Even if you don’t live in our neck of the woods, this interview with the board of Skaters For Portland Skateparks could be of interest to you. Sonny Robertson and Tom Miller founded the organization and are pretty much the reason the Pier Park rebuild is actually skateable today. Highly recommended if you wnat to know how it happened, and especially if you want to get the wheels spinning in your town.

I’ll try it on the streets sometime soon… and hopefully not end up embarrassing myself in the process.

Yeah, except you bought it in the first place, so you’ve kind of blown it already. This thing even turns into a rolling bag carrier! More extreme pictures, including what looks like photoshopped skatepark action shots, plus links after the jump.

Even though that hotel sign doesn’t say “pool,” there’s still good skating to be had. We decided to check out the new Woodland Washington skatepark on Saturday because we hadn’t been there, and we thought it was such a nice day that Pier PArk would have been crowded. We weren’t the only ones with that idea. MC has a comic about it and I only got one decent pic, after the jump.

Paul Smith is a UK designer. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t skate. His web site offers a really expensive limited edition skateboard that seems to be identical in every way to the non limited edition model except it costs an extra $300. Paul Smith isn’t the first designer, or the first Paul to get into limited edition skateboards.

Don’t let the huge boards, small wheels, and big pants fool you. This is some sick skating at some pretty normal spots that you’d find anywhere. Ollie Norths and late Shuvs, need I say more?

Blockhead Skateboards was started out of the garage of Dave Bergthold in 1984. The company lasted about 10 years but went under after launching many a career. Blockhead Skateboards is up and running again out of Dave’s garage, so if you want any of the rereleased videos or decks head on over to their homepage.

Featured Skaters: Jason Dill, Rick Jaramillo, Laban Pheidias, Dan Rogers, Jeremy Wray, and Mark Wyndham.

run time: 45 min 14 sec – Check it Out

I contacted a skateboard expert. He said this is a good quality used skateboard good for a kid. He can not tell me the brand name of it. It does have some cartoon characters on the bottom of it. He guessed it is the sort sold in a toy store. I asked him if guys who do tricks (I seem them in the park blocks in Portland) would use one like this. He said some do, but most would choose a longer board. This is for a kid to start learning to skate board! It is in excellent shape.

The skate board expert I spoke to said the board would sell for around 80 in a shop. I do not know if he is right or not! That is why I say 15 and also say to make an offer. I am not skating on it (most women around 50 don’t skateboard much!) and some kid should enjoy it!

Sweet. Now we are going to have to start a Craig’s list column too. She contacted a skateboard expert… Hmmm, I didn’t get that call. I need to have a word with my answering service. If you want to get started on building your fortune, go get some!

Anybody that knows me knows that I’m a total wrestling mark. Actually, I’m a smart mark, so that makes me a smark. Anyway, you’re probably reading this wondering why is he writing about wrestling on a skateboard site? Well why not? I started this zine with Randy 20 years ago, and what made S&A unique was that we wrote about whatever we wanted, not worrying about what was “cool” in the skateboard world. Anyway, back to wrestling. Here’s a list of wrestlers from the last 20 years who are dead now. It’s actually pretty amazing that a “fake” sport has so many dead stars, most of whom were younger than me. Owen Hart (the Blue Blazer), Chris Candido, Eddie Guerrero, Davie Boy Smith (the British Bulldog), Crash Holly, John “Earthquake” Tenta, Miss Elizabeth, Curt “Mr Perfect” Hennig, David Von Erich, Kerry Von Erich (the texas tornado), Michael von Erich, Chris Von Erich, Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy, Chris Adams, “Flyin” Brian Pillman, Joey Maggs, Hercules Hernandez, Big Boss Man, Classy Freddy Blassie, Road Warrior Hawk, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, Andre the Giant, Big John Studd, Yokozuna, Gorilla Monsoon, Junkyard Dog, Dino Bravo. All dead. Pretty sad.

Well everyone I am at about one a week who knows how long I can keep this up. I melted down some of my Trifecta footage and here is what was left at the bottom of the pot. Poke smot – one of my new favorite slogans. – Peace  off, Grover.

That’s right. If you can’t make it out to one of his skatepark opening appearances you can still get his chicken scratch on a 8×10″ photo from Target.com. If you have even more money burning a hole in your pocket you can get a 16×20″ version too.

“Pull off a radical half pipe move from the comfort of your living room couch.” Actually, I think you need to get off the couch and stand on this thing to play the game.