Fanta has a commercial spot with animated skateboarders in it. I don’t know if they’ve ditched the Fanta girls, but they are channeling pro skateboarders who are channeling punk rockers. I haven’t seen this one on the air yet, anybody else? – Thanks to Seth Levy for the tip.

Sean Kenney spends a lot of time playing with legos, and so do I, but I don’t get paid. He sells aftermarket instructional books for making models, as well as sculptures and portraits. This is a “quick little experiment building 1:20 scale people.” And there you have it. I love legos. Some of Sean’s work has a certain quality to it that transcends the fact that it’s made out of legos. – Thanks to Matthijs for the tip

If she was blonde I’d insert some sort of dumb blonde joke but that would be insulting to dumb blondes. This chic is on TV, the new 90210. From US magazine. – Thanks to Mrs Kilwag for the tip.

This is old footage for the most part, what with all the Cold War boards and spots that have since been torn down, but hey, it’s rad footage and Shane is a nice guy. Enjoy!

Another in the series of spring break videos. I imagine the series will come to an end when my son thinks I am not cool any more. When will this happen? Never coolest Dad ever. My Best written impression of Comic Book Guy. Plus you can see how it stacks up to the first two Spring Brokes… Grover Away

Not really a “where are they now” because we see him all the time. Wally Innoye is no stranger to the Northwest skateboarding scene. My wife spotted him on the cover of the latest Well Aware magazine. Wally is the new head chef and manager of the Bistro at Water’s Edge. Wally is a good sport, but I have to wonder if he groaned when the PR person said “What? We’ve got a former world class pro skateboarder on our staff? Let’s put him on the cover our magazine posing with a skateboard.” Wally was the last guest on Callin on Colin before he Colin moved to S&A and killed the show after one episode here. – Thanks to Mrs Kilwag for the tip.

This a pretty cool shirt available over at The Quiet Life, which is something that Andy Mueller started in the late 90’s. You may know him from such art directing endeavors as Girl Skateboards and Lakai Footwear, but around our house he’s known as the guy who never paid rent when he lived in a house with my wife while in college.

Flexdex made some modern clear cruisers, but they’ve recently been adding led light to some models called LightBoards. They look pretty cool actually. I’m not sure why these appeal to me but others don’t, maybe it’s a residual fondness for Tron. The first time I saw a Flexdex board was in a surf shop around the new millennium. They made a huge oversized board that might have actually been bigger than the Sector 9 Luke Nosewalker, which is almost as big as some of those Hamboards. I was surprised to find out they were still in business. Turns out the company was sold in 2010 to a group whose breakout move was to launch these LED stringer boards at the NYC Toy Fair earlier this year. Actually, the more I type, the less appealing these boards seem to me. The bottom photo is from Gadgets and Gear. Unintentionally funny video after the jump. [Source: I still don’t know…]

It’s hard to tell from the article but I think this skate church set up is an annual event that last for a short period of days and not a permanent fixture in the Malmesbury Abbey that was more or less built by 1180 A.D.. Sure, the heating bill is a bit steep, but look at that view.. Location, location, location. Insert real estate joke here, wait, are didn’t I just use them all? But seriously, what an interesting venue. The event was secular, more of a community outreach than proselytizing scenario. Come for the skateboarding, stay for the architecture. [Source: Prospect Magazine] – Thanks to Ben Reese for the tip.