Yobeat have released the full 17 minutes of Yomerica, their crowd sourced film project. There’s some behind the scenes footage and more info to come in the next few weeks – for now, enjoy this!
Chris Cole Takes The 2013 Street League Championship
Chris Cole had a US$200,000 payday on the weekend, taking out the 2013 Street League finals. This is the first year the championship hasn’t gone to Nyjah Huston but it wasn’t for lack of trying. The finals came down to a tussle in the Impact Section between Huston and Cole …
Billabong’s Rival Bidders Just Wont Go Away
Billabong’s late-to-the-party second suiters seem desperate to recreate Days Of Our Lives in the business pages. Unable to let go, and certain that the match up is meant to be, Centerbridge Capital is pulling out all the stops with a new deal they just know will mean the company will …
Australian Olympic Snowboarder On Sochi Anti-Gay Laws
Belle Brockhoff, an Australian Olympic Snowboarder, appeared on Lateline earlier in the week to speak out about the Russian anti-gay laws that may affect some athletes at the games. The Australian Olympic Committee claims that the laws will have no effect on the athletes while Amnesty International claims that athletes …
10 Questions From Time Magazine For Shaun White
Time Magazine has a 10 Questions feature each issue and in a recent one the covered Shaun White. The interview starts with the heavy topic of the length of his hair, which isn’t a good start, but he does also talk about what he’s thinking dropping into the pipe. You …
Windells 2013 Session 7 Clip
Windells have finished up their 2013 camp and the session seven clip covers it off. They wrapped it up with a visit from the iPath team and the premiere of the Transworld Snow film, Nation along with tonnes of riding. Check the clip below.
Brian Anderson Talks Shoe Design
Here’s a quick clip of Brian Anderson talking about the process of creating his Nike shoe. The style is called Project B.A and it looks like a really nice design. There’s also a few new shots in here of Anderson out for a roll. Worth a watch. Via Skatedaily.
Lou Macias At Woodward For Fyve
Fyve have dropped this edit of Lou Macais at Woodward in Tahoe. Just two minutes of the guy hitting the park in some pretty epic weather. Check it out.
Grind Media Closes Skateboarder Magazine
Grind Media announced on August 19th that they will be closing Skateboarder Magazine. It’s the second closure since the publisher purchased Transworld back in May, the first closure being Transworld Surf. Norb Garrett published a video announcement explaining the decision, which you can view below. He cites difficult business conditions …
Rad Team Hits Perisher
Rad has released this neat little clip of the team doing a few laps in Perisher Front Valley park. Nic Harvey, Jed Davidson, Joel Cantle and Cohen Davies are doing there thing with Mitch Ayers holding the camera. Check it out.
That Thredbo Vibe – Episode 3
Here’s the third installment for the Thredbo Vibe series in 2013. This episode comes from the High Noon park featuring some neat work from the likes of Jye Kearney, Rainer Occhilupo, Pete Long, Ben Forton, Matt Brazil, Jared Dean, Reid Mathieson, Richie Carroll, Simon Portelli, Jake McCarthy, Beau Williams, Levi …
Third Chapters Winter Breaker Party Gallery
August 10th saw the latest party from Third Chapter. Called the Winter Breaker Party, there seems to be a pattern evolving with these events. Although I can’t see any midgets in the shots for this one, there is some kind of pirate. Check the photos from the night. Huge thanks …
Kingpin Welcomes Jack Fischer
Just a quick little clip from the crew at Kingpin to welcome Jack Fischer to the team. Check it out!
2013 Burton High Fives At Cardrona
Burton are holding their annual High Fives comp at Cardrona from September 8th to 13th. The 2013 event will include a driving challenge before the slopestyle and halfpipe competitions happen on September 12th and 13th. There’s an US$80,000 prize purse up for grabs and although there’s no details as yet, …
Street League 2013 Championship Preview
We have almost reached the end of the 2013 Street League season. The championship battle goes down in New Jersey on August 25th with Nyjah Huston, Paul Rodriguez, Sean Malto, Chris Cole, Torey Pudwill, Luan Oliveira, Mikey Taylor and Shane O’Neill having qualified. The guys are competing for US$200,000 and …
Falls Big Air And Dragon After Party
This one is always a big night. The Falls Big Air is happening on Saturday August 17th (this weekend). There’s some details on practice and qualifiers below. Following the comp, Dragon will be hosting an after party at the Frying Pan… If it’s anything like their other recent events, it’s …
Burton’s [SNOWBOARDING] Teaser
Burton is releasing a free, four part web series called [SNOWBOARDING] and there’s a teaser for it below. The series is based on the type of riding – first up is backcountry, then street, women (is women a type of riding?) and resort. The series starts on September 13th, 2013 …
Oi Mate Season 2 Episode 2
Oi Mate has released the second episode for their 2013 season. This time Jye Kearney, Jed Davidson, Troy Sturrock, Mat Galina, Colin Clarke, Greg Murray, Shaun Ingham, Matt Brazil, Daniel Crean, Ant Haddrick, Johan Rosen, Tenzin Butt, Richie Carroll and Charles Morris hit Perisher, Falls and Thredbo. The shots are …
Episode 2 Of Diaries Downunder For 2013
The longer this series goes on, the more rad it gets. And the more I wish I’d thought of the idea first. Here’s episode two for 2013 of Diaries Downunder this time featuring Ryan Tiene on a bit of a boys trip. The guys take two helicopters out for a …
Hybridation By Fred Mortagne Is Epic
Hybridation is a ten minute film created by French Fred (aka Fred Mortagne) for Red Bull Skateboarding. The clip is done entirely in black and white and features Australian’s Sammy Winter and Andrew Brophy plus Lucas Puig, Tyler Bledsoe, Daniel Espinoza, JB Gillet, Arto Saari, Davis Torgerson and more. Some …
The Seventh Episode Of The Richie Jackson Show
Here’s the seventh episode of the Richie Jackson Show… And as with most of these, you will be thoroughly entertained but still finish wondering what you had just watched. Satanic aliens in skateboarding and the lack of interest in nollie backside flips. Enjoy!
