Seems Quiksilver are either trying to reverse or make the most of a tumultous past 12 months. I posted the Kelly Slater mini-site earlier in the week and now we have another awesome contest to add to Quiksilvers roster (like the Natural Selection). All 80’s All Day is a retro …
Vans Iconoclasts
Not to be confused with the TV program of the same name, Vans have recently launched their Iconoclasts campaign. For some reason it reminds me a bunch of those Converse ads I’ve been seeing around town with Hunter S. Thompson, Pharrell, and a bunch of other famous dudes/dudettes. Whatever, Vans …
Love Him Or Hate Him, Ryan Sheckler
It’s pretty easy to hang shit on Ryan Sheckler, if you read this site much you would know that I am guilty of doing it occasionally. After I read his interview with Chris Nieratko I gained a bit more respect for the guy, and now with this little piece put …
Capture The Moment
Rodosone has just uploaded ‘Capture The Moment‘ to Vimeo for your viewing pleasure. The film took two years to complete and features a bunch of local skaters including Pascal Leniston from Issue 8. Best of all, it’s TOTALLY FREE, and we here at POP love that kind of thing.
Touch Grind App – Goodbye Time
Some people might have spotted the odd request in the shotbox yesterday by someone after a fingerboard – if you too are searching for a fingerboard, this post is for you. Touch Grind is a new iPhone app that takes fingerboarding to the next level and is sure to provide …
Danny Way Gets Broken Off
It’s never nice to see anyone hurt themselves especially someone so seemingly indestructable as Danny Way. This nasty fall happened a week or so ago in Brazil and resulted in a broken back that he is expected to take months to return to strength. Danny is tough as a box …
Harold Hunter Memorial Day
Even though it happened in May, Zoo York just uploaded some footage from the 2nd annual Harold Hunter memorial day in NYC. Harold was a legendary NYC skateboarder, actor, and personality and obviously had a pretty massive effect on those around him. In true New York fashion he died with …
Issue 11 – Final Photos Almost Done, Going to Print Monday!
Today, Rick and I spent most of the day at the Thomo&Coach studios in Prahran with Simon Moody shooting some of the last photos for the new issue. As you can tell from above, this issue has a swimwear fashion editorial! We’ve got a few more to get tomorrow but …
Epicly Mike Carroll
Even though they are awesome, I have been trying not to post to many episodes of Epicly Later’d because they are not they work of our magazine. For Mike Carroll I have made an exception. Why? For a few reasons actually. He has put in the years and there may …
Skateboard P Talks Skateboarding
There is an interesting little interview over at The Guardian with Pharrell “Skateboard P” Williams about his interest in skating and other various passions in his lavish life. I’m all for the exposure, but boy does he say some silly shit. Have a read of the interview here. That said, …
Sick Boys Re-Release
It wasn’t too long ago that Mack Dawg Productions announced they would no longer be making seasonal snowboard films in lieu of other various projects. It appears the first of such projects is the DVD re-release of the 20 year old classic super-8 skate film ‘Sick Boys‘. Rather than just …
Final Instalment of the Nike SB AUS Web Clips
Click here to peep the final installment of the Nike SB AUS webisodes. This one features Lewis Marnell and Alex Campbell. In case you’ve missed any of the others here they are: Luke Croker and Nugget here, Bernie Foo, Morgan Campbell and Mike Martin here and Glen Wignall, Brad McDermott, …
Official ‘Neu Mesh’ Styles Out Soon-ish
The Official, which is featured in last issues headwear guide, is soon to release their ‘Neu Mesh’ styles. I haven’t got an exact date for the Aus release yet but the words I got from our friends at Official in L.A. said about the Neu Mesh “[we took] the common …
Bam Margera, Still Alive & Making Crappy Movies
Obviously after the huge success and massive critical acclaim that was ‘Haggard‘, Bam Margera still wasn’t satisfied. He has a new release on the way and just in time for Christmas. Everyone loves a Christmas special. It looks just like a super epiosde of whatever MTV program he is on …
Mystery Skateboards Promo
Continuing with the watch skateboarding for free theme that has been going on lately that we here at POP are obviously very fond of, Mystery have a new promo video up on their website. It’s entirely in black and white and has a bunch of Dennis Durrant footy. Watch it …
Cliche ‘Cle’ Teaser
The World premiere for the new Cliche film, ‘Cle‘ happening in Lyon on the 5th of December for anyone that happens to be in Europe. If not, here is a teaser and a fingers crossed they release it for free on the website like they have with most of their …
Shecklers Office
We’ve seen ‘The Fantasy Factory‘ in photo and video over the last few weeks. Now lets have a look at Ryan Shecklers new private “office” courtesy of the Etnies site. It’s awesome. Now because everyone like to rip on Sheckler here goes… MGMT, original choice of music. With all those …
Day Of The Shred
The greater Geelong area are on point with the contest action over the next month. First off, is the the Element and Greenroom sponsored Day Of The Shred which is happening this weekend @ Ocean Grove skate park. All the details are on the flyer above, my favorite part is …
Wii Skate It
Following in the footsteps of the uber-successful EA Skate, Nintendo Wii and DS are getting ready for the release of Skate It. On the Wii platform the game can be played with a balance board which would make it like virtual skateboarding… I guess. It just kind of reminds me …
Viva Prahran Photos!
