Globe has had a few issues recently with pesky shareholders being a little miffed around the executive pay rates compared with the profits they’re generating… Added to this, the corporate investment group, Mariner, is reportedly making …
GoPro Black Edition Commercial… Not Bad
GoPro have released their Hero 3: Black Edition and with it, a pretty impressive commercial shot entirely on the new unit. According to the blurb with the clip, “No expense was spared …
Steve Vizard Sells Mansion To Peter Hill
The Age is reporting today that Globe owner Peter Hill has purchased the mansion formerly owned by Steve Vizard. Located on Fitzroy St. St Kilda the home has 17 rooms spread over three stories, including a cinema room and a rooftop …
TPG Pulls Billabong Bid
A few days ago TPG, the private equity firm which has been sniffing around Billabong for a year or so, decided that even at $1.45 a share, it wasn’t worth it. This is despite making a $3.30 bid earlier in the year which was rejected because …
Dragon Remix Launch Party
Dragon held a party with Ozmosis for their Remix launch. The night was held in Melbourne at the Mon Bijou Penthouse and it looks like there was some good times had. Check some shots from …
The Australian Says We’re In Trouble – And They’re Right
The Australian published an article the other day tracking the happenings in the surf industry over the last few months. From the fire sale of Billabong to Rip Curls being in play, Quiksilver under investigation and Nike/Hurley dropping the U.S. Open …
Behind The Scenes Of Rip Curl’s Latest Bikini Shoot
Here’s a quick behind the scenes look at the Rip Curl spring/summer 2012 bikini shoot in Fiji. There’s not much to say on this except that you’re going to want to turn off the sound unless you like hearing super, unnecessarily positive …
Billabong Loses Bain – And Fast
Bain has lost interest in Billabong… This article opens with “It took Bain Capital an almost embarrassingly quick time to kick the tyres on troubled surf wear group Billabong and walk away.” Eeeeep. Not the kind of write up you’re looking for when you want to …
Rip Curl Taking Offers
Rip Curl has announced that it has received a bit of interest in buying into the company. There is speculation that the single brand business, which is pure wholesale outside of Australia where it has some retail stores, could be valued at around …
Dragon Requires A National Sales Manager
Dragon Australia is looking for a National Sales Manager cause the head office in the U.S. keep pinching the Australian Dragon crew… And I can understand why. The Dragon Aus crew would be an amazing bunch of people to work with. I’ve placed …
Bain Capital Makes Bid For Billabong
Bain Capital, the company founded by 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is apparently making a bid for Billabong. Bain has been allowed to take a look at the books with Billabong hoping it can extract a …
Skullcandy Expands Its Super Model Team
Chrissy Teigen, Jessica Stam, and Chanel Iman have joined Kate Upton on the Skullcandy Super Model team… I wish there was more to say about this but it’s …
Quiksilver Buying Billabong?
… Probably not but Boardistan picked up the rumor from the Business Spectator who suggested that Rhone, a 20% owner of Quiksilver, might be circling if the price for the embattled company was right. I would think that doing so would be doubling down on a bad bet …
A Year To Forget For Billabong
Billabong has been in the news for the wrong reasons over the last 24 hours. The company revealed a sizeable $275 million dollar loss for the year (after $336 million of one-off costs were taken into account) which was mostly blamed on their retail strategy which started just prior …
Shaun White Gum Piss Takes Apple Commercials
Stride, the U.S. chewing gum company which has Shaun White on its roster of endorsing celebrities, has released a commercial for the new White Mint gum which piss takes the Apple promotional videos and commercials. It’s actually pretty damn funny – check it out below.
Andy Lloyd’s Edit For Kibs Clothing
Andy Lloyd shot me through this rad little edit for the Sydney based clothing brand, Kibs. The brand is doing a range of handmade goodies with all materials sourced from local businesses… I don’t have much info other than the fact that …
Ken Block’s Gymkhana 5
Ken Block’s Gymkhana 5 was released yesterday – this time, he tears up the streets of San Francisco and it is pretty damn cool. I’m still not convinced that they’re getting the most out of those camera arrays but there is some …
DC’s Unilite Trainer Is Not A Skate Shoe
DC have released their Unilite Trainer – it is a shoe designed for people in action sports to train at the gym in… The initial commercial focuses on Travis Pastrana and the signature TP Cross Trainer. There’s also an information video which features some of the FMX guys but there’s no …
How To Turn Billabong Around
It has not been a good day for the Billabong guys. The share price has hit .90c – below the level most analysts expected. If you believe the Sydney Morning Herald, Gordon Merchant is in hiding over at Jeffries Bay, Chairman Ted Kunkel is on the way out and Laura Inman may end up being one of the shortest serving CEO’s of …
‘Shit Sales Reps Say’ Is Awesome
This has been around for a few days now but it is amazing… Of course it is, it was created by the good guys Crailtap. This is for all the sales reps starting the week. Enjoy!
