This is the Surf MC’s album Surf or Die that came out on Profile records in 1987. It’s pretty awful stuff, but the video has decent art direction with a little bit of Pee Wee’s Playhouse and a lot of Stacy Peralta and Craig Steyck. At first I thought it was a music video that Peralta would rather forget, but they used Skull Skates boards instead of Powell Peralta. – Thanks to Heath for the record and Johnny Sampson for the tip.

A crew at one site invites other crews from around Europe to a weekend DIY fest. Crews compete, the spot wins. Great soundtrack, great concrete, a sense of humor and a sense of pure awesome fun. Watch this video from Gypsy Skate. – Tip via Tim Kulas

The zine gallery has been restored with larger images from the original scans. The new back end makes it a lot easier to add new zines to the gallery, and I’m sitting on a lot of scans right now. The biggest time draw is re-reading them and transcribing the information, but it’s a good incentive to stop watching TV. Check out the 25 issues available now in the 80’s Zine Gallery.

Bling and babes on Beverly Skates boards. Located in Beverly Hills California our small skateboard company strives for perfection. We try to uphold the high standards of our community, at the same time leave an open invitation for you to be a part of it. Beverly Skates was founded upon principals that put our heart and soul into our product as much as you the skater have chosen to put your heart and soul into skateboarding. Originally established in 1983, the owner Brian sidelined the company after a few years to persue a career in aviation. His younger brother Sean decided to bring back the company more than twenty years later. Both brothers still communicate freely on company concepts. We try to add a fresh approach to the company while at the same time never forgetting its original rawness. So…. yeah. Friday you know what.

A while ago I screen printed a reproduction of a Nash Park Rider advert from a 70’s era comic book for the purpose of donating them to an Above Coping benefit. These remaining artist proofs are available online through Above Coping for $15 postage paid, although you’re welcome to kick in extra cash if you want because all proceeds benefit Above coping. Buy yours here.

I was hanging out at Target a couple weeks ago, because I am a red blooded American consumer. I always migrate to the toys eventually, which is right next to the crappy sports equipment selection. I noticed this Tony Hawk branded “80’s retro Skateboard” and after examining it brought it to the scanner to find out how much they were schilling it for. It turns out a “Gender Neutral Br” costs $59.99.

Zaha Hadid architects have designed the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan? I didn’t even know that was a place. – Thanks to Matthijs for the tip. [Source: The Contemporist]

Skateboarding in Portland, all kinds. Watch it. It’s a Billy Bones Selfie. – Thanks to Jordan for the tip.

I’ve been working on porting some of the old static HTML content into the Wordpress powered back end. The latest addition is the old Galleries section. Most of the work was in figuring out how to make the old format fit, and now that’s done. Well… mostly. There are a few things that need to be tightened down, but it’s good enough to start filling in the massive hole. It actually goes pretty fast. Last night I put up four issues in the 80’s Skate Zine collection, including Freezine #11, Chi-Town Shred #5, Harsh Vibes #2 and Concrete Crusaders #2. UPDATE: Added