Warren Klein’s Voicemail To Christian Slater Is Fantastic
One of the most powerful men in Hollywood during the 80’s, Warren Klein, left this voicemail for Christian Slater just before Gleaming the Cube was released. Apparently there was a bit of tension over the release date of Thrashin’ with Josh Brolin. Thrashin’ had appearances from Tony Hawk, Hosoi, …
Windells 2013 Session 6 Clip
Here’s the sixth clip from Windells Camp for 2013. It was the Technine Team Takeover this time and the campers had a visit from the likes of Lucas Magoon, Chris Bradshaw, Ben Bilodeau, Dan Wells, Forest Bailey, Ozzy Henning, Jeff Deforge, Johnny Lazz and more.
Laura Hadar Talks To Dose
Dose has interviewed Laura Hadar about her previous, epic, winter. It included shooting for the new Nike films, a few heli trips and a tonne of back country. She covers it all off in the interview as well as a bit of fashion stuff. Check it out.
Bob Burnquist’s Backyard Is Pretty Awesome
Bob Burnquist has shown off a little work he’s been doing in his backyard and I think those clowns on The Block and House Rules should take note. His creation is called Dreamland and includes a few tweaked versions of the Mega Ramp along with space for a helicopter to …
Red Bull Illume 2013 Finalist Gallery
Red Bull’s 2013 Illume photography contest has announced their 250 finalist shots over on this site. There’s some epic photos from some of the best in the world, like Scott Serfas, Blotto, Adam Moran, Gabe L’Heureux, as well as some relatively unknown crew. The 2013 competition is the third time …
Windells 2013 Session 5 Clip
Apologies for the delay in updates over the last week but I’m not back and onto it. Here’s Windells session five video for 2013. This one sees the campers hanging with Johnny Lazz, Justin Fronius, Ozzy Henning, Jeremy Estorga, Cam Pierce, Tim Humphreys and more. There’s some exceptionally epic shots …
Windells 2013 Session 4 Clip
Windells have dropped their 2013 session 4 video. This time the campers had a visit from the crew at Neff and Lobster snowboards including, Jesse Paul, Stevie Bell, Jake Luczak, Dennis Leontyev, Johnny Lazz, Austin Leonard, Halldor Helgason, Eiki Helgason and loads more. Check it out above.
Shaun White At 2013 NZ Winter Games
You might remember that back in 2009 Shaun White was touring events showing off a set of new tricks in the lead up to the Vancouver Olympics. One of those events was the NZ Winter Games where we all caught the double cork 10 for one of the first times… …
Oi Mate Season 2 Episode 1
Here’s the first episode of the new season of Oi Mate. Featuring a tonne of great talent including Jye Kearney, Daniel Crean, Cohen Davies, Harley Trivic, Charles Morris, Louis Macindoe, Greg Murray, Mat Galina and some Charles Beckinsale. It was shot at Thredbo, Perisher and Falls and the series was …
Snowboarders – Getting Paid And Less Likely To Get Killed
Snowboarders no longer need to worry about scratching Dad’s Range Rover, they can afford to wreck their own now! Fairfax writer MissSnowItAll, has written a piece dismissing the common notion that snowboarders are young, out of control punks. Contrary to what a lot of people will tell you, stats are …
Altamont Takes Control And Installs Scott Olivet At Billabong
Photo: Scott Olivet, former CEO at Oakley. Billabong has a future! Although it will be one that’s a little different than what they planned. Altamont Capital have partnered with Blackstone to offer up a $325 million bridging debt facility. In addition, the Bong will get with a further $70 million …
P-Rod Wins In SLS Portland
Paul Rodriguez has pulled off what seemed impossible weeks ago and beaten Nyjah Huston at Street League Portland. In the first stop back since injury, Huston was looking a little fragile and was eliminated at the earliest point he has been this season. Who knows if the ribs were still …
Andrew Brophy On Cons
Andrew Brophy has signed onto Cons. He had his first print ad in the most recent issue of Slam and here’s a little behind the scenes of filming for it done by Chris Middlebrook. Pretty awesome.