The St. Kilda Skate Park is still not a sure thing. The well organized, well financed opposition to the skate park have taken their objections to just about every court they can find and even got themselves a Queens Council working for them. Their objections are varied but center around …
Tony Hawk On Iconoclasts
Tony Hawk continues his push into Hollywood by featuring on the Sundance Channel program, ‘Iconoclasts‘. The show pairs two ‘creative visionaries’ to wax poetic and the other creative visionary in this episode is John Favreau who directed Ironman. There are a few clips up on the site, but no idea …
Billy Marks X Turbo Tax
Billy Marks made quite a splash on the internet last year when he showcased his ping pong ball throwing skills. Now the marketing department of some company has turned it into an interesting commercial for Tax, of all things. Shot by Big Brother/Jackass/MTV’s Rick Kosick, it also features a cameo …
MTV Fantasy Factory
MTV and Rob Dyrdek have a new show coming out that goes by the name of ‘Fantasy Factory‘. Not entirely sure what the show is going to be about, but considering it is on MTV, it’s probably not about much. That said, there has been a bunch of photographs released …
2008 Viva Prahran Contest!
JK just sent me through the flyer for the 2008 Viva Prahran Contest! It’s happening on November 15th and registration starts at 11am. There’s $7,500 up for grabs supplied by this years sponsors DC, Quiksilver and Oakley. Anyone who’s been in previous years knows what a great day this is …
THPS On GH4
In case you didn’t understand the title, I meant that Tony Hawk (Pro Skater) is featured in the latest ad for Guitar Hero 4 World Tour. Directed by Brett Ratner, who is responsible for such classic films as ‘Rush Hour‘ and ‘Rush Hour 2‘, the ad is either ripping off …
Analog’s ‘Show Us Ya Ghouls’ Halloween Jam
Analog has a halloween skate contest and BBQ happening at Waterloo skatepark on Friday 31st October. There’s going to be free gear from Anon, Emerica and and Alien Workshop along with $1,400 (!) from Analog for best trick and best line! The night starts at 5.30pm. Be there.
Halloween Skate Comp
Just a quick heads up for anyone who skateboards and/or enjoys dressing up, the annual Halloween skate comp at Riverside park in Melbourne is back on the 31st of October. There is a bunch of money up for grabs and guaranteed to be a bunch of freaks walking around in …
St. Kilda Skate Park Rally
At 11am today – that’s right, 11am Sunday morning – I attended the St. Kilda Skate Park Rally. Unfortunately the crowd was a little thin (I have a hunch that this had to do with the fact that it was 11AM ON A SUNDAY MORNING) but the people that attended …
REMINDER: Support the St. Kilda Skate Park!
I know this has been on the site a lot in the last few weeks but this is just another quick reminder that TOMORROW at 11AM is the rally for the skate park in St. Kilda, Victoria. If you’re in the local area (and even if you aren’t) you should …
Sneaker Freaker’s History Of Skate Shoes
This one comes via Skatedaily but it’s on the Sneaker Freaker website. So I’m double stealing today. Anyway there’s a multi part series on the history of skate shoes. There’s a bit in there if you’re a freak for sneakers. In fact if maybe this post is better left for …
Support St. Kilda Skatepark
Let me start quickly by stating this – we all need to get behind the push for the skatepark in St. Kilda, and I’ll explain why. For those of you who have responded to my previous posts with vitriol and poor grammar, I’ll warn you now, this post will contain …
Epicly Later’d Season 2 With Ethan Fowler
Well season two of Epicly Later’d started back. There’s 2 episodes online featuring Ethan Fowler. There’s 4 more to come! Pretty fucking sweet seeing as it’s been a while since we heard from him. Plus it’s got RVCA’s Mild Ride. Which was their Vespa powered motorbike trip. Nice.
