Barak Obama

The coolest-est

This was at the end of a series of back and forth edits of a photo of Barry Obama on a web aggregator called Reddit

banned form YouTube

Banned from YouTube

Are you trying to watch any of the skateboarding commercials and other media flotsam and jetsam that we posted? My user account has been unceremoniously and permanently disabled. The only notice I got was something about the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation complaining about the clip I had posted titled T Bag gets hit with […]

Wheels

Who wore this t-shirt?

Worn Free will sell you a reproduction of t-shirts worn by famous rock ‘n’ roll personalities including this rad shirt worn by Joey Ramone The website has notes for each of the shirts which make interesting reading if you are into punk rock trivia. Some of the shirts are cool but forty bucks seems kind […]

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Dinosaurs + Robots

Look a picture of old skateboard wheels! Internet denizens Mark Freuenfelder and Mr. Jalopy Have teamed up to create a pdf ‘zine called D+R Dispatch. I saw it on BoingBoing where you can get the details and download the two part ‘zine.

4Q Conditioning

Don’t like it? 4Q!

Hey! It’s Max Schaaf week on Skate and Annoy. Max has a blog called 4Q Conditioning that is mostly One-percenter motorcycle lifestyle fetish, with healthy doses of retro pin up, surf and skate culture. You’ll find a ton of cool pictures without a lot of background detail, but that’s part of the appeal. It’s kind […]

iPhone skate game concept

Vans iPhone skate game?

Whoah man, did you see that new Vans Finger Fracture skateboarding game for the iPhone? Well it’s not real. Vans has no official or unofficial involvement. It’s a concept only and there are no plans to develop it. One big tip off would be that the game screens are lifted from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. […]

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Fun with skateboards in stock photography

You’re not turning me on, your embarassing yourself! or That ski hat makes you look stupid in your bikini! – maybe something like that. I’m sure you can do better. Best caption wins a noprize! Hawt skater gurl Available from iStock Photo.

Thrasher Hacked

Thrasher Hacked

Thrasher Magazine was hacked this weekend by a group or individual called Indonesian Hacker, who first apologized and then really gave those right wing imperialistic fascist heathens at Thrasher a piece of his mind. Yeah, makes no sense to me either. Anyway, the site is back up. Antigravity Press got hacked last week. I’m going […]

Women's X Games coverage

Women’s coverage picking up?

We’re not into X Games coverage, but I though this was interesting. You know a sport is really saturating the mainstream when female coverage picks up. Remember the WNBA? Ok nobody else does either, but About.com has a gallery of X Games 13 images, and almost a full third of them are of women. Well, […]