Yowza. There’s a reason why this trick is called a “disaster,” but never has it been more clear.

Lesson of the day: religious metaphors get old quick, and not only when ancient, out-of-touch religious dudes are the ones delivering them.

In any case, I’m thinking about making a one-color t-shart or baseball-style, ¾-sleeve dealio out of this one… something along these lines maybe…

Well then. Who wants a piece of me?

Soulja Boy makes Lil Wayne look like Eric Koston. — Willy Staley

Naturally, I love the fat kid holding a board that doesn’t even have trucks or griptape on it. What, did he just buy that from Pac Sun and they’re celebrating in the parking lot of the mall? Worse than him though is probably the dude on the right, who I guess is really going for that hipster-irony thing with his “I am swag” t-shirt, which is so obviously incorrect.

I just had to share my newest acquisition: a real life dragon’s head (I mean, just look at that detail), which has been hollowed out so as to be a perfect containment unit for incense sticks. Surprisingly affordable, too, considering I don’t have the faintest clue where you’d even find a real life dragon, let alone how you’d manage to cut off its head once you did. Amazing, the shit you can find on eBay.

The results of a half-decade’s worth of research, experience and clinical trials are finally in. Super Sour Diesel > Super Silver Haze. It’s clear to me now, that not entirely unlike Vin Diesel, in any match-up Sour Diesel simply can never lose.

Did you know smoking high-quality marijuana all but eliminates the negative side effects commonly associated with this “drug”? Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Also gross, and inevitable: YouTube comments conjured from the depths of the Internet’s hell, which is kind of like saying “Hell’s hell”…

Doubt most people will be loving this, but I found it reeked of hilarity, because I don’t take shit too seriously, nah’msayin?

You know me, I’ve never met a sunset I didn’t like. Throw a bridge in there though, and I might as well be a 5-year-old plopped in front of Veggie Tales.

I think that “advisory” sign on the right says something to the effect of, “if you pull up a dead body, you should probably just throw it back. Dead bodies found in New York Harbor are not safe to consume.”

The waterfront in Bay Ridge, near Owl’s Head park, is perhaps a bit off the beaten-path, but it’s worth the trip for a truly unique vantage point of Manhattan Island. As a point of interest, there are veritable fleets of ships coming in and out of the harbor all the time, for the seaman-loving people in the audience. And if you’re into double-features, you can watch the sunset and then break into Owl’s Head skatepark once the lights go out. The cost of admittance is merely a subway ride and a decent amount of patience.

Like I said, there are tons of ships, including even pirate ships, apparently. Are you sold yet? Bay Ridge: I sure wouldn’t want to live there, but it’s a nice place to visit.

Check back next week when I promise I’ll put together some content that isn’t just shit you already saw on Crailtap mixed in with the occasional overwrought, run-on-sentence excuse.

Feelin’ this Crailtap clip of the day with Rick McCrank, and not just because he’s a super guy. Tucked somewhere in Vancouver, Leeside looks like a fun little skate cave if I ever saw one, and I’ve begun to crave spots like this what with my age and complete inability to do anything good on a ledge. The best part about Leeside however, which Rick somehow didn’t consider, is the fact that it’s shielded from the elements by an impenetrable concrete shell.

Anyway, more later. Crazy week over here — I’m quite literally working for the weekend right now, only with less half-naked Chris Farley and much more swearing under my breath.

Come with me where you’ll never, never have to worry about grown up things again…

Indeed, a full-blown case of skateboard-obsession is a disease, as obviously only a mental condition of the most severe order could result in somebody actually building a half pipe tree house. Don’t get me wrong, I understand this mental illness, because I share it. In fact, I can say with a fair degree of certainty that this is the coolest thing I have ever seen. Cooler than anything I’ve ever posted on this blog and considered cool before. Cooler than the Ninja Turtles when I was five years old. Yes, that cool. The only way this could possibly be cooler, is if it was a fully-featured bowl complex, but I don’t even want to know what kind of complex it would take for somebody to actually try to accomplish such a thing.

Awesome spots in there too. Imagine if the BQE Lot was as developed as that bridge spot at the beginning… fuck me.

Also, am I the only one who thinks if I could only have one spot for the rest of my life, that bank at about 1:00 in would be enough to keep you happy? I mean, sure, you could do better, but how much do you really need?

Gilbert Crockett is, in my opinion, a very exciting up-and-comer and I find myself liking pretty much everything he puts out. There’s something kind of unique about him which I can’t quite put a finger on, but I do know I really like his kickflips and that ninja-pop thing he always does. I also like the fact that even though he’s, technically speaking, a “baller” now, with major league sponsorships from Alien Workshop and Vans, he’s still putting out local videos, just for, quite apparently, the fun of it.

Had to post this… HUF just partnered with Japanese artist Haroshi, known for making sculptures out of skateboard decks, and Bay Area-based all-things-skateboarding operation DLX for a unique collaboration including clothing, sneakers, hard goods, and some incredible artwork by Haroshi, which, as a bit of a fartist myself, is of particular interest to me.

Haroshi did an actual sculpture of this, which was later screenprinted onto a Zip Zinger deck, which is particularly awesome for me, as I’ve basically made my Zip Zinger my day-to-day skateboard now. Only 400 of these bad boys were made, so if you’d like the opportunity to focus one after a long and meaningful relationship, you’d better get on it.

Available at HUF’s online store amongst other fine skate shops, including DQM, if you happen to live in New York.

It’s a shame something so beautiful is ultimately meant for destruction, but such is the way of skateboarding, indeed, you might even say it is the heart of it.

Now, on to the real bangers…

Ramondetta’s Arm

Fire Hydrant

In case you missed it, all of these sculptures are made out of stacks of used decks, essentially repurposing destruction and making something beautiful out of it all over again. It’s the circle of art!

Spitfire Classic

Actual Spitfire Classics as bearings… fuckin’ A… “A” for amazing detail. I’m just shitting over this stuff, you guys. Just gotta get it out, you know?