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If you’re in the New York City area during the early evening hours, drop on by for the launch and signing of “The Mini Big Kahuna” a new limited edition skateboard deck by Mark Gonzales, published as a fund raising edition for Printed Matter. The Gonz will be signing his custom designed decks during the opening of GiftlandVIII: the Revenge of Giftland, a special holiday sale of disparate and serial work by many artists.
The “Mini Big Kahuna” is in a signed and numbered edition of 100 and
sells for $150.00.
Printed Matter, Inc
195 10th Ave between 21st and 22nd St.
Saturday, December 1, 2007 from 5-7 pm
Printed Matter will also be releasing new skateboard editions by
artists Liam Gillick and Ari Marcopolous which will be available a
later in December.

The elusive and talented Skate Fairy rarely posts these days…but when the content comes, it’s always worth noting. Witness The Final Flare and see for yourself.

The San Francisco Chronicle has posted this story on Underskatement Vol. 4, happening this weekend in SF. They speak to festival co-founder Andreas Trolf and Dan Wolfe about his entry in the festival.
Our favorite ‘what the hell?’ line in the piece: “Tommy Guerrero, who with the footage of his days as a Bones Brigade and Powell Peralta skateboarder in the ’80s, has become like the Al Pacino or Robert De Niro of skateboarding films.” Huh?

Yup, Ragdoll is now ‘ bleeding for Crimson‘ . Check out the Crimson site soon for all the latest details.

Mini Ramp Demo & BBQ w/ Deluxe teams – Mill Valley, CA
Death Skateboards’ Video Premieres – Berkeley and San Francisco, CA
The Land of Plenty’s 3rd Annual Boardshow at Brooklyn Projects – LA, CA

Over at Crailtap the Fully Flared hype is happening. Check out this little movie of portraits from the LA premiere and a few shots of the Tokyo screening. Coming soon to a town or DVD player near you.

The 4th annual Underskatement Film Festival kicks off the Northwest leg its upcoming tour in San Francisco this Saturday night, December 1st. Word has it that short film submissions from Jon Humphries, Dan Wolfe, Eric Noren and Rick Charnoski and Buddy Nichols are in the line up amongst others… definitely not an event to miss. Check back for additional dates and show times throughout 08.

Earth Patrol Media has created a new podcast feature on their site called “Session This!” where each week they will invite a skater to compile and play their favorite collection of tunes for your entertainment. Listen up and check in for updated podcasts weekly.