http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40aNOuQotw

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).

How would you like to score yourself a ‘Zoo York X Ghostface Killah‘ deck and tee-shirt combo? We’ve got two sets (there are only 30 in Australia) to give away to two lucky readers. I guess I should make this at least a little challenging, so how ’bout this… we will give the first two people to email me with the name of Ghostface’s new album - for those that don’t know, go here to get the name off the front page promo - a tee and deck combo. If you’ve got the answer, email us: hithere@popmag.com.au - winners announced sometime next week!

Just a reminder to everyone up north that tomorrow night is the Brisbane premiere of ‘Two Weeks In…‘ Rick and Chunk are heading up there and it looks like the guys at Snowbiz have put together a great night. It’s happening at the Metro Arts Building at 7pm, check the above graphic for details… Hope you can make it!

The new Grenade flick, The Boned Age, has got teasers galore out! Featuring Kyle Clancy, Sketchy-D, Lucas Magoon, Benji Richie, Scotty Arnold, Scotty Lag, Tyler Flanagen, Louie Vito, Gabe Taylor, Danny Kass and the rest of the team - I’ve got two different clips to share with you now and another on the way when I get get the download to work. Above is the first and below the cut is the second, hopefully I’ll have the third up later today. Enjoy!

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Issue 9 is our biggest issue yet at over 100 pages. Gustav Eden Frontside 270 Fakie Smith Reverts the cover (yeah the sequence is crazy). There’s new and improved product reviews, an expanded editorial section, a winter outerwear preview and even a centerfold (no, it’s not Scarlett Johansson)! We’ve got interviews with Marc ‘Snappa’ Holland, Benji Weatherly, Nate Johnstone and Jon Kooley. POP’s still free, is still available in skate/snow/surf stores nationwide and online and still printed on environmentally responsible paper and inks.

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Or download the entire magazine in a pdf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ME3BRV2bhY

TJ Schneider’s new episode of Snowboard Realms has just come out. It’s from Superpark 12 at Mammoth and is the last of the season. It’s definitely worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha57ASWxIM0

Here’s a time lapse of the crowd at the Melbourne premiere for Two Weeks In. We started it half way through the night because we had to run home and get the fish-eye lens. I would say there was between 100 and 400 people there. I think we can all agree on that wide range. No? How about less than 400 but more than 50? Ok we’ll go with that. Between 50 and 400 people turned up… I think.

I just wanted to give you guys a heads up that our circulation page is now %100 up to date with the stockists of Issue 9. If the store is on the map, they got sent a box of magazines last week, so if you’re trying to track down a copy check here for the closest store.

Here’s those extra photos from Dan and Oz’s show. I got to Sydney on Wednesday night so I was lucky enough to get a look at the show being setup. I’ve got to say, it was such a good insight into how real artists think and work. I was very impressed. I didn’t post photos of every piece that’s on display. The show is open for the next two weekends so if you like these samples, go take a look. I’ve been talking to Dan about bringing the show to Melbourne, in July, so hold tight for more information on that.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ-ukdAcwMs

If you missed the Boost SurfSho contest this year, then don’t stress because it’s airing this Saturday (May 17th) at 11:30am on channel 9. If you’re like me, and have given up on Australian TV due to the constant Idol/Dance/CSI/Rove/Home-Away-from-Neighbors programing, you would be looking forward to this original programing. Plus, it has Taj Burrows and Mick Fanning in it, which I’d take over some nob on Big Brother any day.