The Olympics Are Dead & The Burton US Open Killed It

If there is any doubt the Olympics half pipe sucked (there isn’t), the Burton US Open should put all that to bed. It was insane. A couple of days old I know but if you haven’t seen footage from the recent Burton US Open you need to stop what you’re …

by Rick

RED BULL CAPE FEAR CHALLENGE

Interest in big wave surfing has recently sparked again in mainstream. Lead by Shane Dorian and his  crew paddling what was previously un-paddleable sized Jaws. Red Bull and Mark Mathews have put together an interesting concept based on a ‘slab’ event and an un-usual tweak on big wave surfing contests. …

by I AM STAN

SXSW Converse/Thrasher Party Looked Like A Riot

Photo: Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP SXSW was happening last week in Austin, Texas. Converse and Thrasher were holding a bit of a party being headlined by OFWGKTA associate, Tyler the Creator. Not everyone was going to make it into the venue and when Tyler hit the stage, it was at capacity with …

by Dave

Pat Moore’s Blueprint Is Epic

This is episode four of Pat Moore’s Blueprint series and it is an awesome watch. In this one he spends time riding in Alaska with Jake Welch who apparently has no sponsors since The Program ceased, which is insane… someone needs to fix this. Seriously, how does a  guy this …

by Dave

Arctic Challenge Pipe Comp In The Riders Hands

Terje Haakonsen’s Arctic Challenge kicks off today and as part of the 2014 event, the pipe setup, comp format and other details are being left with the riders. As Haakonsen explains in the clip above, the riders will have three days to come up with how they want to see the contest …

by Dave

Biittner, Arnold and Deadlung Having Fun In Utah

Dose have done this rad little edit with Aaron Biittner, Scotty Arnold and Deadlung in Utah. Super fun clip – combined with the sudden shitty weather in Melbourne, it’s making me hang out for the return of the snow season. Only 94 days to go!

by Dave

Burton US Open Halfpipe Finals Results

The finals for the halfpipe at the Burton US Open happened on Monday (Aus time) and there was some surprising results. Taylor Gold took out the win for a run that included a method air, front 12 Tail, double Michalchuk Melon, front double cork 10, indy, cab 10 roastbeef to crippler chickensalad. His …

by Dave

Chris Cole Clip For His Lite 2 Shoe

DC have released a promo clip for his Lite 2 shoe. It’s just shy of three minutes full of the sort of skills you’d expect to see from Cole. They’ve kept the product shots to a bare minimum too, which is always nice. Check it out above.

by Dave

Burton US Open Slope Finals Results

The finals of the Burton US Open Slopestyle went down over the weekend. The top spot was taken out by Mark McMorris with a switch board to front board backflip out, frontside boardslide 450 out, cab 1260 mute, front double cork 10 mute and back triple cork 14 mute. That earned him …

by Dave

Burton US Open Halfpipe Semis Results

The halfpipe semis for the US Open went down this morning (Aus time) and they were a pretty damn spectacular watch. The level of riding was awesome with the standout being first place getter Yiwei Zhang who’s second run, which only improved on his already winning score, included a method, front double …

by Dave

Burton US Open Slopestyle Semi Results

The Burton US Open is going down in perfect conditions at Vail, Colorado. Yesterday was the slopestyle semi finals and Ståle Sandbech took top spot with Brandon Davis and Roope Tonteri in third. In the womens it was Jamie Anderson, Isabel Derungs and Spencer O’Brien. Full results are below. The finals go …

by Dave

Street League Shifts To Fox Sports

Street League is shifting from ESPN to Fox Sports for the 2014 season. Rob Dyrdek has negotiated for all stops this season to air live on FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO and webcast on StreetLeague.com. Hopefully the schedulers for the Australian Fox Sports channel will be kind with the replay …

by Dave

Travis Rice Is Making A New Snowboard Film

Ok, here’s what we know from Red Bull’s article on the film. Travis says “After pushing the limits in ‘The Art of FLIGHT’ we knew that it would be tough to take it to the next level without seriously getting out there. I can’t reveal where we’re going yet, but …

by Rick

Burton US Open This Week

The Burton US Open goes down in Vail, Colorado this week with riders competing for a share of US$343,000. Practice is on yesterday and today with the Slope semis starting Wednesday and the rest of the event rolling out from there. There’s quite a few names missing from the riders …

by Dave

Ipod Talks Gold Medals And YOLO Flips

Dose have done a great interview with Iouri Podladtchikov while he was in New York. The interview covers Ipods feeling in the lead up to his win in the pipe and how he looks at competition in snowboarding. He makes a really interesting point when talking about Shaun White’s performance at …

by Dave

Santa Cruz And Star Wars Clip – As Expected

Just to prove that no good film work has come from Lucasfilms since the original Star Wars, Santa Cruz have released this clip for their latest board line. It involves a boat load of cheesy clichés (that music?!?), a terrible story line and questionable acting… Things the studio is very, …

by Dave

2014 When In Whistler – Episode 2

Here’s the second episode of When In Whistler for 2014. This one features Geoff Brown, Charles Reid, Marc-Andre Tremblay, Ryan Manning, Trevor Karle, Joel Loverin, Jeremy Melanson, Bruce Johnston, Charles Beckinsale, Shaun Belmore and Nic Harvey. It was shot during February – the guys scored a cold spell, some sunshine and …

by Dave

Station to Station With Ståle Sandbech

Olympic slope silver medalist, Ståle Sandbech, has done a neat little clip giving a bit of a look at his hometown Rykkinn then hitting Stubai in Austria. The clip was created by Line9 which is apparently doing a series of these with different crew from surf, skate and snow. I’m not …

by Dave

Quiksilver Pro is LIVE NOW!!!

