Skater Corey Dowds, who gets flow from Planet Earth clothing, has had a bit of a bizarre run in with the law. Those of you who are keen readers of the Skateboard Mag probably already know about this, but Corey was skating around a fountain when a local police officer …
Jame Zammit on Analog
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Gd5UgKwEk60″][/gv] Peep this video of Analog’s newest signing James Zammit. Pretty damn impressive if you ask me, but I skate worse than my 3 year old nephew and all he can do is fall off. So, pretty much anything over tick-tacking impresses the shit out of me. And because …
Pinto
This is kind of old I think, but I just ‘seen it’ so give me a break. Burton teamed up with German Volvo tuning shop Heico Sportiv to produce a concept Volvo C30. Now I’m not one to tell Jake Burton how to do his job, as much because he …
Makin’ An Intro Update
I have updated the Trigger Brother snow team movie blog with some photos (like the one of Jan above). The blog is now located at popmag.com.au/triggermovie so go have a look. Rumour is a teaser will hit this week…
Makin’ An Intro
As if it’s not scarry enough having Jan in the pilot’s seat, try strapping an $8000 dollar high definition camera and having him drive around (on the wrong side of the road I might ad). What we were actually doing was filming part of the intro sequence for the movie. …
Quiksilver Ads
Quiksilver been doing some interesting billboards in Copenhagen recently. There’s the above ‘in the barrel’ bus stop, there’s a hand-rail billboard and a quater pipe bus stop. Not bad Quiksilver, not bad. Thanks to Chunk for the heads up. Read more for the other pics. Oh and thanks to this …
Team Thunder
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/kuZmlYKRbvY”][/gv] I was taking a look around the TWSnow.com website today and noticed that there’s a new teaser out for the next Team Thunder film ‘Remember When‘. Above is the full trailer so take a look at that first, then go here and get inspired. If you’re into myspace …
Madness
Patrick O’Dell, of Epicly Later’d fame has a ‘webcast’ series going on over at Spike Jonze’s/Vice website VBS.tv. I was sent a link (thanks Dan) to an interesting episode talking about Andrew Reynolds ‘madness’ (basically OCD). Have a read of the article here and just because there’s not enough links …
More Bad News
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/fOXCQcyn_Ac”][/gv] Well it’s been a bad week for Australian skateboarding. Vert legend and former world number 2 Ben Pappas was found dead off Victoria Pier in the Docklands over the weekend. The exact situation is still a bit sketchy but the Hearld Sun reports his girlfriend was found dead …
Alex Kutaysov on point
Trigger Team member and all around good kid Alex Kutaysov got a double page spread in new Onboard. I’m not sure if it’s a Russian version or not, I can’t make out the words in the scan I got sent. Nor can I tell who the photographer is. Either way …
Matt Sedunary on Option Snowboards Australia
Option Snowboards Australia have just picked up Buller/Whistler kid Matt Sedunary. Matty also rides for Melbourne store Rider Plus. They’re going to put an interview and some photos of him from Whistler up on their website soon. Rather than wait, I thought I’d just post it all here. Thanks to …
The Boys
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/BQLRzNb4K64″][/gv] The Bra Boys documentary premiered in Sydney a few nights ago. I don’t really know what to say. I haven’t seen the movie yet but I’ve got to be honest, I’m scared I’ll get shanked in the spleen if I say something wrong. Anyway I hope it’s safe …
ESA Wants You!
Expression Sports Australia is looking for a Marketing Manager. If you get the job please call us as soon as you know. I’d like to take you out for dinner to celebrate… I’ll even introduce you to my sister. You can have her. I hear she’s very good… Because if …
Bad News
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/WEoviATnMDA”][/gv] Skatedaily.net reported this morning that 2005 Slam Skateboarder of the Year, Shane Cross, passed away in a motorcycle accident last night. Ali Boulala was driving and is in a serious condition in hospital. Shane, you’ll be missed. Go to skateboard.com.au to leave kind messages. Lets hope Ali gets …
Terje has a 9.8 metre… backside 360.
