Aquadoodle and Elmo

If you have kids, you end up with Elmo crap, like it or not. This thing is called Aquadoodle. It’s some sort of plastic paper printed with an ink that is barely visible until it gets wet. My kids don’t like it that much because they have no control over the colors. And because they […]

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R.I.P. Art Clokey, creator of Gumby

Art Clokey passed away on Friday. His early work was pretty surreal at times. What good hearted person doesn’t love Gumby? There were at least two Gumby episodes that revolved around skateboarding. The first one was a 1967 episode of the Gumby Show, titled Dog Catchers. I believe that is the first skateboarding dog, unless […]

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3 Step Plan: Rap, Evangelize, Freestyle

I like to thank people who send in tips, and include a link for them if they have one. I curse Stephen Slappe for sending me this tip. I’ll never get back all the time I wasted researching this. The clip that’s making the rounds is from Everything is Terrible, a web site that is […]

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Every dollhouse needs a backyard bowl

Or so says recent new father Danimal – Congrats! However, I have it on good authority that “Dad” bought this for himself for X-Mas, and not for his firstborn, shown here. This particular bowl appears to have made the rounds with skaters of a certain age this year. I know three people whose “kids” got […]

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Division Grinding

Well, yeah sure. I make up some pretty lame titles in my posts too. This is about as gratuitous as it gets. Division Grinding. I prefer Demolition Dancing. Name the band for a No-prize. – Thanks to Craig Conahan for the tip.

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Go Diego Go (to the bathroom)

Night time pull up diapers for relieving potty training stress. Go Diego Go riding a skateboard. There’s some snowboard and hang gliding action too. Pampers Easy Ups is the product. And No, we haven’t picked up NAMBLA as a sponsor. Uhm, Enlarge-o-rama.

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Bah Humduck!

Porky Pig gets r-r-radical with some X-Mas skateboarding action in this 2006 Looney Tunes special titled Bah Humduck!. It’s another adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with Daffy as the greedy owner of a department store.

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In the best interest of the sport

It’s conceivable that these trucks might work well enough for a beginner. The technology dates back to the 50’s here, and believe it or not, I think there are some dirtboard, excuse me, mountainboarding trucks out there right now that are based on the same design. Still, call me cynical, but have to believe the […]

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Huckle’s Opposites

As a kid I always loved Richard Scarry’s books. Something about those chunky little anthropomorphized animals with their stubby arms really appealed to me. It might have been the detailed surroundings of Busytown or the inherent sense of humor in the illustrations. Now I dig reading these to my kids. This panel here is from […]