It’s Messi World

HUGE NEWS that Lionel Messi is coming to MLS and joining Miami FC. How huge is it? Even the skateboarding sites are talking about it. OK, this one is at least. How bizarre is it that the world’s most famous sport celebrity is wearing a skateboard related shirt on TV during an interview? Well it […]

Republican’s, Meat and Skateboarding

“All life is a blur of republicans and meat!” is a a well loved saying by Zippy the Pinhead. This particular rendition of it is uncharacteristically clumsy from whoever worked on the layout for this postcard in Bill Griffith’s online merch store.

Skateboard mogul’s Fort Worth home hits the market for $2.9 million

This house in the Westover Hills neighborhood of Fort Worth Texas was designed and built for Charles Nash III, the founder of Nash Skateboards, and yet somehow there are no transitions in this pool. – Thanks to Justin Seng for the tip. Source: WFFA.com P.S. Thanks for adding me to the group. I just found this […]

Archie Laugh v2 #16: What if?

This is Laugh comics #16 from the second Laugh series that ran between 1987-1991. It looks to be a bit of a sendup on the movie 9-5 but that was released in 1980 and the publication date of Laugh #16 is 1989. I suppose that movie could have been lingering in the pop culture zeitgeist […]

Red Bull and Old Dogs

Red Bull unleashes (get it??!!) a tired cliche in this recent TV commercial. You can teach an old dog new tricks.

Charlie Brown’s All Stars!

Charlie Brown’s All Stars! (CBAS) originally aired on June 8, 1966. I’m not sure if it ever made it to VHS, but the first DVD release I’m aware of was from 2009. While watching “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown” over the weekend on Apple TV+ I dug around a little and found CBAS was available too. […]

A Future That is/was Totally Wireless, Totally Rad

Travel way back with me to… 2001, a virtual space odyssey. Oh to live back in those halcyon days, when the future promised to be totally wireless and 3D! Come with us on a magical journey to explore Skateboard Blitz, the MGA Electronics VR3D™ game. It has True Color! – Thanks to Adam Jett for […]

The Osmonds. Glaven…

Old Steve Grover (Remember GVK?) texted me from Puerto Rico to let me know the 70’s channel was playing a video of the Osmonds on skateboards while singing “Do You Know The Way To San Jose?” Tracking down the video was a piece of cake, but because of the lazy nature of the internet, there […]

Pep #331 and “Tide Ride”

Pep #331 (November 1977) features a one page story with Archie skateboarding titled “Tide Ride,” as well as a Youth Opportunity Sales Club ad in which you can earn a skateboard by selling 16 boxes of greeting cards.