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 …
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.
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 …
Billabong Pro J-Bay Round 4 Now On
As the ever rad Sej pointed out in the shoutbox, the Billabong Pro at J-Bay is continuing live right now …
A Vote For Snowboarding
Considering the Olympics is some what of a big deal these days, in Steve Berra fashion, I would like to …
…Speaking of One Hit Wonders
Courtesy of our good friend Pierre Wikberg, here is an assault on your equilibrium courtesy of Ulrik Badertcher and the …
Bear Gets Stuck in Bowl
I’ve skated some bowls that were pretty deep and deadly, but never with a fucking bear in the bottom of …
“It’s Always Sunnies in Australia” Almost Avail.
Birdhouse‘s new flick, It’s Always Sunnies in Australia, is available-ish now. As usual, the Australian iTunes store is lagging annoyingly …
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 …
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 …
Blabac Photo Book Launch – Melbourne Details
**UPDATE** I’ve been told by the guys at DC that this launch venue has booked out with VIP’s. Unless you …
Please Vote
In case you had to think about it, NO, a skatepark would not be a blight on the St Kilda …
Day In The Life
I was always a huge fan of the ‘day in the life’ segments in 411. Whether this was an actual …
Jesse Faen from Insight on Empire Ave
I didn’t know who the hell Jesse Faen was until Linc at Empire Ave shot me this amazing story. Now …
American Apparel Settles With Woody Allen
American Apparel CEO, Dov Charney, struck an out of court settlement with Woody Allen yesterday. The dispute was over the …
Billabong in Trading Halt
According to this article in yesterdays Age, Billabong shares are in a trading halt at the moment pending an announcement …
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 …
Gruen Transfer Gets Confronting
This is was off topic but definitely interesting… The ABC program, the Gruen Transfer, runs a test each week for …
Andy Jenkins and Mike Carroll’s (Product) Red Video
Andy Jenkins and Mike Carroll’s have got a second round of products coming for (Product) Red and they’ve made a …
Pop on Twitter Bandwagon!
Pop knows a neat bandwagon when one is passing and we have enthusiastically jumped on the Twitter one. We’ll be …
Parko Wins Rip Curl Pro
As reported by Jay in the Shoutbox, 28 year old Joel Parkinson has won the Rip Curl Pro. He took …
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 …
Atmosphere Aus/NZ Online Store Open!
Atmosphere have opened their online store for Australia and NZ. Not only that but he is offering a special discount …
Etnies In Japan
Head over the newly redesigned Etnies site and avert your gaze to all but the blog section. The team has …
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 …
Burton US Open Live Webcast Starting Soon!
Just a quick reminder that you will be able to watch the Burton US Open live via goto11’s webcast. Men’s …
National Youth Week Skate Comp – Pakenham
James from Cardinia Shire Youth Services emailed me about a skate comp happening at the new park in Pakenham, Victoria …
Searching For Michael Peterson
‘Searching For Michael Peterson‘ is a documentary film covering the life of the somewhat mythical MP. If you don’t know …
Parko Takes Quik Pro
If you were as busy as me this morning, you were probably watching the live stream of the Quiksilver Pro …
In the News
Just a few more interesting articles about surfing, skating, snowboarding and other entertaining subjects that made the news during the …
Dino Now Online!
Our friends Darragh Walsh and Mark ‘The Bear’ Bristow have been working hard on Dino for over a year now. …
Vans Iconoclasts
Not to be confused with the TV program of the same name, Vans have recently launched their Iconoclasts campaign. For …
Oakley Custom
Incredibly similar to Nike ID, which has been charging absurd amounts of dollars for customised shoes, you can now do …
Jake & Donna Talk Back
We have featured one or two things on the Burton Love and Primo graphic controversy before and hopefully this little …