Frank De Lim Presents – Da Year Of Da Moke could have been yours for $11, delivered in the US. Totally worth it, regardless of what I sounds like. I was watching the auction with the intention of buying it, but the seller was such an annoying twit that I refused to on principle. “Hey, can I see the whole cover? Sure, as soon as you win the auction and unwrap it.” Yeah right. How effing lazy do you have to be? He scanned the photo and only part of it fits on the scanner. I’ve actually run into this before when buying records online, but usually the seller is smart enough to realize a little cooperation can result in a higher bid. I just don’t get it. Point your cellphone at the cover and shoot the whole damn thing. It’s worse then when people sell something on Craigslist and don’t include any picture. Usually the same mindset of a person that will list something for sale on Craigslist and leave town for the weekend immediately after posting it.

OK, rant over. Even though I showed him by not bidding… I’m thinking I should have swallowed my pride and bid anyway. This is a potential classic.

FRANK DE LIMA Presents – Da Year Of Da Moke LP Early 80’s on Pocholinga Productions PP-111 Private: Private Press Hawaiian LP from Totally 80’s rad cover with Boom Box and Santa Cruz Skateboard

Tracks: Da Blalla, I Speak Pidgeon, I’m A Podagee Man, The Ballad of Bishop, Baldwin, Rewald, Dillingham, and Wong, Far Too Wide For Me, I’m Local, and Year Of Da Hawaiian – Chant Kamehameha, Captain Cook, Missionaries, Immigration, Bombs From Japan, Da Greatest Place Of All.

A Push to Remember is a a skateboard ride across the USA by Jack Smith of the Skateboarder’s Journal. It’s about raising awareness for Alzheimer’s Disease, which is near to Jack’s heart as his father passed away from complications due to Alzheimer’s in 2011. If the cross-USA skateboard trek sounds familiar, you might recall that Jack made a similar journey that was covered in the pages of Thrasher circa 1984, but that wasn’t even the first time he did it, which was in 1976! His 1984 journey also made it as a question in Trivial Pursuit. Help him out with his fundraising efforts if you are inclined. Watch the video and see the card after the jump.

– Thanks to MC for the tip. Yes, he meant to send it earlier, but he forgot.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new “car-as-skateboard” commercial.” What did people do before the 90’s? That was like the wild west of TV commercials. No, this isn’t a closed circuit, and these are not professional stunt drivers. Yes, your car is a skateboard! Yes, go try this at home!

[Source: Motor Trend]

I got a Christian vibe from this right away, before I got to… well cameo appearances by Christian Hosoi and Bennet Harada.

What happens when your life takes a hard flip? Teenager Caleb Jones goes skateboarding. With no father in his life to guide him and his mother, Beth, working two jobs to make ends meet, Caleb believes nothing matters in life but becoming a sponsored skater to get him away from all his troubles. When his mother falls ill, Caleb is forced to deal with her illness and his lack of responsibility. Now on his own, he sets out to find the father he never knew when he stumbles upon some old love letters. Out of hurt and anger, Caleb reluctantly contacts his father Jack, who happened to live the next town over from him his entire life. Calebs only real friend, a crazy, homeless, street preacher named Ralph, speaks nuggets of Truth through Gods Word, guiding Caleb along his journey. Through the tragedy of his mothers illness and the sudden appearance of the father he never knew, Caleb becomes the man his mother always prayed hed be. Caleb is a story of what can happen when we let go of our anger and pain and willingness to forgive those whove hurt us most, just as God forgives us.

Hardflip was released in 2012. Even given the corny synopsis and proselytizing, the trailer for this movie makes it seem a (street) league above recent skateboard-centric films. And the star of the movie Randy Wayne? I don’t that guy from my elbow, but his first name seems alright. But seriously guys, whoever green lit the name “Digital Filmz” for the production company ought to be fired.

– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

Lowdi has a brief animation with a little bit of a skateboard character in it. I came across it while reading up on some web design trends. What is a Lowdi? A bluetooth battery powered speaker for your phone/iPod. I like the animation and I am digging the messed up bass line in the soundtrack. No this is not sponsor luv. A brief animation? How about an animation featuring the Briefs? I got nothing, except a great idea for a video of the song “killed by Ants” in case you guys come out of retirement and want to, well, you know, make a video for a song you released nine years ago. Think about it. It could put you over the top…

It’s a Spongebob Squarepants coloring book. That is all.

– Thanks to John Aguilar for the photo.

The kids band called the Not-Its! has a song called “Let’s Skateboard” on their album Kidquake. It’s hard to argue with the simplicity of that message. Normally I’d reference a parenting issue with a Naked Raygun quote, but in this case, the message is right on so I have to demur to some hippy shit. Let’s Skateboard video after the jump. Remember potential music critics, this song is meant for little kids.

– Thanks to Craig Smith for the tip. WARNING: Don’t cross him or he’ll spend countless hours photoshopping your face on to scooter and rollerblade photos. I speak from experience.

Recent coupons for Wahoo’s Fish Tacos featuring Jim Gray. Wait, that name sounds familiar… didn’t he used to write here or something?

Skateboard as illustration for an article about collectors in the April issue of Art & Antiques (For Collectors of the Fine and Decorative Arts). “eclectic collectors are everywhere, but what distinguishes a so-called serious collector from a mere gatherer with unusual tastes?” Hmm. I must fall somewhere in the middle. I would collect everything skateboard related were it not for the limited capacities of my bank account, storage space, and patience that my wife possess. I can’t figure out hot write that last sentence properly. Let me break it down for you. I don’t have enough money or space to collect everything I want, and even if I did, my better half already thinks I have a problem. Is being a completist mutually exclusive with being a curator? I’m just trying to compile the Encyclopedia Galactica of annoying skateboarding memorabilia.

Another Bizarro strip from Dan Piraro. Notice the skateboard action in the upper right corner. You might remember the Gettysburg Tweet? Bizarro is one of the few funny comic strips in syndication anymore. This is a Piraro/Bizarro take on the classic kid’s magazine exercise of finding something wrong with an illustration. Dan, if you’re reading this, send your skateboard comics this way.

– Thanks to Jazz Pickle MC for the tip.