Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Bioshock all night long

Picture stolen from www.webhallen.com

Somehow we are caught up in Rapture. Using thew weapons isn´t that hard. But all the different stuff - gene modifications etc. That´s a bit tougher. The modification is fun but it makes you think.

Anyway it´s a really good game. Apparently it sold out at most stores after just a few days in Stockholm.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Back on the right track....

YoMette doing some heavy surfing in San Sebastian, late june.

So much new to report about! Kink is once again up and running! You know what to do...
What else is new? I found the vans X pukas slip on in San Sebastian. Not as kool irl as on the web thou.

The new Burton site has dropped as well as new sites from Foursquare, Special Blend an tons of other. So far FourSquare looks the best.

P.S. Still waiting for that Burton catalogue to get to Sweden.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Next gen boards from Lib Tech

The boards we really want to lay our hands on....

More from Mustachio...

...and also a great interview with norweigan snowboard company and Norröna-spin offs Whiteout!!

Grenade 07/08

Grenade gloves for 07/08 are popping! The excellent site El Mustachio has some pics of the upcoming gloves. As usual they look really great! The mandreas mitt is my favourite so far for the 07/08. But on the other hand - so far no other gloves have beaten my 3 years old Burton gore mitt. But who knows?

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Melodica - straight outta Finland

Everyones new favourite skateboard company. Melodica is out of Finland. Somehow the company seems to still be something of a secret. On the site you´ll find a nice video as well. All about skateboarding, no "glamour", "bling" or "punk". Like the stickers on the first Anti Cimex record says: "just pure hard core the way it was meant to be played".

DVS Luxe

Dvs are updating the styles and are soon releasing the latest line - Dvs Luxe.
The line consists of some shoes and some apparel (one jacket, some tees and a really nice looking knitted sweater). It´s good to see that even "not so hip" brands as Dvs are kept up to date.

Dvs Luxe

Keep footwear

Keep footwear has been out there for a while. Producing high quality shoes for women only. Now it seems as if they might really break.

100% cotton canvas, natural gum rubber and overall a focus on environment and on society. As it is stated on the web site:
"All Keep footwear is produced in Brazil. We chose our factory based on their dedication to high standards for quality as well as for their labor and environmental policies. "

The shoes are really good looking, and seems to be comfy. The only problem is that they are actually quite hard to get. You can find them at Livestock (the pic is stolen from this ultra cool canadian shop. Sorry...) and directly from Keep footwear.

Keep Footwear


Friday, April 13, 2007

Why get sponsored?

Molly Aguirre blogs about sponsorship and why you shouldn´t care sp much. Sure it´s easy for her to lay down the words. But maybe she´s right. What is snowboarding all about? Maybe it isn´t just about money stash and getting free gear. Read and think for your self kids!

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Ali Boulala is awake!!

Swedish Sk8 star Ali Boulala is getting better. Today the biggest newspaper in Sweden has a great headline: Ali is getting better!

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Airblaster for 07/08


More kick ass than ever. Airblaster for 07/08. Log on to ebay asap.
The colours makes us think of the best snowboarding film 2005/06 The DC mtn lab. Remember all the crazed colours Travis Parker used?

We like Scarlett...but we don´t like rbk

We don´t really know why. But Scarlett likes rbk?!?! Is it because Reebook deals in, as they put it "sexy sports".

Saltrock line up tee

A good looking tee for girls from english surf brand Saltrock. Get it at english shop Surfline.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Stuntwood

Stuntwood is a new film about skateboarding. And the industry. From the trees to produced decks and commercial spots and skaters selling video games.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Holden Outerwear look book 07/08

This news is too good to only be published on kink.se...
Finally some pictures of the coming Holden products are online! As usual when it comes to Holden it´s pure quality and style! For you who don´t are too familiar with Holden (I´ve bought two jackets this season and I did the same last season) it´s stylish and a bit more fitted that say Foursquare.

The fabrics (hemp, twill herringbone etc) are not so common for snowboarding clothes, but they look really good and perform well. The colours are a bit more mellow. Good when you´re on the streets, maybe not as good riding backcountry. But if you match it with some bright colour pants it should be just fine.

As usual you´ll find some jackets and pants in more enviromental friendly fabrics.

