I did art for a deck series for Bacon Skateboards. Ask for them at your local skateshop. I also did a mini ‘zine for them as a catalog. You can download it from my (12.5MB) Bodyslam page print it two-sided and follow the instructions to make your own. Bacon is also printing a bunch so you might be able to get it from them.

Yeah, I’ve over-posted about this dead pool, but this the last one, I promise. I was saving this for a shot of the week because the head of a certain skateboard company is lurking in the window behind the action. You might even say he’s hamming it up. Mark Conahan, Happy Valley Oregon, Spring of 2008. After you check out the Shot of the Week, make sure you hit the enlargement.

We’re checking in again on the status of the revival of the Capitola Classic. The idea has gained some momentum, but with the tanking of the economy, organizers aren’t sure how well the event would be attended, or even of what type of event to hold. It looks like the city is tentatively on board though. The Capitola Classic was be one of the premier downhill events of the 70’s and late 80’s, probably second only to Signal Hill. (Ok, I have to cop to pure speculation here, having never attended either event…) The Capitola Classic also has the recognition of being one of the first “streetsyle” contests. I have to guess the event would be well attended. Economy woes? Those downhill and slalom guys live in their own bubble anyway. I guess Maryhill is the Capitola Classic of today, but I think the downhill community would get behind the event at least once. And who knows, maybe even Thrasher would get behind it once more for Fausto’s sake. The image at top is from the October 1981 issue of Thrasher. You can get Capitola Classic updates on Twitter. While we’re doing downhill, you can listen to/read this NPR story…