Stylewars Starts Next Tuesday

Yep, come next Tuesday it’s on like Donkey Kong! Stylewars is taking over Falls Creek for a week. We’ll be doing our best to cover it for all the sorry souls that can’t spend the week watching some legit snowboarding go down. Until then, the above video should send you …

by Rick

Danny Kass To Appear in Court

Thanks to anon guest in the shotbox for the tip on this… we reported that Danny Kass was having car troubles half way up a slope in Cardrona earlier in the week. Those troubles have landed him a court appearance next Monday. Kass tried to drive the Recruiter Van up …

by Dave

Grenade/Thrasher Pipe Glove

Grenade have teamed up with Thrasher to do a super limited, Japan only, pipe glove. Called the CC935 pipe glove it will be available this September. Check out Highsnobiety for more details here.

by Dave

Dean Parsons Welcome to Boost Mobile Video

Our friend Guy Miller at Juice sent me through this vid of Dean Parsons. It’s his ‘welcome to the team’ video for Boost Mobile and is a pretty awesome little clip. Guy is working on more clips in the coming weeks so keep a look out for em!

by Dave

Pop Finally Has An Office!

So, for those who have ever visited Pop HQ before, you’ll know it was a desk in Rick or my apartment… Rick and I have been working like that for the last five years. Well, this week we finally got our own office. We’ve moved into the Lifelounge building on …

by Dave

WIN! Anon’s New Sunnies!

Anon’s got a bunch of new styles out at the moment and Trines was good enough to swing us a few pairs to give away to you guys! So, click below the cut – there’s two questions – one for the Dallas, one for the Kennedy – you can answer …

by Dave

Snow Jam Repeat on MTV Tonight

In case you missed the first showing or you just can’t get enough, MTV will be replaying the Snow Jam tonight at 10:30pm. For those that don’t know, the Snow Jam happened on July 30th at Falls Creek and was, judging by the video, a pretty amazing night. Check it …

by Dave

Robbie Walker and the K2 Team in Argentina

Robbie Walker and the K2 Team are in Argentina at the moment shooting the 2010/11 catalogue. The K2 blog has a few photos of the guys travels and riding – check it out over here.

by Dave

The Standard Boardshorts by Quiksilver Party

Back here, Rick talked about the Quiksilver boardshorts vending machines that are appearing poolside at The Standard hotels in the U.S. Well, they got launched the other day with what looks like a really fun pool party. Check below the cut for a tonne of shots, a making of video …

by Dave

Danny Kass Rumored to be coming to SnoSho

We’ve heard a rumor that Danny Kass will be at the Boost SnoSho. We were thinking that Danny’s antics in N.Z. might have prevented further travel however the people we spoke to seemed confident that he’d be allowed in. The SnoSho is only two weeks away now and the line …

by Dave

Vans ‘Stories Of Sole’ launch at The Lab Photos

Vans held their Australian launch of the book, Stories Of Sole, at The Lab last Thursday night. The party looked like a lot of fun – check below the cut for a tonne of photos from the night and head over here for more info on the book.

by Dave

Follow Us on Twitter!

This is just a quick reminder that you can get Pop’s headlines delivered to you via Twitter. If you’re on that bandwagon, simply go here and click the link to follow!

by Dave

ESPN Previews Burton’s 2010 Consumer Catalog

Tim Brodhagen has previewed Burton’s 2010 consumer catalog for ESPN. Titled The Good Book, Brodhagen says it, “is definitely doper than your average snowboard catalog. Fashioned after the original good book, The Bible, Burton’s version comes replete with gold-gilded pages, a distressed biblical rouge cover with gold embossed lettering, and …

by Dave

Louie Vito to be on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

In what has been a week of headlines for the Grenade crew, Louie Vito is apparently set to be on ‘Dancing With the Stars‘ in the U.S. Head over here to the ABC site to check the announcement and head to Louie’s site here to see his announcement… this should …

by Dave

Stylewars Rider List

Well the Stylewars website got an update yesterday with a damn decent list of invited riders. I’m happy to see some up and coming Australian’s in there (although there is one big Australian missing). There’s a few quality internationals too (good to see Pop favorite Marko Grilc making it back). …

by Rick

Hotham Banked Slalom Results and Photos

Okay, it was a big weekend of contests but there was definitely hype on this one. LibTech’s Hotham Banked Slalom happened on Saturday and the winner of the trip to Mt. Baker and entry into the Baker Banked Slalom went to Mark Cowley. Check below the cut for some words …

by Dave

Falls Creek Big Air & Dragon After Party Photos

Photos thanks to Sean Radich. Sean Radich sent me through a bunch of photos and info from the Falls Creek Big Air on Saturday and the Dragon after party on Saturday night. Looked like it was loads of fun. Click below the cut for words from Sean and a bunch …

by Dave

Grenade Recruiter Van Off Road Antics

Photo from Rob Chapman’s Twitter Feed. As mentioned in the shoutbox by Guest_ 2535 (thanks anon guest!), the Grenade Recruiter Van took an off-road trip in Cardrona. According to Rob Chapman’s twitter feed, Danny Kass decided he had a better option than the lift. No word yet on police involvement …