So what´s hot for the next season? The beanies look really good. As do the down jackets.
New for next season is that Holden will include some gloves as well.

Holden Look book 07/08

Look good in plaid - Nixon watches

Plaid is doing good. You just change the colours a bit and it seems to work forever. Good examples of the use are last seasons excellent Gravis Royale shoes (for a pic - look here).

Now even snow/sk8/surf-sponsor and watch company Nixon have some models in plaid. They look good and they show you the time.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Quiksilver ads

Some good out door ads from Quiksilver. Maybe you´ve already read all about it on kink.se?

You can see them all here. My favourite is this one. It comes with a surfboard and everything. But isn´t it a bit too close to what Burton did one or two years ago when they handed out seats made of snowboards to shops? Or a bit like what Sportif has done with sk8 decks?

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Lakai Howard select - best shoe for the spring


Lakai Howard select in new colour! Go get it!

Visvim have lost it...

...maybe just for a while. But anyway. The Twombly is not kick ass nor fresh.

Alife - all over sthlm

Finally you can find Alife shoes in almost every "hip and/or cool" store in sthlm. Some years ago you could get the amazing vans rip offs Alife made (and got sued for) at Sportif.

Now a days you can get the Alife kicks at both Cali and Item and probably some other places as well. Too bad that Alife rtft-shoes has lost some of their original coolness. But they are still good looking!

Bern helmets

Even tough the snow season might be reaching its end you still need a good helmet. Bern makes helmets with some sort of hat like inner. Which lets you decide if you should wear the helmet winter time (with the hat on) or summer time (with the hat off).

These helmets are amongst the best looking we´ve seen so far. Burtons Red helmets are really comfy and everything. But they are just soo ugly! So Bern is a must favourite for the coming (spring/summer) season or at least next winter season.

Friday, March 9, 2007

Westbeach cap

New from Westbeach! This is sort of kick ass. Something like inbetween a beanie and a cap. Ride or cruze in style!

Burton iDiom 07/08

Shelta a store in Göteborg Sweden has just posted some photos of the coming range from iDiom. It looks really good. It might be the best to come from iDiom in two or three years time.

In Sweden you´ll also find iDiom at Item. They also have all the pics in the official look book. Pop by and check it out!

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Ice Cream Boardflip 2

Do you still think Pharell is cool? Or are you impressed by his approach to the sk8 community? Then this is something for you: the latest shoe from Ice Cream. Don´t ask me how or why, but now you can easily buy this shoe from Denmark! Go get it!

KiNK - all you need

For the best in snowboarding, surfing, photo, sk8, street and everything else that makes life worth living - check out KiNK. It might be the best site on the Internet.

Sunday, March 4, 2007

Supreme s/s 07

Boom. That´s the sound when Supreme drops the new line for spring/summer. You can hardly start FireFox without being drowned in pics and info. Some of the stuff (the bags) look really good. Some other stuff looks not so good (the Tyson tee). Even tough it´s still quite hard to actually get the goods. Anyway, here´s some pics.

aNYthing s/s 07

The spring/summer ranges are start dropping. Maybe not yet in stores but there´s a lot of sneak previews out there. aNYthing looks good, as always. They are still going with the strong colours. And I thought prep was dead...
See the whole range on 5th Dimension

Friday, March 2, 2007

07/08 Burton boards

Pictures of all different snowboards for the coming season are dropping on the Internet. Here is the Burton UnInc for the next season. Good looking graphics with nice animals. We´re not sure what the kids in the park will say...

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Millencollin open

World famous swedish punk stars Millencollin arranges their annual Millencollin Open. This is the fifth time and the event just grows bigger and better! This year they are even holding a expo called "The swedish skateboardmässa" here you´ll find some of the top skate brands in sweden. Amongst the exhibitors are Sportif and Polygon and mediapartners such as Tacky.

The rock combo Franky Lee will play live. Franky Lee is a Millencollin/Randy spin off. Well worth checking out.
Where: Ă–rebro, a town in the center of Sweden.
When: 2 & 3 March.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Koston does it again

Just some days ago we told you about the over the top gem Lakoston from Fourstar. When Lakai shows the current line Koston gets his own "Select"-shoe. Just like a lot of the other teamriders. Anyway, the Koston Select is really smooth and nice looking. Not as "Phat" or "Niked" as his old pro shoes. Very basic, not so hi tech. For good and bad.