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/aSUqd0I4DX8″][/gv] If you live in internet land then you would have heard that Terje Haakonsen broke the world record for the highest air out of a quarter pipe last week… With a 9.8 metre high backside 360! Crazy. Method.tv have better footage that the Oakley clip above (which hardly …
New Trigger Brothers Team Movie Mini-Site/Blog
As we’re getting busy putting together this Trigger Brothers snow team movie I thought it might be a good idea to create a seperate mini-site/blog so all the guys can update it with small bits of news and footage. So from now on just click the Trigger Brother Team Movie …
Dear Diary Part 2
So I made this mini site for the Trigger Brothers snow team movie. I think it’s nice. So check back here for all the little team updates, teasers, trailers, photos and such. Anyway, on with the update. A few days ago we were struggling to get speed on this fun …
Compute THAT
In what appears to be a first for snowboard movies, Forum’s ‘THAT’ is now availible for purchase from iTunes for $1.99 USD. I’m not sure if it’s exactly the same as the DVD but apparently you can buy the soundtrack for both the iTunes version and the DVD version, so …
Bowl-A-Rama Photos
A little late I know but Bowl-A-Rama went down over the weekend. Rune Glifberg won it. This is what my friend Ralph had to say about Bowl-A-Rama: ” The contest was sick once we got to a spot that we could actually see. We got to see the masters division …
Baw Baw Park Update
I got an email from Jamie at Cactus Black a little while back about the progress of the Baw Baw park after all the fires Victoria had. It seems that things are still very much full steam ahead. If you can stand the cheesy cliche lines (“Strap on your board …
Mixed Tape
The trailer for Reef and Bobby Martinez’s new film ‘Mixed Tape: Volume 1’ has been up on their website for about a month now. However I did some YouTube detective work and found a new trailer which was posted a couple of days ago! Now all I need is a …
Mikey Rosalky on RPM
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/ANUjBlR-sSs”][/gv] I’m not sure how old this is but New Zealand based clothing company RPM signed Australian snowboarder Mikey Rosalky to their team. He joins fellow Australian Kieran McLaughlan and NZeder Nick Brown. Mikey has turned some heads recently which isn’t an easy thing for a New South Whelshmen …
Dear Trigger Snow Team Diary
If you read issue 4 of POP you might be aware that the Victorian snow/skate/surf shop Trigger Brothers snow team is making a movie. The team is off in the far reaches of the globe; some in Russia, some in Germany; most in America. Rumor is that a teaser is …
Insight-ful
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/ThqLBPc2WCo”][/gv] You’ve got to give it to Insight, they seem to be one of the only companies doing something original with their surf team. Just look at their ads. However if you’re one of those people that can’t look at still pictures anymore (broadband has really taken over your …
Bowl-A-Rama
If you haven’t already heard this coming weekend is the 3rd annual Bowl-A-Rama contest at Bondi. Well it’s actually more of a festival now. Anyway it’s always insane so unless you’re overseas on the moon, you’d better be there! Read more for the flyer or download the pdf here. Oh …
Ryan, Charles & Jake
I’m sure it’s been up on the DC Snow website for ages but I only just discovered that there’s a video of Australian shredders Ryan Tiene, Charles Beckinsale and Jake McCarthy killing it at the DC Mtn Lab. To find it click on the Asia Pacific site, go to video …
Smith in-store
If you live on the Gold Coast and want to bro down with the Smith surf team then make sure you’re at the City Beach Pac Fair surf store next Sunday (25th of Feb) at 3pm. I’m sure if you ask Yadin really nice he might aim a pair of …
Man gets drunk, catches shark with his bare hands
I read this story on Yahoo news this morning about a bloke in South Australia that caught a bronze whaler with his bare hands… No shit! And just so you actually read the story, here’s what the guy said “I was pretty pissed. It was difficult getting him onto the …
It’s here!
After a long wait it’s finally coming to Australia. Well officially of course. The Australian premier for Christian Hosoi’s documentary, Rising Son: The Legend Of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi is happening at the Bondi Beach Road Hotel on the 22nd of Feburary at about 9 o’clock. As it’s being held in …
Skate don’t drive
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/El6OVFhipwM”][/gv] SkateDaily.net mentioned this Nissan ad a few days ago. It also reminded me of the new Jeep commerical. Maybe these companies have done research and found out that office workers are the same people that skate to work? Could this mean the end of knobbed ledges? Only time …
Union Square Street Session
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/vPEltm_VT3Q”][/gv] Tonight in Union Square, New York City, Boost Mobile and Jeep Presented the Union Square Street Sessions Action Sports Block Party NYC snowboard event. The Boost Mobile and Jeep Union Square Street Sessions Action Sports Block Party NYC brought together some of the worlds best snowboarders for an …
Dynamite!
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XKFWAE2ED2w”][/gv] You’ve got to give it to Quiksilver, they know how to make good commerical’s. Or rather they know how to hire good advertising agency’s to create good commerical’s. Such as this one from Saatchi & Saatchi.
Analog Skate
Luke Croker (featured above in the 1st ever issue of POP) and Corbin Harris were the first two kids to get signed to the Analog Australian skate team late last week. That’s great news for both the guys and a good start for the Analog team. I wonder when we …
Volly Con’est
If you’re down on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria Volcom are having a free surf contest down at Gunamatta tomorrow! There’s a division for everyone and even if you don’t feel like surfing you just know they’re going to be throwing out a heap of free stuff. And you know …
US Draft
I know Transworld Snow have reported on some of this but I’ll offer some kind of a one-stop-shop wrap up of all the team changes that have been going on over here in the US. Iikka Backstrom and Lauri Heiskari choose the SIA trade show to announce that they’re on …