This is going to be a regular-ish article about what’s going on with new product in a selection of stores. This week we’re doing 2009 outerwear with Troy from Mordys in Victoria and Mike from One Track Mind in Crows Nest. I emailed the guys a series of questions about …
Nitro Road Trip to Poland!
Andi at Nitro just sent me through this clip of their road trip to Poland! It’s an epic little clip featuring Nils Arvidsson, Mattias Nyberg, Tobias Karlsson and Radek Czastkiewicz, Click below the cut to see it and if you’re keen for a portable version, get one for your iPhone …
New iPhone Software!
You may or may not have heard that the iPhone 3.0 software was previewed yesterday morning at Apples HQ. For those regular readers of the site, you might be aware of our disappointment in the iPhone so far (although I’m leaning towards more of the issues being with Optus rather …
Mega Sale
Pretty much covered in the flyer, but Dirty Distribution is having a mega sale starting today so get in fast. To be honest I’m not even sure what is meant by streetwear, because everyone I have seen wears clothes in the street, but there should be some good skate and …
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Getting Closer!
IWatchStuff just posted up the latest poster for Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are! The project has been on a knife edge for months with rumors and speculation about the studio and Spikes differences in creative vision. Rick has just passed me an amazing interview with Spike …
Guy Miller’s Snowboard Clip!
Guy Miller from Juice Clothing shot me through an awesome little clip of Shay Paxton, Si Brass, Billy Hayman and Guy snowboarding in Australia. It’s an awesome little clip and well worth a watch. Enjoy!
FTC KrazyKids Radio Takeover
FTC just sent me this clip of Ando Nesia, Graham James, Marcell Turner, and Jabari Pendleton taking over KrazyKids Radio for a day. This came to me as part of a package that included the new collab FTC has going with Japanese street icon, ESOW. Check the gear out below …
Renton Millar in The Age Today!
Image from www.wcsk8.com Billabong and Oakley team rider, Renton Millar, appears in an article by Peter Hanlon in today’s Age. The article talks about his win in Sao Paolo last week. Renton won the WCS Oi Vert Jam against guys like Bob Burnquist which earned him a neat US$7,000 and …
Burton US Open – 21st March
The Burton US Open is coming up fast! You can watch the live webcast as it happens on 21st and 22nd of March – that’s this weekend! Check under the cut for a load of statistics about the Open like “185 football fields covered by a foot of snow are …
Bataleon Snowboards Are Back!
Bataleon Snowboards are back in Australia thanks to Chris at Butter Distribution. I have never ridden one myself but they got a ringing endorsement from my good friend Phil who searched high and low early last year for an Evil Twin (when he found them, he bought two!). The good …
DC’s New PJ Shoe
Tom at DC just shot me through a huge release on the new PJ shoe. The shoe looks amazing – the release says it’s the “most technically advanced pro-model ever.” While I can’t independantly verify that, reading through the pages of this booklet leads me to believe it’s probably true. …
Feeling Lucky
Alright, we totally missed the opening night on this sucker, but there is still a few days left. Ben Brown is having a an exhibition of drawings and prints at the Marker Gallery in Collingwood. Ben was responsible for the recent flyer promoting the Clean Ocean Foundation rally at Gunnamatta. …
In the News
Complex’s Salute to Scarlett Johansson – I know there’s a lot of Scar-Jo fans out there, Complex knows it too! As part of a series of articles, they have put together “28 pages of Scarlet Johansson’s hottest pictures ever.” Who am I to deny you the knowledge that this article …
Picture Wheels New Hottness!
Ben at Picture Wheels is keeping ridiculously busy at the moment… above are the new hottness from Picture that will be dropping mid-April. In addition to this there are some pretty heavy team announcements on the way – I’m harrassing him for details every day so you guys will know …
Aaron Zajonc in Whistler
This is a cool little vid I got sent from Aaron Zajonc. Aaron is currently in Whistler and got a bit of footage in the park there. I always like getting clips like this for the site so if you’ve got something similar, email it in! Eventually we’ll get round …
Simply Bread – Series 2
The second in Fat Kids’ series of Simply Bread events is happening on Friday April 17th at the Roxanne Parlour. The release says “Street fashion has been a big influence in many of todays youth oriented fashion and Simply Bread 2 is here to celebrate its originality and influence. This …
Surfing 50 States at National Film Festival for Talented Youth in Seattle
Jonno and Stefan’s adventures are continuing at the moment but their film, Surfing 50 States, is still going strong everywhere. It’s going to be playing at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth in Seattle on April 26th – if you happen to be in the area, you should definitely …
Element Skateboards – Sole Trailer
Sole, the new film from Element is coming out later this year and you can check the trailer for it here. The video looks amazing and features Chad Tim Tim, Darrell Stanton, Levi Brown and Mike Vallely. Thanks to Skatedaily for the tip!
Drug Fuelled Self Branding Leads to Lifelong Embarressment!
