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Ditchslapped

What are you still doing at work? It’s New Year’s Eve. Take off early. Nobody will notice. Still here? OK, then enjoy this Casey Morrow video from Ditchslapped 2009.

– Thanks to Carl Warren for the tip.

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Oregon Trifecta – Pier Park coverage

Someone complained that I was completely slacking on the Pier Park stop of the 2009 Oregon Trifecta. So here it is, coming down to the wire for 2009. Ken Fillion on the invert here. Hooray! So obviously, I let some four months go by before I got around to this, so everything is less than fresh in my mind. Fortunately I wrote the wrap up months ago. Unfortunately I didn’t write the captions until last night during a rerun of Glee. I am gay. (?)

Oops! Forgot the link. Check out the Oregon Trifecta at Pier Park.

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Weird old/crappy/cool board of the month: Argentine Fiberglass

One of our Argentine readers (Sure, why not? It’s the Internet!) Is checking out this board on the local Argentine equivalent of eBay. It’s made of fiberglass, don’t ya know? Well in case you didn’t it says so right on the top of the deck. Enlarge-o-rama.

– Thanks to Mariano Tolosa Gomez for the pic.

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Ice Skateboards from Woman’s Day to 1967

Yeah, that’s right. I read Woman’s Day all the time. I like to brush up on my jello recipes, kick-knacks and diets. You know, keeping it real. Imagine my joy and delight when I perused 8 Incredible Ice Sculptures, which included this photograph from Eugenio Franchi. There are skateboards made out of ice, and then there are skateboards made for riding on the ice. Almost a year ago I did a little digging around on the history of ice-boards. The daughter of Willard Gebien, one of the inventors wrote in to let us know she first ice-boarded in 1964. Debra Fischler had this to say:

The winter of 1964 I was iceskate boarding. It was fun! My father is Willard Gebien… I only have one still picture on hand -1966 my dog riding the skate board, however my cousins may have home movies and pictures in their attic. Also, I remember the Ice Capades in Chicago used the board in their clown act.

Catch the picture after the jump.

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Division Grinding

Well, yeah sure. I make up some pretty lame titles in my posts too. This is about as gratuitous as it gets. Division Grinding. I prefer Demolition Dancing. Name the band for a No-prize.

– Thanks to Craig Conahan for the tip.

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Insta-boards are here

Cafe Press style technology is not exactly new in skateboards, there’s Board Pusher and Zazzle, plus more on the way. Still, I envision a time when you go to a skate shop and pick out a blank that matches your specs, then browse through an assortment of pro graphics, pick one and wait a few minutes while the board is loaded onto an oversized inkjet printer and the graphic is applied. The process at the Board Factory in Downtown Disney is similar, except you design the board yourself (hello clip art!) and the print out is applied via heat transfer. From the price of the completes, it looks like they are using some cheap wood. Still, it’s an interesting concept that we have not heard the last of. Downtown Disney? Orange County? I don’t know if it’s in Florida or California, but I imagine they have the same thing in both places.

[Source: Orange County Register] – Thanks to Tito for the tip.