D.I.Y. concrete projects are being birthed everywhere these days. Unlike the D.I.Y. vert ramp heydays, these bowls will probably be around for a lot longer. This one attributed to Hermann is in the St Louis area, and it is getting close to being finished. It’s only a matter of time before the weather breaks for them out there. I mean it’s sunny in Oregon, fer chrissakes! Check out some more picks of this Midwest Gem.

Yes, you know the type. Hanging out here all he time instead of skateboarding… Oh wait. That’s me. These shots were taken in late 1999 with an early consumer digital camera. The lighting is kind of crappy. It’s battery powered, and the troll stands on a turntable set into the skateboard that spins as the it rolls. Hence the name “Turn 360°” Whee! I hate those little troll dolls. This one is about 8 inches tall if I remember correctly. It was annoying enough just to open these images, I’m not about to go dig around for it in the boxes of my basement.

I love a zine with a good punchline for a title. Way High Kick Turn #1 is another one from the collection of John Drummond. There’s even a couple photos of him skating in there. There’s no date on the zine anywhere, but it does say that Zack Grove finished 2nd in the AM spot of the CASL Del Mar competion on May 16th. We could date it from a CASL schedule if anyone has one. Way High Kick Turn was published out of Moraga, California by Garry Mcleod and Marc Saito. James Carter is listed as the publisher. Garry Mcleod was in charge of photography, with additional submissions from Erick Elleson, Luke Ogden and Brian Temmerand. Way High Kick Turn #1 is 24 half letter sized pages on white paper from a copier with some sort of photo screening capability. The subtitle on the cover is “Picture Book,” and that’s what it is fro the most part. What little text present (mostly captions) is typewritten. I’m not sure, but it appears that this is a copy of a copy. Some of the pages have tell-tale artifacts on them, and it looks like one of them wasn’t lined up properly…

From CBC News in New Brunswick, Canada Skateboarder jailed after refusing to pay fine A Fredericton man who refused to pay a fine for skateboarding on city streets has been taken into custody and will be sent to jail. Lee Breen, 25, was fined in the summer of 2007 after receiving several warnings. After not paying the initial $50 fine, it was increased to $100. A judge then ordered him in April to pay the fine or be sent to jail for five days. But he’s not doing it because he’s too broke to pay the fine, he’s actually trying to make a point! He’s challenging the nuisance law under the grounds that skateboarding is not inherently dangerous and provides a environmentally friendly means of travel. About 80 people rallied outside the courthouse as he was taken into custody. Skateboarding is a crime! – Thanks to Michael Brooke for the tip

Cue Hans Moleman and football to the groin. Here’s a video that’s “trippy” in more ways than one. The guy takes a hard slam, of course, but what’s up with the weird warping footage that looks like it’s been shot underwater or projected onto a wobbly warped sheet of plastic? Warning: Take your dramamine before watching. Thanks to Colin Walsh Rules for the tip, who still hasn’t figured out to send them in via email instead of leaving them as comments in unrelated posts.

This weeks Shot of the Week is from an Urbana, Illinois parking garage street skating session circa 1988. The skater has since changed his name, and would probably prefer not to be identified, but we can call him Karl. Notice he has ollied on to the hood of this car via a nice cheat where you place your hand on top of the object and scoop the board up and over as you ollie and once your weight has transferred onto your hand. For those of us who weren’t Natas, that’s how you had to do it back then. No that car doesn’t belong to either myself or Karl. This was a pure dick move that I encouraged Karl to do, and he did it well. The brashness of youth. Check out the full size Shot of the Week.

Another installment of That Place, That Time, This time coming to you from the U.K. and Dean Tyrell. These three pics date from 1977, ’78 and ’79. Dean is the same guy that sent in the shots of the crazy skateable terrain in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

You too can get Rad for as little as $25.99, literally! Adobe sells the typefaces Rad Regular and Rad Standard. Apparently, Standard regular is worth four bucks more than just plain Regular. Typeface notes: John Ritter, Adobe graphic designer, adapted Rad from a skateboard alphabet that he created for a college design assignment. In Rad, he captures the “no rules” spirit of the skateboard scene—one John was rolled up in when he wasn’t busy studying. How does Rad compare to Skaterdudes and some of the other crap that is floating around?