One of my best mates, photographer Andy Harrington, is hanging with me this Aussie season and the next overseas season… So keep your eyes on the Rob Blog for his amazing work. I’ll try and get you an Andy photo update a week. Here are …
Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam – Footage!
Here’s the official web clip from the Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam. There’s a tonne of other posts with photos and details in them… So I’ll just let the footage do the talking here. Enjoy!
Buller Park Update
There are two parks on Buller currently. The Burke St park has a 4 metre flat box on the left and a long pinic table on the right. These both feed into a reasonably well setup down bar that was a bit of fun. By lunch time the take offs …
More Cattlemans Rail Jam Party Photos
Seems like everyone at the Cattlemans Rail Jam after party was taking photos – Thomo from Lifewithoutandy just sent through 101 reasons to feel bummed if you missed out. He took some rad photos (he was obviously hanging with the hot girls) – that photo board …
Matt Sedunary Cattlemans ‘Best Trick’ Ashbury Clip
James at Ashbury just shot through a couple of video updates featuring Matt Sedunary. Sedunary took out ‘Best Trick’ at the Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam on Saturday night with an ‘inward 270 board slide’ on the centre handrail (as you can see above) which …
Falls Creek Update – Monday 12th
Reuben Cameron from the Falls Creek Park Crew hit me with a bunch of photos and a run down of what’s happening at the parks there. The first four photos above are from the beginners rail park under the Drovers Dream charlift. It features two lines with the skiers right …
The Rob Blog: Cattleman’s
It might as well be the Seb blog. I just finished the first contest of the year and it was also Seb’s first trip to the snow. I felt like an old man today, sore as sore after another Cattlemans’s Rail Jam. I finished in 2nd and was happy with …
2010 Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam Wrap And Photos
Well it’s Sunday night and it’s all over. The 2010 Burton Cattleman’s Rail Jam was a smash. Some big tricks, some never seen before tricks, and a new winner. By now you probably already know who won, but just in case here we go again. First place went to Tom Pelley …
2010 Cattlemans Rail Jam After Party Photos
It’s 2am and the after party is still raging down at Mt Buller’s Kooroora but I’ve had enough. As out mate Barney Stinson says, nothing good happens after 2am. The winner Tom Pelley showed up with his arm in a sling. He’s popped his shoulder out and the …
Cattlemans Just Wrapped – Results!
Hey Guys! Rick just emailed me in an update from the Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam which happened on Mt. Buller tonight. Rick says, “The weather is terrible. Rain and wind, but the show must go on …
Park Crew Reports Updated
Charles Beckinsale from Thredbo and Adam Galbraith from Perisher have sent through park crew reports for this weekend. Check ’em out at the Park Page.
The Stall Ball
Yesterday we added a new feature at the bottom of the Slopestyle. The “Stall Ball” is made of recycled snowmaking fixtures that we had left over after our snowmaking expansion up Mt P. We tweaked the take off and landing this morning and seems to be riding good. We also …
Thredbo Highnoon Rebuilt
Hey guys. We completly rebuilt the Highnoon park on Thursday night. We now have two 30ft jumps, a 6m down box, a 9m c-box, a 8m street style (side take offs) flat box, a 2m pole jam to bonk bin combo and a 6m hitching post. The cruiser park still …
Nate Johnstone Blog: Surfing Bali
Hey guys. So we have been in Bali now for a few days so I thought I’d chuck up a blog entry of the waves we have scored so far. Myself, Kingy, Rick & Seano have had some pretty pumping waves out at Changu, Kuta Reef, Medawi and others. Uunfortunetly …
New Park Page Photo Comp This Weekend!
First up, apologies to the winners earlier in the week for the Park Page photos – there are winners but I haven’t touched base yet. I will, I promise. However, I wanted to give you all a heads up that there will be another comp on Monday for uploads to …
Standard Snowboard Teaser Featuring Ryan Tiene
Thanks to Badaz in the Shoutbox and Tiene for the tip on this! The teaser for Standard’s new flick, ‘The Storming’ is out and is looking amazing! Featuring Ryan Tiene, Torstein Horgmo, Eiki Helgason, Xavier De Le Rue, Lonnie Kauk, Kevin Jones, Mads Jonsson …
Baw Baw’din Episode 1
A week or so ago some homies of mine asked to borrow my camera. They were heading up to Baw Baw to film a series they were calling Baw Baw’din. There’s not a lot of snow up their right now, but the crew at Baw Baw have been really supportive …
REMINDER: Cattlemans Rail Jam Tomorrow!
