Transworld Business has an interview with Billy Coulon of Evergreen Skateparks, the man/entity behind the huge concrete boom at Windells.

Iowa isn’t really on the map yet, as far as skateparks go, but Spohn Ranch aims to change that. Photos from the new Oskaloosa, Iowa skatepark after the jump.

Like Extremities before it, this is a cool idea, but it may make you a little sick if you watch it. Peter Brings the Shadow to Life, after the jump.

– Thanks to Concretins Nik for the tip.

Spohn Ranch is giving a facelift to a lowlyconcrete slab in Ft. Duchesne, Utah to make a plaza style skatepark for the Ute Indian Tribe. The tribe has 617 people, each human being gets 10.53 square feet of skate able terrain at the end of the deal. You do the math, or look at the pictures on Flickr.

It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as John Henry, but the song that was the Peach Orchard met it’s demise courtesy of the Norfolk Southern railway, the property owners. It was railway adjacent, and essentially nothing to them, but they tore it down because the lawyers said they should. Nola.com has the scoop. What did the New Orleans locals get for their trouble? Some leftover ramps from a Red Bull demo and a D.I.Y. hangover. Faster than you can say “hair of the dog,” a new spot is born. Pleasureside is it’s name, and unless I’m mistaken, it’s essentially right next door to the old spot. Even John Henry’s balls weren’t that big!

– Thanks to Joey O’Mahoney for the tip.

Björn Holm of Finland made a surfboard out of recycled skateboards. It’s the shell only so it’s probably not as heavy as it looks. I cracked up after watching the video, it’s almost like a SNL Digital Short. Everything is so serious, and there’s all the ice, and all of the sudden it’s over and the poor guy hasn’t even gotten to ride it yet.

[Source: Hypbeast via Freshngood.]

Rip City Skates (Santa Monica, California) commercial introducing the new Raymond Pettibon skateboard designs for 1984. The decks featured classic Pettibon illustrations and Black Flag iconography.

So “commercial” implies that it was on television at some point, my guess is cable access at best, but still rad. I would have lost control if I had seen this on air back in the day. Lost my mind.

Benton County Skateboard Alliance fundraiser on Saturday. If I get my act together in time I might have some new stuff, but you should go either way.

The Benton County Skateboarding Alliance is hosting our 5th Annual Art and Music Benefit to raise money to expand the Corvallis Skatepark at the Corvallis Elks Lodge (1400 NW 9th St, Corvallis, OR 97330-4511) on Saturday June 2nd! All ages, doors open at 6pm, 5$ at the door, music starts at 7:00 pm. the band line up includes: Metallov 7-7:30. Sh!twolf 7:45-8:30. Arcweld 8:45-9:45. Bonneville Power 10-11:00pm. Come support local skateboarders, artists and musicians. Food and soft drinks will be provided. Bring your ID to purchase beer or hard drinks. No outside beverages are allowed in the Elks Lodge so do not BYOB!

After Party! 12 AM, 21 and over, at Jack O’Koles (140 NW 3rd St. Suite B, Corvallis, OR 97330), 3$ at the door. Features music by Sumbitch and Blood Cobra!

UPDATE: Over 21? Check out the after party benefit after the jump.

It’s too bad these aren’t old timer stereogram pics. Of course then you’d need a viewer, and the subject matter would look more like this. This week’s shot(s) of the week were poached from Daniel Evans Instagram feed on two separate occasions (one and two). I wish you could enlarge a photo on the Instagram feed on your phone for crying out loud. Getting back to the subject matter, expansion is in the works at Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, this time fully permitted before the fact. In the background of the first shot you can see a tangentially related neighborhood beautification project in the form of a street painting. Although not part of BSSS, it was the vibrant community of BSSS that drew the non-skating artists to the spot.

There is a Facebook page called A Longboard Makes a Girl Twice As Hot. It’s disgusting, really. I mean why discriminate against regular sized boards?

– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.