We reported on happenings in this space last week and it’s finally come to pass… At a much, much lower …
Billabong And Surfstitch Making Moves
Over the last two weeks, there’s started to be some interesting rumblings on the Gold Coast about Surfstitch. The reports in …
Billabong Gives The Trump Treatment To CEO Derek O’Neill
Billabong have replaced long time employee Derek O’Neill with former Target boss Launa Inman as CEO. Inman’s skills seem to revolve around retail which suggests Billabong may be doubling down on their (so far) failed retail strategy rather than taking a different path. Got to admire the balls it takes to do that…
Billabong City Squared Melbourne Results
Last weekend was the Billabong City Squared comp in Melbourne. The rider list was awesome and it was always going to be a great contest. First place was taken out by Blake Harris followed by Tommy Fynn and Reece Warren. Check the full rankings below and click through a few shots above.
Billabong City Squared Melbourne Course
Billabong have released the course designs for this years City Squared comp in Melbourne. The event is happening this Saturday (April 14th) and has confirmed the likes of Tommy Fynn, Sam Giles, Jake Duncombe, Bjorn Johnston, Dane Burman, Blake Harris, Lewis Marnell, Sammy Winter, Nick Boserio and many, many more to be attending. According to the release, the course features a gap-to-ledge feature …
Billabong City Squared 2012
Billabong have shot out some details on the 2012 City Squared comp in Melbourne. The $10,000 invitational has been running a few years now and is always an awesome day. It’s happening on Saturday April 14th at Queensbridge Square in Melbourne. There’s a promo clip below and the full flyer beneath that – hope to see you there!
Billabong Reports On Difficult Year With Bright Spots
Billabong has dropped its full year financial report and it’s got some expected and some not so expected results in there. The way everyone has been talking, you’d think every clothing brand in the world was about to pack up the sewing machines and call it a day but BBG raised their total revenue by 23.8% to $1.68 billion… Nothing Io sneeze at. It’s been a tough year and the strengthening Australian dollar is having an effect… But Australian’s also contributed just over half a …
Billabong’s City Squared – Super Slow Mo Clip
Billabong have released the main clip from the City Squared event the other month. The clip features a tonne of super slow motion footage courtesy of the Phantom camera they had on hand as well as some great shots from the crane they had going. Enjoy!
Win A Trip To LA From Billabong
Billabong have got a comp up on their site at the moment around their Design For Humanity program. You can win a trip to LA and all you have to do is drop your best pickup line to the site over here. And for fans of internet humor, here’s some guys getting numbers using meme’s. Pretty funny.
Billabong’s City Squared – Photo Highlights From Steve Gourlay
Saturday was Billabong’s third annual City Squared event in Melbourne. The day, as always, attracted a pretty amazing line up of talent but in the end it was Sam Giles who took the win followed by Tommy Fynn, Jack Kirk, Reece Warren, Jack Fardell and Chris Wood. Check some photos taken by Steve Gourlay in the gallery …
Billabong’s City Squared This Weekend!
This Saturday April 2nd, Billabong is holding their annual City Squared event at Queensbridge Square, Southbank, Melbourne. The day is always rad and attracts an amazing quality of skater along. In addition, Pop is live blogging the day running a comp in association with Sony and Billabong. The prize is worth over $3,000 so …
Billabong City Sqaured Promo Clip
Billabong have released a little promo clip for the City Sqaured event happening in Melbourne on April 2nd. This is the third year the event has run and there is an $11,000 prize pool up for grabs. It kicks off early afternoon at Queens bridge Square, Southbank. Hit the full event page for …
Billabong’s City Squared Event Is Back!
