I've featured Hopeless Old Men on Skateboards cartoonist Mark Conahan a couple of times recently, and I'm stoked to see this feature on Conahan from KPTV, the local Fox affiliate in Portland.

I'm stoked on the clip for a couple of reasons, even though it's obviously a little bit overblown in Fox-y kinds of ways:

First, Conahan's head of hair is way grayer than mine, and at 47 he's got, like, 14 years on me, which makes me feel like a young, young man.

Second, it's awesome to see somebody devote themselves so fully to securing a future for skateboarding. Conahan's contributions are literally set in concrete, and will be around for a long time to come, and – as the story mentions – his role in the legacy of Portland's skateparks is just getting started: There are 16 more Portland parks to come, thanks to Conahan and other skaters who made it happen and should be role models to anybody else involved in skateboarding

Learn more about their efforts and how to help at Skaters for Portland Skateparks.

Thanks to SkateAndAnnoy for the link to the KPTV story.