This is an actual attachment in an email I got from a random Chinese skateboard manufacturer.

Taking the Holidays off. Happy Festivus, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, etc… to you and yours! If you’re hurting for holiday content, check out these past posts filed under Christmas and Holidays.

Santa slob air pajamas at Old Navy. Thanks to Danimal for the pic.

Well, the skatepark isn’t quite funded yet, but the web site is up.

I was going to pass on posting about the re-rerelease of the Back to the Future Hoverboard replicas from Mattel until I watched a little bit of another Hoverboard video featuring Bob Gale, the co-creator of Back to the Future. He’s talking about items featured in an auctioned that benefitted the Michael J. Fox Foundation for parkinson’s research. Blah, blah, blah until you get to the part about one of the original props being auctioned at Sothebys for $17,000, and then being resold a few years later for $55k. (!) Also interesting, the mechanical effect used to make the hoverboard appear to float when thrown on the ground. The video shows two different boards, one used for the wire flights and one used for the throw down.

What does it all mean?

Powell’s got three Christmas themed items on sale for the holidays, not one, but two different Vato Rat skateboards and new this year, Ripper ornament. That ornament is only 6 bucks. I’m getting one.

A turtle on a fingerboard, as seen on making the rounds on Facebook. A Tumblr post from thetoxicgraveyard was as far as it could be traced.

– Thanks to Jason Duncan for the tip.

Here’s Christian Hosoi recalling a pretty mild but amusing tale of tripping on mushrooms while at the hight of his fame. The Beavis and Butthead style animation adds to the enjoyment, as does Christians attitude and presentation of the whole thing. First and foremost, up front about his new sobriety, without being a well… buzzkill about the whole thing. Brought to you by Vans.