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Penny Arcade On Tony Hawk Ride
It’s not much of a secret that I’m an absolute video game nerd . Actually it doesn’t even have to be video games, I’m just a straight up nerd. One of my favorite online web comics, Penny Arcade , have talked about the ...
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Mikkel Bang on Nike 6.0
Nike 6.0 has signed on 19 year old Norwegian shredder, Mikkel Bang. Banger joins a pretty epic team alongside Kevin Pearce, Mason Aguirre, Peetu Piiroinen, Ellery Hollingsworth and Elena Hight. Banger’s other sponsors are Analog, Burton and ...
Berrics Unified Controversy
Did you all catch Steve Berra’s video on Berrics United the other day? If not you can peep it here and this will all make more sense. While 99.99% of me wanted to believe that this was all about helping struggling skate stores… ...
Rumor: Wiig and Smith on Forum
Not that I want to flood the rumor mill but another source has hit me with some info suggesting that Andreas Wiig and Austin Smith are now on Forum . Wiig’s announcement gel’s with some chatter floating around a while back but Smith came as a ...
Places to Shop: Kingpin in Penrith
Kingpin is a new skate store in Sydney’s North West suburb of Penrith. Opened by Juice/Vox Australia’s Guy Miller and Dave Bodnar… You might know him from the 1800 Reverse commercials in the ...
Rumor: Nicolas Müller off Burton?
I have no word on what’s going down but there’s a bit of a rumor circulating that Swiss shredder Nicolas Müller might be off the Burton team. It’s a solid source… My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s ...
Bonus Footage from Nike SB’s ‘Debacle’
Nike SB has posted some bonus footage from Debacle online. For those that haven’t yet seen the film, it features David Clark, Daryl Angel, Grant Taylor, Shane O’Neil and Justin Brock. It was shot and edited by Jason Hernandez and if ...
Olympic Snowboard Judging in the WSJ
The Wall Street Journal has an article about the difficulties in judging Olympic halfpipe snowboarding. It talks about the early days, like the Nagano games, where judges were expected to be able to perform all the tricks they were judging, ...
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Dog Plays The Ride
In what everyone is assuming is a PR stunt to promote the launch of the game, a clip has surfaced on YouTube showing a dog successfully negotiating Tony Hawk’s ‘Ride’ game which is being launched at the moment. The dog wanders up and down the ...
Prevent This Tragedy Trailers
Cam Lindley at Cons sent me the trailer for the new Thrasher film, Prevent This Tragedy, yesterday. The film features Sammy Baca, Nick Trapasso, Preston Maigetter, David Gravette, Ethan Fowler, Devin Appelo, Tom Remillard and Raymond Molinar. ...
The Berrics Unified
There is really nothing else I can add to this piece except to reiterate how awesome The Berrics is. Currently it’s only in the U.S. but has plans to make it worldwide. Truly needed and truly awesome, standing up for the little guy. ...
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Coal Summer Hottness!
Morgan at Coal just put up a bunch of updates with a sneak peek at some of the new hottness from Coal. He’s got pics of the new all cotton Arnie Trucker Cap which has a RRP of $49.95. The Richmond 5 Panel Cap from the Considered ...
Steve Berra Talks The Berrics Business
The Berrics is more than just a site for videos from Koston and Berra’s private skate park… It’s a media business that has had phenomenal growth over the last few years. It is now one of the largest action sports websites in the world ...
Ben Smith on Vox Footwear
Guy Miller at Vox Footwear hit me with the news that they have got Tasmanian, Ben Smith, on the team. Guy said, “Ben is equally at home on all terrain, from finger flip lien to tails, to this rare fandagle, Ben’s got it ...
Erik Bottner’s Isenseven Part
Yesterday, Andi at Nitro sent me Erik Bottner’s part from Isenseven’s new film, Let’s Go Get Lost. The film looks amazing and features Ludwig Lejkner, Fredrik Evensen, Andr Kuhlmann, Christophe Schmidt, Philipp Strauss, Torgeir Berre, ...
