By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

There’s this weird law of physics: if a skateboard can collide with a car, it probably will. While the best advice is always to move your car before there’s any chance of damaging contact, there is of course plenty of youtube evidence of car-skateboard encounters that do not end badly for the car. Only this: if you’re going to attempt an ollie-over-car, please do not do it with a nice vintage vehicle. Nobody minds a few idiots or skateboards sacrificed–last time I checked, they’re still making plenty of both–but jeopardizing a mint four-door Torino? That was a bit difficult to watch…

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

The latest marketing creation from Ford shows a late model Mustang tearing up the urban streets with skateboarders. The idea and concept is great, but the general consensus on the web is that they could have done a much better job on the CGI. Read more about the Mustang skateboarding at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

If you’ve played Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, you’ll definitely recognize Burnside, and I think Thrasher Magazine’s headline—”What the F**k?”—sums up this image perfectly. Now, I don’t know why somebody thought it would be a good idea to take a Jeep into a skatepark, but I’m pretty sure the answer comes in a bottle or can. I actually spent a day skating Burnside a few years back—it’s in Portland, Oregon—so I’m pretty familiar with the layout, and the transitions are really steep. So I ‘m kind of confused about how this Jeep got far enough the face of pool to flip, and I’m seriously [expletive deleted] confused  about why we don’t have video of this bail.  Seriously, nobody had a video camera? Let’s hope this stupid stunt didn’t screw up the park at all, as it’s a great place that was built illegally and then later officially sanctioned by the city.  Maybe they should paint a “No 4x4s” next to the “No Bikes?” Check out four more pics after the jump.

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