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sKate Bush is the namne of a Tumblr blog dedicated to posting photoshopped images of the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush riding a skateboard. The site is quite new, so there aren’t that many photos up yet, but hopefully the collection will grow over time.
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You are probably familiar with Tillman, the famous skateboarding bulldog, but there are plenty of other animals who have taken to the activity as well. In this gallery from Environmental Graffiti, you’ll meet guinea pigs, cats, turtles, birds, rabbits, and even a rat on a skateboard! Some are shown in action on video, too. Link
(Image credit: Flickr user kthypryn)
What kind of a house would you build for a pro skateboarder? A skateable one, of course!
Here's what Los Angeles-based architect Francois Perrin and designer Gil Lebon Delapointe did for Pierre Andre Senizergues, a former world skateboard champion:
The house is divided into three separate spaces. The first one includes the living room, dining area and kitchen, the second one includes a bedroom and bathroom and the third one a skateboard practice area. Each space is skateable as the ground becomes the wall then the ceiling in a continuous surface forming a tube of a 10ft diameter.
The furniture is also skateable, whether it is integrated in the curve like the sitting area, the kitchen or the bathroom or just as standing object like the dining table, the kitchen Island or the bed. Closets and drawers could be integrated in the curve too.
The PAS house is the first house to be entirely used for skateboarding as well as being a traditional dwelling. It is the ultimate dream for generations of skateboarders who wanted to bring their practice into their home.
Link - via The Awesomer
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Imagine a city of the future where skateboards are used as the primary form of transportation and recreation – in and out of your home. A utopia city for skateboarders would mean that a skateable path, like a ribbon connecting everything together, links each building in an unending ability to keep in motion on your board.
via Pusha
While reindeer racing is fun, hipsters crave something edgier … something like skateboarding with dogs. Behold, the new sport of Dogboarding by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert: Hit play or go to Link [Vimeo] – via Laughing Squid (No animals were harmed in the making of the video)
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Designer Beto Janz reuses broken skateboard decks to promote Ultra Skate Store in Curitiba, Brasil. The decks are left near skateboard locations around the city. They look like skulls and display contact information for the store.
These parakeets belong to Inner Huckleberry, who submitted this rad photo to Cute Overload, where you can get a closer look. Link
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Jeff Hamada of the art blog Booooooom.com (that’s seven o’s – I counted) has a pretty nifty "Hack Job" contest going on. You have till Sept 10 to submit your own skateboard-design. It doesn’t have to actually function as a skateboard, only to look like one:
"It’s pretty much just taking junk or random materials and turning it into skateboards," Hamada told AOL News. "I want to see people be creative."
Submissions for the "Hack Job" contest already include an homage to pain in skateboarding, featuring a Band-Aid as a board and two pills for wheels, a classic submission made by an adolescent skater who bolted wheels to a 2-by-4 and a business-themed entry in which a contestant turned his laptop into a board and photographed himself skating in business attire.
This one above, the banana skateboard, was the brainchild of Brian Tellock.
See the rest of the designs: Link | Story by Ben Muessig at Aol News
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45-year-old Hungarian Roman Catholic priest Reverend Zoltan Lendvai has a unique way to connect with young people: he teaches scripture on a skateboard!
Lendvai says he follows the ways of Saint John Bosco, an Italian priest and educator in the 19th century who dedicated his life to improving the lot of poor youngsters and used games as part of their education.
"Many times I have felt that this is the way I can bring many people a bit closer to Jesus," he told Reuters.
He learned the skills of skateboarding at the age of 14 at school but it was only later, when he served as a priest in the town of Kormend in northwest Hungary, that he realized the impact his skill could have on youngsters.
And that’s no ordinary skateboard:
His first board bore the papal coat of arms and he has since given away at least six to his young parishioners.
News story at Reuters | Video clip at The Presurfer: Link
There are a lot of houses under foreclosure in Fresno, California, and many have cement ponds swimming pools that are currently empty. Instead of letting all that surface go to waste, skateboarders use the pools to test their skills, as we see in the short documentary Cannonball: Skating the Recession Pools by vimeo user California is a place. NSFW language. Link
New iPad Test – Will It Shred? from FUEL TV on Vimeo.
Those of you madly competing for a free iPad may want to skip this, as one of the fine print warnings states: “May void warranty and cause geeks to cringe.” Jeff King and Chad Knight ordered one, and promptly turned it into a mini-skateboard. The question then needed an answer: Will it shred?
via TheDailyWhat
In 2007, Tillman the bulldog amazed the world with his video of him riding a skateboard around a park, just as naturally as you please. Apparently the dog is still refining his moves, via Tony Hawk’s video game. (Obviously, he’s not playing the game, but he’s definitely into it.) More videos of Tillman snowboarding, surfing, and of course, skateboarding can be found here. Tillman’s website.
Aaron Siebers, 27, had a problem. He was skateboarding one afternoon, fell, and ripped his Blockbuster-issued khakis. Worried about getting "written up," Aaron hatched a criminally (not so) brilliant plan:
Instead of just calling in sick, he stabbed himself in the leg and showed up at work claiming to have just been attacked by three Hispanic males. Siebers, who told cops he was assaulted as he walked toward the Blockbuster in Edgewater, had a deep stab wound in one leg and several other minor cuts on his face and stomach. As investigators began hunting for the assailants, they reviewed surveillance video from outside a Target store where Siebers claimed the attack occurred. The footage, however, showed no such assault. Confronted by cops, Siebers, pictured in the below mug shot, admitted that he had stabbed himself. He told investigators about the skateboarding accident, the resulting ripped pants, and how "he did not want to lose his job so he stabbed himself in the leg," according to an arrest affidavit sworn by Officer Shawna Naumann.
To help promote its new movie, Star Trek invited graffiti, special effects and pop artists from all over the world to "re-interpret" the USS Enterprise. This one above is by Jeremy and Claire Weiss, model by Quantum Mechanx.
Link – via diskursdisko
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Oliver Schulze created this Flintstone-worthy skateboard called My Uzi Weighs a Ton No. 0 – a reference to a Public Enemy No. 1 lyric. I’d like to see Tony Hawk do an ollie on that board! Link – via GeeksAlert
Too bad this gorgeous IPSVM skateboard exists only in Loren Kulesus’s design. Given its intricacy, I’d wager that the only loop-d-loop you’ll see with this skatebard is in its design: Link – via NotCot
Neatorama reader Mark Schuette told us of his invention: a new mode of transportation powered by … dogs!
Though dog mushing is an old sport, Mark’s new twist lets you have your own urban Iditarod on a dog-powered scooter, trike, or skateboard.
Link – Thanks Mark!
Hey, it’s a win-win scenario. It’s exercise for the dogs and fun for you (Better than this form of doggie exercise!)
