So, it’s been while since I’ve managed to get a post on here but now that the election is over, I’m taking five to touch base. Not that I was doing anything with the election but I wanted to get political on here and it was a handy segue into …
Better Be In Denim Show – Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow night (that’s a Friday in case you live without knowing which day it is) is the ‘If You Send Me To Heaven, Better Be In Denim’ show. It’s at the Coppin St Studios in Burnley and is being put on by the Serps. That should be reason enough to …
Welcome to the new POP website.
Welcome to the new and improved POP Magazine website. It has been a lot of work for our web design team, and it still isn’t finished, but we have decided to let you guys all in to check it out. I’ll take you through the new features real quick: You …
Tony Hawk Project 8 – The End Has Come!
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/3sv9bTxuQzQ”][/gv] I don’t know if you guys saw my old post about it, but the new Tony Hawk game has been out for a few weeks now and as predicted my life has gone off the rails. Girlfriend? She left. House? Bank Foreclosed. Job? Well, lets just say that …
If You Send Me To Heaven, Better Be In Denim
If you want to go to heaven make sure you’re at the ‘If You Send Me To Heaven, Better Be In Denim’ show at the Coppin Street Studios November 30th. Click the above image for the full flyer. The ‘If You Send Me To Heaven, Better Be In Denim’ features …
Canon XM2 Kit For Sale
Seeing as we don’t pay our intern’s, Jan Snarski has been forced to sell his camera setup so he can afford to eat. His trusty kit served us well through the creation of the Trigger Team Movie and various other projects. So if you’re in the market for a ‘as …
I’m back! And we’re starting with Brad Pitt!
Okay, I know its been a few days since the last update – I’ve been apartment shopping in Melbourne. All I want to do is rent an apartment and anyone who is doing the same thing right now will know that its about as much fun as a swift kick …
It Was Sausage Time
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/BzcWAPcdKHM”][/gv] There’s a whole barbie full of photos coming soon but our friend Mike just sent in a 6 minute clip (including photo montage!) from last weekends epic adventure that was the Trigger Brother Mt Buller End Of Season BBQ. A massive thanks to everyone that came. It’s always …
Trigger Brother End Of Season Mt Buller BBQ
It’s that time of year again! The 5th annual Trigger Brother End Of Season Mt Buller BBQ is slated to happen this Sunday. Everyone’s invited. All you have to do is drive to the summit of Mt Buller, grab a limited edition free BBQ tshirt and have a good time. …
New Issue Out Soon!
The boys rechecking colours, photos, grammar and speeling. Well, its taken me a while to get these up but last week we went in and signed off on the proofs for the new issue of the magazine! It will be rolling off the presses early this week and will hopefully …
Mack Dawg’s ‘Picture This’ Melbourne Premiere
This Thursday night (the 27th) Trigger Brothers St Kilda are having the Australian premiere of Mack Dawg’s latest hotness ‘Picture This‘. These premieres are always a ton of fun. If you don’t know where Trigger St Kilda is click here or if you have any questions give them a call …
AST announces Winter Dew Tour.
[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Hlhvyzc1igw”][/gv] AST (Action Sports Tour) has just announced their move into winter sports. Mt Dew will be sponsoring the tour so it will come under the AST Dew Tour umbrella. The event will include both snowboarding and free skiing. They will begin events in December 2008 and are looking …
Coal at Fashion Exposed
Today I went and checked out the new Coal range at Fashion Exposed in Melbourne. The actual fashion show wasn’t what I’d expected and there really wasn’t much I wanted to see other than the Coal stand, which was definitely worth the hour and a half drive up at ludicrous …
Aus/NZ Snowboarding may get new owner.
According to The Australian newspaper, the owner of the above classy title may soon also own Australian/New Zeland Snowboarding, Tracks and Waves. ACP Magazines, who own titles such as Picture, People and the classiest of all, People Platinum, have apparently made a bid for Emap Australia which is expected to …
New Tony Hawk Game – Life Over.
Tony Hawk Proving Ground is almost out! You can download the trailer by clicking on the above photo. It’s got some crazy Rodney Mullen shit in it, but you know this game is going to be sick. How rad is that course builder looking? It will feature a built in …
Warning about POP stickers
About 18 months ago we had some pretty expensive POP stickers made in Utah. You might have seen them around, they’re that blue colour. Anyway, they cost us way more than we had at the time but because they were good I did a few things I’m not proud of …
Armageddon Expo
The Zapper. “When I’m in command, every mission is a suicide mission.” I’m not going to pretend that I completely understand this. As I’m writing this I can feel the derision of my co-workers here at POP who live for this kind of thing. Coming this October is the Australian …
Burton Australian Open Photos
Robbie SkyWalker. So I finally got photos from last weeks Burton Open and as the above shot of Robbie Walker shows, it’s been worth the wait! Holy crap, some snowboarding sure went down at that contest. We’ve got a ton of party photos that we’ll use in the new issue …
Grenade TPS Report 4 Melbourne Premiere
I just got this hot off the wire (ie: Jay from Grenade called my mobile). The newest chapter of the Grenade TPS Report video’s is premiering in Melbourne tomorrow night (yeah that’s right, Monday!). Dingo, Louie Vito, Sketchy D and other grenerds are going to be there. It’s all going …
Boost SnoSho September 1st
A few weekends ago we tracked down a high speed camera used by the army and put Max Cookes in-front of it. The idea was to make a 1 minute commercial to put up on the site to remind you all that at Perisher on the 1st of September Boost …
Issue 6 at the printers!
