So I went to the Dalles, Oregon to check out the new Spohn Ranch skatepark about a week ago. I remembered to set the alarm so I could get there before it was overrun with kids. I remembered to set the timer for the coffee maker. I remembered to charge the camera battery. I remembered my tripod. I remembered my sunglasses. I remembered CD’s for the 80 mile car ride. I forgot my wallet. I forgot my skateboard. Super!

D*Face is back at the Ridiculous Pool, this time with a contraption that attaches a can of spray paint to a skateboard and leaves a trail. Now you’ll never have to ask “What’s the line over the death box?” Photo essay online at Concrete Disciples or catch the video after the jump. – Thanks to MC and Ryan Hass for the tip.

Despite an unfortunate choice of subtitle which the author says was chosen by the publisher, The Skateboard. The Good, The Rad and the Gnarly looks promising. It’s not the first time the subject has been take n on, but it’s probably the most in depth to date, even though there is a good deal of overlap with Disposable. The Skateboard (TGTBATG) is less of a visual catalog and history of board graphics and more of a collection of essays on the history of skateboarding. The photography (by Lucia Griggi) is good and thankfully the grunge look is kept to a minimum in the otherwise clean layout. The Author Ben Marcus is a writer and former editor of Surfer Magazine. Ben put a lot of effort into interviews and fact checking through the skateboard community. His real desire is to put out a book for each decade, and he gathered information like that was going to be the end result. MVPBooks is the publisher, and you can see some excerpts on the book’s Facebook page, or check out a few spreads after the jump.

If you’re a regular reader you know we cover skateable architecture here, even when it’s only marginally so. Many skaters have/had the adolescent fantasy of being rich enough to design your own house and make everything skateable, but nobody has really done it. I imagine if you find yourself in a situation where skateboarding is paying for your custom house, you’d probably want a bit of a break from it. Pierre Andre via Etnies funded a small prototype of a a design by architect Gil Le Bon Delapointe (scroll down). It features furniture from the Skate House Study collection. if it gets built it will certainly trump a certain domicile in Athens, Greece. The protoype was part of the Public Domaine show in Paris, France, the same one with the clever video of board graphics. Check out the action video and interview with the architect after the jump. – Thanks to Marek for the tip.

Again with Natas from the Public Domaine show in Paris. Maybe he came up with the idea but it looks like someone executed it for him. What a cool thing to have in your reel of motion graphics. Hat’s off to Emil Kahr Nilsson, and Natas for his role. – Thanks to Betsy for the tip.

Last week at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton. They took it down the next day but encouraged skateboarder employees to ride it while it was up.

Nardwuar the Human Serviette, recently posted part 2 of the The History of Skate Rock. I haven’t listened to it yet but the tipster says it’s more on target this time, and does include some talk about eBay action. The show isn’t archived on the offical Nardwuar site, but instead on WFMU.org. – Thanks to Dale Pidlisny for the tip.