Dew Tour owner AST has had a change in business format and name. AST will morph into Alli (Alliance of Action Sports) and is now partnered with other high profile events like the Maloof Money Cup. Alli is a production partner that basically helps to get TV time and publicity …
POP Magazine – Issue 11
Issue 11 is out now with Timmy Burdett on the cover. There’s eyewear and swimwear editorials, a balla’ car, travel bags and the usual products features. Ben Hoban covers The Smiths, Irwin Fletcher talks airports and Ali Deane gets even for the girls. Oh and the city guide is back …
Surfing 50 States in X-Dance!
As Jay has just mentioned in the Shoutbox – Surfing 50 States is entered in the action sports film festival, X-Dance. X-Dance is associated with Sundance and the film will be up against the likes of Forum or Against ‘Em and I Ride Park City. For those on the mailing …
Torstein Horgmo Wins Big Air Event at X-Trail Jam
Photo of Torstein from 2007 Air&Style. DC rider, Torstein Horgmo, has had a win at the X-Trail Jam in Japan. Torstein took out the Big Air event with a switch backside 1080. This, combined with his other wins through the season, have given him enough points to hold third place …
Pop Subscriptions For Christmas!
Not that I want to spoil the surprise but this is a shameless plug for our subscriptions! Excited? Me too! At $30 for Australian residents and $60 for outside of Australia, what better gift is there? We pack the subscription envelopes full of everything we can get our hands on …
DC “Live from Europe” Skate Video Online!
DC have released their “Live from Europe” film on their site – you can check it out by clicking here or the above graphic. It’s 32 minutes of free goodness edited together by John Holland. If you prefer an iPod/iPhone friendly version, you can download it by clicking here. Enjoy!
MFM Vs. the IRS – Acronym’s a plenty!
Marc Frank Montoya’s hotel, The Block, in Tahoe is currently closed due to a brew-ha-ha with the tax office. Aparently an accounting error in their favor meant that they kept $200k that was meant for Uncle Sam. It appears as though the tax man is not being all that sensible …
Snowpark For Sale
Got a spare few million bucks lying around? Why not have a crack at becoming the new owner of Snowpark NZ. The asking price is negotiable but my superior knowlege of the real estate marketplace in current times makes me believe the final price will be an absolute shitload. Quiksilver …
Vans Christmas Party
Just to give you Sydney siders a choice this Thursday, Vans are also having a get together under the guise of a Christmas party. According to the flyer, Dustin Dollin will be DJing which should be interesting. Seems everyone these days can DJ. So if you aren’t watching the ‘Skylarking‘ …
DEF JAM Photos
The first annual DEF JAM sponsored by Definitely Snow and Speakys Surf Skate and Snow happened last weekend. The guys trucked in six tonnes of ice and got themselves a rail setup on the Geelong foreshore. Riders included Tom Pelley, Jason Currie and Alex Scott. Rick and I were recovering …
Issue 11 – Nearly Here!
The new issue – issue 11 – of Pop Magazine is almost done! Rick and I have checked off the proofs, corrected the final errors and it will be rolling off the presses for release later this week. Just FYI, this is actually our third anniversary issue. We released issue …
Complex Outerwear Feature
Complex currently has an outerwear style guide happening on their website featuring some of the new hotness from some of our favourite brands (and some not so favourite ones too). You can check out the feature here.
Mordy’s Christmas Party!
Last night I hit up my first Christmas party of the season. This one was at Mordy Surf in Mordialloc, Victoria. It was sponsored by RVCA and was rad! Aside from the free beer and awesome crowd, they had the Japanese Motors playing! Things were starting to get loose by …
American Apparel CEO Alledgedly Gets His Creep On!
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney (Above… Left) was facing charges of getting all ‘handsy’ with a female employee but has aparently settled out of court for $1.3 million. However, it has since been revealed that the former female employee hired a supremely skilled law-talking-guy known for his ability to fabricate …
Oakley Custom
Incredibly similar to Nike ID, which has been charging absurd amounts of dollars for customised shoes, you can now do the same for you eyewear. Whilst you are still limited to exactly how customised you can get (no tie-dye/snakeskin with seal fur trim yet… damn you Paul McCartney), it is …
Nixon Headphones
Nixon have broadened their product portfolio with the recent announcement that they are moving into the headphone market. While they certainly look much better than the chewed up numbers I’m still using that came with my walkman, it will be interesting to see how they compete with other ‘industry’ headphones …
Touch Grind App – Goodbye Time
Some people might have spotted the odd request in the shotbox yesterday by someone after a fingerboard – if you too are searching for a fingerboard, this post is for you. Touch Grind is a new iPhone app that takes fingerboarding to the next level and is sure to provide …
Freestyle Extreme Movember Success!
The Freestyle Xtreme Mo Growin’ Team: Caleb Hoskin, Simon Crowe, Luke Gray, and David Arthur You might remember a few weeks ago we had this post about the Freestyle Xtreme team and their Movember happenings. We’ll, things wrapped up over the weekend and I got an email from Simon to …
Win Yourself A Copy of August by Airblaster!