The above photo is from the pages of the new issue of Broken Magazine. It features the hand of a genius who, during a drug-fuelled bender, decided carving Thrasher into his skin was an awesome idea. However, the ‘coolness’ wore off pretty damn quick the next day when he realized …
Jon Stewart Takes On CNBC
This has nothing to do with surf, skate and snow but if you’re stuck infront of a computer on Saturday afternoon, then the best thing you can do is go here and watch Jon Stewart take on Jim Cramer from CNBC. Aside from being a really interesting watch, the interview …
Sixes and Sevens Teaser
Jared gave me the tip on this one in the shoutbox – above is the teaser for the film, Sixes and Sevens, by NuuLife Cinema. The release with the clip says “Shot mainly between Whistler, B.C. and Calgary AB, NuuLife brings you progressive and diverse riding some of the most …
Nike SB Debacle Teaser
Nike SB have a new film coming out in June called Debacle. The film features a bunch of the SB Am’s like Shane O’Neill, Daryl Angel, David Clark and Grant Taylor. From the looks of the teaser, this film is going to be awesome. Check it out by clicking the …
American Apparel sells 18% to Private-Equity Firm
Dov Charney has sold 18% of American Apparel to a private-equity firm known as Lion Capital. For those interested in what a private equity firm does, have a read here, but basically they purchased a percentage of AA for $80 million so that some of the companies debt could be …
“business of boardsports takes hardcore credibility, dude”
Whilst searching the internets this morning I came accross an article in The International Herald Tribune titled “The business of board sports: It takes hardcore credibility, dude.” The article, published in November 2006, talks to Jamie Thomas about how credibility is essential to surviving as a company in the skating, …
Matix Monthly: Interview With Andreas Wiig
Matix just sent me a cool little interview with Andreas Wiig. The interview is part of a Matix Monthly news update and Wiig talks about his deal with Toyota, filming with Standard and his Norwegian event. Although he does mention having a place with his girlfriend in Hollywood, he fails …
Ron Deily Talks to Chris Nieratko
Photo courtesy of Zoo York. Zoo York rider Ron Deily has an interview over at Chris Nieratko’s website. The interview talks about Deily’s part in the new Zoo video, State of Mind, as being the unexpected ‘best part’. As Nieratko does, the interview also covers Deily’s younger brothers scooter habit, …
Ryan Smith’s Mystery ‘Dreamspot’
Mystery Skateboards have got a rad little clip up of Ryan Smith skating a few blocks of ice. It’s part of a series of clips called ‘Dreamspot’ which also features Ryan Bobier hitting an amazing looking handrail. Check Smith’s clip out here and thanks to Skatedaily for the tip!
Quiksilver Gets An Extra Three Months
Quiksilver has filed something called an 8K (?!) in the US which outlines their debt plans. As a reminder to those that haven’t heard, Quik has had a few debt troubles and about US$75 million was due to be paid this month. With banks not being all that keen to …
Pop Magazine Gets Its C.A.B Membership!
This is just a little post about something going on at Pop but it requires a little explanation first… because Pop is free, we rely on our advertisers support to keep going – their ads are what provides us with our income to print the damn thing (so if you …
RVCA On Entrepreneur.com
RVCA and in particular its founder PM Tenore have got themselves a little feature on Entrepreneur.com. It talks about all the usual things you would expect, from the brands humble beginnings to where it is today and so on. More interesting is PM talking about why he thinks RVCA has …
Nidecker Swarovski-Studded Snowboards
I was starting to worry that the line of riduculouly expensive snowboards was coming to an end, fortunately Nidecker have some Swarovski crystal studded boards. I’m not sure that these are for sale – In fact I’m pretty sure that they’re some kind of art thingy but still, art can …
Atmosphere Zorro Fitted Hat
Chris Prosser’s Portland based Atmosphere Clothing have released a super limited fitted hat called the Zorro. The hat looks amazing and there’s only 24 of them available from today through the Atmosphere store (I’m not sure if they mean the online store here, or just the physical store in Portland). …
Foot Locker Sees Expansion in Skate
Foot Locker’s CEO Matthew Serra believes there’s expansion to be had through skate in their stores. According to Shop-Eat-Surf, Serra said during the conference call “… We believe that we have a very meaningful opportunity in 2009 to enhance our business by expanding further in the action sports categories.” Foot …
Fice Craig Wetherby Party
Desiree Melancon. Yep, that jumpers from the new Ashbury apparel range. Back in January I was in Salt Lake City, Utah. I got to have an awesome night out thanks in part to Laura Hader and her awesome gallery/boutique store called Fice. The party was for a Craig Wetherby show …
Analog on Shop-Eat-Surf
Shop-Eat-Surf have got a great article on Analog. The article talks to Kevin Meehan, general manager of Analog, about the current retail environment for Analog, their future and a other points of interest about the brand. Click here to check it out.