I thought Gashapon was the brand name but it turns out that’s what the Japanese call those little vending machines that you can buy miniature toys from. More or less in the style of what we’d call gumball machines in the US. This is the Little Boarder set, and like the advert says, Anything goes, little boarder! Indeed, these are just tiny skateboard figures attached to mostly unrelated food items.

So far this is only the second appearance of Woody Woodpecker on Skate and Annoy, but it’s a big one. It started how these things usually start, an innocent glance at an auction item or an old forgotten file saved on a hard drive. Instead of just a puzzle, this time we’ve got PVC figures, plastic fast food toys, alarm clocks, animation cells, skateboards, and a comic book.

There’s so much “skateboard art” out there these days that they don’t really warrant their own post anymore. Jeanne Drevas’ work definitely caught my eye when I spotted it in a local gallery. There’s something much more tactile about these that made me want to pick them up and examine them. Somehow they reminded me of some of the funky chunky toy aesthetics of the 70’s. I originally saw these in 2016, and of course, sat on my pics until now. Skateboard-based art was just a phase for Jeanne, a phase that lasted from 2016-17. Leave it to me to wait 10 years to post this. The gallery is gone now, but I think she’s still making art though.

Check out this newspaper advert for Vita-Pakt and Hobie skateboards. At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking this was from the 70’s, but might think this is from the 70’s, but the publication date is actually July 14th of 1968! This ad ran in the comics section of a newspaper. Which newspaper? I don’t know. Ebay sellers don’t like to reveal that because then you could just try to find the whole paper or magazine for less than the selected page they are selling. Check out Surfer Today if you’re interested in how Vita-Pakt and Hobie teamed up to manufacture skateboards in the 60’s. Keep reading if you want to see the advert.

Laugh Comics Volume 2, #6 was published in 1988. There’s no skateeboaridn on the cover, unless you count the teaser: “The mighty Archie Art Players star in the suspense thriller ‘Skateboard Scandal’.” And what is that scandal? Someone is sabotaging all the skateboards in Britain in a James Bond parody starring Archie as James Bland and Betty as Miss Henny Penny. Veronica is the Bond-girl (Bland Girl) Lord Cedric’s daughter Pamela. There’s also an ad for Archie posters (he’s on a skateboard in one of them) and an Olympic Sales Club ad where you can earn a Variflex skateboard.

More socks from Sock it To Me, This time instead of a Gnarly Gnome, we’ve got a cool guy banana wearing sunglasses and riding a skateboard, AKA “Peeling Out.”

Do you miss the carefree days full of wearing sunglasses and skating down the halls? We say go bananas! But, maybe try out these banana socks before going out and buying that skateboard.

I feel like I could have done better. How? Listen, these guys didn’t hire me when I applied for a job over a decade ago, so I’m not going to give it up for free. I’m not holding a grudge. At least nothing that a free pair of socks wouldn’t fix…

4 years ago I went somewhere and cycled through the San Diego airport. There were a handful of skateboard sightings in the airport, ranging from displays in the shops, a restaurant, and some tourism focused electronic signage on the wall. I was trying to link the post about Tony Hawk’s restaurant to this post, but it turns out I never made this post, until now. These are photos from 2022, so who knows if these are still there. Someone made it point to highlight that San Diego has a history of skate culture, as if that is some sort of big tourist attraction. I mean, it is for me…

I bought this comic when it originally came out in 1987, but I have no recollection of where I found it. I wasn’t frequenting comic book shops at the time, so it’s a bit of a mystery to me. Skate Slate #1 has a glossy color cover and 32 pages of black and white illustrations inside. There are 3 main stories and a couple random pages that include character profiles, and ad for a Slate Skate t-shirt, and a call to submit your artwork. It was part of (well the entirety of) the Hot Shot Comix imprint out of Lexington, KY. It appears to be the only title or issue ever produced.

It’s 2026 and the gift of Gratuitous Tony Hawk keeps on giving. Novecientos Grados by Tony Hawk opened in the San Diego airport in fall of 2025. Novecientos Grados translates to 900 steps (degrees, probably), and Tony hawk translates into $$. Skateboarding decor, ramps hanging from the ceiling, wheels on the walls! Extreme!™®©. What’s up readers? Too buys with your tik-toks and your what’s-apps to send an old-timey email to your grandpa at Skate and Annoy to let us know? This tip came from former S&A editor Neil McDougall.

This one reminds me of the semi-recent auction of the Nash Girl shirt. $14 for an old Skate and Annoy sticker? It is 19 years old… OG? You’d have to back to maybe 86 or 87, and those stickers were photocopied in sticker paper. I’m half tempted to “sell one like this” and list them for $2 shipping included. What exactly is a Z84A? It shows up in a lot of auction descriptions and the closest meaning Google can find is the medical code Z84 which indicates a family history of skin decease. Maybe Z84A indicates a family history of skinning people with overpriced skate memorabilia. I thought I might still have a stack of a hundred or so of these in my basement, but I only have a handful. In any case, be prepared to be blinded by my opulence.

– Thanks to Seth Grossman for the tip.