It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as John Henry, but the song that was the Peach Orchard met it’s demise courtesy of the Norfolk Southern railway, the property owners. It was railway adjacent, and essentially nothing to them, but they tore it down because the lawyers said they should. Nola.com has the scoop. What did the New Orleans locals get for their trouble? Some leftover ramps from a Red Bull demo and a D.I.Y. hangover. Faster than you can say “hair of the dog,” a new spot is born. Pleasureside is it’s name, and unless I’m mistaken, it’s essentially right next door to the old spot. Even John Henry’s balls weren’t that big! – Thanks to Joey O’Mahoney for the tip.

Björn Holm of Finland made a surfboard out of recycled skateboards. It’s the shell only so it’s probably not as heavy as it looks. I cracked up after watching the video, it’s almost like a SNL Digital Short. Everything is so serious, and there’s all the ice, and all of the sudden it’s over and the poor guy hasn’t even gotten to ride it yet. [Source: Hypbeast via Freshngood.]

Rip City Skates (Santa Monica, California) commercial introducing the new Raymond Pettibon skateboard designs for 1984. The decks featured classic Pettibon illustrations and Black Flag iconography. So “commercial” implies that it was on television at some point, my guess is cable access at best, but still rad. I would have lost control if I had seen this on air back in the day. Lost my mind.

Benton County Skateboard Alliance fundraiser on Saturday. If I get my act together in time I might have some new stuff, but you should go either way. The Benton County Skateboarding Alliance is hosting our 5th Annual Art and Music Benefit to raise money to expand the Corvallis Skatepark at the Corvallis Elks Lodge (1400 NW 9th St, Corvallis, OR 97330-4511) on Saturday June 2nd! All ages, doors open at 6pm, 5$ at the door, music starts at 7:00 pm. the band line up includes: Metallov 7-7:30. Sh!twolf 7:45-8:30. Arcweld 8:45-9:45. Bonneville Power 10-11:00pm. Come support local skateboarders, artists and musicians. Food and soft drinks will be provided. Bring your ID to purchase beer or hard drinks. No outside beverages are allowed in the Elks Lodge so do not BYOB! After Party! 12 AM, 21 and over, at Jack O’Koles (140 NW 3rd St. Suite B, Corvallis, OR 97330), 3$ at the door. Features music by Sumbitch and Blood Cobra! UPDATE: Over 21? Check out the after party benefit after the jump.

I mean, I collect 45’s and LP’s of skatesploitation music, but not yet cassettes. Hard to believe they made more than one volume, and each volume has more than one volume. This is Skate Board 2.

It’s too bad these aren’t old timer stereogram pics. Of course then you’d need a viewer, and the subject matter would look more like this. This week’s shot(s) of the week were poached from Daniel Evans Instagram feed on two separate occasions (one and two). I wish you could enlarge a photo on the Instagram feed on your phone for crying out loud. Getting back to the subject matter, expansion is in the works at Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, this time fully permitted before the fact. In the background of the first shot you can see a tangentially related neighborhood beautification project in the form of a street painting. Although not part of BSSS, it was the vibrant community of BSSS that drew the non-skating artists to the spot.

There is a Facebook page called A Longboard Makes a Girl Twice As Hot. It’s disgusting, really. I mean why discriminate against regular sized boards? – Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

The Turf isn’t the only skatepark waiting around to be unearthed. Spain’s first skatepark in… In where? They don’t say! Anyway, they’ve been dogging by hand for over a year and have the freestyle platter and one of the bowls unearthed. The video (Digging) is a about 18 minutes long, and you have to wait about 14 to see some present day skating. I would have liked to see more of the surrounding terrain. It’s like they are keeping it a secret. Confusion says it’s near Barcelona in Arenys de munt. So does S.U.S.C. Digging and bonus vid after the jump. I wonder what’s up with saving the Turf? [Source: Bowl to Be a Trail ] – Thanks to Michael Pfister for the tip.

OTRO is a skatepark thinly disguised as art, but hey, I’m not complaining. Whatever you have to call it to get it paid for and built is OK by me. Koo Jeong-A is the artist, the location is… I can’t figure it out, possibly in Brussels. The plans say something about tunnels, but I don’t see them. The construction photos might be the real art. Check it out at L’escaut. Post title comes from the translated caption of one of the rebar photos. – Thanks to Jerome for the tip.