WY Recommends O’Neill Hyperfreak “Nomad” boardie

As of course you already know, O’Neill has been making core surf gear since the 1950s and is a legacy...

Photo Credit: Piotrek Drzastwa A dive into the Warsaw skate scene

A few months back we received an email from a photographer by the name of Piotrek Drzastwa. It offered up...

WY Recommends: “Women on Waves” Over 200 years of women’s surfing by Jim Kempton

Did you know that a woman might have been one of the world’s first surfers? Yep, we didn’t either. However,...

Watch: “Margs” by Cola Bros The best vlog on the ‘net right now?

With the WSL’s Australian “Quaddie” mercifully coming to an end, the Cola Bros always seem to find a way to...

Watch: “Craziest Day Ever” Featuring Barron Mamiya and friends

In what is a bit of a clip from the vault, so to speak, Barron revisits a trip to Tahiti...

Watch: “Lost Track Atlantic Featuring Torren Martyn

We kinda fell asleep on NeedEssentials’ first episode of the “Lost Track” series (Watch here), but we’re all over EP...

Watch: “North Point Raws” By Scotty Bauer –

We would never second guess the insight of seasoned vet and current CT Commissioner, Jessi Miley-Dyer, but it was a...

Watch: “Vantage Points” Episode 2 featuring Soli Bailey and Mikey Mallalieu

Part two of O’Neill’s creative series that features a surfer and filmer collaborating on a video project. In this episode,...

Watch: “Wax that COVID” Featuring William Aliotti

Ok, the boys have put this one way out there. That said, we are digging on the little animation parts....

Watch: “Zeke Lau Unleashed” Perfect waves at home

If you’ve been lucky enough to surf Town with a little swell, or better yet, actually get a few waves,...

TAKE FIVE: EP 18 Are you a local?

Do you consider yourself a local at a surf spot somewhere? No really, serious question. We ask because an interesting...

WY Premiere: Small Reactions New Age Soul

This tight little band popped a press release into our inbox last week and we kinda dig um. We thought...

Watch: “Twenty Seven Clips” Featuring Eli Hanneman

We lost track after about the fourth or fifth absolute hammer, but we’ll take his word for it on the...

Read: “Cold Comfort” By Marcus Paladino

We pumped this book up a few months back with a like Q&A (read here), but now it’s on the...

WY Recommends: Volcom jumps into the rubber biz

Volcom dropped a full range of suits a few months ago now but we just got around to checking out...

Watch: “Highway Rider” Featuring William Aliotti

We love us some William Aliotti. Ever since we were introduced to him a few years ago when we did...

The future is upon us Cruz Dinofa leads the charge of tomorrow’s youth

There’s been a movement in surfing of which has been pushing forward for a few years now. It’s been a...

Watch: “True Tapes” EP 01 A new vid series from Barron Mamiya

If you’ve been following along at all, you know we’ve been huge fans of Barron Mamiya for a while now....

Watch: “Free Surf” from RIPITUP Featuring Tristan Guilbaud

If you like your surfing fast and powerful here’s your guy as Tristan Guilbaud leaves nothing in the tank, as...

A few words with filmmaker Ben LaLande “Primitive,” featuring Kalum Bruhwiler

Filmmaker Ben LaLande is putting the finishing wraps on an interesting short film that captures the life of, yes, another...

Photo Credit: Thomas Fotomas

As is often the case, we stumbled upon the unique work of Thomas Pitois – who works under the nom...

What Youth Drinks: “Wine” A starter kit

Here’s the setup: you have a hot date lined up with you cooking dinner at the pad. There are a...

Watch: “Punto Magico” Mason goes south of the border

Straight up, Mason Ho is singlehandedly keeping surfing in the fun zone. In yet another Snapt4 outtake, our Hawaiian friend...

WY Recommends: Oscar x FCS x Christenson Surfboards A Groovy Little Collab

Whenever Osc sends over a clip, it doesn’t take long for someone in the office to get it up on...

WY Recommends: Demand Surf Products A little help is on the way

As a quasi surf-media company, whatever that is, we get a lot of cool stuff sent our way. We were...

Watch: “Vantage Points EP 1” From a new vid series from O’Neill

As part of a new video series from O’Neill, they partner a team surfer with a filmer to create some...

Take Five: EP 17 Wait, what? The WSL comes after Biolos

Oh boy. Filed under the category of “what we’re you thinking,” the WSL, surfing’s preeminent entertainment company, fired a warning...

Listen: Sonic Youth Surfing’s most important band?

Whether you’ve ever liked them or not isn’t really the question. No, it’s way more about a broader cultural influence...

Dirty ‘ol Wedge Grab your speedos and fins, it’s May 1!

As we sometimes do, we ended up at our favorite Mexican joint on yet another Friday afternoon. And, as we...

Watch: “Maps of Home” Featuring John Florence

We’ve been waiting to see more of that epic outer reef session in Hawaii that went down a few months...

Watch: “Ofélia” A groovy film by Joao Carmo

As we often mention, quite a few submissions arrive here at What Youth on a regular basis. It can be...

Watch: “Rock” Mikey Wright in Hawaii through the lens of Wade Carroll

Every few years or so a new talent comes up through the ranks, maybe wins a few junior events on...