So what happens when one company puts together a video for another one? Check out Merde Skateboards short but sweet video featuring a couple Cold War riders.

Holy Cow (skates) It’s the legendary GSD and his seminal zine Skate Fate. I’ll bet he hates being called legendary.GSD is celebrating the 30 (!) year anniversary of Skate Fate by releasing a 320 page best of volume, which you can pick up for a reasonable price at Blurb, except the shipping (fixed pirce from Blurb) is pretty steep. Anyone want to go in on a joint order? Press release and sample pages after the jump.

I envision a post apocalyptic future where gangs of longboarders maraud the outskirts of a dying civilization, raiding the unprepared and the weak, pillaging and plundering for the only currency left from the the modern world’s halcyon days, the recycled skateboard. Seriously, soon enough broken boards are going to become almost as valuable as a new board. Shwood makes sunglasses out of old skatebaords, something we’ve recently seen before, but this incarnation is constructed in a different manner. Shwood is out in the burbs of Portland, and fittingly, local filmer/photog Joe Stevens put together a video that shows the skateboard pre-demise, post-reincarnation and everything in between.

Factory Youth Movement is a community center in Merida, Spain with skatepark facilities blending into the landscape architecture. Or from a different vantage point, skateable terrain nestling and nurturing the building it was designed for. Pipets loaded and ready. Petri dish courtesy of Selgas Cano. Factory Youth Movement, I ‘m pretty sure I used to have one of their 10″ extended dance singles. [Source: Simple Genius – Photos: Arch Daily] – Thanks to Betsy Gordon for the tip.

Some people are obsessed with skateboards, others with making 8 bit pixel art in the style of old video game perspective. Head on over to eBoy for an odd little assortment.

Like many public parks projects, Northglenn Colorado’s skatepark had funds allocated for artistic purposes. They held a contest and the winner was chosen for this acid etch/stain finish for the clamshell bowl. More pictures on via Team Pain.

__________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | o o | | | ——————— | | | | \| / | \@__ | | | | | | | @\ | _/\|/|__ | |________|___________|________9____9_______| | \ | | | @/ | | | / | | jock. | | \/ / | \ | | ———o————| o | | 8 8 | /|\ | | | | | | | ___/_\_ | | | o o | |____________________|_____________________| mc 7.28.11 Once again, thanks/apologies to Fixed Characters