I mentioned it here yesterday, now the full P-Rod Nike commercial, called ‘Today was a Good Day,’ is available. The commercial is awesome and features celebrities including Koston, Kobe and Ice Cube. Enjoy it here.
Dew Battle For Supremacy Hut Installed
The Dew Battle For Supremacy is set to go down this weekend. As if we weren’t all excited enough, the Dew dudes have put up some photos of that epic jib hut we’re all loosing it over. There’s a few under the cut and a bunch of smaller ones over …
Dragon Split Pea Soup Big Air Results
The Dragon Mystery Tour hit Hotham last weekend for a Big Air contest. You can check some of the action in the above video. The contest was won by Tim Laidlaw with Adam Davies and Kieran MCloughlan as runners up. Girls division was won by Lauren Smith with Rachel Patrick …
Random Acts Of Art
This Sunday (2nd August, from 3-5pm) Oakhill gallery in Mornington is hosting an exhibition of skateboard art, and also showcasing works from Nathan Gamble, Mark Lording and Cam Stynes. Come along and support the local scene. Also bring your board becuase the Morno park is just down the road, so …
Paul Rodriguez on ESPN
The extended version of P-Rod’s commercial, Today was a Good Day, is due out tomorrow and whilst scouting around for info I came across this interview where he talks about Street Dreams, filming with Ice Cube and his new shoe dropping next month. Well worth a read, check it out …
Steve Gourlay on Crossfire
Photo by Steve Gourlay. Available as a wall paper from stevegourlayphoto.com. One of our favorite photographers, Steve Gourlay, has got a profile up on music/skate zine, Crossfire. Steve talks about some of his favorite photos, shooting film vs. digital and the fragile relationship between photographers and filmers. Check the full …
Windells Session 5: Skate and Snow
Another installment from what appears to actually be the funnest place on earth… I don’t know what I have to do to live there but what ever it is, I’ll do it. I mean it… I’ll kill a man (Hey, is this the real Caesars Palace?) Check below the cut …
RVCA Job Available
RVCA have got a job going for any female reps wanting to take on one of the coolest brands in the industry. They’re looking for a “savvy, dynamic and fashion-focused person, who wants to be involved with directing and overseeing the fastest growing action-sports/lifestyle brand in the country.” Hit them …
Cliche Skateboards Bought by Dwindle Distribution
Transworld have reported this morning that Cliche Skateboards has been bought by Dwindle Distribution. Cliche Brand Manager, Al Boglio, said “Can’t wait to get the ball rolling with Dwindle. They’ve made our boards for years, the whole team swears by them…” Check the full article here.
2009 Boost Mobile SnoSho Website Launched
Well it’s on again and the site’s up to prove it. The 2009 Boost SnoSho is set to go crazy once again come August 29th. If you’re interested in getting a wildcard entry, head to the site. Likewise, if you’re looking to waste some time, they’ve got a fun little …
In the News
**UPDATE** Woody put me onto the fact that Emanuelle Chriqui created this Baron Davis clip we highlighted a while back! Check out part of the ‘making of’ here. Just another reason to obsess. Been a few weeks since one of these… All the contests have meant it’s been hard to …
Baw Baw Big Air Comp Announced
I don’t know anything about Matrix snowboards but they will be sponsoring a big air contest at Baw Baw on August 1st. Baw Baw is aiming to push together a 40-50ft hit, likely to be located next to Village Central Bar. Matrix will be giving cash and boards to the …
Nathan Fletcher’s ‘Lavese Las Manos’ Available Now
Analog and Nathan Fletcher have got a new film out called ‘Lavese Las Manos’ – ‘Wash your Hands’ in Spanish. It’s available to watch or download free via the Analog site (here). It’s an awesome flick and it’s free, what are you waiting for?
MTV Snow Jam 2009
The first ever MTV Snow Jam is happening this Thursday at Falls Creek. It’s going to be a rail jam held on the 20-step set in the centre of the Quay West Resort. The press release makes this sound like a pretty amazing event to be at – Robbie Walker, …
Bond Outerwear Preview
I dropped into the Sidelife facility on Friday to get a run down on the new Bond gear with Tony Watterson. For those that haven’t heard of Bond, it is the creation of Dan McNamara and Christian Didrichsen who both previously worked for Forum. They announced the label in October …
Videograss Premiere in Portland
Photo by Andy Wright. Transworld have got a post up about the Videograss premiere in Portland. There’s a tonne of shots taken by Andy Wright and a quick write up – check it out here.
Kingpin Skate Supply Opens
It’s taken me a ridiculous amount of time to get this up but our friend Guy Miller has opened a store in Penrith called Kingpin Skate Supply. He’s been working away with his partner on the project Dave Bodnar. The shop address is 1/552 High St. Penrith – or check …
Atmosphere Streetwear is Here!