The Blind Video
I love a teaser as much as the next guy and especially when it actually has some tricks in their entirety. That said, here is the teaser for the upcoming Blind video aptly named ‘The Blind Video‘. It obviously features the Blind team which consists of the two Aussie Jakes, …
St. Kilda Skatepark Rally
This one is for the supporters of the proposed skatepark in St. Kilda. We highly recommend you get down there on Sunday 26th October and show your support to what will be the best addition to St. Kilda in a number of years. So far it’s all systems go for …
Fallen Footwear’s ‘Ride The Sky’ Quick Review
So, I’ve just had a chance to watch Fallen Footwear’s flick, Ride The Sky, and I thought I’d give it a quick review. As I was sliding the DVD into the drive I had a feeling that this was going to be a pyrotechnics free, skate-purists film with no thought …
Hawk Buys Birdhouse
Tony Hawk has purchased Birdhouse skateboards outright and is now the sole owner. According to the release on Transworld Business, Hawk came to an arrangement with Blitz Distribution President, Per Welinder, to purchase the brand and be involved in design and team while leaving the distribution side of things with …
Element Australia
Element skateboards have launched a new website dedicated to the Australian skateboard team and it is a flashy piece of work. Like most company websites, it has a bunch gear, some rad team media, and is giving stuff away for free. A handy tool for tracking the goings on of …
Gravis, Diamond Supply and In4mation Travel Bag
Gravis, Diamond Supply and In4mation have teamed up on a new travel bag designed for the tradeshow enthusiast. According to the official release, which you can peep here, the bag came about because of the genius (and people skills) of Gravis Footwear’s newest designer Kelly Kikuta. Supply of this bag …
Foundation Tour Footage
The above clip is a little footage from the Foundation Tour. This was taken at Riverside (in Melbourne) in the 10 minutes between the demo starting and the skies opening and flooding the park. Still, it was a fun 10 minutes and Corey Duffel, Sierra Fellers and David Reyes were …
Issue 10 On The Way To Subscribers
Well even I started to think it wasn’t going to happen, but Issue 10 finally arrived from the printers at 4pm this afternoon! Dave was able to get the subscribers packages in the mail. So subscribers, check you mail tomorrow! NSW, SA, TAS and WA will be Saturday or Monday. …
Nike SB European Vacation
Some of the Nike SB team have recently returned from a European tour and have uploaded a sweet little clip if you wanted to see a bit of what went on. It features one of our favorite skateboarders, half Australian/half Swedish and our debut cover-boy, Lewis Marnell. If you want to see a …
‘Extremely Sorry’
Flip have released a tiny little “teaser” for their latest film offering, ‘Extremely Sorry‘. Not too much unless you tripping balls on LSD and can un-swirl the vision with your own mind. That said, I can make out a few hammers and a bunch of the usual suspects. Apparently it’s …
Jake Duncombe’s Hair Could Be Yours
Economic turmoil got you down? Feel like a little splurging to throw your money concerns aside? Well, why not place a bid on Jake Duncombe’s hair. With some crafty bidding and perhaps the help of an auction sniper, some freshly trimmed locks could soon be yours forever. Patty and Selma Bouvier …
Shine
DVS have just released the first 5 of their new ‘Shine’ commercials. Filmed in Super 16, the commercials feature the talents of Daewon Song, Torey Pudwill, Keith Hufnagel, and Australias own Andrew Brophy. The commercials were filmed during DVS’ stay at the Transworld ‘Skate & Create‘ warehouse and are a …
Lakai – The Final Flare
Scarter5000 posted a link to this in the shoutbox but incase anyone missed it – here’s the promo clip for the Lakai Fully Flared three disc box set being released in about 57 days! If you haven’t seen it yet, you have to watch this. It’s amazing to see the …
RED One – Skating
I’ve been in the incredible position to be able talk to Jason Baffa a bunch over the last few days, and we have been geeking out on camera tech a little bit. He just sent me the above video as a fine example of what the RED One can do, …
Johnny Ramano R.I.P
It is with sad news that we report the passing of Johnny Romano. Johnny Ramano was a young skateboarder that caught the eyes and heart of Jim Thiebaud of DLX. You may have seen the Real Skateboards tribute boards for Johnny and wondered what they were, no he wasnt their …
The Quiet Life in Australia
You might have seen little bits of Andy Mueller’s brand, The Quiet Life, in some cooler stores around the country but until now it has been near impossible to get. Thankfully, our friend Linc is righting that wrong and helping bring a little bit more of the gear into the …
Skateboarding Is A Crime
Coming soon to your backyard… this sign. That is of course if the latest ordinance passed by the Salt Lake City Health Department makes its way around the globe. In early August, Nick Hale recieved a visit by the federali informing him that mini-ramps are now illegal within 800 ft …
Dragon Skate Demo @ Frankston
Coming this Saturday 20th September to Frankston skatepark, the Dragon skate team will be chucking a demo and having a BBQ, best of all, you’re invited. With the glorious weather that Melbourne has been experiencing lately (read: today), it would be foolish not to go. So if you are looking …
Thomo & Coach Studios
When we were shooting the headwear and footwear editorials for Issue 10, Gourlay asked if I could make him a little promo clip for his studio. I had all my camera gear there for a shot in the magazine anyway, so Steve and I quickly put something together. It’s nothing …
DVS Skate & Create
Over at the DVS website right now is their winning video from Transworlds Skate & Create contest. The contest involved unleashing a company into the Skate & Create warehouse to create a short film. It features the always amazing Andrew Brophy, and a stack of slo-mo and sweet llighting that …
How You Living?
It’s no secret that skateboarders love to show off their stuff. Who could forget such memorable episodes of MTV Cribs as episode 51 (Bob Burnquist), 59 (Ryan Sheckler), and 13 (Tony Hawk). Truly crowning achievements in television history. Whilst not quite TV, the L.A Times has a nice little feature …
Proof Of Issue 10
Not only are these the proofs of issue 10 but it’s also proof to you that it’s coming. A couple days ago Dave and I went down to our new printers and made sure everything looked right. Who would have knew that dual covers, a DVD cover mount, a centerfold …