UPDATE: I’m just giving this a bump back up to the top because it’s a free DVD! What better way to start a Monday! Airblaster are kindly giving away copies of their new flick, August, to Pop readers. The first 100 peeps to email this address with the name of …
Nike ACG Sweetspots Return
You might remember, about this time last year, seeing a few Nike ACG clips on here – well, the Northern Winter is on and they’ve started releasing them again. Below the cut is a teaser on ye olde YouTube for this years clips. ACG have again had the help of …
Issue 11 – Final Photos Almost Done, Going to Print Monday!
Today, Rick and I spent most of the day at the Thomo&Coach studios in Prahran with Simon Moody shooting some of the last photos for the new issue. As you can tell from above, this issue has a swimwear fashion editorial! We’ve got a few more to get tomorrow but …
Story Time
It seems to happen at the start of every summer. You hear them all over the place, and it doesn’t matter where, but everyone seems to have a shark story. Working in a surf shop I hear them all the time. Just the other day a guy came in who …
Forum Or Against’em Premiere Giveaway Winners
Last week was the Melbourne premiere of Forum’s new snowboard film. To celebrate we had a little contest to give away some limited edition Forum loot. Well thanks to everyone that entered. Too bad if you didn’t win. Better luck next time, suckers! Wesley Griffiths Nick Bu Brock Linklater Jacinta …
Mike Dirnt Signs Onto Macbeth Footwear
Greenday bassist, Mike Dirnt, has penned a deal to join the Macbeth family. He will be getting his own signature shoe in 2009 just in time for the launch of Greenday’s new album, the follow up to last years super successful ‘American Idiot’. He joins a pretty amazing roster of …
Vic Premier Brumby Extends Rip Curl Pro Support till 2011
Victorian Premiere, John Brumby, met with former World Champion and Rip Curl Pro Contest Director, Damien Hardman, at Bells Beach today to announce that the Victorian government would continue to support the Rip Curl Pro for the next three years. “The Rip Curl Pro is a major draw card on …
Pre-Christmas Warehouse Sale
The guys at Primary Distribution emailed me a flyer for their pre-Christmas Warehouse Sale happening this weekend in Melbourne. If you’re around, get yourself in for some bargain priced gear. It’s a cash only deal – bring the money in a brown paper bag for effect. They’ve got brands like …
BASE Jumping from the Burj Dubai Tower
This is a pretty cool video of some guys BASE jumping off the Burj Dubai tower in Dubai. Apparently it’s the world record for a building BASE jump. It’s crazy to see how far the French guy in the squirrel suit glides. It looks like a lot of fun.
Forum Or Against’em Premiere Photo & Giveaway!
*UPDATE. Just wanted to bump this up and give you all another chance to win! Last night was the premiere for Forum’s new shred flick, ‘Forum Or Against’em’. Of all the snowboard films I’ve seen this year, this is my favorite. Anyway beside Jake Blauvelt being a ruler, Forum are …
Grenade Official Glove Partner for Winter Dew Tour!
Grenade have announced that they are now the official glove partner for the Winter Dew Tour. All the staff and athletes will be outfitted with Grenade gear for the duration of the event which has a $1.5 million prize purse this year! If you’re in the US while this is …
Donavon Frankenreiter Australian Tour Side Shows
After hearing that Billabong surfer Donavon Frankenreiter was touring his appropiratly named new album, Pass It Around, at some of the upcoming summer festivals, I was slightly disapointed. I don’t really do festivals, I’m scared of bogan’s. Well as is always the case, a bunch of side shows were annouced …
Final Instalment of the Nike SB AUS Web Clips
Click here to peep the final installment of the Nike SB AUS webisodes. This one features Lewis Marnell and Alex Campbell. In case you’ve missed any of the others here they are: Luke Croker and Nugget here, Bernie Foo, Morgan Campbell and Mike Martin here and Glen Wignall, Brad McDermott, …
Australia’s Next Top Models Go Surfing!
Some of Australia’s Next Top Models got down to Manly on November 16th for the Rip Curl Girls Go Surfing Day. Rebecca Jobson and Kristy Coulcher from season four of the program suited up with 4,000 other girls to give surfing a shot. Apparently, Rip Curl Girls Go Surfing Day …
Official ‘Neu Mesh’ Styles Out Soon-ish
The Official, which is featured in last issues headwear guide, is soon to release their ‘Neu Mesh’ styles. I haven’t got an exact date for the Aus release yet but the words I got from our friends at Official in L.A. said about the Neu Mesh “[we took] the common …
Quiksilver Sold to VF Corp?
As all the avid shoutbox watchers will have noticed, there’s a rumor flying around about Quiksilver being purchased by VF Corporation. The rumors have come about after a drastic fall in the Quik share price combined with a company debt of $1.05 billion and difficulty in offloading the loss-making snow …