Welcome to another addition of random Chinese crap that shows up in your feed. This is Skateboard Spark Attachments – Uncharged, Rubber Fire Stunt Device for Shoes, Fits Ages 14+ – Outdoor Skating Flame Enhancer. The isn’t the first Outdoor Skating Flame Enhancer by a long shot. In the 70’s there were G&S Speed Sparks, in 2004 the Tail Devil spark skidplate was patented. Somewhere around the same time period, Spark Trucks came out, which I would ink to but I must have never published the review. They were trucks with Tracker-like geometry that had flits embedded in the hanger to cause sparking during a grind. Results were mixed, or maybe we couldn’t grind hard enough to make them impressive. 20 years late we have this rubber thing you slide on the bottom of your shoe. It’s a tenuous link to skateboarding, except they advertise it explicitly as skateboarding related on Temu. Maybe not with mentioning if not for the fact that there must be a fad in China somewhere that involves coating a rose in a flammable substance and using your rubber flint booties to light them on fire so you can…. I guess hand a flaming rose to…

Your parents are gonna be pissed.

Alphonzo Rawls of #EVERYBODYSKATES wants you to know what makes him tick.

Citiboard is a totally fake but totally well done spoof of the Citibike rental perpetrated by BrandFire, although I can’t seem to find the original anywhere on Facebook or Instagram. Of course, it’s over a year old, I probably just need to go back farther. Excellent choice of generic 80’s style skateboard for this concept, something you could use in a pinch, but you wouldn’t want to steal it. [Source: Digiday]

This video almost got relegated to Broken Kingpins but there’s some excellent dork session and bad joke telling in it. Enjoy some good stuff from Skidmark Magazine

We’re running a 2 for 1 special on Dork Sessions today. First up we’ve got some extreme wheelbarrowing from Alexander Siegfried. The gag is executed pretty well, even if it does run a little long. Next we have a tribute to Breaking Bad in the form of a toy Winnebego mounted with skateboard trucks. Yes, that is that a Tonka Truck. [Source: Sploid] – Thanks to Tim for the tip.

Dave England performs a public service in this video by RossAngeles. – Thanks to Matthijs for the tip

At first, maybe only marginally skateboard related, but upon closer inspection, this would be like the orthopedic shoes and braces that Forest Gump wore, effectively making it impossible to push mongo. Mongo-bashing aside, here’s the scoop. In 2008 Tomáš Moravec modified a pallet in Bratislava, Slovakia to run on the tram tracks. Unfortunately there’s no close up of his wheel setup. (UPDATE: Close up added) We’ve got plenty of light rail and wood pallets in Portland, I’m just saying… [Source: For the Win via Reddit]

Literally! This is a skate-curb made by Would Shop skates for an event Slappy Slaughter held by Pink Widow Distribution. You could be riding on it as a skateboard while someone else rode a skateboard on it simultaneously. Am I blowing your mind? There’s not any info about the event online, but I think it took place last weekend. I contacted them on Facebook but haven’t heard back yet. In any case, this is a photo from B.J. Morrill. UPDATE: Lot’s of photos over at Radballs, including a nose wheelie on the curb board! Thanks to Greg for the tip!

Yes, I am very upset that I didn’t think of this first. Ladies and gentlemen, Morrissey on a skateboard. Get yours here. From the mind of Alphonzo Rawls.