Modettes only

Volcom is trying really hard to get a grip. They got some bad words for this season snow outer wear. Personly I think some of the jacketts were really good looking while others were crappy and way to expensive. As usual when it comes to Volcom.

The brand new range is called Miss Mod and is really good looking. Amongst others you´ll find some boardies that look both nice and stays functional. What else can we say? That as always the ads and graphics are better than the actual clothes? But then again - what did you expect from Volcom?

Etnies - girls only

This season Etnies continues to focus on their range for girls. And the Easy e is probably one of the best girl sk8 shoes. Ever. Especially the one in black. Can it get any more fresh than this?

Fila drives you crazy - proof!!

On the word wide web we found this - the final proof that crappy brands like Fila actually drives you crazy! The first picture - Britney wears what seems to be a ordinary hoodie. But don´t be misguided by the poor quality of the picture. In the second picture Britney wears the same fila shit but this time she shaves her head. You do the maths....

Bird flue!!

MIA is back with a new video - Bird Flue. She´s on top of things, as always. Good to see that some one adresses this major issue. We wan´t no bird flue. No no.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Lakoston

Eric Koston rules!
But that not really any cool news is it? Since he joined Lakai some months ago he´s more or less totally devoted to the Girl family. Now he´s got his own high street fashion with Fourstars Lakoston. Check this out - Kostons signature key chain. _That´s quality for you and that´s attitude. When we see this - we see something that´s fresh. And that is something we get enough of!

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Burton x Paul Smith Collabo gone bad?

Highsnobity says: Burton Mark XIII is an incredible collection, combining style, premium materials and state-of-the-art construction. The idea of the line is to blend mountain inspired technology with contemporary urban fashion and one can for sure say that they more than achieved their goal. Every piece comes with great details and in outstanding quality.

What´s the deal anyway? If you wanna go shredding you don´t need Paul Smith and if you gonna go not-shredding you don´t need Burton (I know you don´t believe me but that´s really the truth). Still the jacket has some nice details. But far more interesting are the iDiom collection for next year. If you´re in Sthlm you should pop over to Item, ask really nice and check out their iDiom lookbook.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Fu Manchu "We Must Obey" (2007)


Fu Manchu is back. After their last and by far worse record "Start the Machine" Fu Manchu has returned to their patened stoned (rather than stoner) rock. This time the sound drips with more Thin Lizzy references than the usual ted Nugent-riffs. For better or worse.


Personally I still hold their California Crossing as maybe not their most fun or inventional album but the best. When Fu Manchu let the focus drop they often tend to be sound too stoned, too smart or just too much. The whole point with Fu Manchu is to be dumb music played too loud. And that´s why their surfer dudes-image works so well.


The first single of the album and probably the best track, “Hung out dry” is as classic Fu Manshu as ever. Slow and rhythmic. Otherwise “We Must Obey” is harder, less poppy and far from the catchy sounds of “Urethane” and “California Crossing”.


All in all it´s a must buy for any fans. Everyone else should start with “Californa Crossing” and work their way backwards in the extensive Fu manchu backcatalogue.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Good looking jackets in colours gone bad

Nikita down 4 good.
And this is not the best colour...

Holden Tulip
Not even this crappy mustard colour can make this jacket look bad. Soo kick ass.

Bonfire Blur
Why don´t they ever make guys jacket look this kool (actually the Blut jacket is avaivable for men as well)?

Why women snowboarding jackets are better looking

1. Not too baggy, still not to dressed or too much "fashion".
2. Girls who snowboard are cooler than girls who don´t.
3. Because brigt colours and patterna make you happy.
4. And bright colours and patterns might help you once you´re stuck way off pist or in the middle of (or under) an avalanche.
5. Usually a bit cheaper...

What time is it?


About time to upgrade to a more technical time shower? The Yeti from the company that brought you Hampus own jacket is here. It shows the time, but also the temperature and altitude and a lot more.

Stay warm in stylee


Since the cold is still holding on and the winter has some more weeks to go it might be time for a new beanie. This beanie from Alife -straight outta NYC- migt be more than you can handle. But yet it looks really good once you´ve attacked the slopes.