When I was 12, I was writing “Star Trek: The Next Generation” fanfic, crushing on the guy at my local videostore, and wondering when my boobs would start fitting my training bra. Tom Schaar, on the other hand, is a 12-year-old pro skateboarder who’s pulled off the first-ever 1080 trick. In the Bing video above, Schaar talks skating and smokes Damian Fahey in a go-kart race. Feeling like a slacker yet? [Bing]
Begun after artist Jeff Gaudinet and a friend had a miscommunication about skating and Kate Moss, the Skate Moss project allows users and fans to “make” their own fantasy skateboards emblazoned with Kate Moss’s image and name. So far, the boards aren’t in production, but if there’s two things that go together, it’s overly hormonal skateboarders and naked girls, so kudos, Mr. Gaudinet. [Skate Moss]
I have been plagued — yes plagued — by skateboarders since I was in middle school. That’s when I first became friends with/attracted to skater boys. It’s also when I first became acquainted with the stultifying boredom of sitting around waiting for your friends to finish up at the damned skate park so you could go to the movies or the mall. Ahh, the loneliness of being one of a couple of girls that was part of the skater boy posse. Yes, I knew who Ricky Oyola was and could attest to the fine-ness of Mike Vallelly, but watching your buddies hit their balls over and over again while trying to grind on a handrail wasn’t that fun. Oh, what am I talking about. It was pretty fun. Keep reading »
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