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benz

Mercedes Benz – Silver Slipstreams

It’s a weird, weird world we live in, where Mercedes Benz thinks it advantageous to make “a beautifully filmed video pitting man against machine these unlikely four-wheeled allies tango at high-speed on the majestic Franschhoek Pass in the Western Cape.” Are they targeting the desire of older rich males to be associated with speed, youth […]

X Games Art

A guy in South Africa of all places was commissioned to illustrate different events for the 2011 X Games. I don’t know why I’m surprised. If guys in India can do our programming, guys in South Africa can certainly illustrate the X Games. Check out Jordan Metcalf’s portfolio. – Thanks to MC for the tip.

Die Antwoord: Evil Boy

Die Antwoord is not a German hip hop tribute to Adam Ant, rather a freaky hip hop crew from Cape Town, South Africa. A liitle bit Flava Flav and a lot of Gummo. These guys make some crazy videos. Sure they try too hard, but it’s still riveting. The video for Evil Boy features a […]

DOS bowl

Two D’s at DOS Bowl

Two mediocre shots of Dave and Damien from some recent sessions at the DOS bowl in Portland. Mediocre because of the photographer, not the skaters. Enlarge the action after the jump. They recently added lights to the bowl and now you can actually see back there. Where as it used to be like skating in […]

Uganda

Are Uganda finish that?

You think your scene is bad? At least you don’t have to make knee pads out of palm fronds and bamboo. The Uganda Skateboarding Union Is an organization dedicated towards trying to keep Ugandan youth alive by giving them something positive to do while educating them on social and health issues, like HIV/AIDS. They just […]

Patrick Kerr Scholarship auction

Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship auction

The ‘Skate To School’ auction for The Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship has 14 custom decks available for bidding until December 13th. Signed decks include: Dave Chappelle, Former World Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier, Ray Barbee, Shane MacGowan, as well as original painted decks by renowned skate artists. The The Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship honors the memory […]

Scratch & Destroy in Cattown

This cat scratching post in the shape of a skateboard comes from Suck.uk. I avoided another obvious choice of post title because Ted is a douchebag. This product is mildly amusing. – Thanks to Garrett for the tip.