Oakley are having a State vs. State surfing contest at Avalon Beach in NSW this weekend. I only just heard about this but considering they’ve got live commentary and a helicopter (well on the above image at least) I’m guessing they’re expecting a bit of a crowd. Each state team …
Enough is enough
If you are subscribed to the Volcom email newsletter then you may have already seen this. So ignore it if it’s old news to you. But seeing as Marty was in the 3rd issue I thought you all might want to see the waves he surfs for fun. Say what …
The Russian
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/5VpLPTIMnNQ”][/gv] With The Annual Trigger Brothers End of Season Mt Buller BBQ coming up this Sunday I’ve been reminiscing about all the good times this season. Alright the snow was lackluster, but the vibe was upbeat. Anyway a friend dropped by the POP office today and showed me the …
Call the police ’cause Ali Deane is killing it!
The guys at Trigger Brothers brought this to my attention. It seems that Australia lady shreder Ali Deane has scored a double page spread (or DPS to us in the magazine business) in the new issue of of the US publication Future Snowboarding Magazine. She also has a little personal …
Making out like a bandit
If you ever wondered who takes all those gnarly photos of Shipsterns (and the Martin Paradisis photos in the 3rd issue) then look no further. It’s Stuart Gibson. Stu’s in the final 6 for the $100,000 NesCafe Big Break contest. Yeah that’s right, $100,000!. We really have to help this …
Trigger BBQ
Yep, it’s that time of year again. The Annual Trigger Brothers End of Season Mt Buller BBQ (or ATBESMBBBQ) is upon us! If you’ve never heard about it the ATBESMBBBQ has been running solidly for the last 4 years and is a great way to say goodbye to the Australian …
Escramble in NYC
As you’re probably all well aware, it’s premier season for snowboard films right now (both here and abroad). Because my brother lives in NYC I’ve been sending him to some of the premiers that have been going on over there. IR77’s one is coming up next week and Volcom’s Escramble …
Product Guide Shoot
Well it’s flat out around the POP office. Besides the Boost King Of The Rail event DVD/Fuel Show that we’re making we’ve still got to put the 4th issue together. We thought we’d try our hands at a good useful product guide so we asked up and coming photographer Chris …
Melbourne BozWreck Premier
POP Magazine, Yoko Distribution and Sessions hosted the Melbourne Premier of Matty Ryan and Nate Bozung’s new film BozWreck last Tuesday at Section 8. If you’re wondering why it’s taken me 2 days to update the site, then the below photos will give you some indication of why I haven’t …
BozWreck tonight!
POP Magazine, Yoko Distribution and Sessions are putting on the Melbourne premier of Nate Bozung and Matty Ryan’s new snowboard video BozWreck. With a video this loose the premier is set to be off da’ hook! So come down to Section 8 Bar down Tattersalls Lane in Melbourne at 7:30 …
Nokia/WESC Phone Contest Winners
So after much thinking things in my brain I’ve finally decided on 3 winners for the Nokia/WESC contest. In the 3rd issue we asked people to submit travel photos with a general craziness to them. Well we got plenty of sunsets, sunrises and mountain tops which, whilst pretty, were kind …
Melbourne THAT Premier Report
Ahh how I love premier season! Yes, the Forum premier was as good as any of us dared to hope. The Station was packed and the vibe was oh so goood. The film itself is pretty amazing and just what you would expect from Forum; amazing cinematography, fun soundtrack, great …
BozWreck Premier
POP Magazine, Yoko Distribution and Sessions are putting on the Melbourne premier of Nate Bozung and Matty Ryan’s new snowboard video BozWreck. With a video this loose the premier is set to be off da’ hook! So come down to Section 8 Bar down Tattersalls Lane in Melbourne at 7:30 …
Boost KOTR Update
As I mentioned earlier today, POP was asked by Boost Mobile to produce a DVD movie of the Boost King Of The Rail event. So being there to film the event also allowed me to watch it. Just quickly, reserve Adrian Pelly won the longest rail with a 31 metre …
Jindabyne gets THAT
Just in case you were wondering, of course I went to the THAT premier at the Banjo in Jindabyne. I tell you what, kids take their premiers too seriously. You know what I’d like to see at the Melbourne premier this Thursday (at the Station Hotel in Prahran)? People cheering …
A day at Thredbo
The last 5 days have been a whirl wind of good ol’ times at POP. We’ve been asked to produce a 45 minute DVD of the Boost King Of The Rail event. So while we were up in NSW filming for that, we managed to sneak in a day at …
Boost KOTR
This weekend Boost Mobile are putting on the King Of The Rail event at Perisher. Apart from the worlds longest rail slide contest (and before you laugh there’s $4000 up for grabs) there is a S.K.A.T.E type format to the event. Except every rider spins the wheel to see what …
See THAT
Forum are premiering their new film THAT (you know the movie that JP Walker has spent the last two years getting footage for?). Friends that have seen THAT tell me it’s that damn good you’ll probably do that in your pants. And by that I mean spunt. So if you’re …
Mt Hotham Park Shoot
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SAv7l24gQlU”][/gv] If you’re wondering why the site hasn’t been updated in the last few days it’s because of two things: 1: We had the Melbourne premier of GNU’s TPS# 3 (which I forgot to bring my camera to so if anyone has some photos, please email me them). 2: …
You better be coming!
