Last night Analog had a little beer and sushi party as a little thankyou to all the shops (and hanger-on like me) for their support over the year. It also gave them an excuse to premiere their newest installment of The Moving Picture Project which was Arto and the skate …
JP Walker’s Next Move..?
I should start this by saying that I have had word from the people at the top that this just isn’t true, still… rumors are persisting that JP Walker has signed to Nitro. Team manager, Tonino Copene, confirmed that they are only rumors and that they have not signed JP …
Billabong buys Tigerlilly
Jodhi Meares has sold her Tigerlily swimwear label to Billabong for an amount which I can’t find for lack of both skill and time. Still, the name Jodhi Meares might ring a bell with you… she just happens to be media and gaming rich kid, James Packer’s, former wife. Unfortunately …
I didn’t did I?
This is what runs through my head when I land on my bum so hard that I am not sure if I have A. shit my pants. B. torn myself a new hole C. will I ever sit down again or D.all of the above. There is nothing worse than …
Lakai’s Fully Flared Premiere this Thursday the 13th
This Thursday the 13th will see POP teaming up with Lakai for the Melbourne premiere of Fully Flared. Sticking with POP’s philosophy, it’s completely free! I’m not sure if you have seen the trailer, but we are pretty pumped on this film and can’t wait to see you there. It’s being held at …
POP Magazine – Issue 8 Coming Soon
The 8th issue of POP Magazine is due in stores shortly and features interviews with World Champion Mick Fanning and Western Australian charger Jay Davies. We also talk with New Zealand born skater Pascal Leniston and snowboarder Nick Gregory. Irwin Fletcher is back again with excessive rage, we take a …
Mongo is the Devil.
Why do people still push mongo? Everywhere I go, I encounter somebody pushing themselves forward with a looping front foot. It’s the most unsightly crime you could ever commit on a skateboard outside of a serious benni-hana. But for some reason it survives. It’s a lingering herpes sore for every …
West Coast Legend
Photo by Brady van Wyk I have to share this story with you guys, because POP has a new friend in Western Australia and I think the story is pretty cool. About a week ago we got an email from Ben Dwyer in Western Australia asking where he could get …
Blank Video Premiere
POP website contributor of the year, Shane, sent through a few photos from the Blank video premiere last night. Mike Martin had the closing part. Apparently I wasn’t important enough to get one of the 200 seats at the Toff because I didn’t even know it was on… I guess …
JP Walker On 32 & Etnies
I’m sure this news is already sweeping it’s way through the internets and I wanted to make sure I helped fan the fire. It’s official, JP Walker is now on 32 boots and Etnies shoes. There’s not much more to say really. I don’t have any details… Sorry… There’s a …
Day 1
So I am the latest to join the new army of POP bloggers, I am not sure how this happened as if you saw my blog you would know that my mind is a strange world. But POP has given me the opportunity to do good and that is what …
Nokia Air & Style
The webcast/webTV website Freecaster.tv had an 8 hour live webcast last week (it got a little webby there didn’t it?). There’s a whole bunch of footage there. Don’t bother with the highlights clip, it’s got crap music and some extreme snow mobile action. Just watch all the riders ‘parts’. Kevin …
The Final Flare
Skatefairy.com has posted a photo montage from the Lakai Fully Flared filming days over the last year and a bit. Fully Flared has been released in the States with several big premieres… you can check out some premiere shots over at Transworld here. It is being released in Australia in …
Better Be In Denim Show Photos
If I was ever going to go to heaven, it was going to happen last Friday night! Mark Lording, curator of the If You Send Me To Heaven, Better Be In Denim art show, did an absolutely bang-up job of getting 18 of Melbourne’s most creative artists to source there …
Bikecar Playing At Melbournes Bicycle Film Festival
As someone pointed out in the shoutbox, Bikecar is indeed playing at the Bicycle Film Festival next weekend (at 7pm on the 8th of December to be exact). If you haven’t already watched Bikecar (or even if you have) then you really should go watch this. It’s one of my …
Power To The Poachers
More Burton news. Some people might not be aware that there are still 4 resorts in the USA that don’t allow snowboarding. Yes… They are for skiers only… So to make up for this injustice, this assault on snowboarders civil rights if you will… Burton are giving 5 grand to …
New Flagship Burton/Al Merrick store in L.A.
I’m not ashamed to say I love shopping. I get a lot of shit for it but as Brodie Bruce says in Mall Rats… “I love the smell of commerce in the morning.” So, when I came across this article this morning on Transworld, it had me booking my trip. …
Highway to the Dangerzone
As far as I’m concerned, the internet is for pasty weirdo’s who never leave the house. The type of shut-ins who harbour contagious skin diseases so severe, that 20 minutes of sunlight a day is considered a diabolical health risk. It’s a view I held for many years. Until now. …
Random fun at Rob Machado’s Golf Day.
