Dragon have opened their first concept store in Indonesia. The store is located located across from Mama’s Restaurant in the retail heart of Kuta, Bali. There’s a tonne of photos from the store and the opening, which you can check out here. The store looks rad – well done to …
SNOWBOARDER Preview Workbook for 2009
Eesa Socks given the ‘No Brainer’ award in SNOWBOARDER Preview Workbook for 2009. SNOWBOARDER have released their Preview Workbook for 2009. Basically they do a “whats hot” type survey of brands and products. The press release describes it like so… “In the first week of November 2008, SNOWBOARDER sent a …
Slam Skater Of The Year
DVS Pro, Andrew Brophy, won last night’s Slam Skater Of The Year. The Juice Clothing blog has a tonne of great shots you can check out here. Harry Clarke took out New Gen of the year as well. Looked like a rad night!
Billabong Pro Junior Series Coffs Harbour Clip
Simon at Billabong just shot me through a clip from the Pro Junior Series at Coffs Harbour. The contest, on last weekend, was won by Laura Enever and Owen Wright (pictured above). Click below the cut to view the clip.
Peter Hewitt Commercial From Vox
Guy Miller, who now looks after Vox shoes in Australia, shot me through this little commercial (see below the cut) for the new Peter Hewitt model. There’s a tonne of cool little clips on the Vox site – check em out here.
Carlton Dry Rip’s Billy Marks’ Skills
I know there are plenty of people that can do similar tricks but we all know that Toy Machine pro, Billy Marks has a special talent when utilizing a 20oz Solo Classic Colours cup and a ping pong ball. Hence my shock and dismay that Carlton Dry would choose a …
Dates Announced for the 2009 Rip Curl FreeRide Pro
Rip Curl have announced dates for the 2009 Rip Curl FreeRide Pro. The release says “The Rip Curl Australian FreeRide Pro is a unique event that takes advantage of Australia’s best freeride terrain – Thredbo’s famous Bluff run.” Nate Johnstone took out the Open Men’s Snowboarding division last year and …
Eero Ettala wins Toyota Big Air!
Eero Ettala has won the Toyota Big Air contest in Japan. The official release from Nitro says “did Ettala bring his “A” game or what, throwing a switch double backflip and backside 1080 grabbing stale for 900 of the spin – Eero crushed the competition. The win earned Ettala 2.5 …
Lizzard Surf’s Matt Pallet Surfing on the KZN Coast
I got sent this footage from South African based surf company, Lizzard. This is Matt Pallet in Durban on the KwaZulu-Natal Coast. Hmmmm, the KwaZulu-Natal Coast… Correct me if I’m wrong but KZN has an annual rainfall of 1009 mm and its main exports are manganese and other ores. I …
FTC x Girl Skateboards Collab
Girl Skateboards have gotten together with the FTC stores to produce a deck and tee collaboration. For those that haven’t heard of FTC, they are a San Francisco skate boutique lifestyle brand. Apparently they have had a close relationship with Girl since 1993, hence the collab. Check below the cut …
Ashbury Rep’s Positions Available!
Want to work with the likes of Nima Jalali, Darrel Mathes, Jordan Mendenhall, Jon Kooley, Justin Hebbel, Nick Dirks, Lizzard King, Billy Marks, Richie Jackson and a tonne more of your favourite pros? Ashbury Eyewear is looking for peeps to represent the brand in South Australia, Western Australia, New South …
Alien Workshop – Mind Field Giveaway!
The good people at Alien Workshop have flowed us a couple of copies of Mind Field to give to our loyal website readers… the DVD pack is amazing and comes with a 60 page book and tonnes of bonus material. All you need to do to win is click here …
Dew Battle for Supremacy Pics
Renton Millar – creator of the Dew Battle for Supremacy. I’ve been chasing these for a couple of days – click here for some photos from the Dew Battle for Supremacy that went down in Sydney a couple of weeks ago. The contest was won by Kieran Reilly and by …
It’s All About The Economy – Stupid!
Shop-Eat-Surf is reporting that Australian retailers, along with some in the US, are defying trends and making small increases in sales. The article says “The latest rounds of retail spending and consumer sentiment reports show slight upticks in the U.S. and Australia.” It goes on to say that most economists …
Adidas Has New Skateboard Site
Adidas have updated their skate website. The site is clean and looks the goods (although I’m not a big fan of that sideways navigation thing). Some of the new shoe styles on there look great – I like the Roster Mid’s especially. Check it out here.
In the News
Just a few more interesting articles about surfing, skating, snowboarding and other entertaining subjects that made the news during the previous week. Complex and Haviana Conduct Model Search. Haviana is conducting some kind of model search in conjunction with Complex magazine – I’m not entirely sure what a thong company …
Damon Hayler Hurt in Cypress Mountain World Cup Event
Australia’s Damon Hayler (R) reacts after winning the men’s Snowboard-Cross FIS World Cup in Bad Gastein January 11, 2009. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler (AUSTRIA) The Sydney Morning Herald has an article saying that Damon Hayler was hurt on Friday while competing in the Cypress Mountain World Cup Event. The article says he …
Shaun White Gives 30 Seconds to The NY Times
Shaun White has answered a couple of questions for the New York Times about balancing a pro skate and snow career and being recognized in the street. White gives some good answers to the article by Joshua Robinson. You can check it out here.
