There’s a guy trying to restore the Clown Ramp, I’ve got an email or a Facebook message somewhere that I’ve misplaced. I know he’s looking for people who might know where pieces of it are, mainly the bits that used to be part of Skate Ball. The pic above is from Embassy Skateboards recap of their 2nd Annual Jeff Phillips tribute.

“Original wooden form for the Prototype Independent baseplate, circa 1977.” I wonder how they got the raised text on the baseplate looking so clean. [Source: independenttrucks on Instagram]

Jess Kendall model, courtesy of an entrepreneur in China and reader Benji Haecker. Jess rode for Stan Cruz, right? If you’re going to counterfeit a board, why not make it an exact copy?

A visitor from another planet landed on earth, approached the ragged leadership of what remained of mankind and asked, “I see you living among the wreckage and waste of a great civilization. Tell us what happened, so we may avoid the same fate.” To which a tired looking twenty something replied, “Well, there was a great disaster. Nobody knew if it was natural or man made. We could have saved ourselves, but all the world’s intellectual and artistic property was posted on bullshit social media sites like Facebook, Tumblr and Pinterest. We couldn’t find the original sources of information to actually fix anything.” I have kitchen backsplash that I plan on installing soon. I don’t think I’m going to go this route, no matter how cool these Sk8 Tiles from Art of Board look. The more I look at it the more I might change my mind. Has anyone checked the futures market for used skateboard decks lately? [Source: Werd] – Thanks to Joey for the tip.

Check out the Unheard Skate Supply indoor facility (formerly known as SE Indoor thing) that I keep forgetting to post pictures of. Why, it’s a session and a Bacon Skateboards video on Saturday, May 19th at 1913 SE Haig street in Portland. Sponsor Luv.

Some people find the retro fetish tipping the scale more towards “annoy” than “skate,” but I’m all for it, just as I like the new plastic banana boards. I’m not sure if boards like this ever actually existed though, that shape looks like a direct copy of 60’s era Nash boards, and while they did have that style trucks with composite wheels, I would had guessed urethane wheels would have first appeared on a little bit of a bigger or wider board. Someone (slightly) older than me should clear this up. In any case, these are really nice looking decks, even though I can’t really get behind a name like Shakastics. However, urethane is for wussies. Part of the reason I like these so much is because I am prototyping a steel wheeled version in my garage right now. And you think I’m joking… – Thanks to Seth Levy for the tip.