Some of you may remember back to issue 8, where we featured an interview Futaramas’ own Philip J Fry (Billy West). Continuing with a long running tradition of showing highly anticipated programming months late, network 10 is finally premiering season 5 this Thursday. Hopefully this is enough to bring me …
Future Snowboarding’s name not appropriate anymore
Transworld is onto an exclusive this morning reporting that Future Snowboarding has handed ‘you’re sacked’ letters to its employees stating that “that the company has closed its doors and will discontinue its print and online operations effective immediately.” Click here for updates.
Tony Hawk Writes in the New York Times
This isn’t really news, I just thought it interesting… Tony Hawk (via Joan Raymond) has managed a few words in yesterday’s New York Times – check it out here. Just a short article about traveling with your skateboard. Not exactly Pulitzer worthy and I wouldn’t pick him as the next …
Nike 6.0 Sposoring AST Dew Tour
AST, the umbrella group for the Dew Tour have announced that Nike 6.0 is taking the option for the footwear, outerwear and apparel sponsorship of the tour. For the uninitiated, Nike 6.0 is more of an ‘action sports’ footwear range covering snow, surf and other less important action sports. This …
Adam Sandler Sponsered by DC Shoes?
My source on this isn’t iron-clad (read: I’m just making it up). But I’m pretty sure Adam Sandler is getting hooked up by DC. He was on Letterman last week wearing a DC jersey and then he dropped their name the other night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart …
Opening Weekend 2008
Queens Birthday long weekend saw the opening of the Australian snow resorts, and provided snow-loving Australians with nothing short of a kick in the nuts. Unfortunately, it just hasn’t been cold or wet enough for natural snowfall, and simply too hot to make a substantial amount of the fake stuff. …
Introducing the POP Magazine Forums
Well, it’s been a long time in the making and a lot of hours in front of the computer (not as much as this guy though) but we have finally finished the POP Magazine Forums. Magazine subscribers have been testing it out for us over the last week or two (thanks …
Smoke And Mirrors Melb Premiere TONIGHT
The new Digital Skateboarding Video “Smoke And Mirrors” Featuring Melbourne’s Kurt Winter is premiering tonight at – Soft Belly, 367 Little Bourke, Melbourne. Starts at 8:00pm 18+ Check the trailer, Digital vids are always good fun, oh and also free finger food, what more could you ask for!!!
The Quiet Life Releases New collection!
The Quiet Life have released their new Spring/Summer 2008 collection! The new collection features one tee by guest artist Christian Morin… I’ll admit I’m no art fiend therefor Christian Morin is lost on me, but I like the tee design anyway. Andy Mueller and his buddies Jennifer, Kevin & Owen …
Coal Headwear Warehouse Tour
Today Paul and Renee from Coal gave us tour of their warehouse and 2008 range of Coal Headwear . As expected, the stuff is amazing. Rarely do we get to see a range that is so solid and that doesn’t require “Spin & PR” in order for me to keep …
Volcom Opens NYC Store
Volcom has opened a flagship store in New York. The store is located at 446 Broadway and features custom art, photos and memorabilia collected over the last 17 or so years that Volcom has been operating. Check the full press release over here. Thanks to Transworld for the tip!
Kelly Slater Wins Globe Pro
I’m pretty sure this no longer counts as news… Kelly Slater has won another surf event. It’s like reporting that the sun has in fact risen this morning. For the benefit of those who are shocked enough by the win to still be reading, Slater beat out C.J. Hobgood in …
Guitar Hero World Tour – Has Drum Kit
I’m sure most of you have axed out some fat chops with Guitar Hero, but how about banging out a kick arse drum solo? The next version of Guitar Hero, features three drum pads, two raised cymbals and a bass kick pedal! It’s not out until October 27th, but I …
Chris Nieratko Speaks to Redman
Ever wondered what Redman thinks about cleaning behind your ears? Maybe wondered about the legendary rappers opinion on R-Kelly style water sports? Well, Chris Nieratko asked the questions you would never want to ask think to ask. Click the above graphic to check it out and make sure you read …
Koby Abberton Pleads Not Guilty – I’m Unconvinced
‘Sign on San Diego’ is reporting that Koby Abberton is claiming innocence in a Hawaiian court. Koby is charged with misdemeanor assault stemming from the March 8th fight outside Restaurant Epic in Honolulu’s Chinatown. This could earn him a maximum sentence of a year’s imprisonment. I can’t understand why, after …
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Remember a few weeks back when I put a post up about the John Oliver/Andy Zaltman podcast called The Bugle? Well, for all you avid website readers that haven’t had YouTube blocked from your work computers, here’s another round of comic genius for you to enjoy. You might have noticed …
Go Skateboarding Day – 21st June
There is going to be a comp held by the good guys at Folklore on the internationally known ‘Go Skateboarding Day’ June 21st at Clifton Hill Skate park. If you want a day off work to skate this may well be the only day you can actually convince your boss …