Want A Pair Of Nike Air Yeezy II’s?
Sure Store have got the only 18 pairs of the Air Yeezy II’s available in Melbourne and this Saturday there’s going to be an event happening to decide who get’s to buy them. This is a pair of sneakers I’m definitely excited about… And I don’t get that into shoes at all.
DVS And Matix Declare Bankruptcy
DVS shoes and Matix clothing have declared bankruptcy in the US and are likely to be sold to a new owner within 45 days time. The reasons given were around an “expensive restructuring in Europe, increased materials and factory costs in China, problems with their senior lender, and the overall tough economy.” Never good to see good brands in trouble however, to all other TM’s out there, this may mean that the likes of Mikey …
Kate Upton’s First Skullcandy Ads
Join me in pretending that this has something to do with surf, skate and snow because… well, it involves Sports Illustrated cover girl, Zoo York spokes person and Terry Richardson’s personal dancer, Kate Upton. These are the first ads from Skullcandy featuring the …
Billabong Gives The Trump Treatment To CEO Derek O’Neill
Billabong have replaced long time employee Derek O’Neill with former Target boss Launa Inman as CEO. Inman’s skills seem to revolve around retail which suggests Billabong may be doubling down on their (so far) failed retail strategy rather than taking a different path. Got to admire the balls it takes to do that…
Tony Hawk Talks Selling Out
Tony Hawk has given a quick video interview to Entrepreneur where he talks about being accused of being a sell out once your merch becomes popular. The main point from the clip is that you’ve got to keep going and there’s always going to be haters. Check it out below.
Billabong’s Summer Swim 2012 Video
Billabong have released their summer 2012 swim clip this morning which is looking great because… well… bikinis. Need I say more?
Oakley Puts The Brakes On Shaun White
Oakley are launch a competition to see who can swap the lens on their Airbrake goggle the fastest. The clip below, featuring Shaun White, shows you how the new system works. This site get’s you to film your self making a lens change – the winner will be the person who clocks the fastest time. I’ll update as soon as the micro site is …
Brixton Summer 2012 Clip
It’s been a while since we have dropped an update on Brixton. They guys have released a clip showcasing their summer 2012 range which is looking damn good. I’m particularly loving the black and white stripe boardies with the maroon waistband. Check it all out below!
JOB OPENING – Easey Street Agencies
Easey Street Agencies in Victoria, who looks after Nike, Volcom, Nixon and more, are searching for an account manager. The key requirement of the job is that you are amazing. This could be the best job in the world – especially when you get to work with Jimbob and Grayson on such rad brands. Hit the above slides for full job requirements and …
Bring A Super Model To Work Day
Skullcandy are putting the first recruit to the super model team to good use with this “Bring A Super Model To Work Day” clip featuring Kate Upton, Kevin Durant and James Harden from Oklahoma City Thunder. The guys bring the funny. Enjoy!
No X Games For Australia
Back in July last year I mentioned that Australia had qualified to bid for an X Games… Well, screw you Australia cause you ain’t getting one. The short list of countries that are in the running has been released and they are Barcelona, Spain; Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil; Lisbon, Portugal; Munich, Germany; Quintana Roo, Mexico; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Whistler, Canada. The three cities getting a games will …
Dragon Palm Springs Pool Collection Clip
Dragon have released a little clip showing off their new Palm Springs Pool Collection … not only do the sunnies look rad, that location is epic!
A/NZ Snowboarding Changes Hands
More snowboard media news from in Australia. A/NZ Snowboarding has been taken from ACP by Next Media, who also own Waves and Tracks (also formerly owned by ACP, after they purchased EMAP). There’s nothing big in this announcement really, no mention of changes to the title at all. I’ve reached out to the current editor of Snowboarding, Chris McAlpine to see …
A/NZ Snowboarder Magazine Closed
As Kynee mentioned in the Shoutbox, Australian and NZ Snowboarder Magazine (published by Morrison Media) is being closed. Of all the snowboard titles out there, I gave credit to Snowboarder for creating a magazine that gave a lot of riders their first magazine appearance and supported a lot of up and comers. Rick Baker (co-founder of Pop) and his brother Drew had their first …
Steele Saunders – The Cat’s Meow
Last night I went and caught the latest comedy show from the skate interview big dog, Steele Saunders. Called ‘The Cat’s Meow’ the show counts the ways that cats are better than humans with the main muse of the show, Jerry the Persian (yep, he has a twitter account), hands down killing it over us humans at every turn. The show is definitely worth checking out – details on the flyer below.