have laying around. Oh, and of course, a signed glossy publicity photo of the Doctor himself. Complete rules and a source file of Grover you can grab after the jump. (- Thanks to Kevin Kotrell for this one.) UPDATE: CONTEST HAS ENDED – VOTE HERE

Yes, you know the type. Hanging out here all he time instead of skateboarding… Oh wait. That’s me. These shots were taken in late 1999 with an early consumer digital camera. The lighting is kind of crappy. It’s battery powered, and the troll stands on a turntable set into the skateboard that spins as the it rolls. Hence the name “Turn 360°” Whee! I hate those little troll dolls. This one is about 8 inches tall if I remember correctly. It was annoying enough just to open these images, I’m not about to go dig around for it in the boxes of my basement.