Photo: Joshua Duplechian/ESPN Action Sports X Games 15 finished the other day. All reports I’m hearing say that it was …
Picture Wheels New Hottness!
Ben at Picture Wheels is keeping ridiculously busy at the moment… above are the new hottness from Picture that will …
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 …
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 …
10 Greatest Skate And Snow Clips
This is the most argued topic in surf, skate and snow… What are the best parts ever created? As part …
Ashley Gilbertson: From Melbourne To Iraq
Ashley Gilbertson went from being a Melbourne based skate photographer to war photo journalist. He ended up spending four years in Iraq and has come back to produce some incredible work. If you haven’t caught the story yet, this is definitely worth a read.
Airblaster ‘Family Portrait’ Parts 5 And 6
Parts five and six of Airblaster’s ‘Family Portrait’ are now up – these feature Brandon Cocard in part five and a whole family picture in part six including a bunch of bonus footage. Check it out and for all the previous parts, go here.
Panasonic HPX-172 And 16×9 Inc Super Fisheye Lens For Sale
We’re selling our current camera setup at the moment – it’s a lightly used, near mint condition Panasonic HPX 172 …
Airblaster Family Portrait – Ben Lynch
Ben Lynch’s section for Airblaster’s film, Family Portrait, has been put up. This is the fourth section of the film (you can view the others here) and it’s a pretty rad little clip that gives an awesome picture of the guy. Check it out!
The Chad Muska Interview
Few skateboarders have had the cultural impact on the sport like Chad Muska. And few skateboarders have not been caught up in at least one Muska-ism. Try these ‘tags’ in the blog of The Muska’s career; huge handrail 50-50s, peaked beanies, cargo pants, T.S.A., frontside flips, Shortys …
Toyota One Hit Wonder Underway
The Toyota One Hit Wonder event is in it’s final day at Thredbo. The video and photos so far have …
Snowboarding Nozawa Japan
This isn’t another Japan story just about Nieseko. Imagine if all that foreigners heard about Australia was Byron Bay! With so much to offer, we took Chris Decampo, Jake McCarthy and Andy Lloyd to a Japan that you haven’t heard much about… Yet.
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 Photos And Update: Steph Gilmore Wins
Robbie Warden is down at Torquay shooting some photos and sending through updates on the Rip Curl Pro for us. Today he caught Steph Gilmore’s win and got some awesome photos. Read more to check it out!
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.
Rip Curl Pro: Womens Event Starts This Morning!
The Rip Curl Pro at Bells kicks off this morning at Bells at 8am. Contest Director Damien Hardman said, “We have clean little waves on offer this morning and we’ll be commencing women’s Round 1 at 8am …” Read more for details.
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.
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Round Three Happening Today!
Round three of the Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast is set to kick off this morning! According to the release the swell is at three-to-four foot (1 – 1.5 metre) with the opening heat hitting the water at 7:30am. Read more for details.
In The News feat. Alessandra Ambrosio (Again!)
Everyone caught the video of the banker looking at the Miranda Kerr pics on Seven’s finance report this week, right? …
Mt. Dew Fed Square Course Layout
I’ve just got a hold of the course layouts for the Mt. Dew comp happening at Fed Square in Melbourne …
**Win** Grenade Shoes!
Photo by Julius Kellar As we mentioned a while back, Grenade have been working on a footwear range. It’s finally …
Fisheye Fridays with Andy Lloyd!
Andy Lloyd just shot through the latest installment to his Fisheye Friday’s clips and it’s amazingly fun! Featuring Darragh Walsh, …
C1RCA Skate & Create II Entry
Transworld‘s Skate & Create is on again and I just got sent this link to C1rca’s entry… Crap this is …
ESPN Previews Burton’s 2010 Consumer Catalog
Tim Brodhagen has previewed Burton’s 2010 consumer catalog for ESPN. Titled The Good Book, Brodhagen says it, “is definitely doper …
Hotham Banked Slalom Presented by Lib Tech
Tony at Sidelife shot through this flyer this morning. There is going to be a Banked Slalom event at Mt. …
The Cove Movie Out August 20th
Back in issue ten we spoke to Dave Rastovich about his goings on – he talked about a trip to …
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 …
Full P-Rod Nike SB Commercial Avail. Now!
I mentioned it here yesterday, now the full P-Rod Nike commercial, called ‘Today was a Good Day,’ is available. The …
Armourdillo Signs Kevin Staab
Armourdillo have made another surprise announcement with the signing of Kevin Staab as one of their ‘Legend Ambassadors’. He will …
Stylewars 2009!
Stylewars is on August 24-28, 2009. Falls Creek Resort, Australia. Rich Hegarty shot through an update for Stylewars last night. …
Please Vote
In case you had to think about it, NO, a skatepark would not be a blight on the St Kilda …
Quiksilver Okay – Not Selling Anything
According to Shop-Eat-Surf, Quiksilver has puled back from the brink and has no need to put anything up for sale. …
Quickflick 3 by Michael Drake
Guy Miller at Juice shot me through the link to this awesome short film on the Slam site. The film …
Burton Open – Registration Info
Registration is now open for the Burton Open in New Zealand. The event is on August 11th to 15th at …