I had to post this up, just becuase it is so bad. This is as offensive to surfers as The Love Guru was to Indians. Matthew McConaughey is such a douche on screen, but everybody seems to love him. I guess he is a good dude but man, could you …
Enviro-tripping
If you are a “cool, hip, and happening” person, not a day goes by where you don’t wax lyrical and trip balls on the effects increasing oil prices with other likeminded individuals. Fair enough, we are at war over it (and a few other things, like terrorists). Transworld Business has …
Batlle At Baw Baw Reminder
Just a friendly reminder that this Saturday, 26th July, Forum Snowboards, Cactus Black and Mt Baw Baw are bringing back the ‘Battle at Baw Baw 2008’. As mentioned in this earlier post, this year there is more prize money and an even better course (you can get a sneak peek …
Trouble on KarmaloopTV
Watch this and make your own mind up about the guy. But Trevor Andrew aka Trouble has a clip on the KarmaloopTV’s Their Words series. Trouble talks about his transition from snowboarding into music and his relationship with singer/producer Santo Gold. Look, I find his music entertaining but am I …
Team Thunder RV Trip: Episode 2
As Linc and Benny pointed out in the shoutbox, episode 2 of Team Thunder’s RV road trip is up on the Snowboarder Mag website. If you haven’t seen episode 1 yet, start at our post last week.
Summer Camp
Yeah I know it has been a while since I have graced the POP blog. I could make many excuses but I guess sometimes life just gets away from you….. Anyway, last week I finally crossed an item off my life list, to go shred summer camp. Now for any …
Dragon Mystery Tour Rail Jam
Thanks to Liam Kaska for the photos. The 2nd stop of the Dragon Mystery Tour rolled (albeit with chains on) through Hotham over the weekend. Accompanying the Mystery Tour was a new park setup and an afterparty that saw Tom Pelley granted access codes to the bar tab. The aim …
Volcom Peanut Butter Rail Jam Results
Groms Division winner Billy Hayman. *NOW UPDATED WITH ALL THE PEANUT BUTTER AND RAILS YOU NEED No, the above photo isn’t from Volcom’s Peanut Butter Rail Jam held at Mt Buller over the weekend. But it is of the winner, Matty Sedunary. While we’re waiting for some kind of information …
Team Thunder RV Trip: Episode 1
Our good mates at Team Thunder have just (and by just, I mean a few days ago) put episode 1 of their Gold Country RV trip up on snowboardermag.com website. This series was filmed on a big roadtrip the Thunders took back in April they cruised the Westen US in …
Destyn.Via Website
International snow brand Destyn.Via has had a new website for awhile now, but they have recently started updating it with news. They have been getting a bunch of press latly and it’s worth checking out.
Forum Snowboards Battle at Baw Baw
Back again and bigger than ever, Forum Snowboards have teamed with Cactus Black and Mt Baw Baw to present ‘Battle at Baw Baw 2008’. This year there is more prize money and an even better course. If you haven’t had a chance to check out Mt Baw Baw in a …
Snowbaord Realms – Ladies Episode
In the upcoming issue of POP we have a pretty solid interview with all round shredder TJ Schneider. In case you live under a brick (and that brick doesn’t have access to YouTube) then you should know that TJ is the man behind Snowboard Realms, a regular snowboard show (is this …
Absinthe Films ‘Ready’
Thanks to Linc in the shoutbox for the reminder, Absinthe Films have released the teaser for their new film entitled ‘Ready‘. As usual it features some pretty ripping cinematography and a cast of heroes. You can read more about the project over at sphereofinfluencetour.com. It seems that Absinthe have gone …
Burton Am Series Mt Buller
Before the storm that was Saturday nights Cattlemans Rail Jam, a grip of amateurs weathered the storm to compete for the Burton Am Series title and a wildcard into the night Jam. When I mentioned storm, I really meant it, it felt as though it was -30 and the wind …
Dragon Mystery Tour at Mt Hotham
Although I don’t fully understand the whole “mystery tour” thing, there is one thing that I am certian of. Last year’s event was one of the most fun events I went to all season. It’s at Mt Hotham again this year and is this coming weekend. The snow is looking …
The Remarkable Stash
Burton and The Remarkables got together over the past week to open The Stash for the first time in the Southern Hemisphere. Currently operating in Avoriaz in France and Northstar in the U.S.A., The Stash is a terrain park for the hippie in all of us. Blending natural terrain and …
Robbie Walker Wins 2008 Burton Cattleman’s Rail Jam
Although I don’t have photo’s yet, I do have the results. Robbie Walker won easily (one person said, it looked like he didn’t even break a sweet!), with Mikey and Tom getting equal second after they both stomped a super gnarley 50-50 to transfer from the balcony rail to the …
REMINDER: 2008 Burton Cattleman’s Rail Jam
Well after a shaky start to the snow season, I think it’s now safe to say it’s on like Donkey Kong! And like Kong busting out of his hut in DK Country, Burton are first off the grid like Toad in Mario Kart with the 2008 Cattleman’s Rail Jam contest …
