Yeah, the concrete is smooth, but there’s a frog in the coping. It’s been about a year since we first posted on Herman’s Hole. The second skate jam campout at the Hole is May 7th & 8th… in MIssouri!

Here’s a pretty cool ad from Converse. It looks much better larger, on Ads of the World. Never actually seen it in a magazine. This isn’t even an add for Converse Skateboarding. Anybody that skates has probably worn Chuck Taylors at one point or another.

I’ve milked this single Diesel Fuel ramp shot to death now, but I think it’s gone now that Klutch and Jessamyn Patterson painted a mural on part of it. The piece is 35″ x 90″ and will be raffled at the show opening with $1 tickets. The winner will be announced at 9 PM. Opening Friday, April 9, 2010 from 7-10 PM Someone Gallery 2718 SW Kelly Avenue Portland, OR Music by Cars And Trains at 8PM and DJ monkeytek all night.

On Friday April 9th the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery will be hosting the Heel Bruise book launch for the last batch of Disaster zines. Celebrating its origins in counter culture youth movements and DIY bookmaking, the Disaster zine highlights the art of Lance Mountain, Thomas Yu, and SkyPage. The final edition comes signed and numbered with a Disaster zine tee shirt. Also on display will be a selection of new works from the three contributing artists, and sounds courtesy of Ras Dynamite (aka Lance C. Mountain). HVW8 Production House Art + Design Gallery 661 N Spaulding Ave Los Angeles, Ca 90036

The Vodafone headquarters in Porto, Portugal, as seen in SpaceInvading. – Thanks to Skate D for the tip.

More pictures from a backyard pour in the woods of Maine, thanks to Thomas Dupere.

I posted this one on East Coast time, just for our readers from Maine. Thomas Dupere sent in a couple pictures of a basement bowl and the beginnings of some DIY crete in the woods. I think they planning to pour this weekend.

I caught this in passing the other day. I thought it was going to be lame, but it was actually fairly decent. It’s about as good as something like this could be from an unconnected third party like Disney. It’s part of a series on kids and sports… I think. I’ve never seen any of the other ones.

We’re now officially in the midst of an annoying trend in which toy commercials are promoting other activities besides skating at skateparks. There have been at least two or three, as well as a cheese commercial with RC cars. This one is for the Yo Be, something that looks like a cross between a frisbee and a yo-yo. Best part is, they shot all the action scenes in front of a green screen so there are lot’s of vertigo inducing physics scenarios where camera angles don’t match up.