Not really a “where are they now” because we see him all the time. Wally Innoye is no stranger to the Northwest skateboarding scene. My wife spotted him on the cover of the latest Well Aware magazine. Wally is the new head chef and manager of the Bistro at Water’s Edge. Wally is a good sport, but I have to wonder if he groaned when the PR person said “What? We’ve got a former world class pro skateboarder on our staff? Let’s put him on the cover our magazine posing with a skateboard.” Wally was the last guest on Callin on Colin before he Colin moved to S&A and killed the show after one episode here. – Thanks to Mrs Kilwag for the tip.

This a pretty cool shirt available over at The Quiet Life, which is something that Andy Mueller started in the late 90’s. You may know him from such art directing endeavors as Girl Skateboards and Lakai Footwear, but around our house he’s known as the guy who never paid rent when he lived in a house with my wife while in college.

Flexdex made some modern clear cruisers, but they’ve recently been adding led light to some models called LightBoards. They look pretty cool actually. I’m not sure why these appeal to me but others don’t, maybe it’s a residual fondness for Tron. The first time I saw a Flexdex board was in a surf shop around the new millennium. They made a huge oversized board that might have actually been bigger than the Sector 9 Luke Nosewalker, which is almost as big as some of those Hamboards. I was surprised to find out they were still in business. Turns out the company was sold in 2010 to a group whose breakout move was to launch these LED stringer boards at the NYC Toy Fair earlier this year. Actually, the more I type, the less appealing these boards seem to me. The bottom photo is from Gadgets and Gear. Unintentionally funny video after the jump. [Source: I still don’t know…]

It’s hard to tell from the article but I think this skate church set up is an annual event that last for a short period of days and not a permanent fixture in the Malmesbury Abbey that was more or less built by 1180 A.D.. Sure, the heating bill is a bit steep, but look at that view.. Location, location, location. Insert real estate joke here, wait, are didn’t I just use them all? But seriously, what an interesting venue. The event was secular, more of a community outreach than proselytizing scenario. Come for the skateboarding, stay for the architecture. [Source: Prospect Magazine] – Thanks to Ben Reese for the tip.

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Just got back from SPRING BREAK whoo-hoo! Show me your… kids, 5 and younger. First trip to Disneyworld. It was fun, and the kids loved it, but somewhere around 13 hours into it (drive time not included) my 3 year old turned away from the Main Street Electrical Parade and whined “why are we still here?” Disneyland made a liar of me. Two big things I got my kids stoked to see were no shows. The part of the Haunted Mansion at the end where the ghosts end up in the car sitting next to you.. broken or discontinued. In stead there was some really lame one dimensional cartoons projected on the wall as you went past. The second disappointment? Midway through the day I realized I couldn’t find 20,000 leagues under the sea. I told my kids we were going on a submarine and might get attacked by a giant squid. I mentioned it to an old timer who struck up a conversation with me, and his wife laughed at me. She said it had been gone a really, really long time. What? Oh yeah, skateboarding. One thing that hadn’t changed, Tomorrowland Speedway. Even as a kid I didn’t…

The Skateboard Locker story began in 1999 when , MG Creations was contacted by a high school nurse from California’s Central Valley. This nurse was looking for a solution to the daily pile of skateboards in her office. After a year of designing, MG Creations began the production and sales of the “Skateboard Locker.” The idea of a skateboard locker in a structured environment like a school actually makes sense. Especially if you think of it from the standpoint of actually encouraging kids to skate to school instead of punishing them for doing it. These utilities are available over at (wait for it…) Skateboardlockers.com. It’s a fairly simple device, although it seems a little bit under-engineered. By that I mean that there is an awful lot of raw metal being used and wheelbases and width are limited. I’m sure the longboarders at high school are feeling neglected. Skateboard lockers have actually been installed in some California high schools. The devices aren’t being mass produced yet, you have to contact for a quote. According to the web site, the creator Mike Greenwald designs an build skateparks, for whom? It doesn’t say. One slightly amusing tidbit, check out the pictures in the…

So there’s a trend starting where ad agencies are using skateboards as props in living room shots. Garages, bedrooms and cars, sure but on the carpet next to the couch? This is a poster ad for SAP I spotted in the Atlanta airport, notice the skateboard next to the feet of what looks like a feral wolf-child lying on the carpeting. There’s another commercial for milk that I haven’t posted yet. It features Susan Sarandon tidying up a living room by removing the skateboard from next to the hearth.