Birth Day Grinch: Video proof of a skateboarding caveman. A man so old carbon dating can not determine his age.

Happy Birthday, Dude!

Yeah, sorry this has turned out to be Portland event central for the past few days at SNA. I had other plans but you know what they say about the best laid plans and opinions, or is that assumptions? Errrr, yeah. There’s one skate art show (Hecklewood’s Board Pushers) and one skate art auction for charity (Complete Skate) both happening Thursday December 4th in Portland. One of these days someone is actually going to ask me to take part in one of these instead of just posting about it. Hey skateboarding community! I went to art school. I’m an artist! UPDATE: The Complete skate event is just a showing, the auction takes place online.

Ok then, here it is. The Burnside Benefit going down a the same time as the Bacon vid. Live bands and such at a bar, this event should go on much later if you want to hit both. Flyer after the jump.

Bacon is premiering their new video titled Raw Dog and Falafels. Which reminds me: I at one of those middle-eastern pita sandwiches once, and boy did I FALAWFUL! Thank you! Don’t forget to tip your waitress.

But seriously folks. The premier is Friday at DOS and they’ve rented out the bowl so the skating is free and so is the product from Bones and Lowcard. Details after the jump. I think there might be a conflict with a Burnside benefit, but nobody sent in anything so I don’t know for sure. Did I mention Bacon is one of the sponsors of this site?

A tip of the hat to my old friend Don Gerard, from whom I have been stealing the falafel joke for the past 20 years.

NW largest ALL FEMALE skate competition
December 13th at Skatebarn in Renton, WA.
All ages, all abilities
Skate clinic for beginners
$300 cash purse for advanced
Ramp Jam (Gentlemen welcome!)
Live art and live music
Gals coming out from Vancouver BC, Oregon, and California (including X-games medalists).
Pre-registration and more info available at www.skatelikeagirl.com. Flyer after the jump.

Remember when Wisconsin boy Zach Kral destroyed that pasty faced Dutch kid’s old world record? Well, some other kid beat him again, and I kind of lost interest in the whole thing. That is, until Zach broke it again last week (on his 14th birthday) at the 4 Seasons Skatepark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I love the midwest (as long as I’m not there in the winter) and this was as good an excuse as any to re-use a good graphic. The new record, according to the folks at Guiness is 1,546 consecutive kickflips. Under their rules, no body part can touch the ground at all. Dang, I should have lumped this together with the other Guiness record post. Everyone seems to be slow in updating, even his father!

We’ve got some shots of the newly finished Dreamland creation in Harrisburg, Oregon skatepark courtesy of Ryan Hass. It’s a 10,000 square foot facility, which is roughly three square feet per citizen of Harrisburg! It’s set to open on Sunday December 7th at 2:00pm. The location is on the south side of Smith Street, between the fire station and 6th Street.

I missed posting this in time, but apparently Rockwell Park in Bristol, Connecticut opened on Sunday. It’s an 18,000 SF street plaza and bowl built by California Skateparks. It’s open 24-7, no fee to skate and bike-free as well. ESPN was supposed to throw a party.

– Thanks to Bill Helene for sending in these pre-bash photos.

Shortly before going off his medication, Colin Walsh sent in a couple pics and a short write up about a fundraiser/contest for the Benton County Skate Alliance (B.C.S.A.). The skate shots are decent, Collin. Maybe you should channel your energy in that direction instead of harassing the people that you want to have posting the shots.

The Eastern Oregonian reports that the 11,000 square foot Pendleton skatepark is complete and ready to open Saturday, October 18 and 19th. Check the schedule for Grand opening events all weekend because open skate hours are limited.

Check out an extensive construction slideshow at Pendleton Parks and Recreation’s skatepark page.