Skate and Annoy: Daily
Shredline 360
Just when you thought Tech Deck has had run its course. Shredline 360 is a motorized turntable with swappable obstacles that is 20″ in diameter when fully assembled. It’s a little small and janky looking for the serious fingerboarder, but I can imagine a little kid getting stoked about this and spending a lot of time with it. Yes, I am aware that I used the term “serious fingerboarder” without irony.
Tony Ork
“Model of the Month” in the December 2002 (#483) issue of White Dwarf magazine is Tony Ork by Stan Byrne. White Dwarf is a magazine devoted to players of the game Warhammer. A section of the magazine features gaming models and figures created and/or painted by the readers. Not just a casual skateboarder, the Andrecht is called out by name. I’m not a Warhammer player, but I assume “Orc” and “Ork” are interchangeable. This is the first time you’ve seen an Orc or and Ork in jeans… – Thanks to Frankie Sutherland for the tip.
Reggie’s Wise Guy Jokes #48
This is issue #48 of Reggie’s Wise Guy Jokes, published in January of 1979 by the Archie Comics Group. It’s got skateboarding on the cover as well as two single page stories that feature skateboarding, including what just might be the first ever guitar-as-skateboard!
Extreme!® Vitamins and Cough Drops
Kinder Em-Eukal makes cough drops and sweets and has a mascot named Felix. The packaging was designed by an agency called Milk Food. So far Felix has been spotted with an orange, blue, and yellow skateboard. Thanks to… I want to say… David Maes for the tip?
The Reason For the Radical Season
It’s Jesus riding a skateboard! These faux ugly Christmas sweaters that are actually sweatshirts are available from about 100 different online merchants. It’s a shame that Jesus isn’t rendered in the blocky fashion to match the rest of the illustration. – Thanks to Jason Harrison for the tip.
Bugs Bunny #213
Bugs Bunny #213 is from October, 1979. It was published by Western Publishing under the Gold Key and Whitman labels, the former in newsstands and the latter in poly bags for stores. A disapproving Elmer Fudd looks on as Bugs prepares to go into a double-truck carve grind in the pool he must have drained. That wascally rabbit… There are no other skateboard illustrations in this issue except for the one in an Olympic Sales Club ad that features a California Free Former plastic skateboard.
Halle Berry Skates to Get Fit (And Sell You Stuff)
Actress Halle Berry has been hanging out with physical trainer Peter Lee Thomas doing things like getting fit and skateboarding, promoting a “digital health, awareness, and wellness community.” Community is a new word for shop these days. These pics are from her Instagram feed.
Core Lifestyle Brands of the Living Dead!
Who knows how many times the Airwalk brand name has changed owners since it first appeared on the scene in the late 80s. You may be used to seeing Vision name slapped on crappy scooters and the like, but it’s always amusing when a new blast from the past shows up. Witness the Airwalk brand of inline skates, likely on sale in a Target or Marshalls near you. – Thanks to Heath Berg for the photo.
Life With Archie #43
It’s 1965, a time when seeing your friend on a skateboard is still so exciting that it would make you run after him on the street. This is #43 of the Life With Archie series that started in 1958. November, 1965 was a big month for skateboarding in the Archie Comics Group. There was skateboarding on the cover of Jughead #136 and a cover with a story in Tippy Teen #1, a title drawn by the recently defected former Archie artist Samm Schwartz. Sam is credited with developing the Jughead character into a headliner instead of just a bit character.
Maid to Skate
Artist @suzushiro333 has a series of Manga/Anime style illustrations called Maid to Skate that features… well, maids in formal attire skateboarding. While all of them exhibit a certain amount of humor, some of them are quite beautiful and you can tell the artist either skates or has at the very minimum done a really good job of studying. If you appreciate it, there is some merch available.











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