Andy Jenkins and Mike Carroll’s have got a second round of products coming for (Product) Red and they’ve made a neat little video to go with it. The full video is below the cut and if you’re short on time, the back half of the vid is when you get …
Baw Baw Park Shots!
As you might have seen in the Shoutbox yesterday, Cactus Black has an update on the Baw Baw park on their site. The new park is looking the goods and the release tells me that “a dedicated Park Crew has been recruited to constantly maintain and evolve the Parks over …
Skullcandy Sales To Pass $100 Million Mark This Year
There’s no doubt Skullkcandy have been growing fast but it is being reported in the Salt Lake Tribune that the guys are set to pass US$100 million in sales this financial year. This is up from a mere US$1.3 million in 2005! It’s an amazing success story for the boardsports …
Koston on Nike SB?
Thanks to Kyneee for the tip on this one. Rad Collector has a photo of Koston wearing Nike’s which is circulating on the interwebz. Nike SB has seemed like the most likely place for Koston to travel to but there has not yet been any announcements. Keep posted for more …
Wicked Styx Joins Pop’s Roster!
Wicked Styx – 1983. “Here’s a photo of me from when I was just a kid but I had already nailed over two thousand chicks by then (you can tell it’s true by the look on my face).” We wanted to introduce you to a new member of the Pop …
IFOUND 2009 In Stores Now
IFOUND’s 2009 range hit stores last week. Aside from the likes of Etienne Gilbert and Rube Goldberg, the team features Australia’s own Tom Pelley and Ryan Tiene. Head over here to check out the range.
Adam Robertson Interview on Evolution
We interviewed Adam Robertson back in issue five about competing at Bells. He spoke about how valuable local knowledge was in the event and he went and proved that this year making the final against Parko. Trevor Ward has posted an interview and a bunch of footage of Robbo on …
Byran Herman on Ashbury
James from Ashbury Australia emailed me to say that Byran Herman is now on the team! I have it on good authority that Bryan is one of Nima Jalali’s favourite skaters at the moment – he described him as “a young Tom Penny.” Peep the Aushbury Australia site for more …
Nike SB Warehouse Footage
Kerry at Nike SB shot me through a link to this clip yesterday. He said in the email, “Portland residents Chet, Matt, Daniel, and Al P. spent a week of the dark season at the SB warehouse filming for this new clip, shot and edited by Jon Humphries.” The clip …
Pop on Twitter Bandwagon!
Pop knows a neat bandwagon when one is passing and we have enthusiastically jumped on the Twitter one. We’ll be tweeting links to the news we’re posting on here – so if you want to be kept fully up-to-date with surf, skate and snow news as it happens, join us …
In The News
Danny Way Breaks Land Speed Record – Danny Way, like Keith Richards, apparently can not be killed by conventional weapons. In his latest outing, Danny took to the Mojave desert with a custom board where he got up to 74 miles per hour (just shy of 120kph) on an air …
Athlete Management for Surf, Skate and Snow
Mainstream, corporate and multinational are no longer the dirty words they once were in surf, skate and snow. Anyone who has been in the industry for over a decade has watched the changes occurring and most would agree that the sports are benefiting from it – whether it’s Rob Dyrdek …
Forum’s Shaka Binding Wins Innovation Award
Forum have won the SIA SnowPress Innovation Award for their Shaka Binding. Forum Director of Bindings Chris Cunningham said on the Forum site, “We’re super pumped that SIA recognizes the Shaka as the future of snowboard bindings. We have really unlocked the board’s flex with the Shaka, now making any …
New Andrew Pommier Site Up
I know nothing about art at all, and I mean nothing. I actually failed art at high school and my friend who is a kindergarten teacher said she’d fail me too because I can’t colour in the lines. Andrew Pommier is the opposite of me and he has a new …
2009 Major Snowboard Contests – Dates & Detail
With all the questions in the Shoutbox over the major contests occurring this season, I thought I’d drop a line to the major organizers and find out exactly where we’re at. Some contests are going for financial reasons, others are changing due to the Olympics being next year. Check below …
Parko Wins Rip Curl Pro
As reported by Jay in the Shoutbox, 28 year old Joel Parkinson has won the Rip Curl Pro. He took the title in 1.5m to 2m swell over local wildcard Adam Robertson. You can check out an article in the Australian on the win here, the Rip Curl Live site …
DC and Blabac Collab
Skate photog, Mike Blabac, is releasing his first book this July. Titled Blabac Photo it will chronicle nearly 20 years behind the lens. To celebrate the release, DC has got a collab shoe coming out, the Blabac Azure Mid. The shoe looks awesome and the book will be a must …
Grey Matters Opens Tonight
Just a reminder that Grey Matters is opening in Melbourne tonight. As we said in the post here, Grey Matters will feature black and white photogrpahy, illustration, painting and video art from some well known Melburnians and Sydney-siders. People like Nate Gamble, Mark Lording, Danny Young and a heap more …
Shop Stop: Outerwear Part 2
There’s been a delay in getting this up but it’s time for part three of our Shop Stop series of articles looking at stores around the country, what they’re selling and what the staff are into. This time we’re talking to Leonard at Snowbiz in Brisbane and Goldie at Balmoral …
Aus and NZ Open To Become One
As reported by Radman in the Shoutbox and Transworld Business, the Burton Australian Open and the N.Z. Open are being rolled into a single event. The event will happen in New Zealand and it is being done to free up the rider schedules in the countdown to the Winter Olympics …
Robbie Walker Interview!