Billabong has got their City Squared event happening in a couple of weeks time. This is the third year the comp has run and, as usual, there is an amazing line up including; Shane O’Neill, Tommy Fynn, Chima Ferguson, Blake Harris, Jackson Pilz, Nick Boserio, Luke Croker, Bjorn …
The Rob Blog: Air And Style Video
Woody at Billabong sent me this clip to share with you all – While Robbie was at the Air & Style earlier this year, the Billabong crew organized a camera to take you all behind he scenes and show you just what was going on in the lead up. It’s rad they’ve done this – it’s super interesting …
Pop Magazine’s 2011 Sexiest Swimwear
It’s about time we put out 2011 sexiest swimwear guide online! Here’s the shots from issue 17 which featured the beautiful model Jordan giving us a peek at some of the hottest swimwear for this summer. Enjoy the photos!
The Rob Blog: Billabong Catalog Shoot
Hey Guys! I know it’s a bit late with these pics but here are a few shots from Jackson Hole where I went for a Billabong catalog shoot just before Christmas. Unfortunately my trip was cut pretty short because our flight was canceled so we had to wait till the …
Billabong’s Andy Irons Tribute Video
Billabong have released a tribute clip for Andy Irons. There’s not much to say about this… The clip is amazing but it’s definitely sad to watch.
Billabong’s Official Announcement On Andy Irons Death
Billabong has made an official announcement confirming Andy Irons passing, read more for the full announcement.
The Rob Blog: NZ Billabong Bro Down
Woody Sedgman, Billabong snow TM and all round good dude, just shot me through an update for Robbie’s blog… He’s got some amazing shots from the Billabong Bro Down that were taken by Vaughn Brookefield. Check it out – Woody’s words below!
The Rob Blog: Winter Streetwear Shoot In Byron
Just got a call from Billabong asking me to fly up to Byron for another winter street wear shoot. I …
Billabong’s Taj Burrow Signature Collection
Billabong has released a signature collection for Taj Burrow that has some pretty awesome looking pieces in it… According to the release, Taj said, “When we were approving the pieces, I would think: Could I put this on at 6:30 am and still be…
The Rob Blog: First Kids Can Ride Trip
With a lot of help from Rhylla at Mt Buller, my gorgeous girlfriend Alice and Geoff Walker from Mansfield Secondary College, the first Kids Can Ride trip has begun. I started Kids Can Ride because I wanted to snowboard with kids who love snowboarding …
Billabong’s 2010 Snow Preview Video
Billabong have snuck out a preview video for their 2010 snow program. The video appears to feature Antti Autti, Anne …
Sony VAIO x Billabong
Sony VAIO have released a Billabong styled version of their W series laptop. According to the release, the W Series …
The Rob Blog: Robbie’s Billabong Wallpaper!
I’ve just been over at the Billabong website and found that they have a Robbie Walker wallpaper available at the …
The Rob Blog: Billabong Team Page Questionnaire
Hey Guys! Just talking to Billabong and they are redoing the team pages so they asked me to answer a few questions. Click ‘read more’ to cheek out my answers!
Help Design The New Billabong RJW Jacket And Win!
Hey! We’ve started work on designing the new 2011 Billabong RJW jacket! I got the call from the designers at …
Billabong Team in NZ: Episode 4
This is the fourth clip in Billabong and Sony’s series on the team trip to New Zealand. As I mentioned …
Billabong Team in NZ: Episode 3
This is the third in the Billabong trip to New Zealand clips that Woody is kindly sending to us. As …
World Surfing Champ to be Crowned Live on FuelTV
After an extremely successful broadcast of the Rip Curl Pro Search in Portugal earlier this year, the good guys at …
Billabong Team in NZ: Episode 2
This is the second in the Billabong trip to New Zealand clips that Woody is kindly sending us. The videos …
Robbie Walker Interview!
There’s been a bit of inquiry in the Shoutbox as to what K2 and Billabong rider, Robbie Walker, is up …
Billabong XXL Awards – Five Nominated Wipeouts
Simon at Billabong sent me a short vid of the top five wipeouts nominated for the XXL awards. You can …
Former Billabong Director, Matthew Perrin, Declares Bankruptcy
A former Billabong director, Matthew Perrin, has declared bankruptcy according to the Herald Sun. After selling eight million shares for …