FTC just sent me this clip of Ando Nesia, Graham James, Marcell Turner, and Jabari Pendleton taking over KrazyKids Radio for a day. This came to me as part of a package that included the new collab FTC has going with Japanese street icon, ESOW. Check the gear out below …
Renton Millar in The Age Today!
Image from www.wcsk8.com Billabong and Oakley team rider, Renton Millar, appears in an article by Peter Hanlon in today’s Age. The article talks about his win in Sao Paolo last week. Renton won the WCS Oi Vert Jam against guys like Bob Burnquist which earned him a neat US$7,000 and …
DC’s New PJ Shoe
Tom at DC just shot me through a huge release on the new PJ shoe. The shoe looks amazing – the release says it’s the “most technically advanced pro-model ever.” While I can’t independantly verify that, reading through the pages of this booklet leads me to believe it’s probably true. …
Picture Wheels New Hottness!
Ben at Picture Wheels is keeping ridiculously busy at the moment… above are the new hottness from Picture that will be dropping mid-April. In addition to this there are some pretty heavy team announcements on the way – I’m harrassing him for details every day so you guys will know …
Element Skateboards – Sole Trailer
Sole, the new film from Element is coming out later this year and you can check the trailer for it here. The video looks amazing and features Chad Tim Tim, Darrell Stanton, Levi Brown and Mike Vallely. Thanks to Skatedaily for the tip!
Drug Fuelled Self Branding Leads to Lifelong Embarressment!
The above photo is from the pages of the new issue of Broken Magazine. It features the hand of a genius who, during a drug-fuelled bender, decided carving Thrasher into his skin was an awesome idea. However, the ‘coolness’ wore off pretty damn quick the next day when he realized …
Nike SB Debacle Teaser
Nike SB have a new film coming out in June called Debacle. The film features a bunch of the SB Am’s like Shane O’Neill, Daryl Angel, David Clark and Grant Taylor. From the looks of the teaser, this film is going to be awesome. Check it out by clicking the …
“business of boardsports takes hardcore credibility, dude”
Whilst searching the internets this morning I came accross an article in The International Herald Tribune titled “The business of board sports: It takes hardcore credibility, dude.” The article, published in November 2006, talks to Jamie Thomas about how credibility is essential to surviving as a company in the skating, …
THPS: A Retrospective
I have to be honest, I suck at computer games, just never really got it. The only game I have ever enjoyed would be any out of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series, and only when all the cheats were on. For anyone who has wasted hours playing any of …
Ron Deily Talks to Chris Nieratko
Photo courtesy of Zoo York. Zoo York rider Ron Deily has an interview over at Chris Nieratko’s website. The interview talks about Deily’s part in the new Zoo video, State of Mind, as being the unexpected ‘best part’. As Nieratko does, the interview also covers Deily’s younger brothers scooter habit, …
Ryan Smith’s Mystery ‘Dreamspot’
Mystery Skateboards have got a rad little clip up of Ryan Smith skating a few blocks of ice. It’s part of a series of clips called ‘Dreamspot’ which also features Ryan Bobier hitting an amazing looking handrail. Check Smith’s clip out here and thanks to Skatedaily for the tip!
Street Dreams
A little while ago we posted about some of the acting roles that Paul Rodriguez was currently involved in. Well ‘Street Dreams‘ was on of those projects, and the website inclusive of teasers and webisodes is up and running. The film is based on the story of a young kid …
RVCA On Entrepreneur.com
RVCA and in particular its founder PM Tenore have got themselves a little feature on Entrepreneur.com. It talks about all the usual things you would expect, from the brands humble beginnings to where it is today and so on. More interesting is PM talking about why he thinks RVCA has …
MOSS Skate Jam
If you’re in the mood for an epic bowl jam to level the mini-ramp action that happening on Friday, MOSS are having a jam at Frankston skatepark on Saturday 14th of March. The event is catered for all ages and there will be an auction post event to raise money …
Foot Locker Sees Expansion in Skate
Foot Locker’s CEO Matthew Serra believes there’s expansion to be had through skate in their stores. According to Shop-Eat-Surf, Serra said during the conference call “… We believe that we have a very meaningful opportunity in 2009 to enhance our business by expanding further in the action sports categories.” Foot …
Friday The 13th, Mini Ramp Demo
Big day for skateboarding next Friday if you happen to be in Melbourne. Globe and Fast Times are presenting a mini-ramp demo that is promised to be a bloodbath in the afternoon. Your mate Tony Hawk is supposed to be there, so if you’re having money troubles, hit him up …
FTC Spring/Summer ’09 Look Book
The FTC Spring/Summer ’09 look book is out and we’ve got a few images from the new range. When I reported on the Girl/FTC collab the other week, I had flaked on what FTC means to skateboarding but Steele Saunders refreshed my memory – for those that don’t know, FTC …
Zoo York “State of Mind” US Premiere Dates and Trailer
Zoo York has got the world premiere happening for their new full length film, State of Mind, in NYC on June 6th. Although I’m pretty sure most of you wont be in the area to make the premiere, it gave me a good excuse to post the teaser for the …
Roger Skateboards
Our friend Simon emailed us about a new skateboard brand that Goliath are bringing in – Roger Skateboards. The flyer that came in the email made me laugh and the site is even funnier with lines like “this site is hosted in China to save 7% of money” and “Roger …
Mike Mo Wins Battle At The Berrics!
