Joseph Brown sent in some pictures of the Coos Bay, Oregon skatepark under construction. Yowza! It looks like a deep one. More pics after the jump.

The Missoula Skatepark Association was instrumental in raising funds for Missoula’s skatepark, but found themselves without a mission once the park was built. So, they changed their name to the Missoula Skatepark Association and they’ve been busy. So far they’ve helped out the towns of Helena and St. Ignatius through grants they received from the Lennox Foundation. Helena currently has a “lackluster park that was built a rollerskating stooge out of Colorado and some local contractors.” St. Ignatius is working on phase II of their design. Phase I was built last summer by Dreamland. [Source: The Missoulian] – Thanks to Prickly Pete Brown for the tip.

This week’s Shot of the Week was sent in from Kasey “KC” Stevenson, the same gal who suggested the Chicks with Sticks gallery. Turns out she was talking about girls, you know, actually skating. This is a close up of a shot from Randy’s old bowl in Valley Forge, PA. I guess the spot is dead now. You can vote for her pictures over at a site called Girls Learn to Ride. Don’t forget to check out the uncropped version of the Shot of the Week.

Seattle keeps tearing them down! Alternatively famous sex advice columnist Dan Savage is covering the death of the “Wall of Death” skate spot online for The Stranger. He’s documenting his correspondence with the city and the bureaucratic responses. Check out the hatefully crude skate stoppers! – Thanks to Adam Shahan for the tip.

You’ve all heard of the Goofy vs. Regular foot contest, but here’s an amusing twist. Skatepark of Baltimore “Baggy vs Tight” Skate Contest at the “Pants Ramp.” On Sunday, October 5th The S.O.B. held a skate contest on the pants ramp, Baggy pants skaters vs. Tight pants skaters. They had heats and eliminations narrowing it down to five riders representing each side then they squared off for the best run. The video is mostly useful for getting a look at the Pants ramp that was “accidentally” torn down by city officials. They must have got it put back up. – Thanks to Stepahanie Murdock for the tip.

We’ve posted about Nau clothing before. Then they closed up shop. Well they were bought by Horny Toad clothing company who relaunched the company seemingly with the core principles intact and apparently a desire to appeal to skateboarders. I’m surprised those pants don’t have deeper pockets.

Hippie dippie tea company Celestial Seasonings is getting in the Extreme!™ kids marketing game with these drink mixes called Go Stix. Sure, they have extra vitamins, and half the sugar of competing products, but they are still meant to be poured into convenience store bottled water, which doesn’t seem “all good” as far as mother earth goes. Hey! What do you call a prehistoric monster that is asleep? Find out after the jump.

13 Cenral Florida News reports that 13 year-old Keith Baldassare established a new world record and raised money for Grind For Life by breaking the old Guiness Record of 46 consecutive ollies. Photos: Skateparkoftampa.com and Kelly Lambert for the Athens Banner Herald

Deckstool (sounds like something you might have to ollie over at Burnside) has a really cool design for recycling busted skateboards into furniture. They will even make you one out of your own broken decks. Looks like a cool craft project but maybe your time is worth more than $300. That skateboard truck is a nice touch. I almost forgot. I found this via

Europeskate has a relatively new feature called “Beauty of the Month” and they are encouraging “models” to drop by for a photo session. A gal just wrote us and and suggested a “Chicks with Sticks” gallery. I’m not sure if she meant actual skate photos or what, but I can tell you there will be no “dropping by for a photo session” at the Skate and Annoy studios as I’m already unemployed and I don’t need any extra grief on the home front. Check out Europeskate’s Beauty of the Month. [Photo: Matt Ewing]