Steve Caballero is appearing in Kawasaki ads for the “Good Times” sales event. Makes sense, as he sort of concentrated more on motocross riding at the expense of skateboarding for a while sometime after the new millennium. I can’t recall if he had a factory sponsorship with Kawasaki or not, but he did turn up here in the Pacific Northwest, Hood River area, talking with the locals about his love of motocross and the fact that he wasn’t skating much. The best part of this commercial is the legal disclaimer shown while Cab ollies out of the transition over a motorcycle. “SKATE LEGENDS ONLY,   DO NOT ATTEMPT.” If you can ID the skatepark, please do so in the comments. Why don’t they license “Let the Good times Roll” from the Cars? Should I have titled this post “Cabasaki?” Curse you SEO best practices for foiling my dad joke.

Why bootleg just one graphic when you can combine them for twice the potential profit? The “designer” of this deck obviously used the Powell ‘Ban This’ deck from 1989 for inspiration on the top. He even copied the name ‘Caballero’ or at least a part of it, but it’s very hard to see in this blurry picture. The bottom of the deck is a copy of a Variflex graphic.

A Steve Caballero inspired surfboard graphic, made for the man himself. Details are sketchy, Facebook only links. Shaped by Lucas and Sons, as seen on Old School Skateboarding.

This week’s Shot of the Week is from Steve Potwin, who captured Steve Caballero on the monolith at San Jose’s Lake Cunningham skatepark. I actually saw this on Caballero’s blog. You need to see the full frame shot to get a sense of how GNARLY this is. Check out the Shot of the Week. And then go see Potwin on MySpace, he’s got more pictures and some animated sequences too.

…to vote for his entry in this Vans logo contest. If he wins, he promises to donate his $5000 prize to a children’s orphanage in Ghanna, Africa. Hang on, aren’t all orphanages for children? I can’t verify that he actually sent me the email, so maybe I’m the victim of an Internet hoax… In any case, here’s the link, click in the little box next to Steve’s name to vote for him.

Courtesy of Hood River’s own Carl Warren. His brother recently gave him this 1987 book written by Steve Hawk (Yes, he is.) with the stickers intact. Check out the wrap around rails on that Staab. More pages after the jump.