A reader named Rossco sent me a link to a Jason Jesse Sun God mini board that his friend Stephane Rouget had carved out of stone… Yes, out of STONE. A stone cutter in this modern age belongs to be a club whose membership has got to be getting smaller with each decade. Marrying an ancient technique with the fleeting graphic arts of skateboarding certainly caught my interest.  After checking it out, I decided to ask Stepahne for a short interview to find out more about the project.  The board is a carved on a 1:1 scale, and includes concave and a kicktail. It’s more or less an exact replica, outside of the thickness. Thanks to Stephane for taking the time to answer some questions. [Photos of Stephane:  Ben Perry]

Well it’s been almost 4 years, so here’s an update on Jurassic Skatepark aka “Chink’s Peak Skatepark” in Pocatello, Idaho, that was open from 1976 to 1980. Mike D from Skate Hard Idaho sent in some pictures taken there a little earlier this year. He’s been cleaning it up in exchange for the occasional session. There’s preliminary talk of renovating sections of it D.I.Y. style but it is by no means a done deal.

Found in a Box VHS Skate Theater is a brand new feature on Skate and Annoy. The format of future episodes is bound to change as the kinks get worked out. Radical Moves was released in 1986. It’s basically an extended contest video of the 1986 World Expo in Vancouver, BC, presented as a drama. The total run time is 87 minutes, but Part 1 is only about a half an hour. The footage is presented pretty much intact, but you’ll have to endure the occasional surprise interruptions. Highlights in Part 1 include Jeff Phillips playing himself briefly as a character in the movie, Dave Crabb entering all 6 contests ( Hal Pipe, Bowl, Freestyle, High Jump, 360’s…), Bob Pribble getting denied entrance, character evaluations of skater disciplines by Russ Howell, and the narrator ogling a female Swedish freestyler named Gogo Sprelter. Admittedly, this episode is a little heavy on Freestyle, but that’s just the order it was presented in the original. If you’re interested, there’s a real life accounting of this World Expo from a German contestant on sk8boarding4life.com.

Here on S&A, Simon Woodstock talks about his mad clown graphics from the 90s, boxing, a burning circus, shoes, booze and much more!

About four years ago, when I used to have a lot more spare time, I was contacted by a guy in a dark alley who said he had unearthed a vintage skatepark in Pocatello, Idaho. OK that’s not entirely true. We had a mutual acquaintance on the OMA forum. There used to be thread on it over there but it has disappeared, perhaps erased as part of a witness protection plan for the government. UPDATE: Another 4 years goes by, and we have another update. The park is on private property near a trailer park, still owned by the son (and former park local) of the man who originally had it built. What’s the name of park? No idea. Anyone? Anyone? The park is on private property near a trailer park, still owned by the son (and former park local) of the man who originally had it built. Adam Crofts is the Idaho semi-local gumshoe who pounded the transitioned pavement to get these pics. The property owner is a swell fella, but he’s worried about liability, which is why he dumped dirt and garbage into the pit. Needles to say, it’s a bust, even if you could scrounge up the…

A while back I got the idea to do a new print zine concentrating on the Pacific Northwest, but like most things I think of, it sits in the idea pile. I was going to call it Northwest Lumberjack, partially because of the implied pun and partly because you average Portland area skater often dresses like a lumberjack/longshoreman. I think its a good idea, but I don’t really shoot skate photos anymore, or have any money to spend on printing. For that matter, it seems like every skate publication of any merit has a Portland bureau. So there likely won’t be a Northwest Lumberjack zine. Maybe a one off issue of Skate and Annoy. In keeping with the lumberjack theme heres a skateboard made from a piece of wood, not laminated. Tim Laidllaw was camping when he spotted a section of a tree floating in the river and thought it might make a nice skateboard. By Tim Laidlaw In a drunken stupor while camping Aug 13th saw a plank of wood floating in a river from the cliff overlooking the river near our site. It looked like a fun project and I thought I’d be able to whittle a longboard…

Merde Road Trip – Summer 2010. Posted 9-28-09 By Mike Egbert Merde ceased to exist for a while, but like most every dead skateboard company that was ever worth half a damn, they have been resurrected. Every Summer I try and put together at least two, 3 or 4 day long Merde skate trips. It’s not so much a demo, or tour, but more of a footage compiling mission and an excuse to camp and drink a lot of beer. I mean, it’s skating, camping, and drinking beer. What’s not to like. With that being said, this trip was with Chris Nukala, Shane Bell, and Boomer Cisler, and our destination was Irrigon, Pendleton, and Yakima (namely). We were going to have two cars (8 or 9 people), but some things came up and a few Merde riders couldn’t make it and the weather forecast for the weekend looked bleak at best. We scrambled to fill the second car with guests, but the forecast got so shitty for Saturday that I decided to forego spending dough on that rental, and just barge ahead in my own car with only team riders. Sorry dudes. Weather forecasters be DAMNED TO THE FIERY PITS…

JFA released its first single in 1981, dark times in the history of skateboarding. Near as I can tell, they were the first “Skate Rock” band. In 2009 they released a live CD, and have plans to go into the studio to record again. On the eve their 30th year, in a time when skateboarding has never been more accepted in the public eye, here’s an interview with lead screamer, Brian Brannon of JFA. Do you find yourself surprised to be playing JFA shows in the year 2009? I’m guessing you hadn’t expected it to go on this long. I didn’t expect to live this long so yeah, it’s kind of surprising. We always said if it stopped being fun, then we’d quit doing it. But needless to say, we’re still having fun! Can you remember your first time on a skateboard? Well I started out lying down and pushing with my hands. Then sat on my put and pushed with my hands. Then I got into sitting backward and pushing with my hands (would that be switchstance?). Then a few days later, I finally reached Warp Speed. Who did you look up to or get inspiration from as a…

Editor’s note: This was originally supposed to be my first installment of a regular column in Concrete Wave magazine. For whatever reason, it became apparent that it wasn’t going to be printed, so I decided to present it here, as it was written for Concrete Wave. You can download the mockup of the layout in PDF format. At the end of the article there are additional pictures related to the story.

2009 Oregon Trifecta – Tigard – By Kilwag: Posted 8-15-09 Want to comment on this article? This article was originally static html. Original comments can be found here. The original captions have disappeared in the eddies of time and failed hard drives. I recall being “over it” at the time, almost as much as the promoters – at least during their organization phase, everyone was stoked the day of the event. I was so over it that it took me 4 months to post the Pier Park day. This was the last year I believe. Unless of course I blew the whole thing off the next year. I think I have vague memory of not going at some point. What an ignominious end to this beloved series, and certainly my rigorous coverage of the event. – Kilwag It was a day like any other day. There was a skateboard contest. There was ripping involved. People showed up from out of town to rage. Having the event webcast live was detrimental to my motivation to get out there and shoot. I’m kind of late. I should get going. Oh I see on the computer that I’m not missing anything yet…. But…