Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle spotted at the Goodwill in Forest Grove, Or. It was only $1.99 and now I’m regretting that I left it there, but I’m trying to downsize… I think his name is Michelangelo or Andy Warhol, possibly Jackson Pollock or maybe even Robert Indiana.

I forgot to publish this post in 2016, and now you can no longer purchases these pins from No Fit State. Hans Moleman looks tough. That Dragon has to be a reference to Steve Caballero.

I mean, if you’re in the US, or Canada and reading this at the appropriate time. If not, scroll on. Center image from Braille Skateboarding, bad clip art from the places you find bad clipart at.

Photo of a mobile from the Seattle area in 2018 if I recall correctly. Website has since lapsed. There was a line of middle aged guys arguing about donut ledges vs doughnut transitions… Ok no there wasn’t. Sorry, that was the best I could do. Also, that’s a cat towing the skateboarder!

It’s not lame at all! it’s from Last Place Comics by Zack Cranor. 10 panels after the jump, or follow this link. Hey, stop that!

What’s the point of this? Who is spending $169 on an 8″ plastic figure of Harley Quinn, even if it is a limited edition hand-numbered resin cast sculptures based on the art of Ivan Tao? Why is she on a skateboard? Is this tryhard? Ask McFarlane Toys on Amazon.

Any time I go in to a resale or vintage store I make a beeline for the magazines and grab anything from 1965-1966 as well as the random publications from late 70’s. The very first thing I picked up at Vintage on Third in McMinnville was copy of Hot Rod Show World 1978. Despite no obvious association, something about it was calling to me. Sure enough, there was a two page spread on skateboarding, as well as a ton of hot rods and predictably, hot rod women.

The rabbit holes I fall into… A reader sent in a picture inquiring about a 70’s skateboard he found that had a “Jordy” logo screen printed on the bottom. I felt pretty cocksure that I’d be able to track down an old advert or something. It seemed to me to be an English brand, or otherwise European, but boy did I strike out. Well maybe instead I hit a foul ball over the back fence? I did discover a lot of pictures related to an Italian TV show called Striscia la Notizia that is a satirical TV news program. A quick google image search revealed that it’s like the Daily Show with cleavage, and lots of it. I spent hours on this post. Hours… Dive into obscure Jordy-related Italian skateboard history with me, it’s slightly more interesting than you think!

Cleaning out the hard drive… I spotted The book Skateboard Party on a 2017 poster for Battle of the Books at my kid’s school. It’s book two of The Carver Chronicles, by Karen English, Illustrated by Laura Freeman. The book was published in 2015. Here’s the synopsis: Richard can’t wait to show off his flat-ground Ollies at a friend’s birthday party at the skate park, but a note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans. He really meant to finish his assignment on howler monkeys, but he just got . . . distracted. If only he could focus on his schoolwork, he wouldn’t get into this kind of trouble! Can Richard manage to put off getting the note signed (and facing the consequences) until after the party, or will the deception. Just a heads up: The Dead Kennedys do not make an appearance in this book.

This is the Lego Creator 3 in 1 Retro Roller Skate set (#31148). The deal with these sets is that they come with one set of pieces that you allegedly use to build 3 separate items, but not at the same time. A lot of times these sets are more architectural in nature and the builds work better together. Two of these build options look pretty good, unfortunately, the skateboard is not one of them. I guess it technically, if only vaguely looks like a skateboard. I wonder if those pink wheels don’t fit in this configuration, it seems like it would look better with them on.