Skate and Annoy: Daily
T.G.I.F. Warm Fuzzies
It’s Woodstock on a skateboard. Celebrating random eBay finds that I forgot to document, but at least managed to drag an image into a folder and save it.
Reader Ramps: Driveway = fun
Not exactly reader DIY, but still in the same spirit. I’ve got nothing against plywood, but these days it seems like more and more people are opting for concrete. I mean, it seems that way to me, but maybe that’s because I live in Portland. Ok, not fair, it’s definitely part of a larger trend. Listen, I’ve been churning this stuff out for three years now. Blah, blah, blah. Nothing interesting to say. Check out Jocelyn’s new driveway. I guess she needed to have her driveway redone anyway, so she decided to turn part of it into a miniramp. If you’re jealous, well.. we are entering the raining season.. The pictures start off level and well framed, but as more and more progress its made the horizons start to shift and the composition gets awkward. It’s almost like she was having a hard time containing her excitement. Jocelyn’s last name withheld to prevent excessive doorbell ringing.
Married with Pyscho Stick
From a random episode of Married With Children, thanks again to Josef Heffner. Not much else to do now. Uhmmmmm. Oh yeah, remember the old Christina Applegate skateboard.
Maggot’s kid brother
From Max Schaaf’s 4Q Conditioning. The original source is not credited, but it looks like some sort of paperback book aimed at motorcycle riders in the 70’s.
There are other scenes…
There are other scenes… that are so far away physically and mentally from what you are into. But then somehow they seem like a puzzle piece with a weird shape to it that you’ve been missing for years. Maybe this makes sense to Marek, or maybe I’m having an acid flashback. I think I’m going to take off my clothes and run through the woods now.
– Thanks to Set Grossman for the tip
UPDATE: I couldn’t understand why nobody had anything to say about this! I fixed the funkiness that was causing the page to fail. A little heads up would have been nice!
Home improvement
Pool trowels found at my local Lowes home improvement center. I can’t imagine people who build real pools in Portland go to Lowes to buy thier specialized tools. Still, here they are.
Meat Show Baconfest
Still no clue what the Meatshow is, but some of the Bacon Skateboards team will be shredding this crappy miniramp at the event, which appears to be all about meat and beer. Bacon Skateboards attendees of 2009 Portland Baconfest will include, Johnny Turgesen, Kevin Kowalski, Benji Galloway, Mason Huggins, Cody Lockwood, Mike Barnes, Oudalay Philavanh, and Noe Chavez. Benji is nursing a broken wing, so I imagine he will be there with beer in (other) hand. Colin has to go pick this crappy ramp up in his crappy pickup truck all by himself. Thank god I’m, err, out of town that day? Yeah, that’s it.
Two new indoor spots in Portland
Up top is the Epic Snowboards shop at NW 23rd and Vaughn in PDX. It’s actually sharing a space with a scooter shop – Vespa Portland. This ramp used to be in the Grenade facility, which I believe was somehow associated with the now defunct Office. Regardless, I think this Saturday the doors are open for free durning the grand opening celebration featuring DJ’s and bands, etc.. but I can’t be sure because the flyer I got was illegible. When I get more info I’ll update this post. In the meantime, you can check out some construction pics courtesy of Mike Estes after the jump. UPDATE: Added the flyer.
On the bottom is an indoor ramp at Rip City Skate, also in Portland. This one has been dormant for a while, but reportedly will be done in about a month.
[Photos: MC]
Megaramp hijinks
Even at 120 FPS, I’m still not sure what happened here, but Bob Burnquist is not bailing. Check it out after the jump.
– Thanks to Neal Hendrix for the tip, via Facebook.
SOTW 9-28-09: Interior decorating
This week’s shot of the week is from Steve Aycock, AKA Scphotog. This is Jon Horne in a house in Charleston, South Carolina. I’ve seen a lot of indoor ramps over the years, but nothing quite compares to this bowled in living room. I especially like the diving board painted in persepctive on the back wall. Steve has an interview with the owner in the works. Look for it on S&A in the near future. In the meantime, check out the shot of the week.











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