Yep it’s on like donkey kong! We’re doing all nighters but it’s going to happen. So lock in Friday the 25th of May (yeah that’s this month!). The Trigger guys tell me there’s going to be artwork by Nathan Gamble, Cast, Marc Baker and photography by Dan Himbrechts and Kickback. …
News (I think).
Maybe this is news and maybe it isn’t. I know it’s pretty businessy. However I’m not sure because I can’t make much sense of this. Something gnarly just went down at Rusty. It seems Rusty Preisendorfer, the company that owns Rusty, just sold their company to Vegas Enterprises (the Australian …
For Right or Wrong
Burton’s new film, For Right or Wrong, featuring Shaun White, Dave Downing, Jake Burton, Terje Haakonsen, Nicolas Muller, Keir Dillon, Kelly Clark, Kazu, DCP, Mads Jonsson and Jeremy Jones is launching at the end of this month. Your all invited to come on down the premieres being held in Melbourne …
Gooch St. Premiere
It had been a long time coming but the release of Gooch St. had finally arrived and arrive they did. Gooch St, a movie produced by the local skate fraternity appropriately identified as the No Hopes, had been filming for well over 18 months. They captured footage from all over …
Mac Attack Dude
We just powered up our new video editing setup tonight. A 3.0Ghz Quad Core Mac Pro with a high end 24inch Dell wide screen monitor. I dropped in some extra DIMM’s and an extra 500GB hard drive and installed Final Cut. Yeah, I’m a geek.
Win Win Win!
You may have noticed the little ‘post it’ note above. If you haven’t clicked on it yet, don’t be afraid, it won’t hurt you. In fact you’ll only come out in front if you click on it. It’s a survey we’re running at the moment asking some questions about snowboarding …
Viajeros Locos
You’ve got to watch this fun little trailer from the guys at Listen Skateboards. Aside from the awesome song, this video features Rob Gonzalez, Brian Brown, Rodrigo Petersen and Danny Montoya. Being put together by Ricki Bedenbaugh (of Our Life and Elementality Vol.1) and Danny Montoya this trailer looks the …
Post card from Mumble
Our friends at Mumble Online Magazine have their new ‘issue’ out which is to say the website has been updated. Bob K sent me this post card with all the new stuff so I thought I’d share it with you.
Blue Tile Lounge Again
As is becoming standard, the Blue Tile Lounge is the place to be on Thursday nights. I’ve been told to go tonight. Apparently there’s some kind of rock n’ roll band called Lucifer’s Gift playing. Be there at 9pm. This might be your last chance to visit Blue Tile as …
Whoop!
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/DrNUTxaUWbU”][/gv] More Robbie Walker goodness coming your way. In case you missed it, Transworld have some footage from The Third Annual Grenade Games up on their website right now. Guess who has the last 3 tricks? Robbie! As they say up at Mt Buller ‘it’s ge-ood’!
Gooch St Premier
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/mdiRyxc3zgg”][/gv] This coming Friday night Mordy are premiering their latest full length skate video called ‘Gooch St’. It’s at the Mordy Surf Centre at 7pm and is BYO so get there early. Read more for the full flyer or call the store on (03) 9587 4485.
Quiksilver NYC Art/Music Show
As I missed the Art On Foam show that Quiksilver held over the weekend (if you went send me photos!), I made POP’s resident New York City reporter go to The Happening, an art/music show that Quiksilver helped put on in downtown Manhattan featuring, among others, Mason Jennings and Thomas …
Busted Spies
I feel compelled to tell you that a good friends band is playing at the ever hospitable venue the Blue Tile lounge tonight (Thursday night). They’re called Busted Spies, the music is good and I s’pose you’d just call it rock… What more do you need to know? Well besides …
Here Here!
Last night (Monday the 23rd of April) at 5 o’clock at the St Kilda Town Hall, the final public council meeting was held for the St Kilda skate park. I personally have never been to a council meeting before and was not too sure what to expect. As I entered …
This is what we ‘no’…
Ryan ‘Nugget’ ‘Nugg’ Gardiner has put out the trailer for his new edition of Digital Snowboard Magazine. So feast your eyes on the likes of Robbie Walker, Charles Beckinsale, Ryan Tiene, Jake McCarthy, Mikey Williams and lots more doing their thing. Rather than us passing our judgment on his work, …
Issue 5 To Print
So issue 5 is at the printers! We’ve been working flat out for the past few months and I think you’re all going to be pretty surprised. It’s close to 4am Australian time so I can’t think enough to write more about what’s in the issue… You’ll be hearing all …
Call the Police because Robbie Walker is killing it!
