From the portfolio of Jason Lee Parry, some from Elle Girl, Japan edition. Nice vintage Jinx shirt.

Chris Hadfield has a new book titled An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth. The astronaut on the cover is on a skateboard, as is the astronaut in the promo video his son made. Good stuff all around. I guess I should have said “The Right Stuff.” [Source: Metro]

Coastal Cooler from Capri Sun. When I was a kid we used to get these for long road trips with the family. It was like a bottle of champaign to me.

This is a TDK advertisement shot at Venice Beach circa 1989. I’ve seen this up on ebay before, actually but this one actually comes from the Google Books, repository, adjacent to the digital knoll. It’s from “Spy” magazine… ha. Remember that one? I’m looking at the shape of that board and thinking that might be Dave Hackett. Anyone got any other ideas? – Thanks to Sandor for the tip.

Not exactly a Jolly Mambo, more of an Ollie from Jamba Juice. It’s a pretty weak representation of what passes for a so-called “game” on a web site these days. The Adventure Blender let’s you pick a character, in this case Ollie, and switch out his background, hat shoes and toy. I smell a cease and desist from the Gelfand estate. (He’s doing fine, I know) Only one of these options has a helmet, I also smell another recall. – Thanks to Kevin for the tip.

Off Camera has quite a lengthy interview with Stacy Peralta that you can read, watch or listen to. Best quote: “A professional, unprofessional activity.” You might think there’s no need to hear the story of Stacy Peralta, as told by Stacy himself again, but the interview extends beyond most of what you may already know. Stacy talks about his personal life outside the realm of being known as a skateboarder as well as some interesting insight into the distribution of independent media. After reading a little bit it becomes apparent that photographer/director Sam Jones is/was a skateboarder, so the interview starts from an informed place, even though the introduction is a little bit of a stiff retread. UPDATE: Back in issue 6 there’s an interview with Tony Hawk too.

I accidentally fired up iMovie over the weekend and was greeted with a welcome screen that featured skateboarding. It’s the first time I’ve launched it after upgrading to Mavericks. Curious that the last version of iMovie was called iMovie 11, and this one is called iMovie 10. Mini mavericks review after the jump.

Popeye has been around since the late 20’s. I swear the soundtrack on some of those old animated cartoons are just 15 minutes of solid mumbling. Here are three appearances of Popeye on a skateboard, from present day back to 1979.

Here’s a short video with some behinds the scenes action on a Nyjah Huston photoshoot for GQ Magazine. I haven’t actually seen a copy of the magazine in some time, but if the web site is any indication, it looks like it’s turning into People magazine, not very sophisticated. If you watch the video on Youtube you will literally get bombarded with overlays asking you to subscribe, like and share videos with your friends, as if they are targeting an early teen audience. It’s totally at odds with their public image, and a little bit like the old SNL Newsforce skit. I can’t show you that skit, you’ll need a Hulu Plus account, but you can watch the Nyjah Huston video without popups after the jump. He looks really comfortable, like he could have a career fallback option in fashion. – Thanks to Sarib Khalsa for the tip.

I found Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons at a school book fair. It’s published by HarperCollins. Pete was created by Kimberly & James Dean, but this book was written by Eric Litwin. It turns out Pete has been skating since his appearance on the cover of Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day Is Cool.