…He just loved to live that way. And he loved to steal your money. Can you blow out a spot across the street from the Police station? Battle Ground, Washington has more interesting terrain than just a skatepark going for it.

Aw what the hell, it’s Paul Fujita day today. When he’s not working at Cal Skate or running the Zeitgeist Gallery, he’s appearing in Portland Monthly Magazine or on Fuel TV. Aside from making art and being a newish father and a husband, I suppose he might even find time to skate. [Photo: Bottom left – PORT. Right – Portland Monthly ]

Pierre Andre Senizergues. I didn’t even know his last name wasn’t “Andre.” After playing third fiddle in the freestyle world in the 80’s he founded Etnies, among other things, and now he’s part of the great Freestyle Conspiracy Theory. The Los Angeles Times has a photo spread of his beach house in Newport Beach, California. Some parts of it are no different than any other rich guy’s nice house, but some aren’t. For instance, it looks like he’s working on acquiring every single bit of skate furniture out there, which was kind of a surprise. I figured maybe he’d be burnt out on that. There’s some interesting details lurking in these pictures. Check it out. – Thanks to Paul Fujita for the tip.

Many professional athletes have intense cross-training, strict diets, and other extreme measures to promote their athletic prowess.  Skateboarders, however, seem to ignore such conventions and consume massive amounts of beer.  A new game has arisen out of this demand for quantifying one’s drinking abilities: Wizard Sticks. The rules are simple… when you finish a beer, you duct tape the empty can to the bottom of your next one.  When the stack is higher than you, the distinction as a “wizard” is made. This game has been gaining increased popularity in skate circles, with coverage in places such as Jackassworld.com.

Spohnranch has a new street plaza opening in the Inglewood neighborhood of Wilmington California. It’s replacing some prefab ramps with prefab concrete. They actually placed the whole park on the existing slab, traced it, and then cut out the concrete and laid the new pieces in place. They predict a lot of communities will be replacing metal and wood prefab parks this way as it allows them to avoid the expense of re-pouring all the flat. Seems like it would work fine for a street plaza. This one was co-designed by Paul Rodriguez Jr. and features replicas of LA spots including the DWP granite benches, Fairfield ledges and LA High banks. They have a Flickr stream of the installation and a short video that you can watch after the jump. Not much to it really. The park is located at 325 Neptune Ave, Wilmington, CA 90744. Opening ceremony is September 27

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Opening tonight at the Goodfoot, Portland artist Klutch and his show titled Planet Of The Kooks. The installation is going to be about 30 feet long and made entirely of old skateboards. Here’s some info from the press release. “With his latest offering, Planet Of The Kooks, Portland artist Klutch delivers a vision both inspirational and dystopian. Via an installation/mural made entirely from old skateboard decks, Klutch has manifested a world where people’s trash has been reclaimed by The Kooks, into a space where flocks of birds and birdhouses hover over adobe villages rising from clouds. As protection from evil all are guarded by several primitive masks converted into elaborately decorated surveillance and communication devices.” This is the most stoked I have been on a show in years and I really hope you can join me at tomorrow’s opening. The entire installation is over 30 feet long and includes over 50 pieces. As always Monkeytek will  be spinning some serious dubstep thunder so you know it’s going to be fun. September 25th – 5-11 PM The Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark, Portland, OR

OK, I haven’t been out since Day 15. That’s not exactly true, I skated for about an hour last Saturday morning, but had to leave just as I was getting warmed up. Seriously. It takes me that long to warm up when it’s a morning session. We hit Glenhaven today for about an hour and some change, but what a difference an afternoon session can make. I felt like I was regressing after Newberg, but even so I was glad to land a few.

Drove by this house today on the way to the skatepark for a quick session. I know I’ve driven by it more than a handful of times, but this is the first time I noticed it. It looks more fun in person than it does in the pictures. I blurred the house out because I don’t want to give the owners a headache if they don’t already have one, plus the guy came home as I was standing in the street with my camera, blocking his driveway. I will say that it’s near Glenhaven skatepark in Portland.

Salt Lake City Utah essentially bans skateboard ramps on private property, except for the rich. Hey, it’s just like 1984 again! Here’s the link to all the new regulations, #21 – Community Noise Pollution Control Regulation is the one you want. 4.5.21. Sporting Ramps. No person shall build or use nor shall any person cause, allow, or permit anyone to build or allow anyone to use any skateboard, roller blade, bicycle, or snowboard ramp or half-pipe or similar configuration within 800 feet of a dwelling, except within facilities that have been designated for such use by a government entity. Actually, it’s the Salt Lake Valley Health Department that is the regulating body. Local Nick Hale was one of the first to get a visit from the Mormon Machine. He started a website where he’s collecting signatures for a petition to overturn the ban over at SLCminiramp, although he might attract a wider audience demographic without the giant “Bogus! Weeeeak!” graphic. This is… so lame. I’m not going to bother preaching to the converted, but we’ll keep our ears open for future developments, help rally the troops, etc. Image above is from the SnA feature on the demo halfpipe in the…