I heard about this via Skateboardingsucks.com. Ryan Sheckler has joined P Diddy and Jessica Simpson in repping facial cleanser, Proactiv. The above infomercial featuring Sheckler is definitely going to make you cringe a little lot… its not him selling the product as much as it is the lines like “it’s …
Skateistan.org
I was listening to the ABC news radio late last night when a story about Skateistan was on. This is the first I had heard of it but I was super impressed by what was going on. Basically they’re getting everyone in Kabul – soldiers, civilians, police, kids, adults, government, …
Earth Hour Tonight!
What did you spend your Friday night doing? I spent mine preparing for Earth Hour tonight. I got in the spirit and re-strung my 25,000 imported Italian Twinkle Lights, rigged up a couple of strobes and rented a Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamp for the evening (I know its excessive but …
Blank TM Video Premiere at Triggers
The new Blank video, Crashing to Earth, is premiering at Triggers Frankston. It’s happening on Thursday April 3rd. Be there! We will! I can’t wait to see Mike Martin’s section. Maybe afterwards we can all go down to the 21st, get tipsy and ride that rotating dance floor… Oh wait. …
Antwuan Dixon Arrested in Florida
Krew and Supra team rider, Antwuan Dixon has been arrested in Florida for drug possession and police battery. According to his arrest report Antwuan was carrying pot and cocaine. Whatever happened during his arrest landed him with two charges of assault against a law enforcement officer too – maybe he …
Slater Rings the Bell
Kelly Slater has pulled out another win at the Rip Curl Pro. This is the third time Slater has rung the bell. He pulled out a massive last minute air scoring 8.83 and destroying Bede Durbidge’s chances of winning. Head over here to get all the details.
Snowing at Mt Buller.
Photo from ski.com.au. It’s snowing at Mt Buller! It’s not the first time it’s snowed this year, but it’s the first time it’s felt like winter to me! It’s fucking freezing in Melbourne today.
Jordan Mendenhall Joins K2
Photo from MDP site. Okay, no doubt we were a little slower than we should have been on this one but just FYI – former Option rider, Jordan Mendenhall, has singed onto K2 snowboards. Apparently K2 were running ‘Welcome to the Team’ ads with Jordan’s face obscured. You can check …
Blank TM Video Teaser for “Crashing to Earth”
Blank TM’s new video, Crashing to Earth, has got a teaser floating around. The video was filmed, edited and produced by Chris Middlebrook and features Mike Martin, Koby Murphy, Jono Rippon, Harry Clark and Dale Van Iersel. The full video is due out on April 1 – click ‘more’ to …
Fast Times and Element Doing Stuff
Fast Times and Element are doing a contest at Frankston Park called Peace by Piece. It’s all happening on March 29th and there’s prize money for the winner to take down to Frankston’s finest establishment, where he can make it rain…
Girl Skateboards Lunch Time Invitational
[quicktime width=”432″ height=”254″]http://www.crailtap.com/c3/newrandoms/lunch_break.mov[/quicktime] Crail Tap has a cool little video from the first Girl Skateboards Lunch Time Invitational. Those guys look like they have a ridiculously good time at work which means the first prize, a day off, doesn’t really seem that cool – I mean, if I won, I’d …
Steele Saunders: Falling Up
Friday night I headed down to the Fad Gallery on Corrs Lane in Melbourne to check out Steele’s new comedy show, Falling Up. The venue is awesome and the show is amazing – worth going for the story about Steele and Tony Hawk alone. If you get the chance, hit …
Shaun & Torah Win Halfpipe At US Open
Photo from TransWorld There isn’t much I can say about this that hasn’t been said here and here, but basically Shaun White and Torah Bright won the halfpipe at the US Open (Shaun White won the slopestyle as well). It’s good to see them take home the cash, because I …
Steve-O doing okay…
I got word from Josh at Jackassworld.com on the Steve-O article- he said Steve-O is doing much better and they’ve posted a follow up article by Johnny Knoxville on the site. You can check it out here.
Rip Curl Boardshort Collective
I thought this was cool enough that it deserved it’s own post. At the Rip Curl Pro Media Night they had the Boardshort Collective on display. Basically Rip Curl asked a bunch of artists to submit a design for a boardshort, and then made a limited run of them. I …
Rip Curl Pro Media Party
Known as the loosest night in Australian surfing, the Rip Curl Pro Media Party was on tonight down in Torquay. I didn’t make it last year, so I can’t vouch for it’s looseness, but this one was pretty fun. With a strong turn out (it was packed by 8:00pm) complete …
Issue 9 Coming Up Fast!
