Surfing, Skateboarding, Music, Photography, Travel, Culture and general antics of the youth on the run.

We watched Russel Bierke in “Bezerke” And then called him to find out just how he does this

Editor’s note: We were late to the party here. But after watching this vid about Russel Bierke, we had to...
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Watch Warbly Jets’ “Alive” Video And listen to them

Ever miss that good old rock ‘n’ roll sound that’s not muddled up in fifteen different genres that all bounce...
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Coming Soon: “Sosa Badman” Framegrabs and words from Lee Wilson’s new part. Coming Monday.

There was a time in surfing when parts mattered. When it was how you would be viewed for years at...

New Vacation Club Vid: “MMMM, Zingy” Acid Drops and surfing in Santa Cruz with Nate Tyler, Dylan Graves and Noah Weigrich

Nate Tyler, Dylan Graves and Noah Weigrich are a bunch of long haired hippies running around Santa Cruz in “MMMM,...

Twin Peaks European Tour Photos from tagging along

“I broke my elbow at a Twin Peaks show earlier this year in Philly, and that wasn’t even the rowdiest...

Listen to Peeling Sweet and salty jams from Toronto

Money. Roses. And a black leather glove. These images induce all sorts of titillating references in my brain, and the...
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Clay Marzo in Lost Paradise And he’s still trunking it where others prefer a wettie

Clay Marzo has somehow turned a cold water paradise into his own tropical locale. And I don’t think anyone gets...
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Watch No Other Way New release from Vans and Thrasher starring Kyle Walker and many more

Holy shit. This video is an ever-climbing rollercoaster of mind-blowing stoke. Elijah and Kyle take us to the brink of...
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Alex Smith’s One Way Ticket Journey to the center of the earth

Alex Smith literally did this. Booked a one way ticket and filmed what happened. He landed on some of the...

Watch “TSAPOF” New clip from the Blobys in Paris

New clip from one of our favorite skate crews.  Starring Kevin Rodrigues, Vincent Touzery, Remy Taveira & More. Watch our Fairly...

Watch “Blink and it’s over” A glimpse into the mind of Justin Lyons

Justin Lyons credits his introduction into the world of “street art” as “the spark” that led him to pursue his...
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Watch Chapter 11 Starring Dane Reynolds

In case you’ve been under a rock and haven’t seen this 4 times yet. Enjoy.
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Albee Layer’s backside 7 (with revert) A first on film

I mean, he spins 900, flies above 700. Either way, big congrats to Maui boy Albee Layer, and thanks for committing...

Night out in Honolulu Two rad events, one fun night in Town with Nolan Hall and Mark Oblow

Over the weekend we attended two really rad events in Honolulu. The first a photo exhibition for friend and photographer...

WY Premiere: Howardian’s “Box Turtle” An animated voyage with an environmental plea 

Ian Vanek’s new project Howardian has been floating under the radar for some time now, and today, we’re happy to...
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Listen to A Tribe Called Quest Because politically charged hip-hop is what we need right now

We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service. Pretty much the perfect title for a farewell album. And...
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Watch Fire it Up Creed McTaggart, Colin Moran and Tanner Rozunko go way south

Fireworks, beer, offshores and all sorts of debauchery and fun in the beautiful place called Baja California with Creed, Tanner...
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New What Youth Stuff We’ve stocked the shop and added new styles

We’ve re-filled the shelves here with new and classic sizes and styles of What Youth tees, sweatshirts and more. There are...
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Watch Dillon Perillo’s Day Trip to Baja A few hours away from hostility

When there’s an influx of swell coming, people from Southern California start chomping at the bit and every spot with...
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Watch “Kicks” With Pama Davies

Pama Davies along the South East Coast of Australia and the South Island of New Zealand. Plenty of slabs to go...
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Watch Clay Marzo in Baja California Big offshore tubes in freezing conditions

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Clay surf on this side of the world. The conditions look all too...
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Ty Segall Announces New Album And drops debut single, “Orange Color Queen”

That’s right. Ty Segall has a new album dropping January 27th on Drag City Records, and today, he’s sharing the...
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Death of a Ladies’ Man A small tribute to Leonard Cohen 

“It’s time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.” The first Leonard...
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WY Premiere: Listen to Lovely Bad Things And stream their new single “Cartoon Food”

Lovely Bad Things, the La Mirada band of multi-instrumentalist surf punk misfits, have a new song out today, “Cartoon Food”,...
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Watch Geoff Rowley’s “Promo” Part MIni Ramp sessions at the Vans’ warehouse

Geoff goes absolutely mad on the Vans’ mini ramp. With some fun guest appearances from the Hager Bros, Ed Templeton,...
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Watch Taj Burrow in “Valhalla” Post WSL

We were never worried about Taj. He always does what he wants, where he wants. With a beer in his...
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Watch “Says Who” Sean “Sea Mullet” Mawson is a name to get familiar with

Well, look at this. A tube pig with a love for the punt. This is one of the first edits...
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Watch “Dorta” Portugal with Ian Crane, Timmy Reyes and Torrey Meister

Portugal is a wave garden. Forget the fact that ever actual wave pool garden thing is closing down, planet earth...
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Listen to Cory Hanson The Wand / Muggers member unveils solo debut album

Cory Hanson, lead singer and guitarist of Wand and former member of the Muggers (RIP),  has announced his solo debut...

Listen to Kill a Punk for Rock & Roll New project and song from Josh Landau of The Shrine

Josh Landau of the The Shrine debuted his solo project Kill A Punk For Rock & Roll last night on...
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Watch “Rotten to the Core” Surfing is not a sport and this video is a throwback reminder

This is the type of surf film you find buried in the VHS collection deeper than the others because you kind of...
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Remembering Andy 6 years ago today we lost Andy Irons

There has been no shortage of emotions around lately. 2016 has been a rough one on our heroes. And today is...

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