Quiksilver’s Viva Prahran contest is on today and here’s some shots from mid-way through the day. Unfortunately I had to leave the contest early cause it’s my sisters birthday (happy birthday Di!) but there’s a few shots under the cut from around the place. I’ll get together some better shots …
Nike Aus Web Clip #3
Kerry Fisher at Nike emailed me the third web clip in a series being released by the Aus team. The clip features Glen Wignall, Brad McDermott, Nathan Jackson, Nick Boserio and Corbin Harris. Click here to view the clip.
REMINDER: Viva Prahran This Saturday!
This is just a reminder that the 2008 Viva Prahran Contest is happening this Saturday (November 15th). There’s cash up for grabs, a high ollie contest and plenty more happenings. If you’re in Victoria, I hope to see you there!
Fastasy Factory Video Tour
About a week ago I posted some photos of the facility that will house Rob Dyrdeks’ new MTV show, Fantasy Factory. Once again, DC have beat me to the punch with the exclusives, a video tour of said facility. How do these sneaky bastards do it? Again, I have no …
King Biebel
It doesn’t take much to notice that the skate/street clothing industry is rife with sub-standard collaborations these days, so when we find something of substance, it must be shared. As I was looking on the Lakai site for some more details of The Final Flare release I came across this …
Epicly Later’d Tackles Lakai
In anticipation of Lakai releasing The Final Flare, take a few minutes out of your day to watch some behind the scenes type stuff on VBS.TV Epicly Later’d. While your at it you should also head over to Lakai site to see the most recent teaser. Sure, it’s only Mike …
Nike SB Oz Part Duece
Not everybody loves a sequel, so Nike SB have taken a risk coming back from last weeks Oz team footage with this tasty clip. It features Bernie Foo, Morgan Campbell and our mate from issue 2, Mike Martin. I could make a massive list of sequels that totally suck balls, …
Hello Dream Woman!
This tee is up there with the Paris Hilton Lakai tee for me – this is the new Liberal Tee from Alphanumeric (available in the States from December 1st). As the press release says, “there’s nothing more sexy than a girl in stockings ready to hit the books!… The Alphanumeric …
ABD Premiere @ Mordys
Some more skate video news and another awesome party to attend, tomorrow night will see the ABD premiere at Mordys in Mordialloc. The guys at Mordys will be confiscating any alcohol brought into the shop for the staff Christmas party, but the after party at The Bridge Hotel over the …
Luke Croker And Nugget Footage
Over on the Nike SB site right now is a bunch of footage of Shane O’Neill and Luke Croker. You long time readers may remember Luke from issue numero uno. Both these guys have been killing it for a while and its always good to see something new.
Analog ‘Show Us Your Ghouls’ Comp
I just got emailed some footage and photos from Analog’s ‘Show Us Your Ghouls’ contest which was held last Friday night. Best line went to Chima Ferguson while New Zealander, Bjorn Johnson, took out best trick. Check below the cut for the release and a few photos and peep the …
Plan B Superfuture Promo
The guys at Plan B have recently upped a 14 minute promo video named ‘Superfuture‘. Luckily it’s full of good skateboarding and has nothing at all to do with the look at me brand-whore hipster website of the same name. It features exactly who you would expect in a Plan …
Vivid Teams With Control MFG Skateboards
Above: Sunny Leone features on Swiss rider Gab Ekoe’s pro model due out Jan ’09. Here’s one for the protesters in Vermont. One of the worlds largest adult film companies, Vivid Entertainment, has teamed up with skateboard company, Control, to create some boards. The boards will feature Vivid stars such …
JR Rap Superstar
Jereme Rogers is apparently also jumping on the athletes turning to a rap career patrol. Following in the footsteps of Terry Kennedy, Travis Kennedy, and Mitch Reed, Jereme has a shint new Myspace page with a few of his tracks up for the listening. When we posted about Gryme Tyme …
Max Olijnyk Hit By Car
I don’t have all the details, but a good friend, contributor and note to selfer, Max Olijnyk was struck by a car whilst skateboarding in Rye over the weekend. He’s ok, just a few broken bones. Although there was a helicopter ride to the Alfred involved. Yep, he’s that tough. …