“There’s a new terror loose in the streets of the city! Probably the most organized attempt yet by children to dominate the world!”

This 1965 news report in Toronto talks about the new fad coming from California, it’s called sidewalk surfing. In the clip CBC’s Lloyd Robertson interviews an 18-year-old activist who rolls onto the screen in a dress and bouffant hairdo, if I had a time machine I would probably go back and marry her. The anchors compare ’skurfing’ to hoola-hooping as well as make a projection that the fad is already dying out… Oh little did they know!

Here is my second choice of the snowboard video trailers to show you. It’s coming to us from Germany. The guys over at Isenseven always impress, and this new trailer is no exception. Here’s what they have to say about it:

It’s been a while but we’re back with some moving pictures for you again. This time literally. We put together an exclusive selection of moments from our past trips into a little story, read like a book, just without any climax. You can enjoy a journey to Norway, Austria, New York, Washington, Idaho, Vermont and Quebec cut down to just one night and one day. This new teaser for “Teenage Love Graffiti” (DVD release fall 08) is availbale for download in HD or iPod format at www.isenseven.de as always.