I have made these improvements to the site. I added long overdue threaded comments. So now you can reply directly to a bonehead instead of having to quote them in hopes that people know who you are responding to. I love how MC’s comic about the inevitability of slamming has turned to an argument about wearing pads. He didn’t even mention helmets. You’ll also notice little square boxes next to your comment. If you don’t have an avatar you’ll see a tiny blue razor scooting kook. If you want to change it, head on over to gravatar.com and you can upload one for free. It will show up on any site that uses gravatars, which stands for Globally Recognized Avatars. I added tags to the posts as well, just another way of linking posts with similar subject matters. I’ve been using them for a while but the whole back catalog isn’t tagged yet. Some day. Let’s see, I also went back and re-uploaded all the old commercials and TV spots that were deleted when I got the boot from YouTube. I spread them out a little and got wise (vague) about the descriptions, so they should be up there for a while. There are over 50 now. Enjoy.

Yeah, the concrete is smooth, but there’s a frog in the coping. It’s been about a year since we first posted on Herman’s Hole. The second skate jam campout at the Hole is May 7th & 8th… in MIssouri!

Here’s a pretty cool ad from Converse. It looks much better larger, on Ads of the World. Never actually seen it in a magazine. This isn’t even an add for Converse Skateboarding. Anybody that skates has probably worn Chuck Taylors at one point or another.

I’ve milked this single Diesel Fuel ramp shot to death now, but I think it’s gone now that Klutch and Jessamyn Patterson painted a mural on part of it. The piece is 35″ x 90″ and will be raffled at the show opening with $1 tickets. The winner will be announced at 9 PM.

Opening Friday, April 9, 2010 from 7-10 PM
Someone Gallery
2718 SW Kelly Avenue
Portland, OR

Music by Cars And Trains at 8PM and DJ monkeytek all night.

On Friday April 9th the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery will be hosting the Heel Bruise book launch for the last batch of Disaster zines. Celebrating its origins in counter culture youth movements and DIY bookmaking, the Disaster zine highlights the art of Lance Mountain, Thomas Yu, and SkyPage. The final edition comes signed and numbered with a Disaster zine tee shirt. Also on display will be a selection of new works from the three contributing artists, and sounds courtesy of Ras Dynamite (aka Lance C. Mountain).

HVW8 Production House
Art + Design Gallery
661 N Spaulding Ave
Los Angeles, Ca 90036

The Vodafone headquarters in Porto, Portugal, as seen in SpaceInvading.

– Thanks to Skate D for the tip.

More pictures from a backyard pour in the woods of Maine, thanks to Thomas Dupere.