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

The World’s First Printed Snowboard

The guys at Signal have created a 3D printed snowboard in the latest episode of Every Third Thursday. The guys used a Plastic Laser Sintering Machine to create the board which needs a little reinforcement …

Winter Games NZ 2013 Snowboard Events

The Winter Games NZ are happening from August 15th to the 25th. There’s a tonne of events but so you know what you need to be looking out for, there’s a run down on the snowboard …

Alana Blanchard Surfer Girl Season 2 Teaser

Here’s the teaser for the second season of Alana Blanchard’s ‘Surfer Girl’ web show. Full of epic scenery (I’m talking about Hawaii’s North Shore of course) and co-starring Leila Hurst and …

2 Days Of Belmore Shooting Hayman

Here’s a neat clip from Shaun Belmore of Billy Hayman riding in Breckenridge’s Park Lane and Freeway. It was shot over a couple of days and has come together well. Check it out!

See What Shaun White Saw On His USO Run

This is just a quick clip taken from Shaun White’s helmet on a run during the U.S Open… Pretty interesting to see it from that vantage. Check it out.

Street League’s 2013 Schedule

Street League has released their schedule for 2013 including their first international comps taking place in Brazil, Spain and Germany. The US contests are destined for Kansas City, Portland …

Episode 4 Of Japan Journals For 2013

Here’s episode four of Japan Journals for 2013 – the final in this series. For the last clip, Nick Hyne, Nick Brown, Connor Harding and Alex Stewart head north from Niseko to Wakkanai, which is just a short …

The Evan Smith Experience Teaser

Here’s a teaser for Evan Smith’s latest vid, The Evan Smith Experience. The blurb with the clip says “With his unique approach to skateboarding, music, photography and art wrapped into one …

When in Whistler Episode 2 for 2013

Here’s the second episode of When in Whistler. Shot in February, the guys got a lot of epic days for riding in. This one features Geoff Brown, Ryan Manning, David Kinskofer, Jeremy Melanson, Max Parrot, Gordon …

Torstein Horgmo In ‘Sexy Time With Bumblebee’

Here’s an awesome little clip featuring Torstein Horgmo. Called ‘Sexy Time With Bumblebee’ it was shot in the park at Vail during the US Open on a GoPro Hero 3 by Leo Cittadella. Check …

Re-cut Of Red Bull’s Perspective

Here’s a re-cut of Red Bull’s epic Perspective skate clip. Featuring the same crew; Ryan Sheckler, Torey Pudwill, Ryan Decenzo and Zered Bassett, this time features less talking, more …

Brett Novak And Kilian Martin Do It Again

Brett Novak and Kilian Martin have created a short film called Internal Departure. Shot in some kind of gallery space and featuring the artwork of Kay Walkowiak it is the kind of awesomeness we’ve all …

Kelly Slater Says Drug Use In Surfing ‘Rampant’

I know this may come as a shock to some of you but in the weekends Courier Mail, Kelly Slater has given an interview where he says that recreational drug use in surfing is ‘rampant’. The article goes into the ASP talk of testing (and the minimal follow up on that talk) as well …

The Last Year Of Mick Fanning

Rip Curl have put together a rad clip of Mick Fanning surfing in France, Fiji, Hawaii and Australia. A really neat one to watch.

Rumors Of Team And Brand Cuts At Quiksilver

There’s quite a few articles around today speculating about some changes at Quiksilver and DC. Those changes include 30 staff going, the majority of their surf team (excluding guys like Kelly Slater), their entire …

Episode 3 Of Japan Journals For 2013

In the latest episode of Japan Journals the guys do some back country riding at night in Niseko. It looks like a tonne of fun and came up amazing in the clip. Featuring Nick Hyne, Nick …

Signal’s Glass Snowboard

The latest episode of Signal’s Every Third Thursday series sees the guys in Italy making a glass snowboard. It takes about five days to complete and is completely unpredictable to ride …

Episode 2 Of ‘Under The Weather’ from Nitro Aus

Here’s the second episode of ‘Under The Weather’ brought to you by Nitro Aus. The clip features Shaun Belmore, Jarryd Williams, Troy Sturrock, Billy …

