I scoured Target and Walgreens to look for skateboarding themed Valentines Day cards and came up empty handed this year. The Portland Mercury ran a gag with fake Valentines cards that included this one. I have to say I didn’t even know what a polycule was, so I had to look it up. Bowl of keys is all you need to know. – Thanks to MC for the pic.

Skateboarding is officially dead at Target. It’s just basketballs in the skateboard aisle at the Jantzen Beach location in Portland. I couldn’t find any skateboards, not even misplaced in another location. The upside is that there weren’t any scoters or inline skates either.

Time for another PDX airport post. This poster is in one of the revolving doors at departures, maybe others too. Shop local, at the airport I guess.

OK folks, after a crash course in Fiinal Cut Pro, here it is. It could be tightened up some but then againI I’d still be working on it and you would’t be able to watch it. Hopefully these will come out more frequently than Found in A Box Theater.

Season !1, episode 20 of Bob’s Burgers is called Steal Magazine-olias. In the episode the kids steal some magazines from Dr. Yap’s waiting room and get busted. Gene is partial to one called “Now That’s Cool!” that has cover featuring a teenager on a skateboard. I couldn’t;t find a still of this anywhere, so what you get is my cell phone snap and the accompanying moire. This episode originally aired on May 9th, 2021. Bob’s Burgers has featured skateboarding in at least episode more prominently.

With a price of $80 (!) I thought this might be something special but it turns out that “Rara Bambola Skateboard Girl Vintage Anni 80 Avventura Daisy Tanya Hong Kong Nuova!” just translates to “Rare Vintage 1980S Skateboard Girl Doll, Daisy Tanya Adventure, Hong Kong, Brand New!” I did a little digging and couldn’t find anything rare, (or anything else) about it. The seller may be trying to past off as Dashing Daisy related, but it doesn’t get close to rising to that level of quality. It’s not Barbie’s little sister Skipper, nor Skipper’s friend Fluff, or even Cool Times Ken. It’s maybe a step above Skateboard Action Teen but I think it’s just another entry in a long line of cheap Barbie knockoffs. On the plus side, it does have “rooted hair and vinyl head.” Made in Hong Kond, labeled in English, but someone in Italy thinks they are worth a lot. What’s Tanya got to do with it?

As seen on the U.S. Dept of Justice web site. Tony Hawk is one name I did not expect to see. To cut off any unwarranted accusations, if he was there to get married, he wouldn’t be there for the illegal activities. Those wedding day pictures are probably ruined though. – Thanks to Bobcat for the tip.

Archie 361 looks a little 90’s but it’s actually dated October 1988. There’s a wind-skating cover and a brief bit of skateboarding in one of the stories. On the inside cover there’s an advert with an illustration of a kid holding a skateboard and wearing an M&Ms shirt you can order. There’s also a “Mini Frog” prize you can earn in an Olympic Sales Club ad. Boss shot of Barney dressed up as a new-wave punker while trying to steal Fred Flintstone’s Pebbles cereal.

Skate Wizards is a role playing game in the vein of D&D but extremely simplified and a lot funnier. Our friend MC picked up a copy at Dark Future on Sandy blvd in Portland and brought it to the mini-ramp session last night. No, we didn’t break out into a spontaneous game in the middle of the flat, but we’re defiantly going to give it a… wait for it… roll. I played D&D in my younger years and with my kids, so I was definitely intrigued. I started digging around a little, and the more I saw, the more excited I got.

How long will it be before AI robs us of hilarious translations for cheap Chinese products? It’s entirely possible that “Interactive fun happy parent-child time” makes sense. There’s always “It is not easy to swing even in situations of eccentricity or weight change” to fall back on. I love that the top graphic on this coaster board is a happy dinosaur riding a skateboard. This mostly looks like a good way to hurt a small child. If you want to hurt a small child you can buy one of these on Amazon. The product title includes “skateboard” but the description has a more catch name, a rebalancing board.