The opening event of the 2014 ASP Word Tour kick’s off today. Day 1 of the Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast is live.  For those of you who aren’t aware, the ASP has taken over the broadcast’s rights from the event sponsors. New format is looking pretty slick so …

by I AM STAN

Next big thing in surfboard design….

I have been a big fan of Signal’s Every Third Thursday concept, building crazy snowboards that push the boundaries of design and innovation. Paul Fisher has taken the concept to surfboard design. Think he may have surprised himself with how well the dick board actually worked. Maybe a bit tail heavy….

by I AM STAN

‘My Name Is’ With Cam Stynes

Our friend and long time industry guy, Cam Stynes, has done a bit of an interview about painting and The Sailors Slum. He talks about his current process and favoured materials for painting along with what it means to him. Pretty rad little interview. Check it out.

by Dave

Flow And The Rise Of Superman

This looks like an action sports version of The Secret – it definitely feels like its about to sell me on a weekend seminar where I have to sit in a hot tent for hours and hug strangers. The Rise Of Superman seems to be about the brain acting in, …

by Dave

Riley Blakeway’s ‘Nothing Stops Detroit’

Riley Blakeway has released a new short clip. This one features Californian street artist Evan Rossell during a painting trip to Detroit mid last year. It was shot on 16MM and Super 8MM film and is really nicely edited together. Check it out above.

by Dave

Tia Blanco Joins Reef

Sixteen year old Tia Blanco has joined the Reef team. The sceptic in me wants to point out that every surf brand seems to need a hot surf girl on the team to sell bikinis… Or get dudes to watch their logo after sketchy editors have posted it on their …

by Dave

2014 Bondi Bowl-A-Rama

Mitch Ayres put together this rad clip from the 2014 Bondi Bowl-A-Rama. The comp went down last weekend in front of an epic crowd and in pretty good conditions. Pedro Barros took out the pro section and Tony Hawk took the Masters division. The clip above is awesome – well …

by Dave

McCarthy, Kearney And Crean In Alaska

Jake McCarthy, Jye Kearney and Daniel Crean along with photographer Jussi Grznar and filmer John Waddell took a trip over to Alaska to film some rails. The guys spent 10 days driving around in a mini van – the above episode is from their time in Anchorage. This is part …

by Dave

ETT Creates A Paper Snowboard

The Signal guys have released the latest episode of Every Third Thursday, this time working with a paper and packaging company to create paper snowboards. By paper, we mean cardboard… But it’s still impressive. They layer up the cardboard and try out a few techniques to strengthen the board, also …

by Dave

TWS Outliers Trailer

Transworld Skate have released the trailer for their new film, Outliers. It features Zered Bassett, Riley Hawk, Lee Yankou, Neen Williams, Marius Syvanen and Brad Cromer. It was filmed by Chris Thiessen. Check it out below.

by Dave

Reynolds And Anderson In Marine Layer’s Loaded

I came across this film via our friend and former surf mag editor, Tim Fisher, who correctly called it ‘remarkable’. Called Loaded by Marine Layer and featuring Craig Anderson, Dane Reynolds, Noa Deane, Nat Young, Taylor Knox and Andrew Doheny, Fisher described it as “Well filmed, a great soundtrack and a …

by Dave

Episode 20 From Fyve At Mammoth Mountain

Jason Manning from 2two7productions has created the latest episode from the Fyve crew. This one was all shot at Mammoth mountain and features Nick Geisen, Armeen Pirooz, Charles Morris, Chris Geisen, Jeremy Page and Ryan Linnert. Check it out above.  

by Dave

Pierre Vaultier Takes Gold In Mens SBX At Sochi

The mens boardercross went down yesterday evening after being delayed a day by the weather. The event was actually great watching – especially with three Australians in the mix – Chumpy Pullin, Cam Bolton and Jarryd Hughes. Chumpy was the favourite going in but suffered a rough start to his …

by Dave

Dragon And Surfing World’s Summer Floatable Party

During the Aus Open of Surfing, Dragon got together with Surfing World for a bit of a party. The hook was around floating sunglasses which is definitely why everyone was there and absolutely not because of the free beer on offer. Click through a few shots from the night above.

by Dave

The Legend of Stan Smith From Adidas

Adidas has released this clip for their new Stan Smith Vulc shoe. Smith was a two time Grand Slam singles champion, and apparently one of the greatest tennis players of all time. But not being a tennis fan, I had no idea who he was when I first watched it. The …

by Dave

Brockhoff And Bright Miss Out On SBX Medals

Belle Brockhoff and Torah Bright have crashed out of the SBX comp in Sochi. The two were in the same quarterfinal together when Torah crashed out, leaving her in 18th overall. Brockhoff made it to the finals only to have her board knocked by Canadian Dominique Maltais causing her to crash …

by Dave

Sage Kotsenburg Talks His Win With Dose

Dose has talked with Sage Kotsenburg about his gold medal win in slope at Sochi. In it, he dismisses a lot of the hype around the conditions on the course saying that it was totally fine and that it was really a media beat up… Didn’t look that way on TV …

by Dave