Renton Millar and the guys at Mt. Dew killed it in Melbourne on the weekend putting on one of the best competition’s I’ve been to. Over 5,000 people packed the stairs of Fed Square and spilled out in front of the big screen in the main square to watch the …
Mt. Dew ‘Battle for Supremacy’ Highlights Clip
I’ve just come across a highlights clip from yesterday’s Mt. Dew ‘Battle for Supremacy’ at Fed Square in Melbourne. Between Chris Middlebrook’s filming and Toby Heslop’s dolly setup the guys had really thought through capturing the event and got some great shots of the day. As mentioned back here, the …
Dew ‘Battle for Supremacy’ Live Blog
(Saturday, 11.07am) Okay, I’m down here at the Mt. Dew Battle for Supremacy at Fed Square in Melbourne. The comp is kicking off in an hours time (12pm) so right now the place is crazy with final touches happened to the course, riders signing in and media (like me) setting …
REMINDER: Battle for Supremacy Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the Mt. Dew Battle for Supremacy at Fed Square in Melbourne. The comp is kicking off at 12pm and it’s going to be an awesome day. The riders list is ridiculous and includes Chima Ferguson, Jake Duncombe, Dane Burman, Shane O’Neill, Lewis Marnell and a tonne more of …
Renton Millar, World Cup Champ
Renton Millar has been crowned the 2009 World Cup Skateboard Champion at the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds contest in Berlin. Check below for some footage of Renton’s runs and also the official release on his win. Renton returns to Australia today in preparation for the Dew ‘Battle for Supremacy’ at Fed Square …
The Berrics Agenda Tradeshow
On January 8th and 9th the U.S. streetwear and action sports tradeshow, Agenda, is holding their Huntington Beach (California) show and they have announced a partnership with The Berrics. Called The Berrics Agenda, it will be a brand new section dedicated to skateboard brands. In addition, the Unified program is …
Thrasher Skater of the Year Announced
They have announced this years Thrasher Skater of the Year. After running for 18 years and with some of the biggest names in skateboarding having won the award, it’s incredible to see Chris Cole emerge as two time winner. Originally he won in 2005 and after a huge year this …
Dragon Terror in Torquay Footage
Remember a few weeks back when we posted some shots from the Terror in Torquay event held by Dragon at their HQ? If not, you can peep it all back here. Anyway, Jane shot me through a clip from the event that aired on FuelTV. It features all the action …
Update on Berrics Unified Controversy
Thanks to commenter ‘Word’ for giving me the heads up on this … Steve Berra has posted another video on the Berrics Unified page after it emerged that ‘Unified’ was an advertising program being run by the Berrics. You can peep the original article we did on the controversy over …
Mt. Dew Fed Square Course Layout
I’ve just got a hold of the course layouts for the Mt. Dew comp happening at Fed Square in Melbourne on December 12th. My understanding is that the course was designed by Shane O’Neill with help from Renton Millar. It is set around the existing stairsets on the Flinders St. …
Atiba on the Crail Couch
Skatedaily put me onto this … Crailtap have got legendary skate photographer Atiba Jefferson on the Crail couch for a chat. Atiba talks about being confused with his brother, pro’s he’s beaten at S.K.A.T.E, drugs and endorsements. The interview is great and if you have a spare 15 minutes, you …
Mustang Skate Commercial
This is some unnecessary shit … Ford Mustang have put together a mini-site for the new 2010 GT which features clips of Jake Brown and Pat Duffy skating places around a city with the GT following them and performing impossible stunts. I always wonder who this kind of thing makes …
Chris Nieratko’s Cuban Mission
You might remember a while back we had a thing on Chris Nieratko’s mission to take some skate gear to Cuba for the kids there. This came about after he saw a film about the Cuban skate scene and the inability to get skateboards because of the U.S. trade embargo. …
Lakai’s Epic New Carroll Commercial
Lakai know how to create a quality commercial. From Rick Howard’s piss take of the high production values in Fully Flared to the Mo Knows commercial (both below) to this current Mike Carroll ad spot, they’re creative and well finished. This has the camera spin with Carroll’s kickflip … If …
Mt. Dew Fed Square Rider List
More details on the Mt. Dew Fed Square event are coming out… Renton Miller posted a tonne of info on the Dew blog today including the riders list. So far, the top five from Mountain Dew Battle For Supremacy 2009 are in; Kieren Reilly, Tommy Fynn, Jack Fardell, Jeff Williams …
Mike Carroll’s New Girl Deck
Yesterday I caught site of the new Mike Carroll Girl deck and it made me laugh so I checked out the rest of the catalog. There’s some amazing stuff in there – some of my favorites were the Koston Powers, Mid Life Crisis and the Apps deck. Check below the …
Tony Hawk Talks to The Mirror
Because nothing provides easier news than a publicity tour… Here’s another Hawk article. This time TH sits down with Kevin Lynch from The Mirror in the U.K. The interview is noteworthy for talking about skateboarding in the Olympics, Hawk’s controversial roll in the White House, breaking his pelvis on the …
Eric Koston Talks Nike’s
