So, updates have been a little slower in the last few days and that has everything to do with an exciting project that will be live Monday… The site might be down a little over the weekend as a result but come Monday morning, be sure to check in. In …
Sabre Goggles Get Closer
Sabre’s Brand Manager in the U.S, Christopher Friel, has spoken to Transworld Biz about the company’s move into goggles. It’s part of a push to be a more ‘year round’ brand but also comes easily as one of the brands founders, Greg Day, has been riding for about 20 years. …
Dew ‘Battle for Supremacy’ Buller Comp on YouTube
Jaye at 3CS just alerted me to this… For those that missed the Dew Battle for Supremacy that happened at Buller during the season, and then missed the TV show that aired a few weeks after, you can now catch parts of it on YouTube! Check below the cut to …
Torah Bright on the 7:30 Report
If you happen to have been watching Kerry O’Brian on the 7:30 Report last night, you would have caught Torah Bright talking about the lead into the next Winter Olympics, happening in Vancouver in three months time. It was an interesting look at Torah’s life, work and family. Head over …
Pop on Facebook
I thought the Facebook thing was over and Twitter was the way forward. But apparently people are sticking with it and so we’ve decided we’ll be joining you. Come and be all friendly over here… We’ll be swamping your wall with news, photos, videos and links. If you’re all about …
REMINDER: Viva Prahran This Saturday!
Just a quick reminder that Viva Prahran is happening this Saturday (November 14th). JK has been working hard on it and I’m sure it’s going to be as much fun as it is every year. Check below the cut for the full flyer – Hope to see you there!
‘Crips and Bloods: Made in America’ is Amazing
The other night I finally got round to watching ‘Crips and Bloods: Made in America‘ which was directed by Stacy Peralta and lists Baron Davis as a Producer. It’s narrated by Forrest Whittaker and he tells the story of five decades of neglect, mismanagement and poor planning that has led …
Jamie Thomas on Insight
Jamie Thomas is now apparently riding for Insight. There’s an interview done by Nick Boserio over on the Insight team page, check it out here.
Tony Hawk Flying High
Not that I want to get in the habit of reporting everything from Tony Hawk’s Twitter feed but I saw this over the weekend and thought it was pretty funny… This is the Hawk family in front of a Rolls Royce Phantom and a Citation X jet – it came …
Seb Toots on Ride Snowboards
Winner of Stylewars 2009, Seb Toots is now riding for Ride Snowboards. Matt Sickels, Ride’s team manager said, “He has the ability to win every event he enters. Whatever he does, we’re glad he’s going to be doing it with a Ride board and bindings. He’s a rising super talent …
Shaun White on Complex
Shaun White has dropped by to see the good guys at Complex Magazine. He answers a few questions about girls, video games and fashion… Including a discussion on a piece of clothing called ‘The Duke’. Pretty funny. Head over here to check it out.
Billionaire Boys Club Outerwear Jacket
Billionaire Boys Club is launching a limited outerwear jacket through The Ice Cream Store in Tokyo on November 15th. The jacket comes in three different colours – it doesn’t look like the most tech or functional jacket but you can be sure it is limited. Check over here for more …
Trigger BBQ Photos
While the rest of us were down the beach enjoying the beach, some die hard better than you snowboarders were up at Buller celebrating the end of the snow season. The good dudes at Trigger Brothers have hosted an end of season BBQ for the past, what, 6 years? But …
In The News
Esquire on Obama’s Performance: After a massive election victory and a year in office everyone is asking Obama why the world isn’t all beer and skittles… Guess what, it’s going to take more than 365 days to fix eight years of incompetence. Esquire gives a rating to Obama’s performance in …
Chico Brenes “Now” Video Retrospective
DVS and LRG have put together a few collab products and a video retrospective to celebrate Nicaraguan Chico Brenes amazing career so far. The video, called ‘Now’, has clips from some of Chico parts over the years from video’s like The Chocolate Tour, Yeah Right, Hot Chocolate and more along …
Zero’s ‘Strange World’ Australian Premiere
Zero’s new flick ‘Strange World’ is having its Australian premiere at Bondi on November 20th. Apparently it’s a free, all ages event. Check below the cut for all the details!
Hypebeast Catches Up with Eric Koston
Hypebeast has a rad little interview with Koston about designing shoes, accessories and sunglasses. It talks a bit about his return to Oakley’s team too. Check it out over here.
Lucas Puig Cliche Commercial
Cliche have got a rad little commercial out featuring Lucas Puig. Aside from the skating, the film work is awesome – it was shot and edited by Fred Mortagne, aka French Fred, who also has some epic photography up on his site. Check the commercial out here.
