The guys over at The Berrics have done a little detective work and discovered that the controvesial Snickers ad that has circulating(and already once removed) the internet was not an accident. Not that it really needed to be proven, but the ad brief has been uncovered here. Not only does …
‘Love The Beast’ Created With Help From Globe Owner, Peter Hill
Australian actor, Eric Bana’s, latest movie ‘Love The Beast’ was, in part, down to Globe owner Peter Hill. According to an interview in this months issue of Mens Style Magazine, “The film took shape when Bana was kicking around ideas with close mate and fellow Porsche racer Peter Hill, boss …
Leave It Alone
Seriously, stop trying to re-invent the wheel. We have seen so many variations on skateboards to make them “better”, but it’s not going to happen with your crappy invention. Please just stop it now.
Slam Skater Of The Year
DVS Pro, Andrew Brophy, won last night’s Slam Skater Of The Year. The Juice Clothing blog has a tonne of great shots you can check out here. Harry Clarke took out New Gen of the year as well. Looked like a rad night!
Who’s Caking?
Forbes has an online article about the highest paid stars in ‘Action Sports‘, and I’m guessing you could have a pretty good guess at the list. The confusing part of list is their classification of ‘action sports’, for some reason a motocross rider like Chad Reed doesn’t meet the criteria, …
Peter Hewitt Commercial From Vox
Guy Miller, who now looks after Vox shoes in Australia, shot me through this little commercial (see below the cut) for the new Peter Hewitt model. There’s a tonne of cool little clips on the Vox site – check em out here.
Carlton Dry Rip’s Billy Marks’ Skills
I know there are plenty of people that can do similar tricks but we all know that Toy Machine pro, Billy Marks has a special talent when utilizing a 20oz Solo Classic Colours cup and a ping pong ball. Hence my shock and dismay that Carlton Dry would choose a …
FTC x Girl Skateboards Collab
Girl Skateboards have gotten together with the FTC stores to produce a deck and tee collaboration. For those that haven’t heard of FTC, they are a San Francisco skate boutique lifestyle brand. Apparently they have had a close relationship with Girl since 1993, hence the collab. Check below the cut …
Skateboarding, Totally A Crime
Even more ridiculous than the Go Skateboarding Day incident, and Officer Rivieri is this little gem out of Milton, Florida where it is apparently against the law to use a quarterpipe, in a skatepark. Dropping in a vert wall will get you banned and threatened with arrest, although it may …
Alien Workshop – Mind Field Giveaway!
The good people at Alien Workshop have flowed us a couple of copies of Mind Field to give to our loyal website readers… the DVD pack is amazing and comes with a 60 page book and tonnes of bonus material. All you need to do to win is click here …
Dew Battle for Supremacy Pics
Renton Millar – creator of the Dew Battle for Supremacy. I’ve been chasing these for a couple of days – click here for some photos from the Dew Battle for Supremacy that went down in Sydney a couple of weeks ago. The contest was won by Kieran Reilly and by …
SOMA Air Bag Designs
At the airport the other day I spoke to a guy who doesn’t even use a surfboard bag. His theory is based on reverse psychology in that if a baggage handler can see the fragility of a surfboard, far more care is taken in moving it about. Good theory, but …
Adidas Has New Skateboard Site
Adidas have updated their skate website. The site is clean and looks the goods (although I’m not a big fan of that sideways navigation thing). Some of the new shoe styles on there look great – I like the Roster Mid’s especially. Check it out here.
Shaun White Gives 30 Seconds to The NY Times
Shaun White has answered a couple of questions for the New York Times about balancing a pro skate and snow career and being recognized in the street. White gives some good answers to the article by Joshua Robinson. You can check it out here.
AWS Mind Field Premiere Photos
As I mentioned in my original post, all my photos from the AWS Mind Field Melbourne premiere sucked. Fortunately for me, Trines and Chris have organized a bunch from the premieres around the country. The film tour started in Melbourne, then went to Sydney, Perth and finished on the Gold …
Beefing With Brian Wenning
If you wanted to know or even care about Brian Wennings‘ recent departure from DC, he explains it all here. As far as the shareholders are concerned, one less mouth to feed. As far as Wenning is concerned, a brighter future with a new company. There is some footage in …
Trend Setters?