Well issue 6 is at the printers! We checked the proofs last week and are watching it go on the press today. I hope you all like this issue. It’s bigger than any before it and we upgraded our paper once again. We’ve expanded the surf content, got another awesomo …
30 Years of Radness!
This Friday the guys at Captain Billy’s Crab Shack are hosting an event showcasing BMX’s from back in the day. Captain Billy owner Jamie has something of a BMX fetish and actually owns an original PK Ripper. So naturally when DC teamed up with SE Racing, the makers of the …
10 Days Exhibition.
OK, I’ve lagged badly on this… I was meant to do it Sunday but Sunday’s are my internet porn night. Yesterday an exhibition called 10 Days opened at the Fresh Gallery on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (VIC). It features artists like Peter Webb, Wade Lewis, Greg Kapplin, Oli Wilson, Ryan Haywood …
Pink Flamingos: 20″x24″ Polaroid Portraits
If you remeber back too Issue 4 you’ll remember the amazing 20″x24″ polaroid portraits from Tristan Still. Well he’s finally got his act together and putting them up for public display! So if you’re in Sydney make sure you’re at the opening on Thursday the 12th of July at the …
Simpsons Website
I was meant to do a bunch of work today. Instead I’ve been playing around with the new Simpson’s website. You can create your own character, look around Moe’s Tavern and play some pretty funny games. Try the Homer Game Of Death one, it’s haliarious.
Forum/Cactus Black Rail Jam Postponed
Bad news… Due to the crazy storms that have hit the Gippsland area over the last 48 hours and the predicted out-of-hand snowfall’s for this weekend, the Forum/Cactus Black Rail Jam will be postponed until a later date. Oh boy, it looks like it’s suicide for me again… At present …
Where The Wild Things Are
Spike Jonze (yeah the guy from all those Girl Skateboard videos) was down here in Australia a few month ago shooting for a film version of Where The Wild Things Are. I wasn’t sure how he was going to handle it. Well it looks like ‘geniusly’ now needs to be …
Oakley sells to Luxottica.
Luxottica, the European optical company behind Arnette, have purchased Oakley for US$2.1 Billion. The deal has been termed a “merger” but Luxottica appear to be parting with all the cash. I’m afraid to make jokes about this because the guys who decided your average person on the street needed bullet …
O’Neill sells up!
At first there doesn’t appear to be anything interesting about this news – according to Transworld, O’Neill has sold its brand to another company called Logo Intl. They sold everything but the wetsuit division, the US outerwear division and a few stores in Santa Cruz. So, nothing interesting yet… But …
Reef wants you!
Our friend Lincoln at Reef dropped us an email this afternoon to see if we could rustle up a good graphic designer for them. I applied but my total lack of experience, training and ability was not the kind of qualities they were looking for. My folio of stick figures …
Good work Jake!
Ever typed your own name into Google? I found out today that I was third assistant director on the film adaption of Nineteen Eighty Four. Bummer… I was hoping to share a name with someone who had some kind of crazy job – that way I can tell girls about …
Oh, It’s On!
This past weekend POP headed up to Mt Hotham to launch the 2007 snow season! Although they only had the Big D and the Summit open we still managed a great time, and with lift tickets selling at a reduced rate of $62 Australian Pesos it was well worth the …
Mt. Baw Baw Rail Jam…
OK kids, got plans for June 30th? YES! Get on down to Mount Baw Baw (in Victoria) and check out the Forum/Cactus Black Rail Jam. ‘Whoa!’ I hear you cry… And ‘Whoa!’ is correct – Mt. Baw Baw has a rail park (which I will have photos of later in …
Dress up for a Sessions get up!
For those of you who have been perusing the pages of POP’s latest offering, you may have noticed that on the products page we have a “Dress Up for a Sessions Get Up” contest happening. We’ve had some pretty good entries so far but as the contest is just about …
Burton’s ‘For Right or Wrong’ Premiere
For Right or Wrong the Burton premiere was a good night out… Ha, see how I used the name of the movie in a sentence? Take that year 12 engrish teechar! No but seriously… So what did I think of the movie? Well it does a good job of showing …