Skate and Annoy: Daily
It’s Nollie Time
Adventure Time may be the best animated show on television, although It’s tough to top the Venture Brothers. I’m still waiting for skateboarding to show up in the Venture Brothers, somehow I thought it happen there first, maybe Dean trying to impress Triana Orpheus, or Dr Venture getting hassled by teenagers on the street… Meanwhile, Adventure Time snuck in some skateboarding. The kingdom of Ooo may be magical, but it’s not a free or all. It’s fairly flushed out, there is some crossover with the real universes, but then again Finn is the only human alive, and skateboarding has always been the domain of homo sapiens. I want to see skateboarding in my favorite shows (is that wrong?) but I don’t want it to be awkward. What the math indeed. Spoiler alert, don’t watch this clip if you haven’t seen the Mystery Train episode because it will give away the ending.
Reader Video: Forming
Another gem from Punkerbean featuring more than one cool spot. Enjoy. – Thanks to Franks (Shaw?) for the tip.
What the math?
Danimal turned up this 6th grade math textbook during his travails in the education world. I can imagine the publisher and editor brainstorming for the cover. It’s not that hard actually, i used to work for a college textbook publisher. “How do we get the kids excited about math? Put a skateboarder on it!” Sure, just don’t make it a discipline that most kids think is for weird old dudes. Junior high school, where the sine wave of boredom intersects with the bezier curve of apathy. Enlargement after the jump. Let’s figure out who this guy is. Official NoPrize to the first person names the title reference.
Extreme Parenting
This segment from fuel TV is kindof old actually, but still amusing. Sometimes I don’t post things like this because I see them as a a reminder of my failure to produce more original content on SNA. As soon as I win that lottery I’ll make up for it. – Thanks to Sarib Khalsa for the tip.
Balancing the trade deficit
At long last we’re finally shipping some substandard manufactured goods to China instead of receiving them. The Fanling Vert Ramp in Hong Kong being perpetrated by American Ramp Company. It’s prefab concrete, which I gotta say kind of makes sense to me. I mean, if you’re going to build a concrete vert ramp, prefab might be the way to go since uniformity is more desirable than creative artistry, assuming they have the skills to set it up right. Look at the size of those vert panels. This thing looks like a beast, although at that height it’s going to seem narrow. – Thanks to Chad Balcom for the tip.
Annoying Kid of the Month
More like biannual annoying kid. This one comes from Colin Walsh, who reminds us that the BCSA benefit show is coming up soon. So this kid was pan handling. I’m broke too, but I’ve got a 20 year master plan to make massive riches by selling this website to the ghost of Steve Rocco. Like they say with the lottery here in Oregon, for entertainment only, not for investment purposes. So yeah, be entertained by this guy.
In case there ever was a doubt
Roving reporter John Agular spotted this lovely Vision Street Wear scooter. So, yeah, looking forward to seeing how the VSW reissue scooters sell on eBay in 20 years. Reminds me of a hilarious bumper sticker that showed up on eBay in 2004. Kind of a niche joke, which makes all the more appealing to the nerd that runs this site.
GVK#66: Old Man Litinski
Old man Marek hanging with his son Radek at Gabriel park. I had not skated with Marek for some time. He is solid as ever and still retains his good looks how can this be. Well it is. Editors Note:GVK has a new home in the features section. You can comment there. Just as with eBay Watch, the comments aren’t showing up on the sidebar here, but they will be integrated soon-ish. In the mean time, enjoy the new larger video format.











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