International ‘Go Skateboarding Day’ is coming up and Picture Wheels is celebrating with a bit of cash and a lot …
American Apparel sells 18% to Private-Equity Firm
Dov Charney has sold 18% of American Apparel to a private-equity firm known as Lion Capital. For those interested in …
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 …
Dedicated To The Shot
It is not a stretch to say that photographers are the backbone of the action sports industry. Not only do skate, surf and snow mags live and die on the strength of their images, none of the athletes would have profiles, and none of the brands would have exposure, without photographers. And none of the rest of us would have anything to put on our bedroom walls.
Snowboard Slopestyle Results From The Winter Games
On Sunday I went along to the Winter Games Slopestyle at Snow Park. I will have more on Snow Park and some photos in the morning but here’s some photos and the results from the comp. The win in the mens was taken out by Norwegian Torgeir Bergrem who won over Canadians Antoine Truchon and Maxence …
The Full Interview With Steve Berra – Part 1 of 4
A much edited down version of this interview originally appeared in issue 18 of Pop Magazine. Steve Berra gave up hours of his time to sit with our writer, Steele Saunders, and talk about The Berrics, his history and his opinions on the direction of skateboarding. It’s an amazing interview – the full text is being released in four parts, this is part one. All up it is 17,000 words and I’ve listened to it and read it over a dozen times so far. We’re releasing …
The Rob Blog: Dew Hut Jam
Hey Guys! I’m writing this as I’ve just finished the Dew Hut Jam. Rad to shred with all my mates …
Nikita Chickita Europe 2010 Results
Nikita Chickita went down last Saturday at Serfaus, where at the end of a fun day, Elena Könz walked away the winner. Read more to peep some rad photos and a great story on the day written by event organizer Pia Kaipainen. Enjoy!
Rip Curl Pro Women’s On, Men’s On Standby
The Rip Curl Pro Women event is on today. The release says it’s happening in “two foot (0.75 metre) surf at Bells Beach with the first heat of Round 3 hitting the water at 8:45am.” The men’s contest is on standby and might happen after the women’s round three. Read more for the full release.
Taj Burrow Wins 2010 Quiksilver Pro
UPDATE: Full press release on Taj’s win now under the cut with rankings, points and details.
The Quiksilver Pro finals just finished and Taj Burrow beat out Jordy Smith for the win. Taj Burrow finished on 15.57, while Jordy came out with 12.56.
Sam Winter on Destructo Trucks
Sam Winter is now riding for Destructo Trucks. Arto Saari said of the signing, “Sam Winter is one of the …
Shaun White Wins World Cup
Shaun White has won the LG FIS World Cup halfpipe comp in NZ. He scored a 47.1, 2.7 points ahead …
Skate and Create 2: Winning Entry!
Transworld’s Skate and Create 2 contest has been won by Etnies for their entry titled “The Legend Of Boxton Square”. …
Shaun White Talks About Silverton Private Pipe
Popular Mechanics has spoken to Shaun White about his private pipe built in Silverton. Chunk originally reported on the secret …
Quiksilver Boardshorts Vending Machine
I spotted this rad little promotion over on the SuperFuture blog. Quiksilver have teamed up with the very cool Standard …
2009 Burton NZ Snowboarding Championships
I got a press release the other day with details on the 2009 Burton NZ Open. The comp kicks off …
X Games 15 Results
Photo: Joshua Duplechian/ESPN Action Sports X Games 15 finished the other day. All reports I’m hearing say that it was …
Bob McKnight on a Quik Recovery
Bob McKnight has given an exclusive interview to Transworld Business on Quiksilver’s recent troubles and subsequent recovery. He lays it …
Paul Rodriguez on ESPN
The extended version of P-Rod’s commercial, Today was a Good Day, is due out tomorrow and whilst scouting around for …
Heikki Sorsa on Bond Outerwear
Heikki Sorsa has signed onto Finnish outerwear brand, Bond. In Australia, Bond is looked after by our friends at Sidelife …
P-Rod Commercial
On the subject of skate commercials, Nike SB have done a particularly good job on this tidy little spot for …
Bam Margera May Have Overdosed
Photo from Element’s Website TMZ are reporting that Bam Margera may have just OD’ed at his house in Pennsylvania. I …
Baw Bawlog
On Monday I was privileged enough to be invited by Mt Baw Baw to attend their retailer snow day. It …
Tony Hawk Talk to Mark Hoppus
I know there’s some Blink fans out there so this would be of interest – over on Shred or Die, …
Rumor Fuel: VF Corp. in Discussion on Acquisition
Several sites were reporting yesterday afternoon about VF Corp CEO, Eric Wiseman’s disclosure that they were in “active discussion’ on …
Urban Outfitters CEO on the State of Retail
Shop Eat Surf have a great little article with quotes taken from Urban Outfitters CEO, Glenn Senk, during the first …
Shake Junt on Berrics
Jim Greco’s latest edition to his empire is the accessories company, Shake Junt. The Berrics has a little video feature …
Shop Stop: Outerwear Part 2
There’s been a delay in getting this up but it’s time for part three of our Shop Stop series of …
Nitro Road Warriors In Finland
These Road Warrior clips started out as awesome and are only getting better. The current one sees the Nitro guys …
Rip Curl Pro 2009
The 2009 Rip Curl Pro is set to kick off tomorrow at Bells Beach and looking at the forecast its …
Tech Specs: Reverse Camber Snowboards
Ever wondered about the technology that goes into the sports we do? Confused about why you want a reverse camber …
Shop Stop: Skate (Hardware and Footwear)
We got a huge response to last weeks Outerwear Shop Stop – some good, some bad. This week, I thought …
Simply Bread – Series 2
The second in Fat Kids’ series of Simply Bread events is happening on Friday April 17th at the Roxanne Parlour. …
Crailtap Talks With Spike Jonze!
Crailtap have got a neat little interview with Spike Jonze where he talks about Girl, LA and pubic hair. Click …