Ashbury Aus have got a skate vid coming out. Taken during their road trip from Melbourne to Brisbane to see the premiere of ‘Part and Parcel’ – the video is called ‘Part and Parcel Pilgrimage’. Click below the cut to see the teaser.
**POP AUS EXCLUSIVE** Burton Teaser Week: The Basic Teaser
This is a Pop semi-exclusive – The last one! Today it’s the Basic teaser for Burton’s The B movie. Click below the cut to enjoy the vid. Premiere dates and locations coming really soon!
Boost SnoSho: Press Release and Photos
Winner of the Boost Mobile SnoSho, Canadian Mark Sollars, is presented with his prize by Mitch Tomlinson. Photographer: Alex Roberts Here’s a few photos and a press release from the final of the Boost SnoSho last night. Sounds like it was an amazing night despite some pretty bad weather. Check …
Boost Mobile SnoSho Finals Results!
Mark Sollars has taken out the Boost Mobile SnoSho and is heading back to Canada $20,000 heavier than he arrived. He won the game show with a frontside 9, cab corked 5, frontside 10, frontside 7 and frontside 9. Scotty James nailed his first double back flip. Check below the …
Rob Dyrdek Get’s His Own Scent
We spoke about Sheckler and his double-pits-to-chesty commercial a while back… Now Rob Dyrdek has got a scent out with TAG Body Spray. The scent is called ‘Makes Moves’ and is being released alongside scents for Ludacris and Carmelo Anthony – check the commercial under the cut, it’s pretty funny. …
Boost SnoSho Qualifiers: Video
We just received a video from the wild card qualifiers for the Boost SnoSho from yesterday. The video features the riders hitting the longest rail and the 60 foot jump. Click below the cut to check it out!
Matt Mumford on Adio
This has been around for a couple of days now… Matt Mumford has left Globe and moved to Adio. Mumford is the third major Globe team member to shift recently – this might have to do with some major cost cutting happening at Globe after they posted a loss of …
Boost SnoSho Wild Card Results
Photo by Johnny McCormack The Boost SnoSho kicked off yesterday in better conditions than we’ve seen in previous years. The sun was out and although the wind was a little high, I heard it was looking good. The Wild Card qualifiers happened in the afternoon and Ben Mates and Trevor …
**POP AUS EXCLUSIVE** Burton Teaser Week: The Butchered Teaser
This is a Pop semi-exclusive – Second last day, second last teaser. This one is the Butchered Teaser. Check below the cut for the video and come back for the last one tomorrow morning!
Fisheye Fridays with Andy Lloyd!
Andy Lloyd just shot through the latest installment to his Fisheye Friday’s clips and it’s amazingly fun! Featuring Darragh Walsh, Mathew Clifford and Cohen Davies all from Andy’s own point of view. Click more to check it out!
Bjorn Johnstone Joins Element: Video
Bjorn Johnstone has joined the Element team. Check below the cut for a ‘welcome to the team’ video edited together by Marc Falkenstien.
**POP AUS EXCLUSIVE** Burton Teaser Week: The Banger Teaser
This is a Pop semi-exclusive – Today’s The B teaser… this one is all bangers! Check below the cut for the video – only two more to go, so tune in Saturday and Sunday to catch them.
Louie Vito Gets Paparazzi’d
Tracy Anderson has blogged on ESPN about Louie Vito getting paparazzi’d. Entertainment Tonight caught up with Louie Vito as he was leaving practice for Dancing with the Stars. Head over here to check the video.
Bear Gets Stuck in Bowl
I’ve skated some bowls that were pretty deep and deadly, but never with a fucking bear in the bottom of it! Police said the bear spent the night stuck in the Colorado skate park because it could not climb the steep sides to get out, so they lowered a ladder …
Boost SnoSho Starts Tomorrow: Final Riders List
The Boost SnoSho kicks off tomorrow night… I’m waiting for our man on the ground, Rick Baker, to shoot me through an update on how it’s all coming together. The setup is looking amazing, let’s just hope we get better luck with the weather this year. Check below the cut …
Videograss’ Jan Snarski on Ashbury Site
Lance Hakker has put together a quick interview with Videograss’ Jan Snarski for the Ashbury site. From best trips to best tricks, Jan gives a bit of background on the new film and himself. Well worth a look… Can’t wait to see the film!
