Jane just shot me through the flyer for the Dragon party after the big air event at Falls Creek this weekend. Click the above graphic for all the details.
Shaun White Talks About Silverton Private Pipe
Popular Mechanics has spoken to Shaun White about his private pipe built in Silverton. Chunk originally reported on the secret pipe built by Red Bull a while back and here White talks about the reason for the pipe, the difficulties of trying to practice in public areas and the dangers, …
Rip Curl Freeride Pro: Round One
Here’s a couple of videos from the Rip Curl Freeride Pro that’s happening at Thredbo at the moment. There is a lot of skiing to get through but it’s worth it to check out Nate Johnston, Adrian Pelley, Russ Holt and more. The Throwdown comp happened on a purpose built …
Burton New Zealand Open Webcast
The Burton New Zealand Open will be being webcast live from Friday. Tomorrow is the slopestyle and halfpipe is on Saturday. Check below the cut for all the details on times and head over here to watch.
MegaRampage Official Band Announcements!
So, I mentioned those Megarampage rumors back here – now we have official confirmation. The line up includes Good Charlotte (with Benji and Joel DJing sets throughout the day), The Offspring (sideshows in Sydney and Brisbane) and the big one… Wu Tang. That’s right – confirmed. There will also be …
A David Benedek Conversation
How the hell I didn’t see this the day it came out I have no idea, but Jared Souney of Souney Media has put together a fantastic interview with David Benedek for YoBeat. How something like this is available for free is beyond me. For me, it’s incredibly interesting to …
Pharrell Williams and Element’s Johnny Schillereff Collab
Element have got together with Pharrell Williams owned, Brooklyn Machine Works, to produce a range of clothing, shoes and a bike. The official release tells me that “The Brooklyn Element collection was spearheaded by Element Founder and President Johnny Schillereff and Brooklyn Machine Works owner Pharrell Williams.” They haven’t got …
Olympic Snowboarder Granted Police Diversion in NZ
Thanks to Olympic Proportions who updated us on the happenings to the Pro Snowboarders busted with drugs in NZ. According to this article they have been given a Police Diversion, which is kind of like a telling off, community service and probation, rather than a jail sentence. They have also …
Hotham Banked Slalom Presented by Lib Tech
Tony at Sidelife shot through this flyer this morning. There is going to be a Banked Slalom event at Mt. Hotham this weekend. Here’s the spiel: Sharpen your edges and practice your high speed power shredding. Its been rumored for about 15 years now but The Mt Hotham Banked Slalom …
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Sam Worthington in Esquire – Perth boy turned Hollywood star, Sam Worthington seems like an angry young man… and damn entertaining. Seth McFarlaine’s Cartoon Comedy Cavalcade – You’ll have to get your download on to see this (and you’ll never see it on free-to-air TV) but it’s well worth the …
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Angus Scotford Photos: Buller Rail
Photographer Angus Scotford sent us through a short photo feature from Buller the other weekend. The photos feature Gus St. Leon, Darragh Walsh and a few other crew hitting a handrail – Angus tells the story better than I do. Click below the cut for the photos and the story.
The Cove Movie Out August 20th
Back in issue ten we spoke to Dave Rastovich about his goings on – he talked about a trip to Japan to protect the dolphins. Well, this movie, The Cove, is about that trip. It features Rasta along with Hayden Panettiere and Isabel Lucas taking on some shady dolphin slaughtering …
Zoo York’s ‘Am Getting Paid’ Results
Zoo York’s ‘Am Getting Paid’ happened over last weekend. In it’s fifth year, Am Getting Paid is an am comp that runs over three days. Canadian, Magnus Hanson won the contest beating out 115 others for the title and taking US$5,000 for his troubles. Check below the cut for a …
10 Books to Check Out
The weeks almost over and with the weekend coming up it’s time to go from reading from a monitor to reading paper. Although this isn’t surf, skate or snow related, I thought I’d give you a run down of ten good reads you can get into while you’re relaxing. I …
Slater Talks Rebel Tour in the Australian
Kelly Slater has been talking about his so called “Rebel Tour” in the Australian today. The article talks about the abuse and support he’s received over the tour and the fact that he believes that the longevity of the sport requires major structural changes in how the coverage and sponsorship …
Megarampage Band Rumors
We mentioned here about the Megarampage contest happening in Melbourne later in the year. Well, I have heard (unconfirmed at this stage) that we will be seeing The Offspring and Good Charlotte as part of the event with another act that is actually going to… how shall I put this… …
X Games And Alex Olson
Alex Olson showed up late to the X Games 15 street contest and was consequently told he wasn’t allowed to skate. The always entertaining Chris Nieratko has the story in three short videos over here.
