Alright this is the second in a row – VERT is back. When I was in my skate hay-day I would spend part of the summers in Virginia Beach. There were about 6 city ramps in that town in the mid-80’s. Mt. Trashmore was the tallest and the first. I heard FUD (a.k.a. John Fudala) actually designed it. It was always a heavy session after 5 o’clock every night. Every session was a jam format and he who did not bail won the right to ride the whole ramp. My friend Bone Man and I came up with a plan to get runs after 5 pm – when one of us was going to fall, we would avoid falling in front of each other and make our bodies as big as we could on the flat to take up space so no one could drop in. This plan rarely worked. Mt. Trashmore produced great riders, everyone from Scary Larry to the Guitierrez trio (all three of which still ride). There were many more that were always nice and fun to watch skate. While there for my brief visit, I pulled up to the ramp where Allen Midget and Henry were…

The Portland premier of the Power Riders Wheels video titled Plug in Tune Out is Saturday 18th @ 9 pm, at the A&L Sports Bar at 60th and Glisan. $5 dollars at the door goes to help rebuild the Scott barn that recently burned down. Trailer after the jump.

LOL, you know, Ladies of Longboarding… LOL OMG! Right. The ladies in this case are actual downhill racers. All profits go to fight breast cancer. Ladies, ladies, ladies. That’s right. Ladies of Longboarding. – Thanks to Greg Baller for the tip.

If I recall correctly, I think there were Paul Mitchell banners up at the Dew Tour. This mountainboarding advert is pretty absurd on a couple of levels, and it’s going to ruin Wes’ weekend. – Thanks to Shvitz for the tip and the headline.

Back in 2007 I wrote a short piece about Simon Woodstock, and it ended up being one of the more heavily trafficked posts on the site. Simon got in touch a couple of years later. Originally he wasn’t too keen on having his skateboarding past brought to the limelight again, but he’s since come to terms with it. I asked if he had anything he wanted to say to our readers and to my surprise he actually did. [Left: Reprinted from The Skatebook. Right: Recent shot of Simon and his dog Scooter.]

I’m pretty sure that’s a bottle cap skateboard and a domino launch ramp. Not to be confused with parakeets on fingerboards in a bathroom sink, at which point I bring up vacuum cleaner sucks up budgie. – Thanks to Seth Levy for the tip.

According to Gizmodo, this thing is called the DTV Shredder. No matter how many times it shows up on the internet as a tank skateboard, it’s still a scooter. I love how these product videos all have macho electric guitars or techno music in them. Just once I wish they’d have some really sensitive music instead. Something like Morrissey or the Carpenters. – Thanks to Templeton and Paul Fujita for the tip.

So it’s true, if you want to hear me badger Randy on Callin’ on Colin listen in at PDX.FM tomorrow (Thurs.) at 2pm. Check the archives for an interview with Howard of CalSkate and next week, I should have Kyle from Cal’s Pharmacy/ Dept. fame. Please post any questions we should entertain in the comments!