Just a quick reminder that the Cattlemans Rail Jam is happening tomorrow! The riders list includes the likes of Robbie Walker, Andy Lloyd, Tom Pelley, Mitch Williams and more. There’s even rumors that Mikey Williams is in town and will make an appearance! For more, hit the event facebook page …
New Trouble Andrew Clip
Former snowboarder turned musician, Trouble Andrew, has got a new clip up for his song ‘Caddillac’. According to Frank151, Trouble has signed to Virgin Records so there could be a full album in the works. In the mean time, check out the clip above and if you …
Hot Water Music And Bouncing Souls Australia Tour
Some of you may think this is a slightly out of character post for Pop but these two bands have been in enough snow, skate and surf videos to warrant it. One of my favorite bands, Hot Water Music have announced another tour of Australia. It’s been a few years since …
Magazine Poll: 2010 Issue #2
Issue #2 of the snowboard magazines for 2010 have been out for a couple of weeks so it’s time to poll them again! For these ones there is goodies, pages and guest editors a-plenty! Read more for details and to vote!
Jye Kearney In Perisher Park
Just got sent this rad video of Jye Kearney in the park at Perisher. The video was shot by our friend Guy Millar for Boost Mobile and Billy Hayman gets a trick or two in there too. Check it out!
Shaun White Considers A Change
Shaun White caused a bit of a ruckus on his Facebook page when he posted the above photo with the caption “I don’t know………. Is it time??” the other day. According to Colin Whyte at ESPN, the post was attracting a comment every 30 seconds and at posting has 2,565 …
2010 Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam – Rider List!
The good guys at Burton just shot through the rider list for the 2010 Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam. The list includes the likes of Robbie Walker, Andy Lloyd, Tome Pelley, Mitch Williams and more. There is still four wildcard spots available which are decided …
Lance Rees At Thredbo 2009
Thredbo park crew member Sammy Towers has edited together a little interview with Thredbo local Lance Rees. Last season the Thredbo terrain park crew built some features above the Cruiser chair for some of Australia’s best snowboarders to session. Sammy is editing up his footage and will post more videos …
Largest Burton Vapor Ever Made
I saw this post over on the Burton Community. Burton recently made a Vapor for a special order. They don’t say who the order is for, but given the massivness of it and the NBA season just ending, could it be Shaq is hitting the park? This super sized set …
Nate Johnstone Blog: Gone Surfing
Hey guys, Nate again. I’m heading off to Bali for a surfing holiday and won’t be back until later this month. I may not be updating the blog until then. But as soon as I get home I’ll have plenty of content to chuck up for you guys. Here a …
Intermediate Park On Hignoon Rebuilt
Hey guys, Charles Beckinsale here. Just a quick update we have rebuilt the intermediate park in the Hignoon park. It now has a 30ft jump, a 20ft table top, two bonk bins on hips, 9m down rail, 8m banked box, 6m pole jam to hip landing and a 6m hitching …
Fisheye Fridays 2010: Episode 1
It’s back for 2010 – Andy Lloyd’s Fisheye Fridays were a highlight for me last year. This year, he’s broken out the GoPro HD with Ryan Tiene, Dane Tiene and Lance Rees at Thredbo. The footage is awesome and Andy has put a tonne of work into the clip. Check …
First 10 Park Page Photos Today Get Free Stuff!
So, to kick off the first full week of the Pop Park Page we’re giving away a tee shirt and stickers to the first 10 people to sign up and upload a photo from their weekend up on the hill. Hit the ‘Register‘ button at the top and use your …
Snake Gully This Morning
Waiting on feature shots from Hotham now… This is from their Snake Gully snowcam taken at 11.30am.
New Features
We added a few more features this week, including a 6m Flat x 6m Down Combo box, an 8m Down yard rail and an 8m Down Donkey rail. We put the question out to everyone on the Fusion Parks blog on the Perisher website to see if people still liked …
Pop Park Page Presented by 3CS – LIVE NOW!
It’s finally live! The page aims to be a reliable resource for the current conditions of the terrain parks across Australia which can help you determine which mountain is going to get your hard earned dollars. The ratings are based on a detailed set of metrics …
‘Made You Look’ Premiere In Sydney!
A huge thanks to Tommo at Lifewithoutandy for shooting through some photos from the last Australian premiere for ‘Made You Look’. The film is packed full of riders from Australia and New Zealand including Jye Kearney, Nick Hyne, Mikey Williams, Charles Beckinsale, Nick Brown and more. All reports are that …
K2 2010 Site Live!
It is a day for new sites (and new sections on our site)! K2 have got their 2010 site live… It features the boards that are available in Australia this year but you’ll have to wait till 2011 for the boots and bindings listed there. Check it out here.