Tony Hawk on Ch.7’s Sunday Night
This is a Twitter feed lead… Tony Hawk has been tweeting about filming for an upcoming segment on channel 7’s Sunday Night program. I could be wrong but looking at this photo it looks like Grant Denyer is doing this interview… he’s okay but he’s no Steele Saunders. Check the …
Shaun White Wins World Cup
Shaun White has won the LG FIS World Cup halfpipe comp in NZ. He scored a 47.1, 2.7 points ahead of his nearest rival, Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland. His runs included his cab double cork 1080 to front double cork 1080. Head over here to see Tracy Anderson’s report on …
Stylewars Update: Stair Master 2009 Results
This is a photo from 2008 Stylewars Stairs – waiting on photos from last night now. Okay, apologies for lagging on this one… Here’s an update on 2009’s Stylewars. Day one and two were canceled due to poor weather conditions but last night the Stair Master was held. According to …
**POP AUS EXCLUSIVE** Burton Teaser Week: The Beautiful Teaser
This is a Pop semi-exclusive – As mentioned earlier in the week, we’re sponsors of The B Movie launch tour in Aus and consequently we get to bring you a set of teasers over the coming days. This is today’s entry… The Beautiful Teaser. Click below the cut to check …
Billy Hayman Footage
Guy Miller has come through with the goods on this one… Omatic rider, Billy Hayman, has been getting some lens time at Perisher and it’s turned out the goods! Enjoy…
Skate and Create 2: Winning Entry!
Transworld’s Skate and Create 2 contest has been won by Etnies for their entry titled “The Legend Of Boxton Square”. The video is awesome and well worth 5 minutes of your time to check out. Head over here to peep it.
**Pop Aus Exclusive** Kinda Sorta: Burton Backwards Teaser
This is the second installment in The B movie teaser week and before yall point it out, I know – this one has been around for a few weeks. We reported on it a while back but the new teaser that was due in my inbox this morning is still …
Kurt Winter: 10 Tricks for Kingpin
Chris at Street Machine just shot me this – it’s Melbourne-ite Kurt Winter in Stuttgart, Germany. He’s over there on a European tour at the moment and filmed 10 tricks for Kingpin. Check em out over here.
DVS’ Skate and Create Entry
After checking out yesterday’s C1rca entry into Transworld’s Skate and Create, I had to peep DVS’ entry. DVS have really pushed the boat out on this one – check their mini-site with alternate edits, photos and behind the scenes along with what is a pretty amazing comp entry (here)… What’d …
C1RCA Skate & Create II Entry
Transworld‘s Skate & Create is on again and I just got sent this link to C1rca’s entry… Crap this is good. Don’t go in expecting bangers but if you like creatively shot stuff, you’re going to love it. Head over here to check it out.
In The News
Rebel Tour Collapse? – It has not been long in the news but there are rumors that the rebel tour, backed by Kelly Slater, might have collapsed after several key meetings were canceled and interviews refused. The expected cost of the rebel tour would be $30 million which would ideally …
Koast Snowboarding Exhibition
Koast Snowboards is launching with an exhibition at the Saatchi & Saatchi gallery at 70 George Street, Sydney. It’s happening on Thursday September 3rd and will feature the works of Paul White (MELB), Justin Lee Williams (MELB), French (UK), Reyel (SYD), Chris Healey (SYD), HalskaMasash (Poland), Nico (Namibia), Dan B …
2009 Australian Junior Series
[flv]https://popmag.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Junior_Series_09.flv[/flv] The good guys at TSC shot me through this epic little video of the annual Teenage Rampage Australian Junior Series. There’s a tonne of info and results below the cut – enjoy the vid!
NYC’s Openhouse Pop-Up Ramp
This came to me via our new friend Arial at The Vine… Openhouse Gallery in New York is working with Quik on a pop-up project. They have built a ramp at 201 Mulberry Street which will be open to the public from last Saturday through to Saturday, August 29. The …
MegaRampage Tickets on Sale Today!
Tickets to MegaRampage went on sale this morning! General Admin is $140.00 and that gets you the mega ramp comp as well as Wu Tang, Offspring, etc. Plus we have heard that Danny Kass and Sketchy D will be dropping in too. Head over to the Ticketmaster site for more …
New Skateboarders Journal: The Horror Issue!
Just saw the cover of the new Skateboarders Journal and it looks amazing! This one is issue 13 and is themed as ‘The Horror Issue’ – hence the blood. I’m hanging out to see the full mag but as you can tell from the cover… it’s going to be good. …
Stereo Welcomes Josiah Gatlyn: Video
Josiah Gatlyn has joined the Stereo Sound Agency team and has a pretty epic ‘welcome to the team’ video up on the site. Head over here to check it out! Thanks to Skatedaily for the tip!
2004 Mid Season Afterlame Teaser
I’m not in the habit of posting random YouTube clips, but I was doing some research for the Louie Fountain interview in the new issue and I came across this Afterlame mid-season teaser edit I hadn’t seen before. I used to be super into Pennywise, so I was a little …