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/cPGIa0AJb-c”][/gv] We’ve been waiting for some photos or video to surface from this years Transworld Team Challenge before we posted about how Australia’s Robbie Walker won the Chinese downhill part of the event! Not to mention his K2 team consisting of Bryan Fox, Leanne Pelosi and Eero Niemela went …
Boost SnoSho Commercial #3
Here’s the 3rd of the 3 commercials we made for this years Boost Mobile SnowSho event. They’re being shown on the webcast and big screens of the Boost Surf Show that’s on this weekend on the Gold Coast. This commercial was intended to have more of a ‘fun’ feel to …
Boost SnoSho – Commercial #3
We were asked to make 3 commercials of the 2007 Boost Mobile SnowSho event to be webcast and shown on the big screens of the Boost Surf Show that was held on the Gold Coast. This is the third of the three.
Boost SnoSho Commercial #2
Here’s the 2nd of the 3 commercials we made for this years Boost Mobile SnowSho event. They’re being shown on the webcast and big screens of the Boost Surf Show that’s on this weekend on the Gold Coast. This commercial was intended to have more of a ‘snowboarder’ feel to …
Jason & Chris
I just saw these. Etnies teamed up with Jason Lee and Chris Pastras to do a Stereo series of sorts. Jason’s is the slip on which has his photographs of LA screen on the side. Chris’ is the mid with sketches of Istanbul and Stockholm. I thought it was worth …
Boost SnoSho – Commercial #2
We were asked to make 3 commercials of the 2007 Boost Mobile SnowSho event to be webcast and shown on the big screens of the Boost Surf Show that was held on the Gold Coast. This is the second of the three.
Thunders
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XcNuD5_loUE””][/gv] Our friends from Salt Lake City’s Team Thunder have released another short for their upcoming video ‘Remember When’. This one is called ‘Logs’ and was filmed in the Utah backcountry. It features Cody Comrie, Ben Gustaf and the rest of ‘The Thunders’. All this set to the soothing …
Boost SnoSho Commercial #1
We were asked to make 3 commercials of this years Boost Mobile SnowSho event for the webcast and big screens of the Boost Surf Show that’s on this weekend on the Gold Coast. The brief was that the commercials had to be no more than 30 seconds long and were …
Scott James
Buller local, Quiksilver new recruit and Gnu mini shredder Scott James sent me this photo of him with Torah and Shaun White at the Burton US Open Junior Jam. Right after this shot Shaun won the the half pipe and Torah got third. Maybe that’s why Torah looks so happy. …
Boost SnoSho – Commercial #1
We were asked to make 3 commercials of the 2007 Boost Mobile SnowSho event to be webcast and shown on the big screens of the Boost Surf Show that was held on the Gold Coast. This is the first of the three.
Killa
I just got sent the most awesomest flyer ever to be made ever. The Killa Robots are playing again. Their last and only gig to my knowledge was off the meat rack. So if you’re in Melbourne this Saturday night, you know where to find me.
Mumble
I stumbled upon Mumble Magazine today. It’s not your usual skateboard website; it’s more positive than that. To see what I mean have a read of the ‘Doing It Right’ story on Nike. Also worth checking out is the ‘Focus On’ Grant Brittain (of course, you didn’t need me to …
Why surf?
Starting a magazine takes a fair bit of capital investment. It wasn’t a decision taken lightly by us here at POP and we continually re-evaluate what we’re doing and question our direction. However the inventor of the Aqua Skipper would have no such worries. This guy is sleeping soundly, patiently …
House The Art Going Photos
I was surpirsed at the amount of people at the ‘House The Art Going?’ show this past weekend. For a local art show in ghetto fabulous Seaford, Victoria, it was impressive. The show featured works by POP favorites Cast and Gamble but also surpirsed us with work from Andy Murphy, …
Real Nice
In some news from another photographer featured in issue 4, Tristan Still has just launched his web site. It’s real nice…
Do it
Samuel Chislom, the photographer who shot the cover and one of contents photos from issue 4 has a photography show at the Flightpath Architechs building in Adelaide for the next few weeks. The opening was last night so sorry if you were relying on me to tell you. As with …
Jim Beam Surf Tag Team Finals
The Jim Beam Surf Tag National Final was blessed with all the ingredients this year; clean, smashable waves, awesome weather and all the fruit that comes with it. Some teams found their star surfers and some didn’t, some competitors rose to the occasion under pressure and some cracked…
Trigger Brothers Snow Team Movie Teaser
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/HP-dp6pYOlw”][/gv] So the first (yes, there may be more) teaser for the Trigger Brothers snow team movie is out. If you’re on this page then chances are you’ve already watched the high-er resolution version of the above Youtube clip. If not go here: popmag.com.au/triggermovie/teaser to get your view on. …
House The Art Going
If you live on Victoria’s Mornington Pennisula you have to go to this art show this Saturday night (the 31st). Not only are 2 POP featured artists showing their work, but there’s also a rumour going around that Matt Maunder (aka Midget) will be DJing ‘an hour of brutalness’ set. …