I didn’t know this but apparently Koston has been into collecting Nike’s for a while… Actually, collecting I don’t think does him justice – watching this clip he seems slightly obsessed. He talks about product testing, his favorite styles, designing his first shoe and the ad campaign that went with …
Tony Hawk Officially Announced on Theeve Trucks
As we mentioned back here, it was all but officially announced that Tony Hawk would be riding for Theeve… The only thing missing was confirmation. Here’s it is, Theeve have a splash page on their site showing the Birdman in full flight and the headline “Probably not the best kept …
First Skatepark Open In Afghanistan
Afghanistan now has a skatepark! With a lot of hard work from Melbournian Oliver Percovich and the rest of the Skateistan crew (and donations from people like Blackbox), the first skatepark opened in Kabul a couple weeks ago. From all accounts it’s been a hit with the locals. So much …
SBA Dew Series Tasmania Stop
The SbA Street Series is having their Tasmanian event on December 5th at Devonport Skatepark. Sponsored by Mountain Dew, Arnette, Krew, Supra and ProTec this is one stop in an eight stop event tour happening over the summer. Registration opens at 10.30am – head over here for the entry forms …
Krew and Supra Warehouse Sale
The good guys at Krew and Supra are opening their doors this weekend for a warehouse sale. There’s shoes, tees, denim, shorts, samples and more – they’re accepting credit cards, eftpos and cash… Head down to Unit 2, 128 Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale, NSW this Thursday to Sunday (open from …
Ballistyx Instore Bowl
The Ballistyx store in Ringwood (Vic), has got a pretty awesome looking bowl being built in their store at the moment. Credit where it’s due… If it lives up to these photos, the guys there have done an amazing job. According to the shots, it looks like a basic 3 …
Tony Hawk Show in Paris
Quiksilver held their massive event in Paris last weekend. Tony Hawk shipped his personal vert over for it and it looks like they got quite a crowd… They needed it, it was held at the Grand Palais, which is huge. Hawk stomped a 900 showing that he still has it, …
Theeve Trucks Launch and Team
Theeve, the new truck brand from he guys at Antics, who own Armourdillo and distribute Loser Machine, have announced a team line up. The team includes Matt Mumford, Garret Hill, Dan Murphy, Gareth Stehr, Chad Bartie and Ben Raybourn. The team line up is curiously missing one name… A while …
Last Night’s Party at Supra Launch
Supra had quite a party the other night to celebrate the launch of the Skytop 2. The event was in Paris and the creepy camera guys from Last Nights Party got along to take some shots… The night has everything you would expect from a Last Nights Party attended event …
Richie Jackson Arrested at Gunpoint
It was a bad weekend for Richie Jackson… He was picked up by 12 armed police officers in the grounds of Sydney Grammar School early Sunday morning. Although not named in the Daily Telegraph article, the accompanying photo clearly shows Jackson complying with police requests. ESPN says, “on his way …
Jason Lee Is Making Me Feel Lazy
Jason Lee is leading a busy life since the cancellation of My Name Is Earl at the end of last season. He is now developing a series with Adult Swim based on skateboarding, while also directing a film called ‘Get Back’ which, according to Paste Magazine, is ‘about two Beatles …
Chris Cole vs Paul Rodriguez in BATB2 Final
The final of the Battle at the Berrics 2 happened last night and it was bigger than last year… Not just in the contest but also in its popularity. Their servers were down and even this morning the site was running slow as anything. And for everyone that doesn’t want …
Penthouse Energy Skate Team
This probably shouldn’t shock me since I saw this not long ago but apparently Penthouse has an energy drink out called Penthouse Clear… And it has started building the action sports team to go with it. The December issue of the magazine features former pro skater and now skate shop …
Mt. Dew Melbourne Event Announced
You might have seen a few ‘Do The Dew’ ads around at the moment and a contest to win a trip to the States – this is part of Mountain Dew’s push for tour events in Australia. Following on from the successful Battle for Supremacy at Monster Park in Sydney …
Penny Arcade On Tony Hawk Ride
It’s not much of a secret that I’m an absolute video game nerd. Actually it doesn’t even have to be video games, I’m just a straight up nerd. One of my favorite online web comics, Penny Arcade, have talked about the latest installment in The Birdman’s series, namely Tony Hawk …
Berrics Unified Controversy
Did you all catch Steve Berra’s video on Berrics United the other day? If not you can peep it here and this will all make more sense. While 99.99% of me wanted to believe that this was all about helping struggling skate stores… There was that 0.01% that was looking …
Places to Shop: Kingpin in Penrith
Kingpin is a new skate store in Sydney’s North West suburb of Penrith. Opened by Juice/Vox Australia’s Guy Miller and Dave Bodnar… You might know him from the 1800 Reverse commercials in the early 2000’s… The store is only months old but already has a great vibe about it. I …
Bonus Footage from Nike SB’s ‘Debacle’
Nike SB has posted some bonus footage from Debacle online. For those that haven’t yet seen the film, it features David Clark, Daryl Angel, Grant Taylor, Shane O’Neil and Justin Brock. It was shot and edited by Jason Hernandez and if you have any questions about filming in HD, it …