Top 3 Runs From The 2013 Ultra Natural Comp

Travis Rice’s 2013 version of his Super Natural comp, called Ultra Natural, has been held and the top three positions went to Bryan Fox, Nico Müller and Gigi Rüf. Check out their winning runs below along …

Awesome Stop Animation Snowboard Short Film

Snowboarder Paul Gemignani has made this rad stop animation short snowboard film. It took 246 hours to complete using 713 photos pulled from footage of Paul actually riding taken by his brother Stephen. Amazing work …

Tony Hawk Says Olympics Needs Skateboarding

Tony Hawk had a chat about a few things with TMZ recently and aside from Adam Miller’s board to board backflip he talks about the Olympics. He notes that the summer games are now in a position where they need skateboarding …

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Shoot With Alana Blanchard

The latest episode of Alana Blanchard: Surfer Girl is out this time taking us behind the scenes of her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition photo shoot and then back to Oahu for a surf. I had you at swimsuit shoot.

Oakley Big Wave Awards 2013 Photos

The good dudes at Little Red Jet sent me through a tonne of photos from the Oakley Big Wave Awards. Marty Paradisis took out the main prize and you can get all the details on the awards …

Red Bull ‘Perspective’ Skate Film

Ryan Sheckler, Torey Pudwill, Ryan Decenzo and Zered Bassett feature in this new piece from Red Bull. Called ‘Perspective’, according to the blurb the clip meshes, “Hollywood quality cinematography with the highest …

Kai Otton 2012 Compilation Clip

Kai Otton worked with the crew at Velvet Sea to create this compilation clip from his last 12 months work. The blurb with the clip describes it as a “mix of monster pits, nosedives, backside sshhnaaps and bloopers.” Something a little different.

Episode 2 Of Japan Journals For 2013

Episode 2 of Japan Journals sees the guys back in Niseko to find some new spots. The clip features Nick Hyne, Nick Brown, Connor Harding, Alex Stewart and Dane Tiene. As with the first clip, the filming and …

Ep. 2 Of ‘Take A Super Model To Work’ With Kate Upton

I’m not even sure what I’m seeing with this clip… The second episode of ‘Take A Supermodel To Work’ features Kate Upton, Outkasts Big Boi and NFL Wide Receiver Stevie Johnson. There’s a lot of headphones and people …

Nitro’s Down To Earth Teaser

Nitro has released the teaser for the latest project from Benny Urban, Dominik Wagner and Marc Swoboda, called Down To Earth. From the clip, I gather that this is not going to be cable cams, quad-copters and …

Mission Antarctic Trailer

This looks like a pretty epic trip and some amazing film work. Mission Antarctic features Xavier de Le Rue and Lucas Debari taking a boat out to the middle of nowhere and, from the looks of it, hiking a few runs. The film is …

Paul Rodriguez Recreates 2001 Street Cinema Part At The Berrics

This is a really good watch – the final in the series Paul Rodriguez Life, he recreates his first ever full part from the 2001 City Stars “Street Cinema” film. Produced by Steve Berra and working with …

Beau Foster and Noa Deane For The Final Dragon Tales

This is the last in the Dragon Tales series, with Beau Foster and Noa Deane featuring for the ender. It was filmed by Nathan Foster and Mikey Mallalieu with editing by Nicholas Damen. A pretty nice …

Trailer 2 For Cliché’s Bon Voyage

Here’s the second trailer for Cliché Skateboards new film Bon Voyage. Created by Boris Proust the film features Australian’s Sammy Winter and Andrew Brophy alongside Lucas Puig, Pete …

Episode 1 Of ‘Under The Weather’ from Nitro Aus

Thanks to Shaun Belmore for shooting this through. This is the first episode Nitro Australia’s Under The Weather series. Shot in Telluride, Vail and Edwards skate park, the clip features Belmore, Luke Sinclair, Nate …

Yobeat’s Awesome Snow Film Project Needs You

I’m pretty excited to see what comes out of this project. Yobeat is creating a snowboard film featuring everyone – that is, everyone that can get together some decent footage. It’s an open call for everyone to submit their best …

Beach Burrito’s 2013 Tic Taco Exhibition

What could be better than Mexican food and skateboarding together? Beach Burrito is holding its annual Tic Taco exhibition to coincide with the Bowl A Rama. The event is happening …

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