Not being the kind of guys to gloat or say we are leading the way, but has anyone checked out the Rip Curl or Quiksilver site lately? They have both recently released online turnable magazines with Quiksilvers’ Roam and Rip Curls’ Rip Current(which has a mysterious dark line through the …
SEAT Ibiza
Here is an ad for the Seat Ibiza which is apparently now 25 years old. The clip very roughly follows the last 25 years of skateboarding, and then we see a quick flash of the car for sale. It’s pretty safe to say the commercial is a rip-off of the …
Fighting Is The New Skateboarding
When I posted the link to Ryan Shecklers latest appearance on Cribs, I couldn’t wrap my head around the Fight Club he had set up in his basement. Well, turns out the Sheckler Foundation held an MMA charity fight night the other night, and Jason Ellis had his debut fight. …
iJoy
If your action sports performance is lacking, vitalityweb.com has the answer. The iJoy is basically is neat version on the wacky mechanical surfboards they had at bars and carnivals in the nineties. The iJoy is fully capable of pitching, rolling, and even yawing. So it trains your body by jiggling …
Red Cross Appeal for Victorian Fire Victims
Troy at Element just emailed this through to me – this is the details you need to make a donation to the Red Cross to help the people affected by the fires in Victoria over the weekend. To make a donation to the Red Cross appeal, click here or call …
Plan B’s Plan B
In addition to the whole skateboard thing, Plan B can now add shoes to the company repertoire. The Classic has been copping a little heat on the interweb due it’s shared aesthetic with the Converse Chuck. I think it’s better than the Chuck, because it doesn’t have the condom-esque rubber …
DC Welcomes Chaz Ortiz!
2008 Dew Tour Skateboarding Champion, Chaz Ortiz, has joined up with the DC skate team. The 14 year old from Carpentersville, Ill, joins a pretty amazing roster over at DC including Danny Way, Rob Dyrdek and Josh Kalis. Hit up dcskateboarding.tv for more info, an interview and clips. Check below …
Lakai Final Flare Winner!
Congratulations to Nathan Northey, the lucky winner of our Final Flared contest. The answer came through ridiculously fast and had detail – love it. The correct answer to the question “name of the artist/s and song/s from Mike Carroll’s part in Fully Flared” was Riding on the Wind by Judas …
Rip The Ripper
Powell-Peralta recently held an art show paying homage to the iconic Rip The Ripper logo. The show featured 58 different artists all with pieces showing a different twist on the Ripper which was created in 1978 by Vincent Courtlandt Johnson (VCJ). You can see or even buy the pieces here, …
AWS Mind Field Melbourne Premiere!
Last night was the Melbourne premiere for the much hyped new Alien Workshop film, Mind Field. Unfortunately my photos all turned out terrible so I’m going to try and source more – check back later in the day. Anyway, did the film meet the hype? Easily. Epic parts from Arto, …
Fun Times At Thrasher Magazine
Apparently as result of his rant on the 5 skateboarders never allowed in Thrasher Magazine (Frank Hirata, Benji Galloway, Tony Farmer, Bill Pepper, and Choppy Omega), Jake Phelps has been fired as editor. Five days of hate (as opposed to our shoutbox which is 24/7 hate) was to be the …
WIN! The Final Flare!
The good guys at Podium Distribution in Australia have given me a copy of the Final Flare to give to one lucky Pop reader! For those that don’t know, The Final Flare is the original Lakai Fully Flared feature film PLUS: – A making of documentary (that is amazing!) – …
REMINDER: AWS Mind Field Premiere Melbourne Tomorrow Night!
Just a quick reminder that the premiere for the new Alien Workshop film, Mind Field, is happening tomorrow night at the National Theatre in St. Kilda. Doors open at 7.30pm. This kicks off a country wide tour of the film – details for other cities are on the flyer. The …
Made For Skate
Considering the boom in sneaker collecting in the last few years, there has been no shortage of books on the matter, but none come close to the coolness of this sucker. Made For Skate is a book based off a gallery expo that happened a while ago, and if you’re …
Nathan Jackson for Picture Wheels
Remember back to issue 8 when we spoke to Ben O’Neill about Picture Wheels? Well, things are going great over at Picture and Ben has just shot me through this little web clip of Picture rider, Nathan Jackson. It’s an edit up of footage from Nathan’s upcoming part in Mark …
Volcom Wild in the Parks – Riverside
Volcom had their Wild in the Parks comp at Riverside in Melbourne on Saturday. Nick Stipanovic took out the 15 and under section, Rhianna Arnold won the girls section, Jeremy Corea left with Best Trick and Reece Warren took out the finals for the 16 and over. Aside from Volcom, …
Barnaby Lawrenson of Blackbox in todays Age!
Photo: Neil Bennett from The Age Barnaby Lawrenson, General Manager of Blackbox Australia, is in today’s Age newspaper in Melbourne appealing for funds to ship $19,000 worth of Mystery, and Zero skateboards to Afghanistan. Blackbox donated the boards to the Skateistan project and just needs the $2,000 to get them …
2009 Dew Invitational
JK has just emailed me the flyer for the World Cup Sanctioned, 2009 Dew Invitational happening in Sydney on February 7th. The comp is a jam format and will feature a rediculous line up including Lewis Marnell, Jake Duncombe, Chima Ferguson, Jack Fardell, Jackson Pilz and Keiren Reilly. Renton Millar …
City Stars Are Back??
Kareem Campbell, owner to what i strongly believe as one of the best styles in the bizness has reportedly bought back his company “City Stars” from the depths of skateboarding’s grave. City Stars seemed to always be a breeding ground for upcoming talent, starting the careers of P-Rod, Mikey Taylor …