Long story short. Penny Skateboards in Australia is making injection molded plastic skateboards with wheels that use modern bearings and mounting hardware. It’s retro in more ways than one because they come in all kinds of 2000 era iMac colors. The video spot for these boards is really well done. The whole execution of this idea is excellent, and near perfect. The one flaw? The wheels on the yellow board should be red. Every single banana board that was actually banana-colored had red wheels. One more cool thing, these boards are actually manufactured in Australia. As cool as those Creature coffin boards are, I like these better. I wish the web site had detailed images, I’d like to get a look at those trucks. So far skate shops only, Penny isn’t selling direct. Catch the vid after the jump. [Source: DudeCraft] – Thanks to Concretin Nik for the tip.

Adventure Time may be the best animated show on television, although It’s tough to top the Venture Brothers. I’m still waiting for skateboarding to show up in the Venture Brothers, somehow I thought it happen there first, maybe Dean trying to impress Triana Orpheus, or Dr Venture getting hassled by teenagers on the street… Meanwhile, Adventure Time snuck in some skateboarding. The kingdom of Ooo may be magical, but it’s not a free or all. It’s fairly flushed out, there is some crossover with the real universes, but then again Finn is the only human alive, and skateboarding has always been the domain of homo sapiens. I want to see skateboarding in my favorite shows (is that wrong?) but I don’t want it to be awkward. What the math indeed. Spoiler alert, don’t watch this clip if you haven’t seen the Mystery Train episode because it will give away the ending.

Another gem from Punkerbean featuring more than one cool spot. Enjoy. – Thanks to Franks (Shaw?) for the tip.

Danimal turned up this 6th grade math textbook during his travails in the education world. I can imagine the publisher and editor brainstorming for the cover. It’s not that hard actually, i used to work for a college textbook publisher. “How do we get the kids excited about math? Put a skateboarder on it!” Sure, just don’t make it a discipline that most kids think is for weird old dudes. Junior high school, where the sine wave of boredom intersects with the bezier curve of apathy. Enlargement after the jump. Let’s figure out who this guy is. Official NoPrize to the first person names the title reference.

At long last we’re finally shipping some substandard manufactured goods to China instead of receiving them. The Fanling Vert Ramp in Hong Kong being perpetrated by American Ramp Company. It’s prefab concrete, which I gotta say kind of makes sense to me. I mean, if you’re going to build a concrete vert ramp, prefab might be the way to go since uniformity is more desirable than creative artistry, assuming they have the skills to set it up right. Look at the size of those vert panels. This thing looks like a beast, although at that height it’s going to seem narrow. – Thanks to Chad Balcom for the tip.

More like biannual annoying kid. This one comes from Colin Walsh, who reminds us that the BCSA benefit show is coming up soon. So this kid was pan handling. I’m broke too, but I’ve got a 20 year master plan to make massive riches by selling this website to the ghost of Steve Rocco. Like they say with the lottery here in Oregon, for entertainment only, not for investment purposes. So yeah, be entertained by this guy.

Roving reporter John Agular spotted this lovely Vision Street Wear scooter. So, yeah, looking forward to seeing how the VSW reissue scooters sell on eBay in 20 years. Reminds me of a hilarious bumper sticker that showed up on eBay in 2004. Kind of a niche joke, which makes all the more appealing to the nerd that runs this site.

Old man Marek hanging with his son Radek at Gabriel park. I had not skated with Marek for some time. He is solid as ever and still retains his good looks how can this be. Well it is. Editors Note:GVK has a new home in the features section. You can comment there. Just as with eBay Watch, the comments aren’t showing up on the sidebar here, but they will be integrated soon-ish. In the mean time, enjoy the new larger video format.

Usually you go to a department store to buy something instead of buying the Dept on Craigslist. Skateboarders need a place to skate, and in that place they need this bowl! The Department of Skateboarding has left their space in NE PDX to open up shop in a new location. Please help us find a home for this iconic piece of Portland skate history. We have a quote from a demo company that can assist in deconstruction, moving and reassembly for a fee. Price is negotiable. Bowl Details: – 6′ and 8′ deep sections – 50′ x 60′ footprint with surrounding raised deck area – Fully wood framed with plywood decking and OSB face – Tiled top edge underneath the coping – Thanks to Colin for the tip.

This week’s Shot of the Indeterminate Time Span is a photo of Craig Platteter at the OTC bowl in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Augie Van Arx. Check it out.