Issue 17 of Pop Magazine, Australia’s premier free press skate/snow/surf magazine is in stores.

Summer 2011 is here. With it comes Issue 17, The 2011 Swimsuit Issue!

We talk with skate photographer turned Iraq war photojournalist, Ashley Gilbertson. He gives us the low down on his career beginnings and what it’s like to be in a combat zone for so long.

In snowboarding we talk to Utah local and former Team Thunder kid, Will Tuddenham about his amazing recent video parts and living the dream.

Chaz Ortiz talks us through being picked out at a contest by Harold Hunter all the way through to being one of the strongest competitors at this years Street League and creating a pretty damn epic video part in State of Mind.

There’s surfing too with a look at the numbers behind Kelly Slater’s career and some thoughts on Andy Irons, written by Tim Fisher.

There’s all the latest product information; eight pages of this seasons sexiest swimwear, some of the best streetwear you’ll see this year, the Jaguar XKR, three ways to enhance your TV viewing, design advice from Shaun Neff and swimwear design trends with Mena Mahaniah. Oh, and a few shots from last months Develop Your Eye exhibition.

All of this and more is available for free at local skate, snow and surf shops around Australia!

View the online issue here or download the PDF here.