Not going to lie: Not a whole lot of good videos have come out in 2017. SURFING Mag went under and there just isn’t that much good news around town. My CNN app looks like it’s being run by a dictator…and the waves are brown and massive and we’re just figuring out our booties. But today there is hope: Thanks to Dane and this new vid…and Craig and Austyn Gillette’s new brand Former, there is a flicker of life. Let’s call it a pilot light, because I know it’s gonna get hot very soon.

Let’s start with some good news: a new jazzy 20 minute vid from Dane and friends called “Rejects.”