Official Skee-Skate

I won this at a silent auction fundraiser for the Dundee skatepark; it's a very early skateboard, circa 1961. So it's an antique, just like me. Pretty cool, but a deathtrap to ride.

The craze and menace of skateboards

I scored this 1965 Life magazine at our office Christmas white elephant gift exchange. The title of this post is the cover headline. I like the classic wipeout on the right of the spread shown. I think skater kids today should start saying things like "too much moxie breeds mayhem in the streets, dude." Click to enlarge.

Quaker Skate

A goofy shirt I designed for my friends and me; we all attend North Valley Friends, a local Quaker church, and all skateboard, at least occasionally.

Turd on a stick

All right, this skateboard design is based on a comment from Kilwag from Skate and Annoy. Not that he actually suggested I do a skate design with a turd on a stick, but still, I liked the idea, and I like this Dr. Seuss-like drawing. With art like this, why aren't any skateboard companies banging on my door?

Skate Newberg (any day)

I like to skateboard at the Newberg skatepark. Here's a photo taken at the park early one morning, plus a skateboard design for a guy hand-screening "Newberg Anyday" boards. He was doing skull designs that looked like bad high-school tattoo drawings, so I did this for him. He never used it. (And yes, I know anyday isn't a word, that's why I split it in my design.)

I ride a Cold War skateboard, made right here in Oregon. You can visit my favorite skate website (also with Oregon connections) here.