California Fresh Eggs pin. Vintage, but from when? The visor and skateboard would suggest late 70’s early 80’s and the seller appears know nothing.

Happy New Year to all you readers and supporters of Skate and Annoy. In the past, I’ve made promises about enhancements coming to to the site, some lofty, some vague. This year however, I am promising more of the same old shit. This photo of a sofa or bed or whatever in the bottom of the bowl was texted to me way back in 2012 as part of a group message, and I have no idea who it is from. You might also notice that this “Happy New Year” post was made on January 5th. I promise to keep up the same excellent standard of reporting on skateboard culture in 2015.

This commercial for the 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander GTV features two interesting things; A mother nagging her son to wear his helmet and a soundtrack by The Faction! I would have been more amazed by this had it not been for the fact that bands like the Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, and the Buzzcocks have already appeared (via soundtrack) in commercials. Actual skate rock for a skateboarding scene in a commercial? I guess that is unexpected.

[Source: Ispot.tv – via Doc SkateRock]

Wrapping paper from the Netherlands featuring Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) companion known as Zwarte Piet (Black Pete).

– Thanks to Matthijs for the pics.

I hope everyone gets the skateboard they asked for for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, or whatever you celebrate. This is a still from a short sequence in a new animated Christmas special called Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas.

Santa rides a skateboard on the cover of Holiday Sound Effects, released in 2003. It includes the rare track “Drunks in bar!” This gem of a CD can be yours for as low as $4. You know, in case you want to set up the X-mas equivalent of a Halloween haunted house.

To me, no matter how cool (or skateable) this house looks on the inside, I would not be able to get over the wasted space and awkward appearance from the street. Takeshi Hosaka Architects.

[Source; Dezeen] – Thanks to MC for the tip.

Empty, anxiety, surprise, encouragement. All of these emotions can be found in these Eurosport station identity spots from 2011. You can watch just the skateboarding bit, but if you have a bit of time to kill you might enjoy some of the overly enthusiastic, awkward english voiceovers featured in the behind the scenes clip. It’s almost like watching an english language release of a Japanese cartoon, except filled with marketing talk.

– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

Station ID for France 3, one of France’s state owned television channels. It actually dates back to 2013, and so French readers, I’m disappointed in you for not letting me know earlier.

– Thanks to Nick Dawson for the tortue de la planche à roulettes.

A trip to the toy store almost never disappoints when looking for Skate and Annoy fodder. One of the Kryptonics license holders makes some plastic skateboards that are near Penny board quality, the wheels have decent bearings and they spin quite freely. The trucks are tight, but they have a little room to loosen built in already. The deck design, namely the kicktail and off-putting concave could be better, but it’s not an abomination. At $40, you could do worse when shopping for a beginner who just wants to roll. (UPDATE: Looks like a Mojo Pahse III) Then there’s this Disney character board with Jake and the Neverland Pirates that appears to be molded in one piece, trucks included! Almost ready to ride right off the injection molding machine, just add bearings and wheels.