We have confirmed dates for two stops on the Burton’s The B Movie premiere tour. There is one date that is still yet to be confirmed but I’m hoping to have details soon on that one… In the mean time, Sydney and Melbourne dates are below. Click here to check …
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Mike V iPhone Game – Expect to see kids punching their iPhone’s soon – Mike V – Do or Die! is a new game coming from Rat Rod Studio. Promising to be more full featured than TH’s iPhone game, the developer says, “The game will be featuring full 3D graphics …
Pop Magazine – Issue 13
Issue 13 of Pop Magazine, Australia’s premier free press skate/snow/surf magazine is in stores. This issue’s themed a slightly superstitious Unlucky Issue. Someone that certainly isn’t unlucky is Tony Hawk and he is our cover feature this issue. As winter is slowly leaving us and summer is on the way, …
Quiksilver’s New Website
Quiksilver’s new website is now live. This has been a while in development and is looking the goods… Although the gallery scroll thingy seems to move at a million miles an hour. I like the way it navigates and all the info you need is clearly visible. Womens site is …
Street Machine Opening
Last Friday was the opening of Street Machine’s new hotness – the 302 Chapel St. store. I haven’t had the chance to visit the store yet but rest assured, we will have a full check out in the next week or so… In the mean time, peep below the cut …
Pop Magazine Assistant Fashion Editor Internship!
We’re starting work on the next issue of the mag at the moment and we’re looking for a resident hipster to come in a help put together fashion editorials. Know the difference between a bandeau cut and a triangle cut bikini? What about the difference between a plimsole and a …
Quiksilver Snowboard Camps
First 10 mins of That’s It That’s All – Amazing! Quiksilver has retained a European ad agency to begin promoting snowboard camps. The new venture will offer professional snowboard instruction, the latest gear and amenities in the French Alps. Origin, a creative advertising company based in Cheshire in the U.K, …
Louie Vito Blogging for People on DWTS
As we mentioned back here, Louie Vito is competing in the next season of the U.S. Dancing With The Stars. He’s also blogging for People magazine about his experiences training and competing in the show. In his first entry he says, “Going into DWTS, I wasn’t too sure what to …
Darrel Mathes ESPN Interview
Photo from Ridesnowboards.com Darrel Mathes has got an awesome interview with Tim Brodhagen over at the ESPN site. Darrell talks about Videograss, his impressive sponsors list and his new accessories company. It’s an good read, check it out here.
Falls Creek Update: Early September
Sean Radich has been a good guy and shot through an update on the condition of the Falls park. Check below the cut for a write up and more photos. Thanks Radman!
Patrick O’Dell Hosts “An Evening of Skate Videos”
If you’re in New York on October 15th, you’re in for a treat! The Museum of Modern Art is hosting ‘An Evening of Skate Videos’ with Spike Jonze and hosted by Patric O’Dell from Epically Later’d. O’Dell was asked, “to assemble an evening of influential skateboarding videos from the 1980s …
Shecks MTV Contract Revealed
Apparently you can put a price on dignity… and it’s $9,617.70 an episode (for season one). According to TMZ, Ryan Sheckler made $76,941.60 for his first eight episode series – while his brothers were pulling in $1,500 a show. TMZ thinks he was overpaid – I’d say he was underpaid …
Intense Wave Invitational Causes Locals To Flare Up
The Fantastic Noodles Intense Wave Invitational finished up last week with the event being taken out by Blake Ainsworth. However the real story is developing around the letter box bombing of the event organizer, Jeff Schmucker. Jeff seemed entirely unfazed by the ‘localism’ getting out of hand around “Spot X” …
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Tweet My Mac – A rad little app that lets you do basic controls of your Mac over Twitter. Things like restarts and shutdowns all the way to opening Bit Torrent files remotely… Great idea. Interesting Read – Got some work time that needs wasting? I’ve got the article for …
Jake Brown on 60 Minutes Tonight at 7:30pm
Tonight, 60 Minutes will be airing a segment entitled, X-Men. Reporter Michael Usher heads over to L.A. and catches up with Jake Brown and a bunch of crew from the X Games. The article will air tonight at 7:30pm on Channel 9. And while we’re talking about it – it’s …
Megarampage Rumor: Lil Jon Joins Line Up
Dingo got on the site last night and left us will a Megarampage rumor in the comments… his words, “a couple more music acts which will blow yo minds!!!!!!! OK!!!!! YEAH!!!! WHAT!!! get the drift…” I’m calling Lil Jon in the line up!