Burton Sponsors New Chinese Indoor Terrain Park
Actual park may/will not match photo – this is Dubai. I can’t find shots of Qiaobo yet. Transworld reports this morning that Burton has taken the option of naming sponsors on the new Qiaobo Mellow Park, an indoor terrain park in China. According to the release, the park, located just …
Capital 17 Contest – Torture Ensues
On Friday night in Melbourne our friend Brett and his crew at Capital 17 held a contest to win a board/boots/binding setup… all you had to do was keep your hand on a board for the longest. Easy huh? Actually the contest stretched on till Saturday night and Brett got …
Neff Signs Koston, Mariano, Szafranski
Neff have strengthened their skate team by signing Eric Koston, Brayden Szafranski & Guy Mariano to join their current superstar, Terry Kennedy. This is a pretty amazing line up for the headwear label – I’m hoping for some big things out of the guys at Neff! Just for laughs, check …
Grenade Game Footage
Click here to check out some footage taken by Snowboard Revolution at the 08 Grenade Games. The footage features all the usual suspects from Grenade along with their… um… substance fueled antics. Unfortunately I capped my internet due to a sudden addiction to Entourage earlier this month so at 64kbps …
Dream of Pop Teaser
Above is the new teaser for Atikin sponsored film, Dream of Pop. Atikin is brother brand to awesome ladies label, Nikita. The teaser features Atikin team rider Gulli Gudmundsson and Icelandic friends, Halldór and Eiki Helgason. I’m not going to lie, I have limited knowledge of these riders but the …
Shaun White Snowboarding for Wii
Shaun White Snowboarding (SWSB) is in development for Wii. Boardsportsource has a release this morning on the development by video game company Ubisoft. It will be available on all three 3rd Gen systems but is being developed “from the ground up for the Wii system, taking full advantage of the …
Sam Newman Ordered off TV
In what can surely been seen as a victory for skateboarders everywhere, controversial AFL television personality Sam Newman has been ordered off the air indefinitely. Read on for the complete story.
Gravis Launches Skate Site
Gravis have launched their skate site for their core skate range – Gravis IV skateboarding. On the site is says they will be releasing four ranges this year exclusive to skate stores and “The first product released under the Gravis Skate program is the Viking Hi LX Ltd, a limited …
POP Goes Public With Shipping Data
For the average reader of this site this will not interest you (this will). But for the few advertisers that do (and salesmen for other magazines), this is a big deal. Starting with Issue 9 (the one just gone), we are releasing all our shipping data to the public. You …
Brian Patch Arrested
According to this article in the San Fransisco Chronical, Brian Patch has been arrested over an incident with a 15 year old girl. There isn’t any detail on the charges really and there are always two sides to a story so I am reserving judgment till we hear Brian’s side. …
Billabong Buys Kirra Surf
Although I’m Victorian, I have known about Kirra Surf for as long as I can remember. I’ve visited the store a number of times over the years which is why I thought that this news would be relevant to a lot of readers – Billabong, which is situated behind the …
WeSC Headphones Commercial
Ages ago we propped WeSC on their headphones in the mag… well now they have this pretty amazing commercial floating around. Gotta love Jason Lee. If you’re in Melbourne and keen to score yourself a pair, head down to Lawton Knows Ruby in St. Kilda – one of my favorite …
Ryan Tiene on IFOUND
Photo courtesy of Dan Himbrechts – www.danhimbrechts.com Aside from filming with Sandbox for their new film, All Day Everyday, Ryan Tiene has been hanging out and riding with IFOUND rider, Rube Goldberg. Rube was so impressed that… and you heard it here first… Tiene has been signed onto IFOUND! I …
Quadrangle Launch
Normally a post about bikes just wouldn’t make the cut to get onto the site… but this happens to be pretty freaking cool. Remember when DC helped bring out a new PK Ripper a while back? Well now DC are bringing out a Quadrangle in collaboration with SE Racing. They’re …
Ashbury Drops In Australia – I Freak Out
The new hottness in the eyewear game is Ashbury. Take it from me, these are the new leg bags and tight pants. Ask any of the guys from Two Weeks In, America is all freaking on them. They just put Marc Baker on the Aussie team, and if you read the …
Waves and Tracks to get a new publisher
In a move predicted in the last issue of Australian Surf Business, ACP is getting rid of iconic surf titles, Waves and Tracks. They are trading the two titles to Wolseley Media for their Rolling Stone magazine. You can read the full article here. I think the most amazing thing …
RVCA Win Awards!
RVCA has won the award for ‘Men’s Apparel Brand of the Year’ at the 2008 SIMA Image Awards. The award is based on both business growth and design. RVCA beat out Volcom, Quiksilver, Billabong and O’Neill for the prize. Good work guys! Check below the cut for the full release …