Vintage Skate Sticker Gallery Reaches 400

The count on the Vintage Skate Sticker Gallery has reached 400! The last hundred added span from the 70’s to the 90’s/ Some of the highlights include healthy additions to the Zorlac category as well as some great 70’s era additions to Sims, G&S, Z-flex and Cadillac Wheels. Also of note, some wacky color ways […]

DIY 70’s Fiberglass Skateboard Redux

Once again proving semi interesting things come to those with OCD who wait… While updating the Vintage Skate Magazine Advert gallery I thought I recognized this Top Line ad for a “Do it Yourself Skateboard Kit.” I was the subject of a post 4 years ago, and now we know it dates to 1975 since […]

Dallas Oberholzer 46, Headed to Olympics for South Africa.

Longtime Skate and Annoy readers might remember Dallas Oberholzer from the 2005 interview we published on the South African skate scene. While we’re officially ambivalent about skateboarding in the Olympics, it’s our pleasure to see him going there. Dallas gets around. We first ran into him in 2004 at the Oregon Trifecta contest series. Source: […]

Vintage Skate Sticker Gallery Reaches 300

Just added another 50 stickers to the Vintage Skate Sticker Gallery, bringing the total to 300. This lates batch spans from the 70-80’s.

Celebrate GSD the OG Way

Celebrate GSD by putting on your skeleton pants and making a zine! No skeleton pants and no photocopier? Then read this 2019 interview and buy the Best of Skate Fate, now available in softcover. Photo: Swank

Pride

It’s Pride month. Enjoy Yann Horowitz answering the question “Do I really want to be the ‘gay skateboarder’?” in this video from Vans. Watch it for the story, or watch it for the skateboarding. One day, it will just be the skateboarding. – Thanks to Pete Lewis for the tip.

Vintage Skateboard Ad Gallery Reaches 500

The Vintage Skateboard Magazine Advert Gallery has reached 500 ads! Some of the highlights of recent additions include groovy 70’s shag carpeting thanks to Makaha skate shoes, Famous Sci-fi film “actor” Robbie the Robot appearing in Track Force ads, Motorized skateboards, Skateboarding in MVP Sports Gum, ads for “Start Your Own Skatepark” manuals that would […]

Is this Real?

Shout out to Eastside Roll-In, a skate shop that just opened in Troutdale, Oregon, and the same place I picked up these Wipers tribute wheels from Portland-based Jivaro. If you’re hankering for more Wipers, check out Jackpot Records (label and store) that re-released Is this Real on vinyl for the first time since it’s original […]

Facebook Skate Bingo

I’m 100% certain someone has already done this before so I’m not claiming it. This was born from the frustrations of moderating a FB group. I should point out I’m not talking about the Skate and Annoy group, which is awesome and you should join if you are reading this.