I just wanted to give you guys a heads up that our circulation page is now %100 up to date with the stockists of Issue 9. If the store is on the map, they got sent a box of magazines last week, so if you’re trying to track down a …
Bern Unlimited Doing Things
If you ride overseas at all, you might have noticed Bern helmets. You may have also noticed that they were never really represented in Australia…untill now. They make a few rad helmets and most of them work for winter and summer, so you can get away with one helmet for …
ESS 10-50% off everything!
ESS have helped us put on 2 showings of our new film and proved themselves to be awesome dudes. Basiclly, we think they deserve your money, and what better way to give them your money when your getting shit for cheap. Starting May 7th ESS are having a 10-50% off …
Alphanumneric Packs Being Given Away!
Lush Productions are celebrating the re-launch of Alphanumneric by giving away free shit! For those that missed the post the other week, Alphanumeric relaunched in late April. You can check out a sick interview with A# originals Mirko Magnum and Alyasha Owerka Moore about the relaunch here. Oh, and for …
Maloof Money Cup, What!!!
OK so for those of you that don’t know the Maloof brothers are some of the richest businessmen in America, they currently own multiple casino’s in Vegas, and one of the worst teams in the NBA, the Sacramento Kings. Basically they now think skateboarding is cool, and are putting a …
Boulala Jailed Over Shane Cross Accident
Ali Boulala has been given a minimum two years jail for his part in the accident that took the life of Shane Cross. Rumor has it that no one, including the family of Shane Cross, supported giving Ali jail time but the judge said in sentencing that Ali was “aware …
New Thomo&Coach Site Up!
If you have seen the new issue you would have noticed the photos in the outerwear preview and on the products page look pretty damn good – I wish I could claim credit (and normally I would) but that is 100% the work of our friends at Thomo&Coach… Steve Gourlay …
Alphanumneric is Back!
Alphanumeric relaunched on the 24th of this month and will be hitting stores in Australia via Lush Productions! I know plenty of crew are keen to see the new styles – a lot of them are similar to what came out during the first few years of Alpha but there …
Tim O’Conner Top Fives @ Crailtap
Crailtap have put up a new Top Fives with Tim O’Conner. It’s worth the read (but I’ve included his Epicly Later’d above for those that can’t). I like how he actually explained his answers. Trust a writer to take what usually is a quick list and turn it into half …
10 Deep Team Video
This morning, while checking out the always awesome Complex site, I noticed that 10 Deep have a short video of their skate team floating around. It’s an awesome little clip featuring Jamal Smith, Tony Montgomery, Daniel Kim, John Igei and German Nieves hitting some of the most recognizable NYC skate …
Issue 9 Sneak Peek
Here’s some ‘backstage’ shots of the proof’s from the new issue (I deliberately haven’t included the higher resolution shots because I don’t want to blow it for you). Proofs are the low-res mock-ups of how the final magazine will look. They’re just so you can check for any last minute …
Issue 9 Out Soon
Issue 9 is happily at the printers and will be out later this week. This is our biggest issue yet at over 100 pages. Gustav Eden Frontside 270 Fakie Smith Reverts the cover (yeah the sequence is crazy). There’s new and improved product reviews, an expanded editorial section, a winter …
X Games Vert Back On!
According to this article here and this one here, the vert contest at the X Games is back on! I don’t want to be too much of a skeptic but does anyone else smell a PR stunt? I mean, telling everyone it’s off for six days then announcing its back …
Mike Vallely working with Adam Sandler
Mike Vallely will apparently be working with Adam Sandler on a new Happy Maddison production. Word has it that Mike will be involved in the project known as “Untitled Kevin James Comedy.” You can check the full release about it over here.
Quiksilver Bowl Riders Elanora Qualifier
JK sent me through the flyer for the Quiksilver bowl riders comp at Elanora on May 24th. The bowl features a full pipe (park plans below the cut) and the winner gets an all expenses paid trip to Malmo Sweden and entry into the bowl riders event there! Pretty awesome …
Steele’s comedy gets props on Tackyworld!
Photo courtesy of Steele’s MySpace. Caption: “Half-cab ng revert around 98. This sent Guy Mariano into hiding!” If you haven’t yet been down to check it out, tonight is the last chance to catch Steele’s Falling Up comedy show at the Fad Gallery in Melbourne. In addition to that, Steele’s …
(RED) Partner: Girl Skateboards
Girl Skateboards have partnered with the Product (RED) crew to produce a Koston endorsed deck. Money from the decks will go to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. There’s an awesome video over here featuring Koston and Girl art director Andy Jenkins talking about the deck. Check it out. Thanks to …
Fast Times Snags & Shred BBQ
Fast Times Skate shop out of Frankston are always keeping the kids happy, this time they put on a little BBQ at Mornington skatepark this past Saturday afternoon. Of course Mornington locals Geoff Cook and Co. were there to get there skate and eat on, and damn can those guys …
Jason Lee and Chris Pastras on Dekline
It is being reported that Jason Lee and Chris Pastras have joined Mike York and Adam Dyet over on the Dekline shoes team. There’s nothing on the Dekline site as yet, just a few words on skatedaily.net and some forums. I’m suspect on this… didn’t Stereo (owned by Lee and …
X-Games finished with Vert Contest
Transworld Business alerted me to the fact that the X Games have canceled the vert section of the contest. The EXPN site says “ESPN announced the biggest event shakeup since the inception of the X Games. As of this summer, vert, the oldest discipline in the Games, is out, and …
Shane Cross Mural
I just got sent these shots of a mural that artist Gimiks painted in memory of the great Shane Cross up in Queensland. Thanks also go to Benny from Picture for organizing it. There’s a close up under the cut.
