Merde tours the Northwest. Egbert owes me one. Everyone loves Orcas.

Just what the title says. Looks like the Surf Expo was held in a giant, empty building. Why not set up some street obstacles? I mean, why not? I think GVK was in charge of the music for this one.

88 Acres of Anarchy
Portland Sneak Preview
August 11, 7:00 PM at Plan B
1305 SE 8th Street, Portland, Oregon
Benefit for Brewce Martin

Thanks to Tobin for the tip

Just in time for the Trifecta… coincidence? I think not. Skate Rock night at Plan B in Portland ( 1305 S.E. 8th Ave) on Saturday Night. That must be Marginal Way, the band. Flyer after the jump.

Just spoke to Mark Scott. Lincoln City is definitely not happening. Changes to the event permit rules would have required several months advanced notice plus insurance. The event is not happening this year not at the park and not at Red’s. Red is not able to host a big crowd. DO NOT SHOW UP AT HIS HOUSE. You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.

Mark said he would get on it next year and help Choppy get everything done in time.

I drive by a lot with some shiny new side dump trucks on a fairly regular basis. I’ve always thought they would make a good photo op for some tight mini ramp-style action, in fact I was just telling that to MC a few days ago on the way back from buying some concrete for his decks. Iw as checking out the Dakine Tiki Tour video, and low and behold, there’s Brent Atchley riding one of those trucks. Check out the Dakine Tiki Tour video in it’s glorious postage stamp size. Seriously, what is this, 1998? I’ve seen watches with bigger displays. Give us some more pixels Dakine!

The SLAG girls will be jamming at the Glenhaven Maiden on Saturday. That’s the Glenhaven skatepark in Portland, Or. Catch the flier and a few shots from the Slag stop in Hood River (Thanks to Carl Warren) after the jump.

Come join a bunch of women skaters as they invade your local spot. S.L.A.G. is an advocacy group organizing skate camps and skate activities for females and they are rolling through an eleven stop road tour through the west. Various women pros will join up along the way. They’ll be in Hood River and at D.O.S. tomorrow.

I can’t recall the date exactly, but I’d say this was taken in 1990, or 91. There was a hipster nightclub in Chicago called Shelter. They would have all kinds of events and promotions, and since I was a partner in the silkscreen business that printed for them, I occasionally got to be involved behind the scenes in a minor way. For instance, I got to hang out with some the famous club kids from NYC, before they became famous murderers. Another event that I didn’t understand but certainly enjoyed, was the outdoor miniramp. Someone came up with the promotion to build a miniramp in the outdoor section of the club, whic was really large, if I recall correctly. The club was located in a sort of derelict industrial area, next to some railroad tracks, so noise wasn’t an issue. Originally I was actually supposed to build the damn thing, but somehow it got puled out from under me, and a guy named Sluggo took charge, which was kinfd of annoying as he was an employee of mine at the time. Sluggo? There are a few “Sluggos” in skateboarding scenes across the nation, this guy lives in Chicago. So they set up the ramp and had people skating it on nights when it was open. I don’t think anyone got paid to skate, out side of the opening night maybe, I think you just got in free. Basically, sweaty guys would skate and then drunk girls would watch them, or not. I brought some friends over to skate it a couple of times during the day when the club was closed. It was nothing special, except for the setting. I think maybe 12 ft wide and 5 feet tall, but that’s a guess. This shot is (Is NOT!) Chicago skate legend Steve “Dread” Snyder, the same guy from the famous Alva team ad, and more recently Uprise employee with his own Nike Blazer. The guy in the upper left hand corner is probably Jesse Neuhaus, and the Sessions sticker was for the short lived Chicago location of Sessions. Check out the Shot of the Week.

I was stoked on seeing last year’s roll in challenge, so I expected an invite if it ever happened again. Geez, what’s a fellow gotta do to be popular on the Skateboard Interwebs around here? I’ve even got a spot lined up. PDX Downhill has the photos and a rather long-ish video from this year’s participants. They start out on some mellow stuff but graduate to some gnarly spots. On second thought, I don’t know if could hang… Aside from the roll in footage, there’s also some good old fashioned street skating. Looks like it was a damn fun way to spend Go Skateboarding Day, or any other day. Check it out.

– Thanks to last week’s SOTW, Casey Morrow for the tip.