Pop Magazine

June 22, 2016

Gone Snowboarding. Don't wait for us.

Pop Magazine founders Dave Keating and Rick Baker are moving on. It was a good run. Access the archives below.

by Rick

X Games Real Street Videos Are Up

X Games have dropped the opening round of the latest Real Street comp videos. There’s some awesome clips in there – case in point the Guy Mariano video below. Check the …

Billabong Buyers Walk Away

Shares in Billabong plummeted 58% after the announcement that no buyout would be proceeding. The two suitors have walked away although there is still talk of some asset …

Richie Jackson Talks Wallrides

Here’s the latest episode from Richie Jackson’s show, this time he gives us a lesson on backside wallrides, vandalism and his joy at being a professional skateboarder, rather than …

Battle At The Berrics 6 Winner

I haven’t kept up to date with this years Battle At The Berrics but the finals went down on the weekend. The sixth year of the competition and the final battle definitely did not …

Dose Talks Ashbury With The Founders

The Network A show, Dose, has sat down with Nima Jalali, Lance and Michael Hakker to talk about the founding and direction of Ashbury. No doubt one of our favorite brands …

DC Releases Nyjah Signature Shoe

DC have put together an epic clip to announce the arrival of Nyjah Huston’s signature shoe. A back-noseblunt down the Hollywood High 16 stair and some pretty neat scenery generated …

Sam Page And Velvet Sea Release Trailer

Sam Page And Velvet Sea have released a trailer for a new surf film due out in the coming weeks. The full feature will be on the cover of the June 12th issue of Waves …

Dragon At Super Park 17

Dragon have shot through this quick clip of some of their crew at Super Park 17, which was held a couple of weeks back at Mt. Bachelor. The clip features Max Warbington, Jordan …

Japan Journals Burton Episode

The guys at Japan Journals have put together an episode featuring Burton riders Connor Harding, Roland Morley Brown and Nick Brown. It’s definitely a nice edit and quite different …

This Is Koston Released

Desillusion Mag have released their video piece on Eric Koston, called This Is Koston. It is interesting to hear him talk about how he feels about skateboarding, there’s maybe not as …

New Leatherman Rime Snow Tool

There’s a new snow tool about, and I’m not talking about the guy in the all over print pants/jacket combo. It’s from Leatherman, makers of the best multi-tools (to my knowledge …

Anon’s 2013 ‘Welcome To Winter’ Party

Anon is throwing a ‘Welcome To Winter’ party on June 8th at the Banjo Patterson Inn, Jindabyne. They will be showing off the new M1 and M2 goggles, Corona’s will be flowing …

Trailer For ‘A Way We Go’ From Isenseven

Here’s the epic trailer for the twelfth installment from the Isenseven crew, A Way We Go. Featuring Marco Smolla, Philipp Strauss, Tobias Strauss, Boris Bühler, Alex Tank, David …

Rider List For Sydney’s Eager Beaver Rail Jam

The rider invitees list for the Eager Beaver Rail Jam is out and includes Jye Kearney, Jake McCarthy, Tom Pelley, Billy Hayman, Tim Laidlaw and more (full list below). There’s $5,000 in prizes …

Billabong Starts Selling Retail

In another sign that the negotiations with Paul Naude and other suitors may not be progressing well, Billabong has started to push forward with the sale of some of its retail …

Snow Park NZ Closed For 2013

This was posted on May 9th but has only just come to my attention… Snow Park NZ will be closed for the 2013 season. Sam Lee, part of the Lee family who are the owners of …

New Show Surf House Is Bad Reality TV

I should start this by letting you know that there’s little in the world I hate more than reality TV. It’s a violent hatred reserved for a type of content that is so mindless and pointless …

Transworld Sold To Grind Media

In a piece of very interesting industry news that broke yesterday, Bonnier Corp. sold Transworld to the owners of Surfer, Snowboarder and Skateboarder, Grind Media. In a great …

No News But Things Get Worse For Billabong

There’s still no news on progression of the talks between Billabong and it’s potential buyers. But the news around the brand isn’t improving. Three news items in the last week …

Episode 2 Of Richie Jackson’s Show

Episode 2 of Richie Jackson’s Network A show is out. This time, we take a look at skating in the 70’s, varial heelflips and a genius name for last weeks ugly …

Photos From Around The Mountains

Only a few weeks left till season open and it’s getting damn cold out there. According to Ski.com.au, all the mountains are well into the negative degrees today and predicted to …

Street League 2013 Barcelona Results

Street League Barcelona went down over the weekend and I’d call a spoiler alert except the result was, as expected, a win from Nyjah. It came down to the last trick of the day with …

Signal’s Pinewood Derby

In the latest episode of Every Third Thursday, Signal’s crew get some pine blocks together and create some hand made boards for their own Pinewood Derby at Mammoth. The boards …

Ride’s ‘Free Lunch’ With Jason Lee and Chris Pastras

This is an epic way to start Friday – Ride Channel has done a ‘Free Lunch’ episode with Jason Lee and Chris Pastras. The guys talk early days, who the original crew were and Lee’s return …

Teaser For ‘This Is Koston’ From Desillusion Magazine

On May 25th, Desillusion Magazine is releasing a clip called ‘This Is Koston’. It’s the latest in a series they have done, with past eps featuring Trouble Andrew, Andrew Reynolds, Ozzie …

Actions REALized X Green Day

Real Skateboards has got together with Green Day for a collaboration to benefit the Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland. In a program named, Actions Realized they are …

10cm At Thredbo – Snowmaking To Start Next Week

We’re not far off the 2013 season now and the crew at Thredbo shot me through a few photos of how things are looking up there. They had 5cm to 10cm over Tuesday night …

The 2013 ESS Billy Jam This Weekend

The 2013 ESS Billy Jam is happening at the Erina store this Saturday May 18th. This event is usually an awesome night – plenty of sponsor give-aways, some great riding and all for a …

Street League Barcelona This Weekend

Street League stop two for 2013 is happening in Barcelona this weekend. The new course is looking good, designed by Joe Ciaglia and the crew at California Skateparks, they have …

Silvester Eduardo And Rafael Gomes 5BORO Commercial

This is just a quick 30 second watch, a rad commercial from 5BORO featuring Silvester Eduardo And Rafael Gomes. Worth your time.

The Richie Jackson Skateboard Show

Network A has launched The Richie Jackson Skateboard Show last week. The first episode is 12 minutes long – which is like directors cut length for the internet – and features some old …

Ep. 8 From Fyve

Here’s the latest episode from the Fyve guys at Mammoth Mountain. It features Ryan Linnert, Cory Cronk and Lou Macias doing some laps of the park in May. Pretty awesome, enjoy!

Ten Years Of Monster Children

Monster Children is celebrating a decade in existence and are doing so in style with this hookup. Chocolate have released a special, limited edition board with artist Evan Hecox and …

Mad Minute With Logan Farrow

Jeremy Sheridan shot me through this rad little edit of Canadian Logan Farrow riding in Whistler. Check it out below.

Grenade Games 9 At Mammoth

Grenade Games has happened for the 9th time, this year hitting Mammoth. The clip below has the likes of Jack Mitrani and Shayne Pospisil, NOFX (!) and of course Danny Kass and …

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