Mt Buller TVC Uses Pakour to Sell Snowboarding – I think
I might be last on this but I was watching Nelson Aspen’s Hollywood report this morning when a new commercial for Mt Buller came on… It’s an unusual angle they’ve taken with this one, using Parkour (is it a sport? Cmon, it’s just silly walking) to sell snowboarding/skiing. Here’s hoping …
Overseas
Gigi Ruf and his mates the Pirates have released the teaser for their new film ‘Overseas’. We haven’t been posting all the teasers released this year because there are simply too many and to be brutally honest, plenty of them are crap. However, the crew at Pirate Movie Productions always …
Burton Amateur Series Falls Creek Results
Tall tees and tamedogs were the flavor of the day for the first event of the Burton Amateur Series at Falls Creek over the weekend. Seems like the snow has finally come to the party this year, and things are looking good. Check out Burtons’ coverage of the event after …
Burton Cattleman’s Rail Jam 2008
On Saturday 12th July, Burton and Mt. Buller will once again host the 2008 Cattleman’s Rail Jam. The event takes place in heart of Mt Buller village on the Cattleman’s hand rail set up. This year, Burton are offering $5000 prize money to the guy/girl who best hurtles their meat …
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Mt Buller is certainly going hard on the contest front this month. As well as the Cattlemans Rail Jam and Burton Amateur Series next weekend (12th July). The following weekend (19th July), Buller is hosting Volcom’s famous Peanut Butter Rail Jam. As far as I know this is the first …
Two Weeks In BoardTheWorld.com Interview
With the special feature DVD release of Two Weeks In coming up, the guys over at Board The World were nice enough to talk to me about the process of producing an Australian snowboard film. As is typical for me, I rambled on a bit but don’t worry about the …
Burton Amateur Series 2008
After a fresh round of snowfall today, and with more forecast the rest of the week, the season appears to finally be on us. Along with the next round of demo days, Burton is hosting an amateur series contest at Falls Creek on Saturday 5th of July. The event is …
HCSC
Just to rub some salt in an open wound, HCSC have just finished their first summer snowboard session at Mt. Hood. So before we have a chance to get a proper shred in on home soil, we have to see whats still going on stateside. Don’t despair, this year HCSC …
Winter is Back On!
Well it was a little later than planed, but it seems like winter finally showed up to the party. With Mt. Hotham and Mt. Buller currently reporting a steady snowfall (and -2.5 degree temperatures) I think it’s say it’s on.
Demo Tours 2008
Despite the lack of snow that is severely halting the start of the 2008 snow season. Burton, Anon and Forum will be set up for the first leg of their 2008 Demo tours this weekend (28th and 29th June) at Perisher Blue. Despite the official Australian New Zealand Snowboarding Magazine …
Standard Films – Aesthetica
Standard Films new teaser came out a few weeks ago and we never mentioned it (thanks to Wang Fardon for the tip off), but here it is now. Standard have always pushed the heavy metal soundtrack (I discovered White Zombie thanks to TB4), so if you’re into that sort of …
Louie Fountain On Ashbury Goggles
Although we don’t usually report on team changes, this is an exception, because I’m a huge fan. Louie Fountain, of Bikecar and every other good snowboard video, is now on Ashbury goggles. They’ve assembled a pretty kick-arse team over there.
One From The Rumor Mill
Earlier this month, we reported about Future Snowboading Magazine getting the chop. Much like the breaking of the news itself, I have been informed by a reliable source that the magazine may not be six feet deep just yet. FSM was dumped by its parent company for reasons cited as …
Nitro Jon Kooley Ad
I found this on the friendly Ashbury blog. It’s a interesting editorial peice on advertising and design in the new current season’s snow products and how that effects the consumer. If that sounds a bit boring for you then at least it has a little discription about how the above …
Sugar Shack ‘Pleasure Inc’ Teaser
The Sugar Shack crew out of Canada have just released the teaser for their new film ‘Pleasure Inc’. These guys have been making banger films for a while now with previous projects like ‘Bandwagon’ and ‘Try This at Home’. For some reason, they seem to sneak under the radar in …
Maloof Money Cup Course Revealed.
A little while ago we showed you a little clip about the Maloof Money Cup. Put on by the Mega-Rich Maloof Brothers, learning to tear the living daylights out of this course could pocket you 450,000 bones. It’s a pretty interesting course mixing a street plaza and massive vert setup. …
Runway Films ‘See What I See’
Most of you would have already seen this trailer for the new Runway Films production ‘See What I See’. I wanted to post it because I’ve just heard from one-time POP intern and all-around ruler Jan Snarski. Jan has spent the season filming for Runway (as well as nurmours other …