Mr. Neff at Dew Tour
He pities fools Mr. Neff showed up backstage at the last stop on the Dew Tour in Orlando. Check below the cut to see him with P-Rod, Lutzka, Jordan Hoffart, Adam Dyet and more. Enjoy!
Shaun White’s Project X: New Tricks
Project X has got a new clip up and this is one is set to meltdown the Shoutbox… The Foam Pit. The clip is all about Shaun White learning front double cork 10’s – it’s full of epic footage, interviews with Kier Dilon and Adam Moran, Burton’s Global Team Manager …
Trigger BBQ Back On
First of all, ignore the date on the above image, the Trigger Bros Annual end of season BBQ is happening this Sunday the 8th of November. Unlike last Sunday, the forecast is looking like absolutely magical. Get yourself up to Mt Buller for some snags, sun, and shredding. With any …
Grenade’s Joseph Condorelli Speaks to YoBeat
Grenade’s Danny Kass and The Dingo YoBeat has got a quick little interview with Grenade’s Joseph Condorelli. Condorelli was introduced to the company a few years back when things were looking a little shaky through the boys spreading themselves too thin and being a little light on logistics and back-end …
Tony Hawk’s Top Five Business Tips
Tony Hawk made up for the Huck Jam ‘Mad Scientist’ commercial There’s some business tips from Tony Hawk on the Business Insider website at the moment and they’re an interesting read. There’s some obvious ones like “Make Yourself Your Target Audience” or as Mapstone put in the the recent Fast …
Tadashi Fuse Joins Billabong
Photo from Vivo Headwear Billabong snow news is flowing thick and fast at the moment… Japanese ripper, Tadashi Fuse has joined Wolle Nyvelt, Antti Autti, Scotty Lago, Jamie Anderson, Anne-Flore Marxer and Robbie Walker on the team. Fuse also rides for YES, Redbull, Vans, Vivo and IS Design.
Danny Gluskie Skates Boost HQ
Guy Miller from Kingpin sent me through this video he put together of Danny Gluskie getting to skate Boost Mobile’s headquarters… The office there looks pretty rad – table tennis, beer and TV, three things designed to keep me from doing anything productive. Check the video below the cut.
Fighting Over Fuel
FuelTV is apparently a hot commodity with several unnamed sources approaching it’s owner, News Corp. about buying the channel. News Corp is considering the deal so they can use the funds to purchase The Travel Channel for $800mil. Check out more on the goings on at MediaMemo here.
Nice Try Premiere Photos
So here’s the official party photos from Julius Kellar of Friday night’s Nice Try premiere. People Creative really hit the nail on the head with this film I think. Great music, snappy editing and varied riding. If you weren’t one of the lucky ones to win a DVD (or a …
Shaun White working it with Conan O’Brien
Yep, that is his Lamborghini Mercialago – I believe it’s his second. There was an accident with the first. Shaun White is getting a lot of praise for his stop in with Conan O’Brien last Monday. Even headline guest Ewan McGregor was firing questions at him about how he creates …
Pop’s 2009 Swimwear Shoot: Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes photos by Julius Kellar We’ve been going flat out on the new issue of the magazine recently… There’s some exciting things in there but one of the biggest things is our 2009 swimwear shoot. It is the biggest photo shoot we’ve ever done. Seriously, we had a …
Etnies Releases New JP Hotness!
Etnies have released a new shoe to coincide with JP’s all switch part in This Video Sucks. It’s a rad looking suede mid-top called the JP Walker Screw. Not sure when it will be available here in Australia but I’m trying to find out! (Via TWBiz)
WuTang’s Sydney Show Photos
Jaye at Grenade has hooked me up with a bunch of photos from last weeks WuTang show in Sydney. I’m going to post shots from my night at the Melbourne gig on Saturday when I’ve had a chance to go through them but it was a brilliant night. Check below …
Girl adds Cory Kennedy to the team
Girl has added Cory Kennedy to the team and this is his first ad… Backtail kickflip back lip, yep. Can’t wait to see more from this guy! (Via Skatedaily)
Billabong Team in NZ: Episode 1 Heli Boarding
Billabong have kindly given us a bit of an exclusive on this… Over the coming weeks we’re going to put out a series of clips from the Billabong team’s time in New Zealand. The videos feature Anne-Flore Marxer, Scotty Lago, Shayne Pospisil, Wolle Nyvelt, Sylvain Bourbousson and Robbie Walker! The …
Nice Try Premiere Photos: Andy Harrington
Sorry for the delay, but with the warm weather and public holidays happening down here in Melbourne, we had some other things going on. Besides, if you came to the Melbourne premiere of People Creative’s new film Nice Try, then you’d know how damn good it was! 240 people packed …
Nice Try Premiere Photos: Chunk & Kickback
Here’s Chunk and Kickback’s contribution to the Friday night Nice Try premiere photo extravaganza.