Here’s the photos from the after party at the 2009 Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam. Rick, Woody and I were starring at computer screens and didn’t get to attend but we had our party correspondent, Chunk, embedded right in the middle of the action. The party looked like it was awesome …
Battle For Supremacy Update
The blog for the Dew Battle For Supremacy just got a fresh update. Aside from a list of confirmed riders, there’s also some photos of that jib-able house we posted about a week or so ago. It looks like they’re adding rails to the roof of it or something! More …
Windells 09 Clip!
I got this clip emailed to me on Saturday from the guys at Windells snow camp in the States. Shaun, who emailed the clip through, said it was taken at various Oregon and Washington skateparks, the features on campus and from some of the camp activities. The video is worth …
Rowley Preview of Maloof Money Cup
Photo from allisports.com Transworld have got a rad video of Geoff Rowley showing you round the Maloof Money Cup course along with a photo gallery of the setup. Head over here to check it out. The cup started on Friday last week – all the news is over here.
Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam: Footage Update
Footage is now available from the Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam. Rick and Woody were working their magic behind the lens for Burton last night under some pretty tough conditions but as you’ll see from the footage, it was worth it! Enjoy!
Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam: Pro Photo Update
Okay, so I couldn’t get action shots earlier and had to wait for the official event photog to upload them. Now they’re up and we’ve got them on here. Check below the cut for a tonne of the good stuff. Thanks to Tony Harrington for the epic shots!
Burton Cattleman’s Rail Jam 2009 Live Webcast
**Update 5** Mikey Williams got the $500 for a 50-50 on the riders right (views left) kink rail… pretty awesome. Robbie Walker and Jye Kearney did synchronized backflips over the stairset. Darragh Walsh landed a switch back 270, 270 out… incredible! More updates coming with action photos and footage. **Update …
Blabac Opening Night Photos
My Blurry Cam sent through these shot from the opening of the Blabac photo exhibition. Ah, good times, great photos! More under the cut.
Ashbury Collab’s With Krew
This news is a little old but in case you haven’t heard, Ashbury have done a collaboration with Krew. The glasses aren’t due to drop in stores till January but I’m hoping to get my hands on a pair to try out in the coming weeks. Check below the cut …
Teeth for Rees This Sunday!
This Sunday at Prahran Skatepark there is the Teeth For Rees event on. Also, if you enter the raffle, there is a ridiculous amount of prizes to be won – head over the skateboard.com.au here to check out the size of this prize pool. Funds from the raffle are going …
Dragon Mystery Tour At Falls Creek
We had the Jindy photos here yesterday – if you want a piece of that action, make sure you get along to the Falls Creek stop of the Dragon Mystery Tour. It’s happening on July 18th and is sure to be an amazing time!
Juice Warehouse Sale is on 18th & 19th July
The annual Juice Warehouse Sale is on again! It’s happening on the 18th & 19th July and includes Omatic Snowboards, Vox Shoes, Thurston Apparel and all the Juice gear. Head down to 32-60 Alice St. in Newtown, NSW to check it out. Omatic flyer below the cut.
Dragon Mystery Tour Jindabyne Photos
Jane at Dragon just shot through a bunch of photos from the Mystery Tour stop in Jindabyne. There’s a tonne of photos below the cut featuring the likes of Darragh Walsh, Tom Pelley, Ryan Tiene, Gus St. Leon, Charles Beckinsale and more. Looks like it was a rad night!
Stylewars 2009!
Stylewars is on August 24-28, 2009. Falls Creek Resort, Australia. Rich Hegarty shot through an update for Stylewars last night. The event is fast approaching – only six weeks out now! Rich said, “The event this year will be a lot more focused on the local snowboarding community. Due to …
New ASB Site Live
The best business mag in the surf industry has got its new website up and running. ASB’s site got a face lift just in time for it’s 5th birthday and 30th issue. The site is research focused but also includes a jobs section if you’re looking for a position in …
Rate The Snow Mags: 2009, Issue 2’s
All the “issue 2’s” of the Australian snow mags are now out. As you might remember from last month, we got a rating from you guys on which one you liked the best – we’re going to do it again with the new ones. Just FYI, as an analysis of …
Grenade Rainbow & 3CS Battleship At Baw Baw
Jaye at 3CS and Grenade just shot me through the artwork going onto the battleship and rainbow features at Baw Baw. The artwork was done by Thirteen Army and supplied to Baw Baw, who built the features. The guys doing all the good work at Baw Baw are Park Crew …
VG Episode 7
Okay, I put a little note up this morning about the video and now that Justin has returned from camping for the weekend he sent me over this clip. Hells yeah, enjoy! Also the above photo has nothing to do with VG but its hard not to comment on Dez’s …
Blabac Photo Book Launch – Melbourne Details
**UPDATE** I’ve been told by the guys at DC that this launch venue has booked out with VIP’s. Unless you have the say so from the guys, there’s a good chance you might not make it in. Be warned. DC are hosting a launch in Melbourne for the “Blabac Photo: …
Battle For Supremacy Jib-able House Photos
I just got sent photos and plans for the jib-able house being built for the Battle For Supremacy. It looks amazing – way bigger than I thought it would be. Also, I’m told Dan Bussetti and Keiran Mclaughlan will be Ride Snowboards team for the event. Less than four weeks …
Burton TV Commercials
Burton have got some pretty epic TV commercials playing on Fuel at the moment. There’s a White Collection commercial, a Jeremy Jones commercial and my favorite, the above ‘Rails’ commercial. Check them all out at See My Method here.