Flamingo Sands 09/10 Range Launch
Pop Ed. Rick Baker and his entourage. A pretty standard week night for ‘ol Bakes… I have little knowledge on the subject of swimwear fashion – my buyers guide to bikinis reads ‘less is more’… However Rick and I were asked along to the Flamingo Sands swimwear range launch at …
Grenade Are On A Boat
Jaye at Grenade just shot this through to me and it’s amazing… If you caught the original T-Pain clip with The Lonely Island (which featured me on the right side of the dining table at the start), you’ll know the idea. Grenade’s take is awesome. Check the clip below the …
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Mt. Hotham Park Update: Sept. 3rd
Mt. Hotham’s Terrain Park guy, Greg Clarke, shot us through a park update last night. Check below the cut for a description of the park, some footage and a tonne of photos.
Ashbury Gets Antwuan Dixon
Ashbury skate team just gets better… Antwuan Dixon has joined Bryan Herman, Lizard King, Garrett Hill, Billy Marks, Adam Alfaro and Theotis Beasley on the team. Head over to the blog here for more.
Spike Jonze in New York Times Magazine
Spike Jonze has a great interview/write up in New York Times Magazine about Where The Wild Things Are. The story is awesome and covers everything from his start with Andy Jenkins right up to the current issues with Warner Bros over the style of WTWTA. Check it out here.
‘Two Weeks In’ on Fuel Sept. 9th
Check out Fuel TV on September 9th at 10am and 6pm for Corbin Harris having a look at ‘Two Weeks In’. According to our friend Sej at Fuel TV, Corbin’s new show, Corbin Presents, is about “Corbin having a break from just skate shows for the first 3 weeks of …
Nate Johnstone in The Australian
I was looking about the internets and came across a feature on Nate Johnstone in The Australian. The article was in the August 29th edition and talks about the lead up to next years Olympics, competing against Shaun White for the last two weeks in N.Z. and how he got …
Issue 13 On Way
Yep, Issue 13 is on the way. Should be on counter tops and in letterboxes this week. Don’t forget, if you want all the free loot that comes with being a subscriber, then you gotta’ be a subscriber!
New Bond Outerwear Site
Enviro outerwear company, Bond, have updated their website with a few more details than they previously had. Head over here to check out some of the pieces in the line and a bit more info on the company.
Analog’s ‘Design Unlikely Features’ Contest
Analog are running a pretty rad contest at the moment. Called ‘Design Unlikely Features’ the contest requires that you design a unique, custom built jib feature. Send in your entries and you can win a return trip to Big Bear Mountain Resort where they will have created your feature and …
Billabong Bro Down at Snow Park Footage
Snow Park saw a Cinderella story go down last Saturday when late entrant in the Billabong Bro Down, Zak Stone, took out the win with an impressive corked backside-10. He scored 27.7 out of 30 for the win. The Canadian was ranked 178th on the Tour and jumped over 100 …
More Boost SnoSho Footage and Photos!
Our friend Guy Miller from Kingpin and Juice shot me through a few photos and some footage from the Boost SnoSho. Check below the cut for more of the good stuff and thanks to Guy!
Sandbox’s ‘Shine On’ Australian Premiere
Sandbox’s new film, Shine On, is having a series of Australian premieres. They’re happening tomorrow in Jindabyne at the Banjo, and on Thursday 10th September at Loop in Melbourne (23 Meyers Place, Melbourne). Check above for the teaser and below the cut for the event poster. See you there! Ryan …
HUF Professional Skateboard Legend Series
HUF owner Keith Hufnagel has got five legends to create board graphics for a limited edition series. Lance Mountain, Natas Kaupas, Tommy Guerrero, Steve Olson and Mark Gonzales all put down black and white graphics for a run of only 100 to 150 boards each. Head over here to check …
2009 Stylewars Highlights
If you, like me, were wondering what was happening at Stylewars all last week, then this is the update for you. From what I understand, the weather was terrible for the first few days and the guys were only able to ride for a day. No matter, Sebasitan Toutant won …
Street Machine Store Opening
Street Machine has got their new store opening on Chapel St. in Melbourne this Saturday! There’s going to be a tonne of comps going on – well worth getting down there. Click the above graphic for more details.
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Daily Fun Fact – This came to me via the Lifelounge guys… Did you know that the MGM lion killed it’s trainer the day after filming it’s roar for the logo? A new fact and a drawing each day. Danny Kass Fined in NZ – Kass escaped a more serious …
2009 Boost SnoSho: Finals Video
Eric Willett (USA). Photo by Johnny McCormack Here’s a short video of the 2009 Boost SnoSho finals. This is a bit of a teaser for the upcoming TV show airing in a few weeks time. We’ll have details on that soon. Click below the cut to check it out.