Tony Hawk Talks ‘Ride’ With The WSJ
Tony Hawk stopped by the Wall Street Journal to talk to Conor Dougherty about his new game, The Ride . They talk about everything from the technology of the game to how skaters should approach it… Not expecting to do the actual tricks, ...
Ashbury Australia Site Redesign
James at Ashbury Australia has been working on a new site design of his own which has gone live. The new site has a little more about it and still delivers all the Ashbury news you’re after. The above shot is one of a tonne that Nima Jalai ...
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Zero’s ‘Strange World’ Shop Premieres
Blackbox Distribution is holding a bunch of shop premiere’s for the new Zero video, ‘Strange World’ in the coming weeks. The video features Rattray, Cole, Thomas and the rest of the team. Premiere’s are being held in ...
ESPN Talk to Billy Marks
From his ridiculous skills with ping pong balls (see video below) to his part in “Ride The Sky” last year, Billy Marks has been getting some attention. Mike Sinclair over at ESPN has had a quick chat to the man and it’s an ...
Snowboard Realms Season 3 Starts
TJ Schneider is back with season three of Snowboard Realms. TJ says it best himself, “Opening day at Mt. Baker 3 feet of pow and sunny skies! INSANE!” For those that haven’t caught Snowboard Realms before, it’s basically a ‘behind ...
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Colabyarration Show
Some good dudes are having an art show on the 5th of December at The Inside Out gallery in South Yarra. This show is a little unique because each persons art has been made into a limited run of tees to be sold on the night. The original artwork ...
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Danny Way
Art Brewer
Nate Bozung
In the News
This week ‘in the news’ we have; my favorite comedian and star of Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look, David Mitchell, an iPhone app to drive a car (potential ...
Issue 14: Behind the Scenes
Last week we were busy shooting photos for the next issue of the magazine. Well I say we, but I really mean me. Dave just drove around in the brand new ...
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2009 Viva Prahran Photos
On Saturday, Julius and I headed down to the Prahran skate park for the annual Viva Prahran contest. Every year, it’s an awesome day and every year I ...
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C1rca
Zoo York
Ezekiel
Kr3w Snow Announcement and Video
Kr3w are joining the snow game and are starting with a killer line up! Their street snow team consists of Jon Kooley, Jordan Mendenhall, Nima Jalali, Will Tuddenham, Jake Olson-Elm, Nick Dirks, Jed Anderson. We’ve had some early reviews ...
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Jake Olson
The Adventures of Dingo
Dingo is a unique Australian making it big in L.A. He has come out with some amazing quotes over the years which have made him unusually controversial. My favorite was the ‘Paris Hilton of snowboarding’ line from ...
Welcome To Pop’s New Site!
The Pop website has been up and running for nearly five years now. The original site was designed for occasional updates on what was happening with the magazine – for those that remember, it had the ‘desk elements’ around the ...
XCEL Infinity 2mm Short Arm Steamer
In 1991, as Jim Richards took the podium with a pubescent Mark Scaife to claim the trophy for the Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst, he was nearly boo’ed off the stage by thousands of irate Ford and ...
Eero Ettala Killing It!
Emily at Oakley just sent me this clip of Eero Ettala killing it! It’s a behind the scenes look at him filming for Tracking Eero across Japan, BC Canada, Europe, the U.S.A. and Russia. Aside from Eero’s action, the camera work ...
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Olympics Causes Asian Open Cancellation
Transworld is reporting that the 2010 Burton Asian Open has been canceled because of scheduling issues with the Olympics. The event has already been moved from it’s traditional dates but between the Olympics and the US Open, it all ...
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$lave ‘Radio-Television’ Australian Premiere
It’s a busy time at Blackbox right now – $lave Skateboards is premiering ‘Radio-Television’ at the Neverland Bar in Cooangatta on November 18th. Peep the teaser and full details on the event below the cut.
