ATTN. CHICAGO-

Everything about this rules.




Go big or go home

Thrashin Thursdays, Vol. II

-Is it skate OR die or skate AND die?

Farrah Fawcett


MJ


Coincidence? I think not. It is the SAME EXACT SKATEBOARD. Cursed or conspiracy? Who's next?

-A weird chapter in skateboard history-

Caught Clean is a skateboarding video. It is also a juggling video. At times, it is a skateboarding and juggling video. At other times it is a juggling flaming torches while kickflipping on a bank video. Laban Pheidias directs his way to inventing a new sport combining skating and juggling. We like to call it, "skuggling".

-Interesting blog (company? art collective?) about art/high concept/gimmicky skateboards and skate related paraphenalia.
No Good skate blog



-Remember that spot in the Alcatraz level in THPS 4, right by where you have to jump onto the target thing in the water with bam? Here's the real deal.



-Ever wondered what it would be like to be a skateboard truck? find out HERE. A trucks eye view of a hot lil sesh

-The Tech Deck type toy of the future. Yeah, I want one. So what?



-Got some time to kill? Watch Mall Grab. It's great. I want to party with these dudes.

MALL GRAB from Daniel Evans on Vimeo.

-Tony Hawk skating in the White House

This was actually shot mid way through a game of skate. Obama won. Obv.

And I leave you with a classic skate part from one of the finest skateboard productions ever out to vhs. Louie Barletta in Man Down. Possibly the greatest video part of our generation.


See Thrashin Thursdays Vol. 1 HERE

How to tell when you have "Made It" in life-

You will know for sure when you own "The Man Wall"


Features Include:
42″ Vizio Flat Panel LCD HDTV
3 – 26″ Vizio Flat Panel LCD HDTVs
1000 watt Panasonic 5.1 Home Theater System
DVD player with 5-CD changer
iPod docking station
2 – Wireless surround sound speakers
Live 7-foot sports ticker with built-in computer
1 year free service for sport’s ticker
Full-size built-in beer refrigerated beer keg with tap
1000 watt microwave oven
2 cigar humidors (holds 25 cigars each) complete with gauges
32-bottle wine rack

All of this could be yours for the low low price of $14,900 + s/h.

Throw a gun rack and blow up doll dispenser on that bitch and I'll take 3 of em.

So hipster it hurts

I present the PBR Fixie.

(PS. Why is there not a bottle opener on that front piece? It seems like that would be the logical thing to do here.) And another...

Ahhh, Pabst Blue Ribbon. From the cradle

To the grave

Everyone loves a gimmick

Seriously though, these are fucking rad. Two examples of awesome concepts executed to perfection.

Swordboard
Click the link to check out the video of this thing in action. It rules.

RIP Rider Like a zip zinger but way more badass
This one, not so much




*EDIT- Another one-

I also remember seeing some kind of assault rifle, that had trucks slapped on and was skated in some thrasher bowl jam I believe.

Skateable Habitats

"The architect wanted the ‘skateboarding’ element to be more than simply putting a mini ramp in the living room. Rather, the ramp, the bowl and all the interpretations of those terms would actually become the building elements for this space. It is intended to be a ‘ramp house’ and not a ‘house with a ramp’. Straight lines are curved and the flat surface becomes a ramp or a bowl. Basic house elements such as the fireplace and storage units are hidden inside the ramp forms"

The Ramp House

In the same vein, we have the Bastard Skateboards Shop/HQ in Milan
Business on the bottom

Party on the top

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This will make your heart explode.

Over 13 red bulls worth of caffeine in 2 ounces. Literally pure liquid caffeine. It's only a matter of time before some young entrepreneur discovers this and makes a killing selling vials of this on the playground during 6th grade recess. Or before I start doing that.


**UPDATE-


Never one to be outdone, Red Bull Cola was found to contain trace amounts of cocaine. BEST PUBLICITY EVER. Your move purecaf. Coming soon, "Red Bull Energy Nose Powder"
Too strung out from snorting lines of dried up redbull cola to shut your jittery bloodshot energy eyes? Introducing "Drank:The Anti Energy Drink."
Slow your roll indeed.

*EDIT-"Health Canada issued a warning about Hardcore Energize Bullet liquid energy drink... The reason for the recall was because one vial was found to have been subject to tampering, Health Canada said...A utility knife blade was found in one vial of each product, the FDA said."

Partytime.

How to party:

Go to a hardware store. Ask for a paint stick. Buy or steal it. Then put beer in it and do this.

Now say you find yourself somewhere (a wedding possibly, a funeral, your bar mitzvah, job interview, etc) that is not a conducive or appropriate environment to say, be slamming beers into your face using a piece of industrial equipment. You should get the fuck out of there and go somewhere else and slam beers into your face using a piece of industrial equipment. However, if this is not possible, some discretion is necessary. That is where your new friend "The Beer Belly" comes in handy.

Essentially a fannypack with a drinking problem. Or, if you find yourself to be of the female persuasion, may I suggest the "Wine Rack"

Or, you could do the trusty "Mcdonald's Cup Method." Now the way this works is as follows.

Step 1. Get a large McDonald cup, a lid, and a straw.
Step 2. Insert and open canned beverage of choice
Step 3. Apply Lid and insert straw through both lid, and mouth of can. Suddenly, you are just drinking a soda. When beverage is empty, remove can and reinsert freshie can, lid and straw. Swap that clip son.

*EDIT- More good strategies and devices for covert boozing HERE