Well this is it. The last installment of Skateboarding Action, courtesy of Carl Warren. We laughed, we cried, we bailed. Here’s Bill Tocco and some information on buying a skateboard. Today’s skateboards are stronger, bigger, more colorful, and have more protective plastic than ever before. Enlarge-o-rama. Previous installments: Eight – Seven – Six – Five – Four – Three – Two – One

Merde tours the Northwest. Egbert owes me one. Everyone loves Orcas.

Judi Oyama is organizing a show called “Praise the Board” at Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History from September 4 – 27. There’s a skateboard contest being held in association with the exhibit on the 19th. The show is designed to showcase the talent of local Santa Cruz artists and how they have contributed to the worldwide success of skateboarding as a sport. This isn’t an official NHS function, it’s more a case of contributing artists tooting their own horn. The image above is one of the things Judi has collected in preparation. Can’t make it Santa Cruz? Your generous benefactors at Skate and Annoy are working to bring the show to Portland after the run in Santa Cruz. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, contest details after the jump.

Smile On Your Brother is a skate art auction to benefit Contributor, a Canadian initiative to donate skateboards to kids who can’t afford them. Looks like starting bid is $125 but hey, they’re completes! Featured board is by Devin Barrette. Auction runs between August 24th and October 25th, 2009.

Jessica Starkweather at the Oregon-you-know-what, you know-know-where edition. I take this shot of her every time I see her at Pier Park, though usually the timing is better, as it’s actually a double truck frontside carve grind. Enlarge-o-rama.

14 year old Kyle Ohlson keeps sending me photos. I’ve advised him to size down his watermarks and lay of the photoshop filters, and he takes my advice and sends me more photos. So here you go Kyle. This shot above is Jake Selover. Apparently the locals at this Bend skate spot have taken to wearing costumes on their Friday night sessions just for the heck of it. Whether or not they are also taking advice from GVK is unknown. More after the jump.

Weird/old/crappy/cool skateboard of the month this time is courtesy of Andy Cvar, who bought it off German eBay a while back. It may not seem like much up front, but hit the jump to see why this board made me snort my Miesterbrau out of my nose with involuntary laughter. If you’re not a P.E. fan and don’t get the title reference, here’s the bonus clue: He’s the principal on Strangers With Candy.

Oops! St. Helena California Helena Police log reports increasing attendance at Grindline’s new St. Helena, California Skatepark. Wednesday, Aug. 12 1618 — Report of approximately nine kids skating without helmets at the unfinished Crane Park skatepark. Police responded and told the kids not to come back until the park opens. Friday, Aug. 14 2042 — A man on Main Street complained of a stomach ache. He said he’d been drinking all day and hadn’t had anything to eat since the morning. He was taken to St. Helena Hospital for evaluation.

Just what the title says. Looks like the Surf Expo was held in a giant, empty building. Why not set up some street obstacles? I mean, why not? I think GVK was in charge of the music for this one.