The next update on this site will be photos of all the madness from the GNU Melbourne premier of TPS 3. So if you want to get your head in some photos on this site you better be there. If that’s not incentive enough how about trying to scam some …
Fructic Pro Challenge Results
So here’s the extra results and photos from the Fructis Pro Challenge as promised. From what I’m told the younger NSW kids were killing it. Jake McCarthy, Nate Johnston and Ben Johnson were going huge. Ben Mates was going double over head and Holly Crawford was going almost as big. …
POP Who?
The cool fashiony people over at Life Lounge have been radtasic enough to give us an interview. We’ve always tried to be pretty low key ‘editors’ so if any of you are wondering who the hell POP is then take a look. Whilst I understand most of you probably won’t …
Rising Son
The trailer for the documentary that was always going to be made has been posted on the Vision Films website. At first I thought ‘rad Vision are making movies now’ but it’s not the Vision we’re all thinking of. Anyway go here to watch the trailer. For those of you …
NSW Update
POP’s New South Wales correspondent checked in with an update on the PSP Park & Pipe Masters (Perisher) and the Planet X Games Slopestyle & Big Air (Thredbo). Here’s what I heard… Do you want the good news or the bad news? Well here’s the bad…
Please enter this!
I don’t know how to make it any clearer. Almost no one has entered for the Nokia 3250/WESC Phone Limited Edition Travel Kit that we’re giving away in the 3rd issue of POP. If you send any travel related photos to nokiawesc@popmag.com.au by September 10th then you will most likely …
Billabong Freeway Tour at Mt Hotham
Well it seems that the Australian resorts have finally learned how important it is to construct decent rail features. Q and his park crew one-upped the Buller guys when they built the park for the Mt Hotham stop of the Billabong Freeway Tour.
POP ♥ NY
Today on POP’s myspace page someone asked us a question about New York City. Well it reminded me of some photos I got sent from a friend of mine in NYC of the new-ish Burton store on the corner of Spring & Mercer Streets. I guess the postman is slow …
Girls night out!
Trigger Brothers in St Kilda are having a girls only product information night. They’ll have female staff and experts from Lola and Burton on hand to answer questions. I’ve heard there’s food and drinks being served so it could be a good time. Of course I wasn’t told about this …
Quiksilvers King Of The Park
If anyone is thinking about going over to New Zealand’s Snow Park anytime soon then you may want to go on the 3rd of September because thats when Quiksilver is hosting what is sure to be one hell of a production, the King Of The Park contest. Australians Torah Bright …
Pepsi Rail Jam
It just occurred to me that even though the snow fall this year has been pretty crappy, I’ve been snowboarding more this year than last for sure. You don’t need much to have fun. In fact, all you need is a rail park similar to the one Mt Buller built …
TPS Report #3 Melbourne Premier
GNU and POP Magazine have teamed up for one epic night of loose party action for the Melbourne premier of TPS Report #3. Of course it wouldn’t be a premier with out the big dogs being present. So Danny Kass and Zach Leach will be there on the night doing …
Gettin’ busy livin’
Wednesday night POP followed Ben Willick, GNU team rider Alex Kutaysov and Burton teamster Chris Eacott on a wild chase around the outer suburbs of Melbourne on an all night hand rail photo shoot. With an amazing rig of studio strobe lighting for Liam Kaska’s camera, petrol generators for Jan Snarski’s …
Chris Boadle Snow Park Update
If you’ve been keeping up with current events, Burton shredder Chris Boadle is over at New Zealand’s Snow Park. Well he emailed me a photo (above) and an update this afternoon… I’ve been over in NZ for a about 6 days now with Max Cookes and Gus St Leon. Snow …
Ahh Chopes bro!
The Billabong Adventure Division guys are seriously mental. Last week Manoa Drollet was slung into what some are calling the biggest wave ever to be ridden at ‘Chopes. Read more to watch the video footage of Billabong Adventure Division (hang on, doesn’t that work out to be B.A.D? Oh man …
Pepsi Rail Jam on at Mt Buller
I’m not sure how new this is but Mt Buller have posted a pdf of the rail setup for this weekends (12th of August) Pepsi Rail Jam. Whilst it’s not the best example of computer graphics I’ve seen come out of a Commadore 64, it’s pretty intense. If you’re thinking …