There’s been a bit of inquiry in the Shoutbox as to what K2 and Billabong rider, Robbie Walker, is up to at the moment – our good friend Linc at K2 decided to shoot a few Q’s to Robbie and catch you all up. Click below the cut for the …
Dragon Mystery Tour Party Shots
Dragon had their Mystery Tour Party on Saturday night in Torquay. They were celebrating the launch of their new Fame Light Bright colour way – you can see a few shots from the party below the cut. In addition to that, Dragon have installed an awesome 13ft by 40ft ramp …
Nitro Road Warriors In Finland
These Road Warrior clips started out as awesome and are only getting better. The current one sees the Nitro guys riding in Finland. It features Anton Gunnarsson, Mattias Nyberg, Tobias Karlsson and Erik Botner. It was filmed and edited by Magnus Tornkvist. Click below the cut to see the clip …
In The News
Snowboard Bandits Caught – A bank robber who disguised himself by wearing snowboard outerwear has been caught in Denver after a traffic cop noticed red dye, from an explosive dye pack, running from a briefcase on the passenger side seat. Michael Jason Martinez, age 39, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, was …
Atmosphere Aus/NZ Online Store Open!
Atmosphere have opened their online store for Australia and NZ. Not only that but he is offering a special discount for Pop readers until Tuesday the 28th of April. All you need to do is enter the promotional code poppromo20 when you purchase anything through the store and you will …
Rip Curl Pro on Twitter
Everyone is into this Twitter thing right now – Facebook and MySpace are old. I mean, who has time to upload photos, respond on ‘walls’, add applications and deny all those who wronged you at school (that’ll teach them!). Nanoblogging is the go and Rip Curl are running updates from …
Koston Off Lakai
Lakai have got a post up on their site this morning saying that Koston is no longer on the team. The post says, “Wish we could say this is a belated April Fool’s, but unfortunately that isn’t the case. As of today, Eric Koston will no longer be a part …
Spader Clothing Photo Shoot
Spader Clothing sent me a video of the photo shoot for their new range. I had not heard of Spader before but I checked out a feature on Sneaker Freaker, an interview with their designer John Ruman on WIN and a few other bits – despite the fact that there …
Empire x Modom Party
Torquay is the party town this weekend. Last night, our friends at Empire Ave. had a party with Modom. We would have loved to have been there for it but we’re stuck infront of the computer at the moment. It looked like a rad night (although the first photo has …
2009 Rip Curl Media Night
So, last night was the 2009 Rip Curl Media Night – it’s a night when Rip Curl invites us all down to their bar, puts on free drinks, tunes and entertainment. This year they had a spa put outside and, much to our amusement, the first one in there (after …
Ken Block’s New Gymkhana Vid
Remember a while back when we had that amazing video of Ken Block from DC practicing for Gymkhana? Well, because of the incredible respone they got to it they’ve released some more footage from the practice session including accidents, a few people getting bumped on Segways, cameras being damaged and …
Billabong XXL Awards – Five Nominated Wipeouts
Simon at Billabong sent me a short vid of the top five wipeouts nominated for the XXL awards. You can check the full vid below the cut which includes some pretty hairy footage of Ross Clarke-Jones, Dean Bowen, Greg Long, Ramon Navarro and Grant Washburn. Enjoy!
N.Z. Skateboarder Fined $750
Skatedaily pointed me in the direction of this one… A New Zealand police officer has issued a $750 fine to skateboarder Reuben Baker, who was rolling down an empty footpath in Gisborne. That’s right – more than you would get for things like speeding, drink driving, etc. Thankfully, Reuben sees …
160m Indoor Slope Open in UK
The Snow Centre will open on May 6th in Hemel Hempstead, England. It’s a 160 meter indoor slope with a 100 meter learners slope. While a lot of people aren’t into these indoor centres, I used to ride at one in Castleford in the north of England and it was …
Cale Nuske Vid on Es Site
Guy from Thurston Apparel gave me the heads up on an awesome little clip on the Es site featuring Cale Nuske. Check the full clip after the jump…