Last night was the Melbourne premiere of the Listen Skateboards film, Viajeros Locos at the Blue Tile Lounge. The movie was too short but I guess that’s better than being too long – like the Luke Wilson film, Idiocracy. That film is actually 84 minutes too long. I swear, at …
Shaun White turns 21!
Shaun White celebrated his 21st birthday in Las Vegas at the Playboy Club in the Palms Hotel two weeks ago. This was, unusually, reported by celebrity stalker Perez Hilton (click the above photo to peep the article) – then because it was on his site, it was picked up by …
Aus/NZ Snowboarding may get new owner.
According to The Australian newspaper, the owner of the above classy title may soon also own Australian/New Zeland Snowboarding, Tracks and Waves. ACP Magazines, who own titles such as Picture, People and the classiest of all, People Platinum, have apparently made a bid for Emap Australia which is expected to …
New Tony Hawk Game – Life Over.
Tony Hawk Proving Ground is almost out! You can download the trailer by clicking on the above photo. It’s got some crazy Rodney Mullen shit in it, but you know this game is going to be sick. How rad is that course builder looking? It will feature a built in …
We’re OK, Eur OK – Euro Tour Vid.
The video of the Girl/Chocolate European tour, We’re OK, Eur OK, is now available online. You can peep it by clicking the above graphic or here. Make damn sure you’re paying attention at the end, the London section is awesome and has a great Belle and Sebastian song. It’s definitely …
Reese Forbes head of Quiksilver Skate Program
Boardsportsource reports that Reese Forbes has been appointed head of the Quiksilver Skate Program. This is a great thing for Quiksilver’s skate department after recently losing Aarto Sari and the rest of the skate team to Analog. Reese has ridden for Quiksilver since 2001 and has developed his signature jean …
BozWreck Promo Release Date
The new BozWreck promo is being premiered this week September 5th (tomorrow) at 12pm over at the Ambiguous Clothing website. I’m guessing this will be west coast US time? The new film features a part from Australia’s very own Chris Eacott as well as Nate Bozung, Matty Ryan and heaps …
Coal 2007 Website
The 2007 site from Coal Headwear is now online. In case you hadn’t noticed, Coal has to be one of our favorite brands right now. Aside from the amazing gear they keep bringing out, they also support some of our favorite riders like Mikey LeBlanc, Justin Hebbel and Jon Kooley. …
Listen Skateboards – Viajeros Locos Premiere!
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XMmsfYgDnmE”][/gv] Just a reminder that the new Listen Skateboards Video, Viajeros Locos, is premiering this Thursday (6th September) in Melbourne at the Blue Tile Lounge. The video looks sick and features Rob Gonzales, Brian Brown, Rodrigo Petersen and Danny Montoya. Things will be kicking off around 7.30pm and it …
Warning about POP stickers
About 18 months ago we had some pretty expensive POP stickers made in Utah. You might have seen them around, they’re that blue colour. Anyway, they cost us way more than we had at the time but because they were good I did a few things I’m not proud of …
Gate Entry Fee put to good use
John Thwaites (ski.com.au photo) has been eating some baller ass chicken dinners. It seems the mainstream media might be a little out of touch. Last week there was a huge blow-up about the former Environment Minister for Victoria, John Thwaites, eating free meals up at Buller that had a price …
Nike ACG – Sweetspots Teaser
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/6ZhGrV-sdn8″][/gv] I just came across this. I know, I know. It’s got skiing in it as well but the production values and the fact that Blank Paper Studio’s helped with it means that it is worthy of a site spot. For those that haven’t heard, Nike ACG is the …
Armageddon Expo
The Zapper. “When I’m in command, every mission is a suicide mission.” I’m not going to pretend that I completely understand this. As I’m writing this I can feel the derision of my co-workers here at POP who live for this kind of thing. Coming this October is the Australian …
Boost Mobile SNOSHO Winner – Clint Allan!
Clint Allan, 2007 SNOSHO winner! I know I promised an update Saturday night but after the craziest day ever getting ready for the event, once the contest had finished and Clint Allan was walking away with a $15,000 over-sized-novelty-cheque and a 32″ Samsung LCD, all I wanted to do was …
SNOSHO Update 4 – Final Site Test!
6pm tonight, it’s all happening! OK, I know there isn’t much other news coming out of us right now but I’m pretty excited about whats going on here at Perisher. We all got to check the final tests on the course this morning and the good weather has gotten even …
Boost SNOSHO Update 3! Its On!
Bright blue skies and light south westerly breezes are making for perfect conditions for tonights final. Good morning crew! It’s 10am and I can’t believe I’m up. Just a word of warning, don’t take on the Boost girls at drinking and pool, those kats can ball. The wild weather of …
SNOSHO Update 2!
