As some of you might know, we’ve been involved with the production of the Boost Sno Sho for the past few years. It was something we filmed, editted and produced when we first started out. Now it’s more of a consultancy and creative thing. Whatever it is, one thing is …
These Days After Party…
Just wanted to drop you all an update on the These Days after party situation – it’s happening at Big Mouth just down the road from The National Theatre (click here for a map). The guys at Big Mouth have been working hard with us to get it happening and …
REMINDER: ‘That’s It, That’s All’ Premiere Tonight!
Just a quick reminder that Lib Tech’s open house premiere of Travis Rice’s film ‘That’s It, That’s All’ is happening tonight! Get yourself down to ‘The Facility’ at 31 Sackville Street, Collingwood. Doors open at 7pm. See you there!
Show Us Your Privates (Stock That Is)
Prepare yourself for some next level exclusive ish… Well kind of. Some details of Burtons‘ uber-limited Private Stock collection has been doing the rounds on all the nerdy street culture blogs, but I am led to believe that these are the best quality photos you will find anywhere. For the …
Erin Tanner Two Weeks In… Bonus Footage
Last week I posted an interview me and some of the guys from ‘Two Weeks In…’ did for FuelTV. It was meant to go in the bonus section of the DVD (due out this week!). Except I literally ran out of room on the disc. Well here’s some bonus footage …
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 …
Melbourne ‘That’s It, That’s All’ Premiere For Everyone
Well it seems the good dudes at Lib Tech read the shoutbox and decided a free premiere of Travis Rice’s film ‘That’s It, That’s All’ was in demand. Good thing too, even I missed out on going to those ‘industry’ premieres. So this coming Wednesday (the 17th if you can’t …
08-09 Holden Outerwear Website
It’s no secret I’m a fan of Holden. In fact the only three jumpers I’ve worn in the past two years have been Holden. So I was pretty stoked to see their new website. I don’t envy the kid that had to rebuild last years site, that thing was impressive. …
Mt Baw Baw Spring Update
So my good friend Shane Carter sent me through some photos and a video of a nice little midweek resort report for our favorite little mountain, Baw Baw. While rep guys went up to go about their business, ATR (thats Alex The Russian for those who don’t know) went about …
Sandbox ‘All Day, Everyday’ Premiere Photos
Over the last week, Sandbox premiered their latest offering ‘All Day, Every Day‘ in Jindabyne and Melbourne. Jindabyne was first off the ranks and it was crazy. Obviously with the DC team in the building (including film opener Andrew Geeves) joining superdude and Jindy local Ryan Tiene, who has the …
PREMIER SEASON BABY………. SAN DIEGO 2008
so after working on the runway film this year i was more than stoked to find out we were premiering in San Diego during ASR (summer trade show…. excuse to get drunk on the corporate credit card). Anyway the beer flowed like wine and the wine… well it flowed like …
Burton Australian Open 2008 Highlights
Burton has just finished collating all the ridiculous shenanigans that took place last week into this nifty little highlight reel. To be honest, the clip doesn’t finally capture the greatness that occured last week. I was lucky enough to be there and see every last competition run. Highlights for me …
All Day, Everyday Premiere Tonight!
Just a quick reminder that Sandbox’s ‘All Day, Everyday’ film is premiering in Melbourne tonight! It’s on at Loop in Meyers Place – you can check a map to the venue here. The launch has been organized and supported by DC and Season Distribution and it should be great night! …
THE ONE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
So, my first blog on the pop website….. bare with me for the first one I am sure I will get the hang of it….. Ok, after travelling what felt like the entire north American continent this season I was exposed to some stuff no other aussie has ever seen…. …
Elph It.
