Marginal Way photo exhibition and fundraiser for the Marginal Way Skatepark! Check out photography by Josh Becker, Dan Barnett, Jimmy Clarke, James Greely, Ki Kopkau, Marshall Ried, Tara Sanborn, Eric Green, Joe Hammeke, Brad Shows, and Micha Shapiro. MINI RAMP JAM, silent auction, RAFFLE, and BBQ! June 24th 6-11PM at The Piranha Shop 1022 1st Ave S.

Neil doesn’t cover the international listings of eBay so I’m not stepping on his toes with this UK listing of a Ray Barbee soft sculpture doll made by some old birds at Powell to mimic his graphic. Allegedly owned by Sean Cliver at one time. What say you Sean? – Thanks to Jon Haynes for the tip.

Check out the Welcome Summer catalog.

Shillside in Switzerland recently celebrated it’s one year anniversary and so here to jinx it are four photos from Nicolas Büchi. The crew behind it is also involved with September Wheels and because all good hearted people are connected through the cosmos and the plate-of-shrimp lattice of coincidence, they even have a local chapter of C.R.E.T.E. courtesy of Born Ugly. Concrete D.I.Y. is rad, but let’s get those teleportation devices happening so We can visit them all. Four pictures and a video of Shillside after the jump.

Well… RollingFoot from Japan sells these chairs made from skateboards or pieces made to look like skateboards, some custom fabricated legs and then, you know, skateboard trucks and wheels. The chair looks kind of cool but seems not very practical.. Seems like it would be annoying to actually use it as a chair. They also sell all kinds of wacky miniature and six-wheeled skateboards. {Source: CrunchGear] – Thanks to Seth Levy for the tip.

Another drive by camera phone shot, that is. This spot looks kind of fun, right?

Simple and too the point. This is a drive-by phone cam shot of a wall in North Portland that was taken last November and it looks a lot different now. Shot of the Week.

This Hydro commercial imitating a video game is a nice low tech complement to the high tech pinball game we saw earlier with the Mountain Dew setup. Not much for actual skating, but it is a great example of low budget creativity. In one section stuntman Alex Midler is riding one of those led boards. If your autism talent is remembering obscure skateboard marketing facts, you may remember Fruit Shoot put together a beginners skateboarding guide for the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts new (at the time) “Street Sports” merit badge back in 2008. Two versions of the Hydro commercial after the jump. – Thanks to Keith “method” Ayers for the tip.

Southern Oregon action in Medford this Saturday with food, music, raffles and skating. That doens’t sound fun at all… Proceeds going to the Medford skate park.

Ironic that the self proclaimed “Longboard Mega Ramp” is dwarfed by the “regular-don’t-call-it-short” board mega ramp, even though the wheelbases on the regular mega ramp are significantly longer than boards they would, uhm, regularly ride. So it’s big to be sure, but not a mega ramp by any stretch. Actually, I remember there’s a mini mega ramp in eastern Oregon or Washington that is about the same size as this one, ridden with ordinary skateboards. I guess it’s all about the marketing. My favorite part of the video is where the guy talks about wanting to take early grabs to the next level. It does look like fun however, regardless of what size board you ride. Brought to you by Original Skateboards. – Thanks to Seth Grossman for the tip.