Dan Himbrechts caught this one as Ryan Thorley was headding for a world record breaking 50-50. OK, its late and I’m knackered. I’m sitting in a bar right now trying to piece together todays events… It’s been hectic to say the least. After attending media briefings, setup tests and rider …
Boost SNOSHO! Update 1
Max Cookes testing the jump. 180 Backside Indy Double Pump. OK, whats been going on here at POP? And where is “here at POP”? Usually based around Melbourne we have taken ourselves north for the weekend! This weekend is the Boost SnoSho at Perisher so we’ve come along to help …
Burton Australian Open Photos
Robbie SkyWalker. So I finally got photos from last weeks Burton Open and as the above shot of Robbie Walker shows, it’s been worth the wait! Holy crap, some snowboarding sure went down at that contest. We’ve got a ton of party photos that we’ll use in the new issue …
Nitro ‘One Track Mind’ Teaser
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/mmPiSYphmHw”][/gv] Mark at Nitro fired me through the sick new teaser trailer for this years Nitro video. For those that don’t know, each year Nitro puts together a free video featuring its riders and giving you a feel of what its like to be a member of the Nitro …
Style Wars Day 1
While I’m waiting for more pics from the Burton Australian Open you can have a look at this hotness striaght from StyleWars. Apparently Andy Finch caught an edge about 5 meters from the lip of the take off and ending up about half way along the deck on one of …
Grenade TPS Report 4 Melbourne Premiere
I just got this hot off the wire (ie: Jay from Grenade called my mobile). The newest chapter of the Grenade TPS Report video’s is premiering in Melbourne tomorrow night (yeah that’s right, Monday!). Dingo, Louie Vito, Sketchy D and other grenerds are going to be there. It’s all going …
Adidas Skate Site
Obviously fuelled by the success that Nike has had breaking into the skate market with their Nike SB’s, Adidas has decided to give it a go and have launched their new skate site which you can view by clicking here or the above graphic. I like the look of the …
Burton Australian Open
Chris Boadle just sent me these exclusives from the Burton Australian Open that just went down at Perisher. Here are the quick boys and girls 1st places. Big Air: Robbie Walker with a 1080 and Claudia Fliri with a front 7. Pipe: Andy Finch and Kelly Clark. Slope: Cas Guldemond …
Style Wars 2007
If you’re at Falls Creek this week, then you’re in luck. The annual Style Wars starts tomorrow! You’ve got to give it to Rich and the guys that put this contest on… The riders that get invited all say it’s a super fun and mellow 3 day event… Well now …
Boost SnoSho September 1st
A few weekends ago we tracked down a high speed camera used by the army and put Max Cookes in-front of it. The idea was to make a 1 minute commercial to put up on the site to remind you all that at Perisher on the 1st of September Boost …
Under Lights – Commercial
In early 2007 we tracked down a high speed camera used by the army and put Max Cookes in-front of it. The idea was to make a 1 minute commercial to put up online to remind everyone about Boost’s SnoSho contest held at night, under lights in September of …
Ryan Sheckler has own reality show
I’m rich bitch! Ryan Sheckler has his own MTV show coming out soon called, The Life of Ryan. I have nothing against Ryan, good on him for doing so well. But I do take issue with him moaning about how stressful his life is… I mean c’mon? I personally would …
Alife Warehouse Sale
Unfortunately these will not be for sale at the warehouse, I just wanted to put them up. Do I need a reason? Cast your mind waaaaaayyyyy back to issue two of POP – a simpler time when the war in Iraq was about uh… A combination of oil, terrorism, family …
Picture This World Premiere
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/3-2t0GlWosw”][/gv] If you were lucky enough to be in Oregon last night you may have caught the World Premiere of Mack Dawgs new film Picture This. A group from the High Cascade Snowboard Camp got to sit in with some of the films riders like Jeremy Jones, Seth Huot, …
Jake Brown on Larry King!
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/as-n6Umlo8k”][/gv] It’s amazing what a gnarly fall will do for your career. Jake Brown appeared on Larry King Live Wednesday night US time to tell more about his fall. Unfortunately Larry lacks any kind of knowledge about skateboarding, even asking at one point how important the board is. It’s …
For Love (of Robbie SkyWalker)
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Nk7iQlzVa4g”][/gv] The second teaser for the new NCP Film ‘4 Love Or Money’ is up on Transworld. Why should you care I hear you ask? Because Robbie Walker has the two opening tricks! I can’t wait for this video to come out, I’ve seen some of Rob’s footage and …
Shaun White wins vert at X-Games 13
Shaun White – pro snowboarder, pro skater and, if this photo is anything to go by, apparently a problem gambler. OK, I don’t know if this is generally available news as yet – if it turns out it isn’t, please don’t tell anyone you heard it here… I have enough …
Burton guys in Chile!
Our good friends Chris Boadle and Shane Carter have been chillin’ in Chile. The boys are supposedly there for some Burton thing but truth be told I’m pretty sure the guys were just stoked to go and ride with all the Burton crew. Here’s what Chris Boadle had to say…. …
Complex & Outerwear Style.
The Cappel look book is probably the most studied marketing material in the history of snow outerwear. How’s this! No, not that, this – a favorite magazine of mine, Complex (who became a favorite after giving us props) have a really interesting interview with President and Creative Director of Burton, …