These pics of David Lee Roth on a skateboard have been floating around the interwebs for more than a decade. I’ve never been able to track down the original source. Also, I don’t really care about Eddie so much, but there he is. The real reason for this post is that I just learned that the single Pretty Woman was recorded in Dennis Dragon’s studio in Malibu California. This tidbit came from The Van Halen News Desk, a brief blurb in their post on the story behind Van Halen’s (Oh) Pretty Woman. They don’t even mention him by name: “Van Halen’s original demo for the song (which remains uncirculated) was recorded in Malibu, CA, in a 16-track studio owned by the brother of Daryl Dragon (one-half of the 1970s singing duo the Captain and Tennille).”
Quora advertises itself as a place to share knowledge and better understand the world. Ask a question and someone will try to answer. Do professional skateboarders use steroids? Maybe the Dynamic Dudes did. I imagine we’ll find out once the next Olympics kick in.
UPDATE: Someone also wants to know if it’s harder to skateboard if you are a girl. Damn those pesky X chromosomes!
It seems like a lifetime ago, but it was back in 2015 when I originally posted on Folkestone Skate Park, a multi-story skatepark whose contoured bowls would form the ceiling and floors of each story. I said I’d be shocked if it ever progressed beyond a design exercise, and well… I’m shocked, stunned, and amazed! Guy Hollaway Architects posted some construction updates. This thing is real. Wow.
Yesterday we saw preliminary reports that Julie Lynn Kindstrand may have been sexually assaulted as a minor by Neal Hendrix, but the source was abstracted enough that we left it until today to post. These are serious accusations, and we didn’t want to post something half-baked. Since then it has started appearing on ESPN and the Wall Street Journal. Neal Hendrix denies the allegations. Julie Kindstrand has provided a six page document to the Costa Mesa police, as well as the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee. Although suspended, Neal Hendrix is still listed (at the time of this publication) as an Athlete Representative and Executive Committee member on the USA Skateboarding web site.
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Surely you’ve seen the Little Big video from the still (above left) all over social media this week. I can’t really stomach the music, but I can appreciate the weirdness. Delving into their back catalog revealed a handful of bizarre amusing videos, including Hateful Love, one that features a meat skateboard. Bonus video for Punks Not Dead as well, after the jump.
Get all the distressing details here. Charlie Wilkins is not the idiot in the video shot during the protest. Every Portland skateboarder that has ever met Charlie Wilkins would likely vouch for him. I would. Help spread the word on social media. #notcharliewilkins.
You can’t make this stuff up folks, or maybe you can.
IKEA has teamed up with LA-based fashion designer Chris Stamp, and freelance designer Maja Ganszyniec for a limited edition collection: SPÄNST. Inspired by street fashion and an active lifestyle, SPÄNST features furniture, accessories and items for storing, displaying and organizing some of your favorites at home. So whether it’s for a skateboard, the jacket that could be considered a work of art, or for the shoes that look better after each wear, SPÄNST is a way for you to uncover your lifestyle; to exhibit it at home with the same amount of artistry and pride within the four walls, as you do outside of them.
This is a handful of months old to be sure, but our site was down when this was fresh. If a tree falls down in a forest when S&A isn’t online….
Is it conceivable that a politician would ever use a skateboard as a prop to help get himself elected? Beto O’Rourke does. Make sure you’re registered to vote.
This is a 1979 advertisement for the MicroNOVA MP/100 computer from Data General. This machine came with 32 kW of memory, and no, that’s not a typo. kW stands for Kilowords. How much memory is that? 2.44e-1 Bytes. Contemplate that while you read this post on your phone. It looks like they mounted the skateboard trucks directly to an empty case. It’s got a pretty small wheelbase. This is what passed for a microcomputer in 1977, when this machine first came out.
[Source: Reddit] – Thanks to Tom Koehl for the tip.