by Dave

Dew Tour Portland Results

P-Rod: Switch Front Side Feeble. Photo: Alli The Dew Tour hit Portland over the weekend and with Sheckler out on an injury it gave a few riders a chance to change up the tables… Chaz Ortiz ended up taking out the street event, followed by Chris Cole and P-Rod. The …

by Dave

In The News

Teen in Hospital After Riding Flaming Skateboard – Funny as this story is, it only get’s better when the paper has gems like this, “Skateboarding tricks involving fire are becoming trendy among teens.” That’s right – trendy. A kid covered his board in lighter fluid and set fire to it …

by Dave

Falls Creek Big Air Results

Okay, I haven’t yet got this confirmed but I believe that the Falls Creek Big Air results from yesterday are as follows: Mens was won by Mike Rosalky (spelling?) with Jason Currie in second and third place going to Jeremy Burns. The womens was won by Kim Wiersma with Jade …

by Dave

Burton NZ Open: Photos and Results Tables

Okay, check below the cut for the photos, press release and results tables from today’s halfpipe finals. As mentioned here, Shaun White took out the men’s with a run that finished with a Cab double cork 1080 stalefish, to frontside double cork 900. Luke Mitrani took second and third went …

by Dave

Burton NZ Open: Halfpipe Results

Just a quick update with the half pipe results from the Burton NZ Open – Shaun White won the event getting a 97 in his second run with back to back double corks… pretty awesome. Second was Luke Mitrani and third was Kazuhiro Kokubo. The womens was won by Kelly …

by Dave

Lucas Magoon Suffers Head Injury

According to ESPN, Lucas Magoon is currently in Intensive Care at Renown Hospital in Reno, Nevada. He reportedly suffered a head injury while skating. We don’t know how bad it is at the moment but will update with more news when it’s available. Get well Lucas!

by Dave

Adam Robertson and Nic Muscroft at Winkipop

Trev Ward shot me through this clip of Adam Robertson and Nic Muscroft surfing at Winkipop. The clip was put together by Glen Hurst and posted on the guys’ blog here. Worth checking out.

by Dave

Bataleon Michael Jackson Tribute Board

Bataleon did a mock design for an MJ tribute board on their site and got such a good response they’re going to do a super limited run of them. They are going to make 50 boards for 499 each (I’m assuming that this is Euros). If you’re keen to get …

by Dave

Burton New Zealand Open Slopestyle Results and Photos

I just got sent the results from the 2009 Burton New Zealand Open Slopestyle finals today. Jamie Anderson took out the womens while Canadian Sebastien Toutant took out the mens. Check below the cut for photos, full results and the press release. Check back tomorrow for the Halfpipe results.

by Dave

Robbie Walker: ‘Nice Try’ Behind the Scenes

As reported by Chris in the Shoutbox – Robbie Walker has a behind the scenes vid from Nice Try up on Transworld. Well worth checking out – peep it here.

by Dave

Megarampage Promo and Ticket Details

I just got sent the Megarampage promo video. Check it out – looking like it’ll be an amazing event. I mean, it’s the god damned Megaramp… even if you’re not into “spectacle skating” this is something you just have to see. I’m told that tickets will be available from next …

by Dave

What do you want us to ask Shaun White?

Photo: Adam Moran Okay – as Shaun White is currently in N.Z. we’re going to try and track him down and to fire a few questions at him tomorrow. Thought we’d check in with you guys first and get some suggestions on what to ask him so… what do you …

by Dave

Rip Curl Freeride: Final Day Footage

Click below the cut to check out the footage from the final day at the Rip Curl Freeride Pro. Am mentioned back here, the comp was won by Nate Johnstone, with Saph Farrell taking out the Open Women’s.

by Dave

RipCurl Freeride Pro: Results

Just a quick update on the final day of the RipCurl Freeride Pro. The Open Men’s was won by Nate Johnstone and Saph Farrell won the Open Women’s. I’ll have video from the day later tonight. Check below the cut for the full press release.

by Dave

MTV Burton Snowjam

If you’re like me and wondering what the hell happened up at Falls Creek for that MTV Burton Snowjam, the wait is over. A video has surfaced with some of the highlights. The full show is set to air at 5pm on August 15th, so set your Foxtel reminders.

by Rick

Burton NZ Open Slopestyle Photos

Mitch Allan – Front 7. Well that last update must have pleased the overlords, because I just got sent a bunch of photos of the Slopestyle course. The weather looks to have improved dramatically. Good news. Stay tuned for more updates, the pipe is underway

by Rick

Burton NZ Open Slopestyle Qualifications

Chris Boadle is down in New Zealand covering the Burton NZ Open for us. Word! He sent through this video update of the Slopestyle qualifications. Word is Shaun White just arrived and will be competing in the Pipe for the first time in 4 years! More updates when I get …

by Rick