The New York Times web site has a feature about skateboarders capitalizing on the mortgage crisis by finding, draining, and skating pools of houses that are in foreclosure. Skate and Annoy even gets mentioned due to our heads up on Billy Runaway’s photos of said pools. It seems like whenever we get quoted by the legitimate press, (Hard to believe, but it happens) they provide a link to web site, but never the article in question, so here is the original post for all our newfound friends from the New York Times. I wasn’t aware that we were a site “where skaters trade tips about how to find and drain abandoned pools.” Maybe they are rerring to Kent’s old article on how to drain a pool using existing plumbing in the DIY section. Aside from SnA being highlighted, it’s also intersting that the mainstream press picked up on this. There has to be a skateboarder on staff.

-Thanks to Maureen, Pribble and Hass for tip.

Trying to raise funds for the skate park in hood river. Purchase any image from the photo shelter site and 20% will be donated to help with a new bonus section.

Thanks – Carl Warren Photography

Birth Day Grinch: Video proof of a skateboarding caveman. A man so old carbon dating can not determine his age.

Happy Birthday, Dude!

A couple of recent news items. this Gloucester, England news item about someone burning a skatepark. Was it the kids, or something more sinister?

How about this editorial from the Alamagordo Daily News about skateboarders desecrating a war memorial. I want my tombstone to have transition and coping.

(Remember the Tony Hawk Vietnam Vet memorial fiasco? – k.ed)

A dog riding a skateboard. Looks like a jack russel terrier who skates it all, tranny, rails, hippy jumps! there is more canine action at the miamioffleash site. Watch the video after the turn.

A good excuse not to post every single picture is in case I need a Shot of the Week and I’m in the middle of a snowstorm, I can pull something from the archives. This is Jon Jon Bryan from the Lincoln City leg of the Trifecta in 2008. Next week I’ve got a scheduled roundup of assorted 2008 Trifecta coverage from various sources, including Brazil! Jon Jon makes skateboards over at ABC. Check out the full frame Shot of the Week.

Post-holiday depression? Here’s a video of Santa bombing some hills. I know it’s a day late, but it’s still funny that it comes from CNN via their iReport site. I like the concept for getting eyewitness news up faster, but lately CNN is getting more and more like AM talk radio. Seriously, who cares what some hothead in Iowa thinks about the mortgage crisis. If I wanted to watch amateur news I’d turn on Fox.

I wish someone had posted this choking warning around the time I entered my first skateboard contest. Ouch! I found this after I followed MC’s link for the arts & craft skateboard. It’s the Razor Punk Ramp. It cracked me up that a launch ramp was a choking hazard. While searching for “punk ramp” images on Google, my story about the Punk Sucks Ramp showed up on page four.

Viewer art from Chip Jones inspired by the Tony Hawk Gummie Vitamins. Tony Alva’s Old Dog Vita-Bites. Enlarge your prostate.

Purchase this baby through Amazon toys.

The only sports craft kit on the market. Our kit combines sports and crafts into one package. Everything you need is included – a 24″ solid wood skateboard, black grip tape, specialized non-toxic paints and instructions. The skateboard comes fully assembled with wheels and metal trucks.

I don’t know why they don’t have a decorate your own football helmet kit. Sounds like an amazing business opportunity for someone.