In an attempt to knock Jan Snarskis three ‘blogs’ of the front page (we have been waiting for the Buller blog for over a month now) I will put up some elph action from the last week. “Elph that shit”. It’s a commonly heard phrase if you are around me, …
2008 Air & Style Canceled
The 2008 Munich Air & Style has been canceled after a major sponsor pulled out. According to the press release I saw, the pull-out was due to the poor economic conditions at the moment. The events organizers we’re not keen to compromise the quality of the event so decided that …
These Days Melbourne Premiere
That’s right, save the date! In case you missed the earlier annoucement, POP’s teamed up with TransWorld, K2, Billabong and distributor Lush to put on the Australian premiere of Robbie Walker’s breakout video, ‘These Days’. Like everything we do, it’s free and everyone’s invited. This is going to be the …
Two Weeks In FuelTV Spot
[flv]https://popmag.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/two-weeks-in-fueltv-spot-hd.flv[/flv] So Issue 10 and the deluxe super collectors edition of “Two Weeks In…” come out this week. I ran out of room on the DVD for a few bonus things. One of them was this interview spot me and the guys did for FuelTV when we were up in …
Burton Australian Open 2008 Over
All photos by Dan Himbrechts The last day of the Open was on today and the had certainly saved the best till last. The finals of the slopestyle saw Horgmo’s $7,500 AUD winning run getting way out of hand. His started with a fakie backside tail 270 on the downrail, …
Aguirre & Teter Win 2008 Burton Open Halfpipe Titles
Mason Aguirre (USA) global Burton team rider, after winning the Australian Snowboarding Championships at Perisher on Thursday. All photos from Dan Himbrechts. Mason Aguirre has won the 2008 Burton Open Halfpipe Title on Thursday with “a run that started with a Cab 1080 mute, followed by a frontside 900 melon, …
‘All Day, Everyday’ Premieres
Sandbox’s ‘All Day, Everyday’ film is premiering in Melbourne on September 10th at Loop on Meyers Place. It’s also playing in Jindabyne tonight if you’re in the mood for a bromance. The film features DC rider Ryan Tiene and looks amazing. Word is Tiene has the ender part! The premieres …
Tony Hawks DS Game to Include Snowboarding
I was looking for a header to this article and came across the fact that T.H. had done a Sports Illustrated shoot – it made me laugh, so it made it onto the site. Tony Hawk has got a new game coming called ‘Motion’ on the Nintendo DS. It’s been …
Burton Open 2008: Day 2
Today was the second day of the Burton Australian Open at Perisher. It was men’s and women’s halfpipe qualifications. Sage Kotsenburg qualified first with a solid run that started off with a frontside 900 melon into a backside 540 mute, followed by a frontside 720 indy, into a switch frontside …
Holden Outerwear Office Tour
Following up on their bomb shell Team Thunder interview YoBeat have done a tour of Holden’s office in Portland. Yeah, we did something like that once. If you’ve ever wanted to see genius at work, watch the above video. You can head over here and see some photos too. If …
Team Thunder Interview
Our new favorite website YoBeat did a cool little interview with Mike and Sean, the two guys behind Team Thunder. Head over here and have a read, it’s pretty funny. For me, the most interesting part is where Sean says we are premiering their video in Australia. What’s the deal …
Burton Open 2008: Day 1
By the time you read this, the Burton Open pipe quailfying would have started, but it doesn’t matter becuase continuing on from the madness that was the Boost Sno Sho, you can still see a who who’s of world snowboarding if you’re around Perisher over the next 4 days. Confirmed …
Quiksilver Sells Rossignol
Quiksilver have announced that they have “a binding offer for Rossignol from Chartreuse & Mont Blanc, which is headed by Rossignol’s former CEO Bruno Cercley’s. Chartreuse & Mont Blanc is majority owned by Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) and supported by a non-voting minority interest by Jarden Corporation (NYSE:JAH), which owns K2. …
Style Wars Final Day Video
This is the video of the last day at Style Wars. Canadian Charles Reid won every category that they had except the Aus Vs. NZ category (which he probably would have won had he been born in Australia or New Zealand). He then went on to win the Longest Rail …
Boost Sno Sho Finals – PHOTO UPDATE!
Firstly let me say how stoked I am that Australia can put on a contest of this caliber. I honestly felt like I was at the Nippon Open or something crazy like that. The level of riding matched the production qualities of the event too, with every single rider in …
Charles Reid Wins Sno Sho Longest Rail
Just a quick update to let you all know that Canadian Charles Reid, winner of last weeks Style Wars, has just taken out the Longest Rail section of the Boost SnoSho. Reid tied it up with a 54.8m slide – which, if memory serves me correctly, didn’t beat Nuggets it …
Nate Perry Wins Wildcard at Boost Sno Sho
The Wildcard qualifying event was held at the Boost event yesterday. Nate Perry from Bondi won both the Longest Rail and the Big Air round. Which means he gets to compete against these guys tonight (Saturday) which is like winning a chance to go one on one with Jordan. But …
Boost Sno Sho Starts
I had tried writing this post using my iPhone, but I’m finding that most things on these iPhone’s don’t work very well. Anyway, at least I managed to get a sub-standard photo out of it. You can see the drop in ramp at the top, the “Longest Rail” down the …
‘Thats It, Thats All’ Melbourne Premiere
If you were an industry guy or one of the lucky forum winners, you would have attended the Melbourne premiere for the new Travis Rice film, ‘Thats It, Thats All’. I have to say it was pretty awesome. The trailers had left me a little undecided, I was worried it …
Stylewars 28 Stairs
Charles Reid continued his dominance of this years Stylewars event at Falls Creek by dominating last nights 28 Stairs rail jam. Charles won the overall title and also the one-hitter crown with a nollie backside 270 lipslide over the gap. Now according to Burton Australia’s Shane Carter, Charles spent most …
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Dean “Blotto” Grey….. amazing human…good homey…better blogger than anyone else on the planet. peep his website its epic………. www.blottophotto.com