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New Balance x Sneaker Freaker
So, updates have been a little slower in the last few days and that has everything to do with an exciting project that will be live Monday… The site might be down a little over the weekend as a result but come Monday morning, be sure to ...
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More BBQ Photos
Because Mike Kearney is a legend, here are his photos from the Trigger BBQ that happened on Sunday. Mike is far more talented than I behind the lens so I figured his photos are worth the look. What a day. More photos after the cut.
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Sabre Goggles Get Closer
Sabre’s Brand Manager in the U.S, Christopher Friel, has spoken to Transworld Biz about the company’s move into goggles. It’s part of a push to be a more ‘year round’ brand but also comes easily as one of the ...
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Dew ‘Battle for Supremacy’ Buller Comp on YouTube
Jaye at 3CS just alerted me to this… For those that missed the Dew Battle for Supremacy that happened at Buller during the season, and then missed the TV show that aired a few weeks after, you can now catch parts of it on YouTube! ...
Torah Bright on the 7:30 Report
If you happen to have been watching Kerry O’Brian on the 7:30 Report last night, you would have caught Torah Bright talking about the lead into the next Winter Olympics, happening in Vancouver in three months time. It was an interesting ...
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Torah Bright
Pop on Facebook
I thought the Facebook thing was over and Twitter was the way forward. But apparently people are sticking with it and so we’ve decided we’ll be joining you. Come and be all friendly over here … We’ll be swamping your ...
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REMINDER: Viva Prahran This Saturday!
Just a quick reminder that Viva Prahran is happening this Saturday (November 14th). JK has been working hard on it and I’m sure it’s going to be as much fun as it is every year. Check below the cut for the full flyer – Hope ...
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‘Crips and Bloods: Made in America’ is Amazing
The other night I finally got round to watching ‘ Crips and Bloods: Made in America ‘ which was directed by Stacy Peralta and lists Baron Davis as a Producer. It’s narrated by Forrest Whittaker and he tells the story of ...
Jamie Thomas on Insight
Jamie Thomas is now apparently riding for Insight . There’s an interview done by Nick Boserio over on the Insight team page, check it out here .
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Tony Hawk Flying High
No that I want to get in the habit of reporting everything from Tony Hawk’s Twitter feed but I saw this over the weekend and thought it was pretty funny… This is the Hawk family in front of a Rolls Royce Phantom and a ...
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Seb Toots on Ride Snowboards
Winner of Stylewars 2009 , Seb Toots is now riding for Ride Snowboards . Matt Sickels, Ride’s team manager said, “ He has the ability to win every event he enters. Whatever he does, we’re glad he’s going to be doing it ...
Shaun White on Complex
Shaun White has dropped by to see the good guys at Complex Magazine . He answers a few questions about girls, video games and fashion… Including a discussion on a piece of clothing called ‘The Duke’. Pretty funny. Head over ...
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Billionaire Boys Club Outerwear Jacket
Billionaire Boys Club is launching a limited outerwear jacket through The Ice Cream Store in Tokyo on November 15th. The jacket comes in three different colours – it doesn’t look like the most tech or functional jacket but you can ...
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Trigger BBQ Photos
While the rest of us were down the beach enjoying the beach, some die hard better than you snowboarders were up at Buller celebrating the end of the snow season. The good dudes at Trigger Brothers have hosted an end of season BBQ for the ...
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Chima Ferguson Bangin’ On The Berrics
Chima Ferguson got a Bangin’ part on The Berrics website. No snowboarder should ever try a backlip ‘pretzel out’ ever again. That is all.
In The News
Esquire on Obama’s Performance : After a massive election victory and a year in office everyone is asking Obama why the world isn’t all beer and skittles… Guess what, it’s going to take more than 365 days to fix eight ...
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