Sean at Atmosphere sent me through a bunch of images from their streetwear range and the gear is looking amazing! It’s not going to be in stores until later this year and I’m not sure which stores it will be available in (but you can buy it through the online …
Heikki Sorsa on Bond Outerwear
Heikki Sorsa has signed onto Finnish outerwear brand, Bond. In Australia, Bond is looked after by our friends at Sidelife (you can catch a sneak peek of some of the gear on Tone in this post) who also own The Lab on Brunswick St. in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Heikki joins TJ …
Greg Lutzka on Armourdillo
Greg Lutzka has followed Corey Duffel and Kevin Staab in signing onto Armourdillo for a line of signature accessories. Looking forward to seeing the product lines in the coming months.
Grenade Comp Winners!
Okay, I said I’d have this up on Monday and I failed… well, I didn’t. My graphics card and/or logic board did according to Rick. So, this is my first post coming from my new MacBook Pro 15″ with the 2.66GHz processor. Going pretty good so far. From the above …
Bam Margera May Have Overdosed
Photo from Element’s Website TMZ are reporting that Bam Margera may have just OD’ed at his house in Pennsylvania. I hope not. Say what you want about him, but he got a lot of young kids into skateboarding.
2009 Forum Battle At Baw Baw Photo Update
If you weren’t up at Baw Baw on Saturday I assume you had nothing else worthy to do and were sitting in front of your computer watching us live webcast the 2009 Forum Battle At Baw Baw! Sure, there were still some technical hiccups, but if you missed it, not …
Places to Shop: Hemleys in Melbourne
I thought I’d run a few checkouts on some of my favorite places to shop… I’ve got Julius Keller helping me out taking some photos and I’ve been talking to managers and owners about what they’re up to. I’m going to start with Hemley’s on Brunswick St. in Fitzroy, Melbourne. …
2009 Battle at Baw Baw: Am Shots
Rick Baker working his MacGyver like skills on the webcam… give him an avocado, a highlighter and a philips head screw and he’ll give you a radio transmitter! Okay, before people get antsy… obviously I was not the official photog for the contest but I was snapping away on my …
Battle At Baw Baw: Webcast
Okay, not getting to webcast last weeks Cattlemans Rail Jam was a disappointment for us… we had Drew working round the clock on the setup. Fortunately the weather at the Battle At Baw Baw is far more friendly and allowed us to bring you the action LIVE! Well it’s over …
Armourdillo Signs Kevin Staab
Armourdillo have made another surprise announcement with the signing of Kevin Staab as one of their ‘Legend Ambassadors’. He will have a full line of accessories available soon. Check Transworld here for more details.
3CS 2009/2010 Site!
The same guys that will be bringing you this rail at Baw Baw this year have now launched their 2009/2010 site. The new 3CS Outerwear site features plenty of familiar faces and all the new proddy from the guys. Check it out here!
Parko Wins At JBay
In case you’ve been living under a rock… Parko won at JBay yesterday. Billabong has clips from the entire contest including the finals over here – well worth checking out.
WIN! Grenade Gloves Packs!
The good guys at Grenade have given us 12 prize packs to give out to you guys! As you can see above, the packs include gloves, stickers, bandannas, badges and more. To win, all you need to do is answer one question – One of Pop’s favorite snowboarders recently had …
Skatetopia Trailer
I just got sent this trailer for Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy. The text with the trailer says, “Pro-skater Brewce Martin is the self-declared dictator of a rural Appalachian skate scene so extreme that MTVs bad-boy Bam Margera fled the property on his first visit. The movie follows Brewce for …
‘Revolution of Art’ Exhibition Byron Bay
Troy Archer, the man behind Element in Australia, is involved in an art exhibition called ‘Revolution of Art’ at the Retrospect Gallery in Byron Bay. The exhibition opens on July 24th and is sure to be worth a look in if you’re in the area.
Neff Banks Zip (Reversible) Hood
Jaye at Neff just shot me through images of a few of the new products coming out of the guys there. The gear is looking incredible but I was particularly taken by the Neff Banks Zip (Reversible). As the name suggests, it’s a reversible, double layer hood with what looks …
Videograss Episode 8
Well sorry for the delay… big week here of editing and what not getting ready for our first premier (funny how a movie can have so many premiere’s, this is good for people like me who like to attend social events which involve booze). Anyways, here is an edit made …
Jess Rich on Nitro After Epic Display at Cattlemans
Jess Rich. Photo by Tony Harrington. Aside from the winners there was one rider everyone was talking about after the contest on Saturday night… Jess Rich. The guys at Nitro have added her to the team roster as of this morning. She was definitely exciting to watch and as you …