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laser etched skateboards

Laser Etched Skateboards (coming to a mall kiosk near you?)

Seven is an art exhibition of laser etched skateboards. Refill Magazine is the show’s sponsor. Their press states it’s a new technology but the Laser etching process predates pospsicle shaped skateboards. Right now the web site is mostly coming soon and only has a handful of examples. Since you have to sit through an animation and they don’t stand still for long, we’ve pulled a few off in static form after the jump. Legendary skateboard artist Jim Phillips is the only industry affiliated person on the contributors list so far. [Source: Freshness]

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patrujo's photos

I went to art school and all I got was Patrujo envy.

Let this be a lesson to you all! Don’t leave a comment unless you are prepared for us to link to your bitchin’ art. Check out Patrujo’s photos on Flickr. There is a skateboard category, of course, which is my excuse for linking to the larger body with some of his more interesting work. Most of it has a humorous element present, and you know how we like a sense of humor over here. It’s guys like this that make me feel like a dick when I look at the stuff I post. Patrujo, I’d like to host a guest gallery of your skateboarding shots on Skate and Annoy if you are up for it. Others have accepted the same offer before, but they never seem to follow through. Come on skate photogs, let’s get some guest galleries happening. Don’t forget to check out Patrujo’s photos.

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They did everything for us.

Back in the USSR, they did everything for us.

Once again proving that a government publication is more fun with a picture of a skateboard, the headline on this Russian poster loosely translates to They did everything for us. Are we doing anything for them? “They” meaning Russian World War 2 veterans, and “Us” meaning the current young generations in Russia. Basically, the poster wants Russians to take care of their war veterans. There are no other details available, my guess is this was made during the 80’s. You can view the whole poster after the jump. [Source: Flickr]

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History Lesson – Accept No Substitutes indeed.

If you checked out the Skateboard Fieber site for earlier Made for Skate shows, they used this image to promote the show and I just wanted to point out the 1975 image by Jim Evans that the poster image is ahem… paying homage to. Cadillac Wheels ad – back cover of Skateboarder Magazine Volume 2 Number 4. Yeah I know, they modernized the image by referencing stencil graffiti, and vert skaters don’t understand modern street skating.

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sport life gum advert

Projected skateboarders don’t cause bomb scare.

Sure, some guerilla marketing tactics can get you into trouble. Others, not so much. Take this video footage of skateboarding being projected on buildings from a moving van. It makes it look like a guy is skateboarding down the street or along the roof tops and ledges of second story buildings. This projection trick has been done before on subway trains, but for art, not money. The skateboard projection is for a gum called Sportlife, Holland’s equivalent of Gatorade Gum (yuck!), proving Americans aren’t the only ones trying to jump on the Extremeâ„¢ bandwagon. Catch the video and more after the jump. [Source: Ninjawax.com]

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Skategirl

SkateGirl

SkateGirl is a one hour long documentary about the movement of professional women’s skateboarding. There is a showing of SkateGirl on February 3rd in Vancouver BC’s Antisocial shop, but it’s not on their web site right now. Update: It’s up now. Susanne Tabata is in your extended network is the director. You can check out a clip after the jump. [Source: Skull Skates]

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Made for Skate

German skate shoe fetish

When I saw some of these pictures I thought, geez, for an exhibit on skateboarding, there sure does seem to be an overemphasis on shoes. maybe the source (kick-fiend.com) should have been the tip off. That’s when I realized it actually was an exhibit on skate shoes called Made For Skate put on by the volks at Skateboard Fieber. Translation: The folks at Skateboard Fever in Germany. They are the group that brought us the Claus Grabke Retrospektiv. It strikes me as kind of funny, the thought of people looking a t a bunch of old, worn out and smelly shoes just because people skate in them. That’s OK I guess. Some people are into shoes and some are into Claus Grabke.

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Skateboard furniture

Aaaaaaay! Sit on it Potsy!

More overpriced skateboard based furniture, but don’t take our word for it: Skede-tuoli on saatavana nahkapäällysteisenä tai pelkistetyn teräksisenä. Tuolissa käytetään harjattua, ruostumatonta terästä. Se on saatavana yksivärisenä beigenä ja mustana. Tikkauksissa vaihtoehtoina ovat beige-beige, musta-musta, musta-beige ja musta-pink. Uh, yeah. Available from Tunto Designs for 800 – 1050 € which is about in the $1000-$1400 range according to GoCurrency. If that’s not already too expensive for you Mr Warbucks, don’t forget you’ve got to pay for shipping from Finland. You can get it in plain steel, leather upholstered or without the skateboard even. Although, if you are going to go to Finland to get a chair, you might as well get the deck from the Finnish company Control as well. Looks a little forced and not-so-elegant to me. A couple more pics after the jump. [Source: PadStyle ]

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Spring fashions!

Andrew’s Custom Skateboarders Rule Designs. Damn, I may have to buy all four. CafePress will put anything you want on a tshirt.

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COTR

Children Of The Revolution

If you’re in the Portland area you need to come to this event at Audio Cinema on Saturday January 6th beginning at 3:00 pm. It’s called “Children Of The Revolution”. There are a bunch of great bands playing throughout the day as well as new artwork being exhibited by local and national artists.

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