An Evening of Skate Videos at MOMA!

AN EVENING OF SKATE VIDEOS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009
7:30–11:00 P.M.
MoMA
THEATER 1

In honor of the MoMA retrospective Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years, PopRally has invited producer and photographer Patrick O'Dell (of Epicly Later'd) to create a special compilation of seminal skateboard videos from the 1980s to today. Jonze, whose own contributions to the genre will be featured, notes that, "Skate videos have been a big influence and a big part of what I've done for a long time. They are how I got into film, actually." This unique screening is followed by a conversation with legendary skateboarders and filmmakers, including Jonze, Lance Mountain, Greg Hunt, Jake Phelps, Ty Evans, and other surprise guests.

Afterward please join us upstairs for a special performance by NO AGE.

Info here.

And now for something completely different...

Y'all are hot but you don't make me wanna marry you. It's gotta be that helmet. Jeez. From C and B again via Geezer.

Dave Rippin'

So my friends' in ¡APESHIT! Dave and Pat built a motherfuckin' jump ramp! Funny and fun as hell. Here's a taste of DC rippin' it old school style!

So Sick!

Steve Caballero still ripping harder than you!

for your keys!

Yeah right, can think of a lot more fun things to put into this other than change. Get one here.

Disposable II - A Skateboard Collector's Bible!

Sean Cliver has done it again! From Ginkgo Press...

Disposable II - A Skateboard Collector's Bible
With the release of Disposable - A History of Skateboard Art in 2004, author Sean Cliver made a brilliant attempt at artfully cataloging every important skateboard deck ever released. In the process, he created a classic, but was left feeling less than whole. Ever the completist, the gaping omissions in the first book gnawed at him and drove him to envision compiling “the” ultimate encyclopedia of Skateboard decks. While Disposable was beautiful, capturing the essence of the aesthetic, Disposable II sets out to be the Bible. The author's industry insider status (in 1989, he landed his first job as a designer at Powell-Peralta) allows him to walk the reader through the culture, the art and the mania with authority. While the boards take center stage, fascinating vignettes and recollections by a who's who of skateboarding round out the book.

Fuckin' Rain!

Kenneth Cappello - Acid Drop!

Ah this brings me back! Opens tomorrow at Milk Gallery.

Damien Hirst for Supreme

Check out more from Supreme on Damien Hirst here.

New Vans Sk8 Pool Service out for iphone!

Just released! Looks pretty cool. More here.

Rekiem Skateboards

REKIEM handcraft factory of skateboard from jeremy hugues on Vimeo.

Cool little video on hand making skateboards from rekiemskateboards.com, directed by Jeremy Hugues.

U.N.K.L.E. "Heaven" by Spike Jonze

Heaven (Fully Flared Intro Video Remix)
by UNKLE_UK

You've probably seen this on the Lakai video "Fully Flared" but here's a remix. Check it.

Skateboard Show @ KCDC!

Rare boards and art from the 90's. @ 90N. 11th st Brooklyn, KCDC.

iSkateboard App!

Now for your iphone...a worldwide listing of skate spots, with detailed info and directions. Great idea but not sure if it's necessarily a good idea to highlight spots like this. Not sure what the locals will think. More here.

Skate Plaza!

After hyping the BK, here's a little LA love, my birthplace...

Rob Drydek and DC Shoes, along with some funding from Carl's Jr fast food restaurants, are set to open Safe Spot, Skate Spot in LA's Lafayette Park. Billed as a legal place for kids to be able to go skate unharrassed by the cops. Great idea! Go here for more info on this project and others, maybe in your hometown?

Peep these beautiful decks...

Artist Alex Castaneda painted this series of stunning decks. For sale here.

More Skating!

Some new Ipod/phone shit. Looks pretty sick. So Vans is giving away some free shit to whomever comes up with the best name for this new game. Enter here.

Skateistan!

Australian skater, Oliver Percovich, has brought skateboarding to the kids of war torn Afghanistan. Awesome work! He's looking to create an indoor park with classes in English and computers. Check out his site here and make a tax deductible donation if you can (look under US Trust Account for US citizens)!

Poolz a plenty!

Guess there's some silver lining to all this financial mess. 

Pools all over the nation are being drained and skated as

the houses that they are attached to are going into foreclosure.

Read more here.

there is xerox on the insides of your eyelids

Skate Zines from the 80's! If you're in NYC check out this rad exhibition at Printed Matter.

195 Tenth Ave. btwn 21st and 22nd St. Thru Nov 22nd, get on it!