Street Machine has got their new store opening on Chapel St. in Melbourne this Saturday! There’s going to be a tonne of comps going on – well worth getting down there. Click the above graphic for more details.
Ashbury Eyewear ‘Part and Parcel Pilgrimage’ Teasers
Ashbury Aus have got a skate vid coming out. Taken during their road trip from Melbourne to Brisbane to see the premiere of ‘Part and Parcel’ – the video is called ‘Part and Parcel Pilgrimage’. Click below the cut to see the teaser.
Rob Dyrdek Get’s His Own Scent
We spoke about Sheckler and his double-pits-to-chesty commercial a while back… Now Rob Dyrdek has got a scent out with TAG Body Spray. The scent is called ‘Makes Moves’ and is being released alongside scents for Ludacris and Carmelo Anthony – check the commercial under the cut, it’s pretty funny. …
Matt Mumford on Adio
This has been around for a couple of days now… Matt Mumford has left Globe and moved to Adio. Mumford is the third major Globe team member to shift recently – this might have to do with some major cost cutting happening at Globe after they posted a loss of …
Bjorn Johnstone Joins Element: Video
Bjorn Johnstone has joined the Element team. Check below the cut for a ‘welcome to the team’ video edited together by Marc Falkenstien.
Bear Gets Stuck in Bowl
I’ve skated some bowls that were pretty deep and deadly, but never with a fucking bear in the bottom of it! Police said the bear spent the night stuck in the Colorado skate park because it could not climb the steep sides to get out, so they lowered a ladder …
Tony Hawk on Ch.7’s Sunday Night
This is a Twitter feed lead… Tony Hawk has been tweeting about filming for an upcoming segment on channel 7’s Sunday Night program. I could be wrong but looking at this photo it looks like Grant Denyer is doing this interview… he’s okay but he’s no Steele Saunders. Check the …
Skate and Create 2: Winning Entry!
Transworld’s Skate and Create 2 contest has been won by Etnies for their entry titled “The Legend Of Boxton Square”. The video is awesome and well worth 5 minutes of your time to check out. Head over here to peep it.
Kurt Winter: 10 Tricks for Kingpin
Chris at Street Machine just shot me this – it’s Melbourne-ite Kurt Winter in Stuttgart, Germany. He’s over there on a European tour at the moment and filmed 10 tricks for Kingpin. Check em out over here.
DVS’ Skate and Create Entry
After checking out yesterday’s C1rca entry into Transworld’s Skate and Create, I had to peep DVS’ entry. DVS have really pushed the boat out on this one – check their mini-site with alternate edits, photos and behind the scenes along with what is a pretty amazing comp entry (here)… What’d …
C1RCA Skate & Create II Entry
Transworld‘s Skate & Create is on again and I just got sent this link to C1rca’s entry… Crap this is good. Don’t go in expecting bangers but if you like creatively shot stuff, you’re going to love it. Head over here to check it out.
NYC’s Openhouse Pop-Up Ramp
This came to me via our new friend Arial at The Vine… Openhouse Gallery in New York is working with Quik on a pop-up project. They have built a ramp at 201 Mulberry Street which will be open to the public from last Saturday through to Saturday, August 29. The …
MegaRampage Tickets on Sale Today!
Tickets to MegaRampage went on sale this morning! General Admin is $140.00 and that gets you the mega ramp comp as well as Wu Tang, Offspring, etc. Plus we have heard that Danny Kass and Sketchy D will be dropping in too. Head over to the Ticketmaster site for more …
New Skateboarders Journal: The Horror Issue!
Just saw the cover of the new Skateboarders Journal and it looks amazing! This one is issue 13 and is themed as ‘The Horror Issue’ – hence the blood. I’m hanging out to see the full mag but as you can tell from the cover… it’s going to be good. …
Stereo Welcomes Josiah Gatlyn: Video
Josiah Gatlyn has joined the Stereo Sound Agency team and has a pretty epic ‘welcome to the team’ video up on the site. Head over here to check it out! Thanks to Skatedaily for the tip!
2004 Mid Season Afterlame Teaser
I’m not in the habit of posting random YouTube clips, but I was doing some research for the Louie Fountain interview in the new issue and I came across this Afterlame mid-season teaser edit I hadn’t seen before. I used to be super into Pennywise, so I was a little …
Fisheye Fridays With Andy Lloyd Episode 3
The Friday updates are coming thick and fast. Here’s episode 3 of Andy Lloyd’s ‘Fisheye Fridays’ shot in New Zealand. He said this one is short but sweet. Thanks Andy!
Dean Parsons Welcome to Boost Mobile Video
Our friend Guy Miller at Juice sent me through this vid of Dean Parsons. It’s his ‘welcome to the team’ video for Boost Mobile and is a pretty awesome little clip. Guy is working on more clips in the coming weeks so keep a look out for em!
