That’s right, MC is bringing the H.O.M.O.S. back to Skate and Annoy. There was no falling out, and thus no makeup sex, just.. uh… well I don’t know. Welcome him back readers! This comic above was my attempt at dealing with the loss almost a year ago. I actually enjoyed the process, but took me a half a day to do it. Stupid artists.

Artist, skateboarder and EPM Monday covergirl Ashley Anson is having an art opening at Cal’s Pharamacy aka The Dept on August 7th from 7-10pm. With the Lincoln City stop of the Trifecta cancelled, you’ve got no excuse not to be at 15 NE Hancock on Friday. Check the flier after the jump.

I don’t know who is running this, but Seattle’s newest incarnation of SeaSk8 has a blog. There’s not much up there right now as it’s only been active for a handful of days. At the risk of infuriating Bobcat, go check it out. However, if you want to get on his good side, check out his rambling alcohol fueled history of SeaSk8 after the jump.

This is Jeff Stevens hitting the slalom portion of the iconic Kona skatepark. Damn, I wish we had one of those things around here. I know it’s not the most efficient use of concrete, dollar for dollar as far as skateparks go, but it sure looks like a lot of fun. Enlarge-o-rama and bonus. Oh hey, he’s wearing a Kona Kanoa flyaway at Kona….

OK, we’ve thoroughly exhausted the topic of Flight of the Conchords, so I’m not even going to bring them up again. (Oops!) Here’s a backyard project in progress on a slab of concrete in Ryan Moore’s backyard (errr.. back slab?) in New Zealand. He’s built a structure out of wood and covered it with corrugated metal in preparation for a 100mm layer (You do the Mathof concrete. I can think of one problem he might have. I can’t figure out how he’s going to keep the concrete from cracking and sliding off the corrugated metal. Seems like he’s still going to need some rebar attached to the frame. Ryan has a question about bending coping, as in, how do you do it? I’ve always wondered how they get that done at skateparks. I’ve done it with electrical conduit, but I imagine it takes some heavy duty equipment to do it with something on the scale of metal skateboard coping. Ryan has some scaffolding tube that he wants to try it out on. Bonus pic after the jump.

Did you know there was an organization called the Action Sports Environmental Coalition (ASEC)? Me either, until Brian Baade (…that name sounds familiar) told me they were on hand at the X-Games, watching over such green initiatives as fact that all the concession utensils, cups and plates are compostable. What the purpose of ASEC? It’s damn near impossible to find it on their website, since it’s set up more like a social networking site than something informative. OK, I did find it. It’s on the front page past all the videos and user photos:

ASEC works to inspire the action sports industry and its participants to value and take action toward social and environmental responsibility.

That’s an excellent idea. Their first task ought to be convincing the X-Games (and Maloof brothers) not to build disposable semi-recyclable concrete over wood skateparks. Spend the money and carbon credits on a permanent skate structure that gets donated to the community. I know there will be logistical hurdles in providing the spectacle for spectators, but figure it out instead of just paying lip service towards supporting skateboarding and a green environment. Put that in your Birkenstocks and smoke it. It’s hard to tell what they’ve got going on over at the ASEC because you actually have to sign up as a member of the web site to see most of what they have to offer. Still, It’s a good basis for an organization. Check out the Action Sports Environmental Coalition.

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Brian Baade sent in this shot of the dismantling of the X-Games superpark. They made a big deal about the concrete being recyclable, it would be interesting to see if they actually follow through on that… Unfortunately, we may never know… unless there’s a reader still there on the crew? This shot is from yesterday.

Skate and Annoy welcomes Diesel Fuel Prints as a sponsor. That’s the shop miniramp in the photo above. I swear I thought I posted this photo already, but I can’t find it anywhere. I think this guy might have been an ex-employee just back to enjoy the facilities, but don’t quote me on that. Wouldn’t you want your stickers printed someplace where the help has a squeegee in one hand and a skateboard in the other? I know we do, and so does a few other places you may have heard about, such as Bacon, Cold War, Merde, Earth Patrol Media, and Antigravity Press. Diesel Fuel Prints also screens posters, sells screen printing supplies, and has a retail space where they sell vinyl toys and the like. Check them out, and tell ’em we sent ya if you place an order. Like the banner ad says, you can get 500 stickers for a cheap as $40. Everyone has at least one sticker they want to make for that price!

If you weren’t paying attention to the Wall Street Journal’s article on how Portland became the skateboarding capital of the world, you might have missed the tab with the interactive graphic that is supposed to display America’s Best Skateparks. The graphic is actully kind of cool, but predictably, you have to take their selection process with a grain of salt, and cringe a little when they show a BMX photo for the illustration of the Athens Ohio skatepark.

This week’s Shot of the Week is from Brian Baade, He mounted a camera the Greek’s board during a practice run for the X-Games skatepark event. If you watched the X-Games yesterday you might have noticed that is is actually a still image from the actual footage they played after coming back from a commercial. Check out the Shot of the Week, Bonus frame after the jump.