Ben Hoban Doesn’t Write Useless Shit
While most people just blog about useless shit, Ben Hoban choses the more substantial route. This could be because he’s a journalism student and he’s handing in the work he does for POP as assignments or it could just be because he likes to give you something interesting to read. …
SKATE 2 DEATH – Why?
So I’m kind of procrastinating these days. I have a pile of homework, and I’m avoiding it like Wayne Carey avoids reality. Turn off the laptop and turn on the Opiate of TV I say! Cruising past Law and Order Special Elevator Unit and CSI Cranbourne, I made it to …
Zoo Freakin’ York Commercial
Zoo York have released this awesome little commercial (you can check it out below the cut) called “Zoo Freak’n York” featuring two bad ass roaches. The commercial is amazing – click here to check out a load more vids over on Zoo’s YouTube channel.
Tony Hawk rides with Benji Weatherley
Clockwise from left – Tosh Townsend, Todd Richards, Tony Hawk, Benji Weatherley, Jake Burton, Dave Downing and Shane Dorian. Photo from tonyhawk.com This wouldn’t be news if it weren’t for Benji being in the new issue of the mag. While doing some hard research on a news article for the …
Shred 4 Shane video and photos at Tackyworld
There’s a load of videos and photos from the Shred 4 Shane over at Tackyworld.com. The video was shot by Su Young Choi and is well worth a look. Head over here to check it out.
Fallen “Ride the Sky” Trailer
The new Fallen film, Ride the Sky, co-directed by Jamie Thomas is due to launch soon. The trailer is amazing – click ‘more’ to view it. You can head over to the film site here to check out an interview with Jamie, downloads and soon to be announced premiere dates. …
Sheckler gets his sexy all the way right
I heard about this via Skateboardingsucks.com. Ryan Sheckler has joined P Diddy and Jessica Simpson in repping facial cleanser, Proactiv. The above infomercial featuring Sheckler is definitely going to make you cringe a little lot… its not him selling the product as much as it is the lines like “it’s …
Skateistan.org
I was listening to the ABC news radio late last night when a story about Skateistan was on. This is the first I had heard of it but I was super impressed by what was going on. Basically they’re getting everyone in Kabul – soldiers, civilians, police, kids, adults, government, …
Blank TM Video Premiere at Triggers
The new Blank video, Crashing to Earth, is premiering at Triggers Frankston. It’s happening on Thursday April 3rd. Be there! We will! I can’t wait to see Mike Martin’s section. Maybe afterwards we can all go down to the 21st, get tipsy and ride that rotating dance floor… Oh wait. …
Antwuan Dixon Arrested in Florida
Krew and Supra team rider, Antwuan Dixon has been arrested in Florida for drug possession and police battery. According to his arrest report Antwuan was carrying pot and cocaine. Whatever happened during his arrest landed him with two charges of assault against a law enforcement officer too – maybe he …
Blank TM Video Teaser for “Crashing to Earth”
Blank TM’s new video, Crashing to Earth, has got a teaser floating around. The video was filmed, edited and produced by Chris Middlebrook and features Mike Martin, Koby Murphy, Jono Rippon, Harry Clark and Dale Van Iersel. The full video is due out on April 1 – click ‘more’ to …
Fast Times and Element Doing Stuff
Fast Times and Element are doing a contest at Frankston Park called Peace by Piece. It’s all happening on March 29th and there’s prize money for the winner to take down to Frankston’s finest establishment, where he can make it rain…
John Cardiel Epicly Later’d
VBS just wrapped their Epicly Later’d series on John Cardiel. The story is pretty tragic, but at the same time very inspiring. If you don’t know who John Cardiel is, read his interview with Skateboarder Magazine and watch the series. Basically he was hit by the tour van’s trailer while …
Girl Skateboards Lunch Time Invitational
[quicktime width=”432″ height=”254″]http://www.crailtap.com/c3/newrandoms/lunch_break.mov[/quicktime] Crail Tap has a cool little video from the first Girl Skateboards Lunch Time Invitational. Those guys look like they have a ridiculously good time at work which means the first prize, a day off, doesn’t really seem that cool – I mean, if I won, I’d …