Videos each about a year old that were lost in the wasteland of my Facebook messages. Check out Tyler Martin and Frank Shaw. Both these guys might live in Portland now.

It’s another Kickstarter project, this time to fund the final editing an film clip usage rights for a documentary on Devo. I mention it here on Skate and Annoy partly because they brought Tony Hawk in to comment on the Freedom of Choice video, but mostly because I love DEVO. They make a big deal about this being an authorized documentary, as compared to the Devo biography which the band originally cooperated with but ended up denouncing. I spoke to Gerald Casale about it and he said it was “all bullshit.” (Yes, I am almost that cool, but not really, I just met him at a bar after he did guest vocals with Portland’s legendary Punk Group.) Regardless of Casale’s opinion of the book, We Are Devo! is a must read if you believe in Devolution. The documentary looks good from the preview clips, I just hope they don’t water it down with too many celebrity appearances. Iggy Pop, sure, I’d love to hear about how he turned David Bowie on to Devo, (or maybe even how he turned David Bowie on) but Tony Hawk seems kind of, well, gratuitous. Surely someone like Steve Olson or Duane Peters would have been more appropriate. No knock against Tony, he just seems like the low hanging fruit in this case. So yeah, Devo documentary. I can’t wait. Trailer and bonus Freedom of Choice video after the jump. This time around, Devo has gotten on board with a YouTube Channel, so we don’t have to worry about the record company suits pulling it down.

Turns out that the Otro skatepark we showed earlier this year is now coated with phosphorescent paint. So now it glows in the dark and possibly gives you cancer if you knee slide without pads… Other sites are reporting that the concrete itself is phosphorescent, but on the architect’s site it mentions the paint. I can’t imagine how much radium it would take to make the concrete glow, so painting seems the obvious choice. OK, Ok, they probably don’t use radium these days, but it makes for a good pun.

[Source: Cnet] Thanks to Seth Levy and others for the tip.

This week’s Shot of the Week features Demarcus James photographed by Steve Potwin at the Weirdo bowl. I love boneless ones, frontside, backside, whatever. This is a great photo.

Kevin Cann sent in some pictures of his nephew Tristan Rennie who came up from California to skate with his uncle in Quebec. Check him out in some spots in and around Notre Dame de L’ile Perrot, including Kevin’s back yard.

Longboard Larry, an established and respected craftsman of custom handmade longboards in Oregon, was robbed recently. He’s offering a store credit as a reward if anyone can help with information to track down the booty or perp.

– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip. The theft happened about an hour away from my house, but I found out from a guy that lives in the Netherlands.

The BCSA is hosting “Shredageddon” a memorial skate jam at the Corvallis Skatepark on Saturday July 28th in honor of Tommy McGuigan. The event includes live music from Love Songs from the Hated, hot dogs and drinks and Skate Challenges.

The Skate Challenge includes: a timed speed track challenge, longest grind in the bowl, high ollie/hippie jump, best trick (Cash Prize!) and best trick in the bowl (Cash Prize!). All skaters under 16 must wear a helmet. All riders must sign a waiver. Parental authorization required for all risers under 18.

Sponsored by: The Uprise skate shop in Corvallis.

The Evergreen Skateparks crew is cruising on a good looking project in Modiin, Israel that will be the country’s largest skatepark. While researching this post I got totally distracted by their unusual promo footage featuring a rad little dog. The promo footage was already pretty damned cool, and logo montage at the very end is the icing on the concrete cake. Some of those guys on the crew look familiar…

I did not see Tony Hawk’s unannounced stop at Burnside yesterday, but I did make these nifty shelves in my garage instead. It would take me half a day to get this into the form of a cartoon like MC does, so this is what you get instead.

Frame 1: Caption – “1986” 1st guy speech bubble – “Tony Hawk is at our local skatepark right now!”

Frame 2: 2nd Guy speech bubble – “Oh man, I’m going to blow off finals for this, lets go!”

Frame 3: Caption – “2012” – 1st guy (looks older) speech bubble – “Tony Hawk is at our local skatepark right now!”

Frame 4: 2nd guy (looks older) speech bubble – “I think I’m going to build shelves in my garage.”

I’m not dissing Tony, I’m sure he was rad. I saw that he even graciously posed for some photos with grooms.

Interesting side note: The story behind why Portland wasn’t an official stop on his tour is a disappointing one.