So, it’s been while since I’ve managed to get a post on here but now that the election is over, I’m taking five to touch base. Not that I was doing anything with the election but I wanted to get political on here and it was a handy segue into …
Welcome to me
Hi all, Just checking to see if i can successfully operate this whole blog debacle, not much to say at this point, except that blog sounds like a variety of turd. I’m sitting on my couch in my undies, watching ‘Amazing Medical Stories’… Great show, It’s hectic to see how …
Eddie Aikau Quiksilver Invitational Live Webcast
I don’t get excited for a lot of the surf contest press releases I get sent. Most of them are from junior comps held in 2 foot slop. Not that I don’t want to support the up and comers, far from, but there’s only so much time in the day. …
Better Be In Denim Show – Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow night (that’s a Friday in case you live without knowing which day it is) is the ‘If You Send Me To Heaven, Better Be In Denim’ show. It’s at the Coppin St Studios in Burnley and is being put on by the Serps. That should be reason enough to …
Captain Billy’s Freaked
Our favorite Sydney skate store, Captain Billy’s Crab shack, has got a rather interesting interview up on the Sneaker Feaker website. If you live in the Bondi area and you still haven’t visited the shop then you’re a missing out. The owners, Jamie and Lucienne are great people so you …
Viva Prahran 2008
A couple of weekends ago Quiksilver and Oakley held the second annual Viva Prahran street and vert contest. It took me this long to get around to editing the video so sorry about that. Anyway the comp was pretty damn good. Quite a few people came down to watch. Whilst …
Viva Prahran Contest – Podcast
In late 2007 Quiksilver held a skate contest in Prahran, VIC. Here’s a short video of the skating.
Terje Hakonsen – Demo’s the shit out of that thing.
What do you do if you want 7.5 million euro to build a snowboard arena in your country’s capital city? Well, if your Terje, you gather up the posse and head down to the mayors office with a massive pile of snow and lay down a McTwist in his grill. …
Jason Lee – Keeps it real.
So you might think that being in a hit TV show would make you forget about you roots. You might also think that the phrase “keeping it real” is over used. But then again, you probably haven’t seen this. Jason Lee is so amazing, it’s hard to believe he is …
Welcome to the new POP website.
Welcome to the new and improved POP Magazine website. It has been a lot of work for our web design team, and it still isn’t finished, but we have decided to let you guys all in to check it out. I’ll take you through the new features real quick: You …
Trigger Team Movie
We made this mini-site to help keep track of the Trigger Team Movie that we made in 2007. Parts of it don’t work since we upgraded the POP site, but we included it here for your reference.
Billabong XXL – Chopes Goin’ Off
So Billabong’s XXL competition riped the lid off of it again. The above clip is filmed at the famed “Chopes” in Tahiti and of course, hilarity ensued. And by hilarity, I mean fucking gnraly 30 foot slabs of water smashing peoples skulls in. Oh yeah, and Maya Gabeira just became …
Adio & Planet Earth’s 15 Seconds of Fame Contest!
Adio have announced a contest for all you skaters, filmers and musicians out there. Entrants will go in for the chance to have their style featured in a new Adio video being released next year with the best entry apparently getting themselves a Sony Handycam which shoots in full 1080 …
What the hell is this!?!
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KnoEIuK1Ppw”][/gv] Regular readers of the site will have noticed that there is a lot in the world that bothers me… Like road safety commercials. That’s right, I have something against these so called ‘life saving’ campaigns. Why? I hear you ask (and if you didn’t, I’m going to tell …
John Jackson On Forum & Special Blend
I’m sure most of you already know this, but backcountry guy John Jackson just signed to Forum and Special Blend. There’s a press release below the cut but I’ll sum it all up for you here right now: John Jackson has brown hair, blue eyes and enjoys fishing. Oh and …
Tony Hawk Project 8 – The End Has Come!
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/3sv9bTxuQzQ”][/gv] I don’t know if you guys saw my old post about it, but the new Tony Hawk game has been out for a few weeks now and as predicted my life has gone off the rails. Girlfriend? She left. House? Bank Foreclosed. Job? Well, lets just say that …
Winkler on Brighton
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/nl63T7SBHD4″][/gv] A friend sent me this interview of Brighton terrain park director Jared Winkler. It’s nothing huge but it gets me pretty excited about heading overseas. It’s that time of year where it seems like everyone is buying plane tickets and the number one questions is ‘where are you …