One of the actors/operators of the E.T. suit is Matthew De Merrit who was 12 years old at the time the movie was filmed. He was born with no legs and still uses a skateboard to get around, although it looks like he may have graduated to electric version these days. The photo above right is from the L.A. 40th anniversary screening in 2022.

At&T started running this commercial in late 2024, I just saw it on TV earlier this week and realized I never posted it. The This Is How We Soccer ad is about how AT&T supports soccer fans of all types, those who watch religiously, and those who “wear the jersey just for style club” AKA the posers! They’re standing in the middle of the flat taking selfies! Is that better or worse than using RC cars in the skate park? It’s fitting they chose A Seattle Sounders kit for one of the actors, total plastic fan base. SHOTS FIRED! It also features former US Women’s team legend Mia Hamm. Skate and Annoy: Your portal for all skateboarding and soccer crossovers. Shot at Channel Street, let’s hope San Pedro Skatepark Association got some dough for this. – Thanks to Bobcat for being the official unpaid S&A fact checker..

The Aquabats hanging out at Money Ruins Everything skate shop in Oklahoma City. What’s not to love? It’s hilarious that they appear to be out in public walking around in their Aquabats uniforms. It reminds me of seeing Rocket from the Crypt hanging out in matching jumpsuits that they all changed into after their gig. Can we get that TV show back on the air please?

Brooks Brothers posted this image on social media promoting the “classic collegiate style, updated for that fresh-season mindset.” This ad really hit home for me. I basically dropped out of college the first time I went, mostly because of skateboarding. Maybe if I had dressed in luxury clothing and worn those shoes I could have made something of myself instead of leaving behind a legacy of a skateboarding website that I populate purely for my own amusement. Fresh season mindset for the win! – Thanks to Tim Jamison for the tip.

The hardest working man in MLS, Diego Chara must have been gifted a custom longboard made by a fan. The picture on the right shows him standing next to another Portland Timbers legend and former player Dairon Asprilla, who was in town celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Timbers. The photo was taken as he was entering the stadium for the match against Minnesota on July 7th. Amazingly, Chara is 39 and still playing. His last start was on July 30th in a 4-0 win against Mexican side Atlético de San Luis. If you’re keeping track, this is the 11th MLS related post here on Skate and Annoy, your hub for skateboarding and Major League Soccer.

I caught DEVO in Seattle this weekend. It was a great show because it ended at 8pm and I didn’t have to stay up past midnight. And oh yeah, it was also a great show! They played for around an hour and a half or more, including a couple of quick costume changes. Aside from a couple songs in the first third of the set where it seems to drag a little, the rest of the night was very high energy. They opened with “Don’t Shoot (I’m A Man)” off Something For Everyone, and the rest was a mix of songs from Are We Not Men, Oh, No! It’s Devo, Freedom Of Choice, and Duty Now For The Future before closing with a guest appearance from Booji Boy singing “Beautiful World” off New Traditionalists. I found myself with a big stupid grin involuntarily plastered on my face the whole time, and Booji nearly brought me to tears with no alcohol or drugs involved! I highly recommend seeing them live if you can. Skateboarding? During “Freedom Of Choice” they showed some of the original music video footage shot at Marina del Rey skatepark on the big screen. We’re all DEVO.

Consummate wrestling showman and lousy, racist human being Hulk Hogan died on July 24, 2025. In 1991 he made the movie Suburban Commando which has a few skateboarding scenes in it and features a skateboard in the poster art. The Hulk starred as an intergalactic warrior who had to take some down time on earth. He has a run in with kids on skateboards and he Wilsons it pretty comically. Somehow he becomes an expert skateboarder at some point in the plot after acquiring a 6 wheel battle skateboard. I’ve only seen a few clips from the movie so I don’t know how prominently it features, but the stunts are over the top, with lots of cut scenes showing a double doing crazy flips in the air, and shots from the knees down only. This movie seems like it would fall into he “so-bad-it’s-good” category. Notice the generic Powell Peralta board in the stills.

Well folks… welcome to government sanctioned skate harassment, in fact government sanctioned pedestrian, if not citizen harassment. Read all about the sad state of the USA at Wired. Apparently they (DHS) are more concerned about skateboarders acting as scouts and surveillance for protest organizers than they are with skateboarders using skateboards as a weapon. The threat bulletin came in advance of the No Kings protests and warns that more Americans are likely to turn against ICE, like maybe… this guy. Senior ACLU staff attorney Vera Eidelman to the rescue: “Exercising those rights shouldn’t be justification for adverse action or suspicion by the government,” Eidelman says. Labeling something as harmless as skateboarding at a protest as a violent threat is “disturbing and dangerous,” she adds, and could “easily lead to excessive force against people who are simply exercising their First Amendment rights.” – Thanks to Dustin Michel and Rich at EPM for the tip.

Which of these are names of tricks typically used in skateboarding? I once broke my ankle on a switch swizzle. – Thanks to Troy Sliter for the tip.

There are a few overpriced “natural” grocery stores in my hood. Someone at this New Seasons keeps putting the Thrasher Magazines up front by the register. The only thing more surprising than the realization that this is still ongoing is the fact that Thrasher is on the shelves here in the first place. What’s next? Alternative music in the aisles?