*TONIGHT Just when you thought it was all over, the good guys at Forum are giving us one last juicy premiere with the long awaited ‘Forum Or Against Em‘. It is being held at The Station Hotel in Greville St Prahran on the 20th of MOvember and the movie starts …
Closing Day at Turoa, NZ
Mike Smith at RPM emailed me yesterday to let me know his local hill, Turoa (N.Z.), finished for the season last weekend. He sent me this gallery of shots and damn, still looks pretty good to me. Turoa actually claimed the Southern Hemisphere’s longest season this year running from mid-June …
Burton Hires Brad Kremer For Cinematography
Transworld Business has a press from Burton saying that they’ve hired Brad Kremer to “head up the company’s cinematography division where he will direct and produce all Burton films, commercials and blogs, as well as manage its film crews worldwide. Moving forward, Burton team riders will focus exclusively on Burton …
Help our friends at MoneyPenny!
Our friends Sarah and Nat at MonneyPenny are in the running for the Australian Fashion Awards in the ‘Best Designer Womens Fashion’ category. Now I’m sure we’d all rather see someone from our industry win over those other Mugatu wannabe’s and you can help… just click here and vote! You …
We Want You (To Fill Out This Form)
For anyone that is planning to travel to the USA sometime next year, you will now have to a little bit of extra work. Don’t worry I’m not talking about anything suss. The previous requirements that got you the little green visa waiver that allowed 90 days entry now has …
Viva Prahran Photos!
Quiksilver’s Viva Prahran contest is on today and here’s some shots from mid-way through the day. Unfortunately I had to leave the contest early cause it’s my sisters birthday (happy birthday Di!) but there’s a few shots under the cut from around the place. I’ll get together some better shots …
Nike Aus Web Clip #3
Kerry Fisher at Nike emailed me the third web clip in a series being released by the Aus team. The clip features Glen Wignall, Brad McDermott, Nathan Jackson, Nick Boserio and Corbin Harris. Click here to view the clip.
Def Jam – Sunday December 7th
You might have seen Stu post this amongst the debates in the shoutbox yesterday – Definitely Snow are holding a rail jam at the new Waterfront skatepark in Geelong on Sunday December 7th. The feature is going to be a flat down rail. If you feel like being a part …
REMINDER: Viva Prahran This Saturday!
This is just a reminder that the 2008 Viva Prahran Contest is happening this Saturday (November 15th). There’s cash up for grabs, a high ollie contest and plenty more happenings. If you’re in Victoria, I hope to see you there!
DC Iikka Commercial Featuring Billy Mays
DC have launched a series of new funny new commercials for their snowboards. The commercials feature American infomercial salesperson Billy Mays. The first commercial for Iikka’s pro model shows him slicing carrots and washing the bathroom with the board – you can check it out by clicking the above graphic …
Murdoch’s Boyer Lectures
This has nothing to do with surf/skate/snow but for anyone interested in the future of Australia, this is a really interesting thing to listen to. Each year the ABC gets a prominent Australian to give a series of lectures on a subject totally of their chosing. These lectures have happened …
Hello Dream Woman!
This tee is up there with the Paris Hilton Lakai tee for me – this is the new Liberal Tee from Alphanumeric (available in the States from December 1st). As the press release says, “there’s nothing more sexy than a girl in stockings ready to hit the books!… The Alphanumeric …
Freestyle Guys Doing Good Things
Above: Freestyle crew – Caleb Hoskin, Simon Crowe, Luke Gray, and David Arthur. I got an email yesterday from Simon Crowe at Victorian store, Freestyle Xtreme, who is doing his bit for Movember. I asked Simon to shoot through a before photo so we can get an update at the …
Your Heard It Here First: Barack Obama Wins!
Okay, so the likelihood that you actually heard it here first is slim but I wanted to express my absolute elation at the election of Barack Obama – not because I’m a fan boy (or not just because, anyway) but because it represents a turning point for our US friends. …
Analog ‘Show Us Your Ghouls’ Comp
I just got emailed some footage and photos from Analog’s ‘Show Us Your Ghouls’ contest which was held last Friday night. Best line went to Chima Ferguson while New Zealander, Bjorn Johnson, took out best trick. Check below the cut for the release and a few photos and peep the …
Vivid Teams With Control MFG Skateboards
Above: Sunny Leone features on Swiss rider Gab Ekoe’s pro model due out Jan ’09. Here’s one for the protesters in Vermont. One of the worlds largest adult film companies, Vivid Entertainment, has teamed up with skateboard company, Control, to create some boards. The boards will feature Vivid stars such …
Brad Kremer Talks About the Future of Snow Films
Brad Kremer from Mack Dawg Productions has put together an article on Tranworld Business where he talks about the challenges of creating independant snowboard films at a time when downloading is so easy and prevelant. The article isn’t all one sided – more than anything, he says that kids downloading …
Max Olijnyk Hit By Car
I don’t have all the details, but a good friend, contributor and note to selfer, Max Olijnyk was struck by a car whilst skateboarding in Rye over the weekend. He’s ok, just a few broken bones. Although there was a helicopter ride to the Alfred involved. Yep, he’s that tough. …
St. Kilda Skatepark Needs You!
