D.I.Y. – Page 25 – Skate and Annoy

Oregon Parents

Some parents buy kits to assemble swing sets and sandboxes for their kids. Things in Oregon are a little different. I was at a BBQ this weekend where the dad had built a small mini ramp and a rock climbing wall on the outside of his wife’s studio almost entirely made from salvage lumber. This […]

Indian burial grounds

Sometimes when digging starts on a construction project, assorted archeological artifacts are uncovered that demand shutting down the site while experts in academia and tribal leaders argue it out to determine the historical significance and rightful “owners” of human remains. Archeologists in Oregon recently puzzled over a ceremonial structure uncovered while expanding community services at […]

Skateboard Project

A first glance at the web site for Penn State Industries makes it look like the company exists solely to supply a burgeoning cottage industry of making wooden pens. No, I’m not kidding! Hidden among the woodworking projects are two skateboard kits. Skateboard Project Kit. Here’s a chance for you to make “awesome” custom skateboards. […]

Pressing concerns

Are you pressing your own skateboard blanks with a vacuum press? If you are looking for a little less labor intensive method of constructing a mold, Ted over at Thin Air Press, home of the Roarockit has posted a lengthy set of illustrated instructions on how to make your own custom mold out of foam […]

Strongest of the Strange – Pontus Alv – 2005

Strongest of the Strange from Pontus Alv, circa 2005. The video was filmed from 2002 to 2005, and is the handy work of Pontus Alv. This is one of my all-time favorite skate videos. It seems like they really put a lot of energy and time into the skating/filming/editing. Its not only long, but its […]

Dinosaurs + Robots

Look a picture of old skateboard wheels! Internet denizens Mark Freuenfelder and Mr. Jalopy Have teamed up to create a pdf ‘zine called D+R Dispatch. I saw it on BoingBoing where you can get the details and download the two part ‘zine.

Ineffective Blatant Localism

Apparently all you have to do is ask. These images are from last weekend. According to our anonymous source, a surf shop gave up the location with only a slight runaround. Come to think about it, that’s the same way I found out about the Nude Bowl as a youth visiting from the Midwest. I […]

SOTW 1-14-08: Minnesota DIY spot

This is Cookie phot of BJ is from a Minnesota DIY spot, sent in by William Morrill. Whats up dudes, just contributing a photo of a front hurricane @ a spot me my friends made in Minnesota. Its a fun quarter with some vert and hand made pool cope. You can drink beers and sk8 […]

Graveside

I don’t know anything about this project. Mark Scott gave me these photos and said I could post them. It’s a renegade project but it looks like it gets a lot of visitors.