Things have been hectic this week – we’ve all been working like crazy on the new issue of the mag and I just thought you might like to see what has been happening. We spent all of Tuesday with one of our favorite photographers, Steve Gourlay, at his studio in …
POP Goes Public With Web Stats
Here at POP Magazine we pride ourselves on being open and honest with all our circulation figures (it’s important to advertisers), and not just of the magazine. We had an industry first with our circulation mapping, and now we are going public with our web statistics. We believe it is …
Koston on Chris Nieratko
I got onto Skatedaily.net this morning to find that Chris Nieratko has done a short interview with Koston over at Nieratko’s site here. The interview is pretty funny but be warned, the Nieratko site is addictive, give yourself some time to check out the pro interviews – especially the Pancho …
Andreas Wiig signs to Matix Clothing
Andreas Wiig has signed himself a deal to join Mikey LeBlanc and Stevie Bell on Matix clothing. This guy is living the life! Nitro team, Matix Clothing, pop star girlfriend – and he’s filming for the new MDP film! Head over to the Matix site for the full release…
Two Weeks In Crew Gets On Tools
I got this image sent to me today from the crew in Tahoe and it seems like the guys have been on the tools, I hope they aren’t in a union otherwise we are screwed! Somebody make sure Dan Himbrechts doesn’t see this otherwise we are in trouble. (For those …
Big Brother Magazine returns!
For those of you that were fans of Big Brother Magazine… who am I kidding, how can you not be a fan.. you will be stoked to know that all the old issues will be available over at Jackass World soon and there will be a new section with contributions …
Steve-O committed: On suicide watch
Steve-O has been committed to a mental hospital by 7 of his friends. Reportedly suffering from Bi-Polar which was exacerbated by some serious drug use, Steve-O is on a 14 day watch for suicidal behavior. In a letter a few days before he was admitted to the hospital, Steve-O said …
Red Bull Gap Sessions Highlights
Drop what you’re doing right now! Check this video out by clicking the above graphic or right here. The Gap Sessions highlight video in online and its pretty amazing – I mean helicopters, huge glasses of beer, Lederhosen, marching bands, poker, ice hockey and a massive jump! I can just …
Transworld film “These Days” looks amazing!
Transworld have got the teaser up for their new video, These Days. The video just happens to contain one Robbie J. Walker Esq. along with Chad Otterstrom, Dustin Craven, Jonas Michilot, Jonas Carlson, Lucas Debari, Louif Paradis, Nick Dirks and Tim Eddy. Transworld tells me “There’s more to the movie …
Moneypenny new range at Fed Square
Last night I headed down to Fed Square to check out a fashion parade for some new labels. This is a pretty funny thing for me to do as I get all my fashion tips from this guy… Anyway, the standout for the night was definitely Moneypenny – it was …
Etnies/Verte Collab launch Photos!
Remember last week when I told you about the Etnies collab with Verte and the launch in New York? Well, here’s a couple of shots along with a photo of the full collaboration – the Ollie King, the Jameson and the Plether Jacket. Andre Razo, co-founder of Verte reckons that …
The Happening is Happening Friday Night
The Happening (an art/music/film show) is being put on this coming Friday (the 14th) at the Bondi Openair in Sydney. Proceeds will help raise money and awareness for a group of non-profit organizations, including Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. This is the first date of an international tour, which includes stops …
15 Seconds Time Extension
The 15 Seconds of Fame contest has been extended till April 4th, so make sure you get your footage and songs submitted otherwise you will miss out on the chaance at winning a Sony HDD Handycam. Head over to www.15secondsoffame.com.au for more info. Although, if your like this guy you …
More shots from the Shortstraw catalog shoot!
I was meant to post this at the end of last week but for some reason it didn’t happen… anyway, here’s just a few more shots from the Shortstraw catalog shoot. These shots are from the morning after the night out at the Ivory Bar, Brock says “Slightly dusty after …
Check out The Stash location!
Here’s a look at the location for the new Burton Stash park at The Remarkables in New Zealand. Our new friend Lizzie tells me that the run will be located in the bowls of Serpentine and the Galleries trails… check out the purple area on the trail map for the …
Beautiful Losers film launches at SxSW
Beautiful Losers launches at the South by South West Festival tonight Australian time (1.15pm CST – which is apparently local time there). Click here for details on the showings and if you’re in the area, I highly recommend you get along and take a look. Thanks to Brock for the …
Transworld Business gets a revamp
For those of you that take an interest in the business side of the industry, you will probably already know that Transworld Business have revamped their website. If you haven’t checked out the business site before, its worth a look as its where you’ll find out who owns what, what’s …
Trigger Brothers 1 Day Sale Tomorrow
The Trigger Franskton store is having a one day only super-mega sale tomorrow (March 8th)! Everything is at least 15% off, with all watches and sunnies 25% off. My guess is things will be mayhem so get in there early! With the infamous Trigger trackie going for $60 you better …
Shortstraw Update!
Brock just sent me a few more details on whats going on in Noosa with Shortstraw… “From the Ivory Bar in Hastings St, we kicked on over to see our good mates at Solace in Noosaville, watch Andrew Kidman and Neal Purchase play, and support Kidman’s Ether book launch. If …