“It’s Always Sunnies in Australia” Almost Avail.
Birdhouse‘s new flick, It’s Always Sunnies in Australia, is available-ish now. As usual, the Australian iTunes store is lagging annoyingly behind the US iTunes so I’m guessing that at some point in the near future, we will be able to get it. In the mean time, if you’re from the …
Afends Byron Store Opening
Photos by Callie Marshall Afends held a party for the opening of their Byron Bay store a couple of weeks ago. The store is located at 6 Lawson street Byron Bay and from the pics in the lead up to it’s opening, I can say the store looks pretty amazing. …
2009 Burton NZ Snowboarding Championships
I got a press release the other day with details on the 2009 Burton NZ Open. The comp kicks off Wednesday, August 12th and will feature Antti Autti, Mason Aguirre, Danny Kass, Louie Vito and a tonne more in a 22 foot halfpipe. In addition, if you’re in the area …
X Games 3D: The Movie
Starting on August 21st in the States, you can visit IMAX to see X Games 3D: The Movie. The movie seems to feature the likes of Ken Block, Shaun White, Danny Way and a bunch of moto and bike guys I’ve never heard of. Click below the cut to check …
Breaking News: Pro Snowboarder Caught With Weed
The Shoutbox is the real journalist here. It’s being reported that two US snowboarders, ‘one understood to be a Winter Olympics double medalist, will appear in a New Zealand court next week charged with possessing cannabis after a “not insignificant amount” was found in their car. There’s been no names …
X Games 15 Results
Photo: Joshua Duplechian/ESPN Action Sports X Games 15 finished the other day. All reports I’m hearing say that it was an amazing few days – one not marred by some serious injury gnarly enough to make every news bulletin the world over. Jake Brown took out the mega ramp with …
Bob McKnight on a Quik Recovery
Bob McKnight has given an exclusive interview to Transworld Business on Quiksilver’s recent troubles and subsequent recovery. He lays it all out covering the potential sale of DC, the banks actions and the plan they’ve implemented to put them on a sure footing for the future. That combined with Nate …
Tom Pelley on Analog
Photo by Liam Kaska. Tom Pelley has been signed onto Analog for outerwear. Tom said in the release for the announcement, “I’m so happy to be part of Analog, they have a super tight team and I have always been into the brand, the outerwear has always been rad.” Check …
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More Dew Battle For Supremacy Photos
My friend Andrew Bibby and I went to Buller to snap a few photos from the Dew comp on Saturday night. As Mikey said the conditions (fog, rain and snow) were less then ideal for shooting. My shots are pretty average but I thought I may as well share them …
Places to Shop: The Lab Melbourne
Following on from the feature on Hemleys the other week, we’ve had Julius visiting another store on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy. This time, we’re talking to Dave Fraser and Ben Campbell from The Lab. The guys have created a unique store that has an amazing vibe and stocks everything from …
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Megarampage Coming To Melbourne
After months of whispers and rumours, it’s now official. On the 31st of October the Megaramp is actually coming to Australia! Ethihad Stadium in Melbourne to be exact! The skaters confirmed? Jake Brown, Bob Burnquist and Danny Way of course! There’s also set to be BMXer’s Dave Mirra, Chad Kagy …
Mt Dew Battle For Supremacy Video
Well the updates are coming thick and fast now. Here’s a video from the Mt Dew Battle For Supremacy at Mt Buller. It’s good to see Pop friend Chris Jepson has a firm monopoly on the snowboard presenter industry within Australia. I say we need him doing the Winter Olympics …
Mt Dew Battle For Supremacy Mike Kearney Photos
Mikey Kearney sent me in a handful more photos from the Mt Dew Battle For Supremacy. He said the conditions weren’t great for taking photos. I copied the information from the earlier post into this one. Thanks for sending the photos in Mike, we all appreciate it.
Mt Dew Battle For Supremacy Results
Quiksilver Teamster Nate Perry. Well according to the poll we’d had running for the last week or so, only 5 of you thought this might happen. The Quiksilver team has won the 2009 Mt Dew Battle For Supremacy at Mt Buller. Yep, Nate Perry and 15 year old Tim Laidlaw …