Vans ‘Stories Of Sole’ launch at The Lab Photos
Vans held their Australian launch of the book, Stories Of Sole, at The Lab last Thursday night. The party looked like a lot of fun – check below the cut for a tonne of photos from the night and head over here for more info on the book.
Dew Tour Portland Results
P-Rod: Switch Front Side Feeble. Photo: Alli The Dew Tour hit Portland over the weekend and with Sheckler out on an injury it gave a few riders a chance to change up the tables… Chaz Ortiz ended up taking out the street event, followed by Chris Cole and P-Rod. The …
Megarampage Promo and Ticket Details
I just got sent the Megarampage promo video. Check it out – looking like it’ll be an amazing event. I mean, it’s the god damned Megaramp… even if you’re not into “spectacle skating” this is something you just have to see. I’m told that tickets will be available from next …
Pharrell Williams and Element’s Johnny Schillereff Collab
Element have got together with Pharrell Williams owned, Brooklyn Machine Works, to produce a range of clothing, shoes and a bike. The official release tells me that “The Brooklyn Element collection was spearheaded by Element Founder and President Johnny Schillereff and Brooklyn Machine Works owner Pharrell Williams.” They haven’t got …
Love Story Documentary
I know this is 5 years old, and I stole it off the Monster Children blog, but I hadn’t seen it before. It’s a documentary about Philadelphia’s Love Park … 32 minutes of something more interesting than doing work on a Tuesday morning!
Zoo York’s ‘Am Getting Paid’ Results
Zoo York’s ‘Am Getting Paid’ happened over last weekend. In it’s fifth year, Am Getting Paid is an am comp that runs over three days. Canadian, Magnus Hanson won the contest beating out 115 others for the title and taking US$5,000 for his troubles. Check below the cut for a …
Megarampage Band Rumors
We mentioned here about the Megarampage contest happening in Melbourne later in the year. Well, I have heard (unconfirmed at this stage) that we will be seeing The Offspring and Good Charlotte as part of the event with another act that is actually going to… how shall I put this… …
X Games And Alex Olson
Alex Olson showed up late to the X Games 15 street contest and was consequently told he wasn’t allowed to skate. The always entertaining Chris Nieratko has the story in three short videos over here.
“It’s Always Sunnies in Australia” Almost Avail.
Birdhouse‘s new flick, It’s Always Sunnies in Australia, is available-ish now. As usual, the Australian iTunes store is lagging annoyingly behind the US iTunes so I’m guessing that at some point in the near future, we will be able to get it. In the mean time, if you’re from the …
The Dukes Episode 20: Pascal Leniston
I wish I could say I was getting paid to post these, but I’m not. I noticed that the ever expanding list of ‘Dukes’ over on the Up & Go website now includes Issue 8 standout and all ’round nice guy, Pascal Leniston. Nice work. Video by The Gorilla Farm …
Found Footage: Marc Baker 2004
Continuing with my always late Vintage Wednesday’s I was going to put up Marc Baker’s part from the 2007 Trigger Bros Team Movie but I found some even older footage from an edit that Geoff Cook did all the way back in 2004! All of the snowboard footage was shot …
Afends Byron Store Opening
Photos by Callie Marshall Afends held a party for the opening of their Byron Bay store a couple of weeks ago. The store is located at 6 Lawson street Byron Bay and from the pics in the lead up to it’s opening, I can say the store looks pretty amazing. …
X Games 15 Results
Photo: Joshua Duplechian/ESPN Action Sports X Games 15 finished the other day. All reports I’m hearing say that it was an amazing few days – one not marred by some serious injury gnarly enough to make every news bulletin the world over. Jake Brown took out the mega ramp with …
Analog Skate Movie Teaser
Analog have released a teaser for their upcoming skate film, which to my knowledge has no snappy title, yet… What I do know is that it features the skateboarding talents of Luke Croker and Sammy Winter. That is about all you need to know at the moment. Check it out …
Megarampage Coming To Melbourne
After months of whispers and rumours, it’s now official. On the 31st of October the Megaramp is actually coming to Australia! Ethihad Stadium in Melbourne to be exact! The skaters confirmed? Jake Brown, Bob Burnquist and Danny Way of course! There’s also set to be BMXer’s Dave Mirra, Chad Kagy …
Full P-Rod Nike SB Commercial Avail. Now!
I mentioned it here yesterday, now the full P-Rod Nike commercial, called ‘Today was a Good Day,’ is available. The commercial is awesome and features celebrities including Koston, Kobe and Ice Cube. Enjoy it here.
Random Acts Of Art
This Sunday (2nd August, from 3-5pm) Oakhill gallery in Mornington is hosting an exhibition of skateboard art, and also showcasing works from Nathan Gamble, Mark Lording and Cam Stynes. Come along and support the local scene. Also bring your board becuase the Morno park is just down the road, so …