The St. Kilda Skate Park is still not a sure thing. The well organized, well financed opposition to the skate park have taken their objections to just about every court they can find and even got themselves a Queens Council working for them. Their objections are varied but center around …
Occy’s Melbourne Instore
Occy was in the Melbourne Central Billabong store yesterday signing copies of his new book – ‘Occy: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Mark Occhilupo‘. The shopping centre got pretty crowded with well over 150 crew packing in to get his signature. Occy spent an hour signing before having …
Cubecraft – Coolest Thing Ever?
I just found out about Cubecraft.com and I think it’s safe to say I also just found out I have a fetish for paper cubes that look like movie characters. I think there is a good chance that you too will enjoy this website, but then again I found out …
Rusty Changes Premiere
Last night, I hit up the Melbourne premiere for the new Rusty film Changes (trailer above). What I got to see of the night was awesome – free beer, good people and a fashion parade. Unfortunately, I had an excessively early morning this morning so I had to bail before …
2008 Trigger Bros BBQ Part 2
Well as promised, here is part two of my footage from the 2008 Trigger Bros BBQ held at Mt Buller last weekend. Thanks again to everyone that came and enjoyed themselves. And thanks to everyone that helped film. See you next season.
Occy’s Book Tour
Occy’s got a book out called ‘OCCY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Mark Occhilupo‘ and it’s hitting stores this week. The launch is being supported with a string of instore appearances by Occy starting at Boarders in Geelong tomorrow at 12pm. Check the above flyer for dates and …
2008 Trigger Bros BBQ Part 1
So I finally got around to editing up some footage from the 2008 Trigger Bros BBQ. There was a lot of footage, so I decided to make it a two part-er. So too bad if you’re sick of hearing about a BBQ you couldn’t be bothered going to this past …
2008 Viva Prahran Contest!
JK just sent me through the flyer for the 2008 Viva Prahran Contest! It’s happening on November 15th and registration starts at 11am. There’s $7,500 up for grabs supplied by this years sponsors DC, Quiksilver and Oakley. Anyone who’s been in previous years knows what a great day this is …
Analog’s ‘Show Us Ya Ghouls’ Halloween Jam
Analog has a halloween skate contest and BBQ happening at Waterloo skatepark on Friday 31st October. There’s going to be free gear from Anon, Emerica and and Alien Workshop along with $1,400 (!) from Analog for best trick and best line! The night starts at 5.30pm. Be there.
Tom Carroll & RCJ on 60 Minutes
Photo from SMH.com.au by Chris Nelius Last night I was in for a treat! I tuned into 60 Minutes to catch a thing on the drug cartel wars in Mexico when I found Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke-Jones doing a segment on surfing at a place called Pedra Branca – …
Dear & Yonder Gallery Show
Well, as promised here are the photos form the Dear & Yonder benefit show. It was a pretty casual showing, with a lot of friendly people. Dear & Yonder is the name of an all girl surf film that is half way through production. They need some money to finish it …
St. Kilda Skate Park Rally
At 11am today – that’s right, 11am Sunday morning – I attended the St. Kilda Skate Park Rally. Unfortunately the crowd was a little thin (I have a hunch that this had to do with the fact that it was 11AM ON A SUNDAY MORNING) but the people that attended …
REMINDER: Support the St. Kilda Skate Park!
I know this has been on the site a lot in the last few weeks but this is just another quick reminder that TOMORROW at 11AM is the rally for the skate park in St. Kilda, Victoria. If you’re in the local area (and even if you aren’t) you should …
Featured: 2008 Headwear Guide
For those of you that have got your copies of issue 10, you will have seen the headwear feature which starts on page 79. Through the feature we had quotes from some of the owners, designers and marketing guys behind these labels. To get these quotes I actually fired …
Dear & Yonder Benefit Show
If you happen to be in or around Los Angeles this weekend then you might want to check out this sweet gallery showing. The show is called Dear & Yonder, and is to benefit an all girls surf film. As you can see, there are some big name artists involved, …
Two Weeks In – DVD
‘Two Weeks In’ was part snowboard film, part travel documentary. With a strong focus on travel and adventure, the film aimed to appeal not only to the hard-core snowboarder set, but also to a much larger audience who are interested in new places, new things, and new people. Shot entirely …
New Australian Snowboarding Magazine in ’09
2009 will see the entry of a new pay-per-issue snowboard magazine into the Australian market. Although details are sketchy at this point, we understand the bi-annual title is owned by the guys that do Surfing World, and will be edited by Russ Holt. Holt has taken his art director, Johnny …