In what can surely been seen as a victory for skateboarders everywhere, controversial AFL television personality Sam Newman has been ordered off the air indefinitely. Read on for the complete story.

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For the average reader of this site this will not interest you (this will). But for the few advertisers that do (and salesmen for other magazines), this is a big deal. Starting with Issue 9 (the one just gone), we are releasing all our shipping data to the public. You can see them over on our circulation page here from now on.

I was going through our Google Analytics data today and noticed that a big group of you readers are still using Internet Explorer (41.86% to be exact). Don’t you know that IE sucks? At least 67.34% of that 41.86% are using IE7, which displays most websites OK (not perfect, just OK). But for those poor bastards out there using IE6, you are missing out on a much better internet world. I can’t recommend enough that you all switch over to using Firefox (it’s free!) for all your browsing needs. You can download it here. The big difference is that it is built around web standards, so web site designers (me) can code to the standard, and you will see exactly what we wanted you to, not the Microsoft version of it (which in the case of this site, is excess spacing on the sidebar) and for the IE6 crew, things will look so much better I can’t even begin to describe!

The new hottness in the eyewear game is Ashbury. Take it from me, these are the new leg bags and tight pants. Ask any of the guys from Two Weeks In, America is all freaking on them. They just put Marc Baker on the Aussie team, and if you read the last issue, you’ll know that Jon Kooley is riding for them too. And so is POP friend and good guy Cody Comrie, which you can see in this new little video on TWSnow. And the best news is yet to come, Australia just got its shipment and they will be instores probably by the time you read this! Could this post be any more positive towards Ashbury? Um, did you see thier awesome blog over here?

OK, can I have my goggles now? What, you’re still reading this? Fuck…

The last 30 days has seen over 5000 people vist POPMag.com.au, marking the first time we have passed the 5000 Absouloute Unique Vistor level. If you’re keen to see some more stats, you can always head over to our circulation page for our Google Analytics login deatils. I’m pretty pumped as we have been working hard on some online things for you guys, and I can’t wait to let you guys in on out latest project. Please keep the feedback coming, anything we can do better let us know. We will try to get more updates and news up, we won’t stop working if you don’t stop visiting. Thanks for the support.

If you can handle a crowd , then you might be able to scoop up a bargin at this sale that’s going on in Melbourne till June 15th. Talking about sales, the new Death Cab for Cutie album is available . It’s sort of awesome, I put the single " I Will Possess Your Heart" on the POP Player. Have a listern.

In case you haven’t scene the intro to Two Weeks In, we have it up on the YouTube now. You can watch it above, or you can get to the mini-site we built for the intro here. If you’re in the Brisbane area, make sure you get down to the premiere tomorrow night (Saturday).

If you have subscribed to us over the last few months, well get ready… you just won the jackpot! This is all the stuff coming your way and it is a retarded amount of free shit - seriously, my apartment is only small and I’m having to edge around the gear we have for you. The nice people from Activision, Nitro, Volcom, RPM, Eesa, Airblaster, Warner Bros, Capcom, Ride, Billabong, Dragon and others decided that you were worthy of some of the good stuff. Thanks for you’re support, you are Legen -wait for it, and I hope you’re not lactose intolerant ’cause the next part of that word is dairy!- Dary!