I’ve often wondered what it would be like to ride a skateboard on a bobsled track. I always assumed it would be too fast to contain it, but that was before I contemplated what the surface was. Danny Strasser doesn’t have to wonder. He’s hit a bunch of tracks all over Europe. I wonder if these are sanctioned runs or barge sessions. I imagine after recent sad events these tracks might be harder and harder to get onto with four wheels.

– Thanks to Jesus Crust for the tip.

Oregon’s Walk + Bike program is coordinated by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) to encourage children, youth, and families to use safe, active, transportation to get to and from school and throughout their communities throughout the year.

How did you get to school today? Fill out your form here.

– Thanks to Danimal for the tip.

Check out this sometime blurry, but often rad video of the Small Beating crew touring Santa Cruz.

– Thanks to Freakbeatfuzz for the tip.

That’s right. Stick anything on a skateboard to make it look cool, hip, young, and dare I say… EXTREME! So extreme that a mere cell phone camera couldn’t quite capture this Dole banana box without a blur.

– Thanks to John Aguilar for the snap.

In San Francisco this Saturday, City Underground, which is a combination of World Cup Skateboarding contest, music festival and tattoo parlor. Some of the bands include Face To Face, Circle Jerks, Jughead’s Revenge, La Plebe, Adolescents and Hightower. Meanwhile, in Seattle, Marginal Way DIY skatepark is having a fun-draiser in the form of the First Annual Taco Feed. All you can eat Asada Tacos $10 dollar plates and a skateboard pinata. Also this Saturday, the John Doe Zine 21st Anniversary Skate Jam in Cheyenne Wyoming skatepark at 1pm Mountain time. Don’t forget about the Portland area park slalom contest.

San Francisco flyer – Marginal Way flyer – Cheyenne Wyoming flyer – West Linn flyer.

– Thanks to Tom the Weirdo for the tip.

I’m in the market for a new digital camera, specifically a Nikon because that’s what my lenses are leftover from my now defunct D70, which has suffered a fatal casualty in the memory card reading connection. Repairs cost about exactly what the body goes for used on eBay. When I went to the Nikon USA web site to price the current lineup, I noticed this skateboard shot gracing the front page of the web site. They have a randomizer selecting from a pool of images, so this one might not be prominently displayed, but you should see it flash briefly regardless. Hey Nikon, check out those nice, big new banner ads…

– Tip of the hat to Orezona, what’s up?

Earth Ace, your favorite skateboarding astronaut has some footy. Unfortunately it’s the recurring theme of whiny kids becoming heroes. Unlikeable characters you haven’t seen since the most vertical primate. Seriously, this is one annoying protagonist. I know this is meant for kids, but it’s really kind of funny that on the one hand, he can’t win a skateboard race with a bully, but on the other hand he’s an astronaut charged with saving the solar system. It starts with a nice Thrashin’ style downhill race.

Park slalom is back in West Linn.
Skate Legion has the low down, but it’s pretty much the same info you see in the flyer above. Man, I haven’t been to West linn in… I’m gong to say two, possibly three years. I wonder if the neighbors have relaxed now that there are so many other Portland area skateparks open. Stp by the contest and say hello to former S&A contributer and contest co-organizer Mike Estes.