Lakai pro, Mike Mo Capaldi, has won the Battle at the Berrics! The final against Benny Fairfax is pretty amazing viewing. Although I wouldn’t have been as confident, Pop blogger Woody had Mike Mo pegged as a potential winner from the get-go. Click here to check out the final battle.
New Aero Ad
Bob Burnquist features in the latest ad campaign for in my opinion what is one of the most underrated chocolate bars out there, the Aero. The ad was created by one of the largest advertising firms in the world, JWT, and shot by none other than Ty Evans. Do you …
Nike SB Presents Custom Series Vol. 3
Grant Taylor Custom Series Ad for Nike SB. Jon Humphries has shot a new set of Custom Series ads for Nike SB. This series centers around skateboarding and cars. Humphries says in the release, “There’s always been something about skating on cars that has fascinated me. Maybe it’s from watching …
Berrics ‘Redemption Battle’ – Koston Vs. Carroll
The Battle at the Berrics finals are about to be posted but at the moment the lastest clip is a ‘Redemption Battle’ between Eric Koston and Mike Carroll. Pretty amazing clip, well worth a watch. Check it out here.
Man Charged After Bondi Skateboarding Brawl
According to ABC News, “a man was escorted from a skateboarding event at Bondi Beach for being drunk and swearing. A number of people began to push police and the man was able to escape from custody. During the brawl, a 23-year-old man from Northcote in Victoria was arrested and …
Shred for Shane Happening in Paddington
Ben at Picture Wheels just shot me through the flyer for the Shred For Shane happening at Paddington Skate Park in Brisbane on March 6th. Click the above graphic for all the details!
The Berrics in the Wall Street Journal!
The Battle at the Berrics finals are happening this weekend and in the lead up, the Wall Street Journal has run an article on it. You can check the article by clicking here but basically it goes into a little about the history of the Berrics, strategy of the game …
Ashbury Eyewear – Australian Skate Team!
Kurt Winter on Ashbury’s Australian skate team. James at Ashbury Eyewear shot me through a skate team list for Ashbury Australia yesterday – the team consists of Jason Sorg, Aaron Winsbery, Kurt Winter, Jack Crook and Nathan Jackson. Click below the cut to see portraits of Jack Crook and Aaron …
Gravis Team Tour
Gravis is bringing out Arto Saari, Dylan Rieder, Jack Johnson, Steve Forstner, Javier Mendizabal and Dominik Dietrich to tour Australia! The team will be doing a signing at the opening of the new Melbourne city Fast Times store then heading over to Riverside. In Sydney they’ll be heading to Monster …
Crailtap Talks With Spike Jonze!
Crailtap have got a neat little interview with Spike Jonze where he talks about Girl, LA and pubic hair. Click here or the above graphic to check out the video and thanks to Skatedaily for the tip!
Real Manifest
Real Skateboards is live with its Manifest, a series of online zines featuring imagery and interviews with it’s team riders. It is slowing being added to, but you can check out half of it right now including Chima Ferguson. Apparently motorcycles are the new fixies so make sure you also …
Chris Nieratko Talks The Berrics
Chris Nieratko has written a piece for ESPN on The Berrics. The article basically talks about how rad the place is, who frequents it and what goes on there. Definitely worth a read – check it out here. Thanks to Skatedaily for the tip!
Sole
Element have a new skate film coming out titled ‘Sole’. The film is the first to come from the shoe division of the Element empire. It features Levi Brown, Chad Tim Tim, and Darrel Stanton. The teaser that can be seen here is a 60 second music-less appetiser of whats …
Bowl-A-Rama Results and Photos!
Here’s a few Bowl-A-Rama pics from last weekend. Apparently it was a great day with Bucky Lasek taking out 1st place in the pro division followed by Omar Hassan and Nathan ‘Jimi’ Beck. In the masters Cab came up trumps ahead of Nicky Guerrero and Mick Mulhall. Check below the …
Dyrdek Launches Carl’s Jr. Collectors Cups
Rob Dyrdek has launched a line of collectors cups with American fast food chain, Carl’s Jr. I’ve never been to Carl’s Jr. so whether this is good or not is lost on me, however they do have a 100% Black Angus $6 burger deal going, which sounds pretty damn great! …
Alien Workshop ‘Mind Field’ Winners!
Time to annpunce the winners of last weeks Alien Workshop ‘Mind Field’ contest. For those that missed the post, we needed the names of three of the AWS team. Congratulations to Peter Webster, Simon Cleary, Jackson Crowe, Scott Lai and Jack Morrison (sorry Brandan Nachtigal… you can’t win). Guys, I’ve …