AWS Mind Field Premiere Photos
As I mentioned in my original post, all my photos from the AWS Mind Field Melbourne premiere sucked. Fortunately for me, Trines and Chris have organized a bunch from the premieres around the country. The film tour started in Melbourne, then went to Sydney, Perth and finished on the Gold …
TransWorld Announces TWSNOWGIRLS.COM
In what is sure to reignite the arguements about the judging, comparrisons and prize money in girls snowboarding, TransWorld has announced TWSnowGirls.com – a website dedicated to girls snowboarding. The design and layout is the same as the other Transworld sites and the site is being edited by Annie Fastest …
Famous Fridays
Over on the Ashbury Blog, which happens to be one of best and most frequently updated around, I found this handsome bunch of dudes. It’s Darrell Mathes, Cody Comrie, and our own very own Rick Baker. Darrell was interviewed in issue 6, Cody has been in our films, and it’s …
Mix Master Mike at SIA
Yesterday it was Snoop, today we have footage of Mix Master Mike doing his thing at the Skull Candy booth at SIA. If we here at Pop were getting one million percent year-on-year growth, we’d be doing pretty much the same goddamn thing! Check below the cut for the video.
Bar Rafali Gets 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover
Not that I want to get into the habit of posting random bikini girls (who am I kidding?) but the Israeli supermodel and face of Hurley, Bar Rafali, has got the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Hurley would be stoked! There are a few more photos of …
Skull Candy Snoop Dogg Skullcrusher Released
UPDATE: I’ve got a video of Snoop at SIA under the cut. Check it out here. Skull Candy have released a signature headphone with Snoop Dogg. Called the Snoop Dogg Skullcrusher it will be available for a recommended retail price of $99.95AU. Snoop said “The Snoop Dogg Skullcrusher is the …
Oakley Rooftop Party
Sean McDonell beat out all the celebrities that attended this party to get the lead photo… The Oakley Rooftop Party happened on Sunday afternoon where celebrities mingled with the masses over looking the St. Kilda Festival. I was due to attend however traffic and car troubles kept me from making …
Skullcandytv.com Launches
Skull Candy have launched Skullcandytv.com – a website featuring clips from Skull Candy’s considerable and fast growing stable of artists and athletes. In addition, ite users can upload their own content to the site and by adding Skull Candy logos can win themselves free gear! Click here to view the …
Red Cross Appeal for Victorian Fire Victims
Troy at Element just emailed this through to me – this is the details you need to make a donation to the Red Cross to help the people affected by the fires in Victoria over the weekend. To make a donation to the Red Cross appeal, click here or call …
Shaun White Features in Fast Company
Photograph by Martin Schoeller The current issue of Fast Company magazine has a huge feature on Shaun White. The article is an amazing read and covers the business side of White. It looks at how he deals with different sponsorship arrangements, proposals for both good and ridiculous naming opportunities, designing …
In the News…
Phelps’ “chronic break” turns to headache. Here’s just a few interesting articles about surfing, skating, snowboarding and other entertaining subjects that made the news during the previous week. Rebagliati Feels Phelps is Cheech to His Chong. Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ross Rebagliati, has lept to the defense of US swimmer, Michael …
Nintendo Games in FireFox
Not strictly surf, skate and snow releated but I thought I’d let you in on some awesomness. If you like classic Nintendo games then this is for you. It’s a plugin to the popular web browser FireFox called FireNES. It lets you play hundreds of old games right in your browser. It’s …
Nate Johnstone Takes 2nd Place In World Cup Halfpipe
As reported in the shoutbox, Rip Curl rider and Two Weeks In star, Nate Johnstone, has taken 2nd place in the FIS World Cup Mens Halfpipe in Bardonecchia. You can check out a video of the run by clicking here (it’s the 4th video down in the play list). Mathieu …
Red Bull Snowscrapers
The Red Bull Snowscrapers happened in New York over the weekend. You can check out a highlight video and photos from the event by clicking here. The event was won by Shayne Pospisil who walked away with $50,000 for the nights work – not bad! It was a great opportunity …
C2 Power Banana Innovation of the Year!
Gnu picked up the SIA Innovations award for their C2 Power Banana. The award recognises the best innovation for the upcoming season. All the details are in the above flyer. Thanks to Transworld for the tip!
DC Welcomes Chaz Ortiz!
2008 Dew Tour Skateboarding Champion, Chaz Ortiz, has joined up with the DC skate team. The 14 year old from Carpentersville, Ill, joins a pretty amazing roster over at DC including Danny Way, Rob Dyrdek and Josh Kalis. Hit up dcskateboarding.tv for more info, an interview and clips. Check below …
Lakai Final Flare Winner!
Congratulations to Nathan Northey, the lucky winner of our Final Flared contest. The answer came through ridiculously fast and had detail – love it. The correct answer to the question “name of the artist/s and song/s from Mike Carroll’s part in Fully Flared” was Riding on the Wind by Judas …