CJ Ramone hanging out with celebrities in 1990, wearing a Vision, Mark “Gator” Rogowski t-shirt while one still could…

May 5, 1990, the Ramones played the Mad Monk in Wilmington/North Carolina. In the audience that night were actors Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts, who both fell in love while filming “Flatliners” a few months prior. The hype around Roberts’ latest movie “Pretty Woman” had not started yet, still the couple was recognized by Ramones friend Rick Johnson, who made sure the two would get to meet the band. Soon after, Roberts and Sutherland were welcomed to the Ramones dressing room. As the band got ready for the show, the actress was „intrigued by the alien on my chest“, as CJ recalls, while Sutherland „was laid back and seemed to get a laugh out of he whole scene“.

Head over to our reels to watch CJ remembering his short encounter with Julia Roberts, and learn more about one of his “How the heck did I get here moments”.

Source: Ramones Museum Berlin

Photo: Rick Johnson

If there is a Back To The Future hoverboard reference and it isn’t posted in Skate and Annoy, will anyone hear it? Probably. See: Hoverboard Socks.

Union Surfer skateboards “The Monster” collection photo courtesy of Stanton Hartsfield.

Portland is famous for 2 things in the skateboarding world; Burnside, and these weird, smiling, fez wearing blue poops that somehow learned how to kickflip on skateboards with backward facing trucks.

– Thanks to Colin for the pic.

Walt Disney’s The Beagle Boys #37, published by Gold Key in 1977. This issue does not feature any skateboarding stories or illustrations outside of another sales club advertisement with a Huffy 24″ Action Tail that you can earn as a prize for selling stuff, thus ending the mystery of what boards were in those illustrations, thanks to the plate-of-shrimp lattice of coincidence and my current lack of freelance work.

No, it’s not Tony Hawk in a Depend commercial, if only… Can you imagine? “When you need Extreme®! bladder control…” Nope. It’s just a couple commercials for Qnol health supplements. The commercials are short and to the point, with very little skateboarding. Both shot on location in his warehouse. The marketing materials are amusing in that they quote Tony’s lines from the commercials as if they were casual statements of his and not a script written for him.

Preach! I’d love to credit the source of this image but it’s just being reposted everywhere so I have no idea. Maybe it was Avril Lavigne.

Update: Thanks to a certain “knowitall,” the original creator has been identified as Cat from LaterlOser. You can even get your own.

As part of my continued effort to place Skate and Annoy among the world’s most prominent Skateboarding/MLS crossover sites I present to you this collab between No Comply skateshop and Austin FC. I got beefs. The green looks immature and cheap, especially compared to more pleasing greens with that have a storied history. Second of all, this is essentially a uniform, and you know how much skateboarders love a good uniform…

Super Skate Spray! While sifting through hard drive buried treasures I rediscovered these pics from a 2018 auction, and remembered Super Skate Spray from the Vintage Skatemag Ad Gallery. It came from the Lubri-Kote company in Texas, circa 1976. There does not appear to be a Lubri-Kote anymore, but there is an international Lubrikote company based in India that was founded in 1975. Are they related? Who knows. Maybe Super Skate Spray was so successful that it launched an international lubricating empire…

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has a program aimed at curbing impaired driving called Zero In Wisconsin. Their newest campaign posters can be seen at various rest areas, bus stations, and other locations. These posters feature people engaged in various Extreme!® sports and the tagline “Do this drunk!? That would be Crazy!” At first I was a little bit confused by this, because it almost seems like a suggestion and not a warning. As in, “That WOULD be crazy, let’s try it!” Turns out I’m not the only one. It’s not just a poster, but also a TV commercial, both of which were shot in the bowl at the 4 Seasons skatepark in Milwaukee.

– Thanks to Daminal for the tip.