In The News
iPhone 3Gs is Available Unlocked – The Apple Australia store is selling the new iPhone without the usual strings attached. You can pick up a 16gig for $879.00 and a 32gig for $1,040.00… then all you need to do is find a good mobile carrier. Ahahaha – Good luck! Email …
Videograss Saturdays – Episode 7
Okay, so I’m still waiting for the new clip to become available for other websites… It might take a little bit seeing it was 4th of July weekend. Anyway roll over to the US Snowboarder Mag website (here) and peep it there if you cant wait… This week is a …
Luke Croker Footage
Skatedaily put me onto this one… Australian Luke Croker has got a bunch of awesome footage up on the Krooked site at the moment. Head over here to check it out.
Rasta Joining Al Gore in Melbourne
Rasta has been selected as one of 300 people joining Al Gore in Melbourne at the “The Climate Project – Asia Pacific Summit” to learn about climate change. Rasta was selected because of his work protecting marine life. Head over to the ACF website here for more info or check …
Anon From LA to AK Video
Skatedaily put me onto this clip of the Anon skate team touring from LA to AK. If you like long hair and tie dyed tees, you’re going to love this! The film features Brian Hansen, Patrick Melcher, Don Ngyuen and more. Enjoy!
Forum’s Battle At Baw Baw!
Forum’s Battle At Baw Baw is on again! It’s happening on July 18th and if the last two years are anything to go by, it’s going to be an amazing day. If you want to enter the contest, hit up Ralph by emailing on ralphr@burton.com.au – entry is free but …
Battle At The Berrics 2 Has Started!
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to get this up – Battle At The Berrics 2 stared a couple of days ago. The battles between Chris Cole and Mike Vallely, and the one between Jamie Thomas and Dennis Busenitz are already up. Head over here to check them …
Josh Kerr Video Blog
Rusty surfer, Josh Kerr has got a video blog happening. The release for the launch of the blog says it will be tracking “Kerr and friends surfing around the planet, see the ups and downs of pro surfing, see behind the scenes and see some amazing free-surfing.” Sounds pretty good …
Snowboard UK Magazine Suspended
Freestyle Media in the UK has suspended operations at their title, Snowboard UK. The releases that I have seen lay blame on the financial crisis while many commenters in forums are claiming that the UK snowboard scene could never support three UK magazines, two European based English language magazines alongside …
Burton Cattleman’s Rail Jam 2009
Burton’s Rail Jam at Cattleman’s is coming up again! What is, every year, one of the best contests has been improved again this year – there will be food and drink vendors, plenty of crowd giveaways plus the always entertaining after party at Kooroora (missing us Jan?). Check out the …
Dew Battle for Supremacy Announced!
Dew’s added a snow comp to their Battle for Supremacy contest series… and this looks interesting! The release says, “10 pro-teams will be invited to submit a two-man team that will battle head to head under lights on a specially built Mt Dew jib course on the infamous Bourke Street.” …
Nitro and Fiat Working Together
Nitro will be working with Fiat this winter on the Road Warriors project. Fiat is providing a fleet of Qubo’s to the guys… while I can’t see this car being high on my shopping list, Fiat did produce the 500 Abarth (a Top Gear favorite) so I can’t completely dismiss …
Burton Launches ‘I Heart Winter’
Burton and Fuel TV have got a series of “mini-episodes documenting the travels, riding and good times of the Burton team and Australian snowboarding personalities during the course of an Australian winter.” You will be able to catch the episodes daily on Fuel TV and you can check the first …