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Watch “Wash” featuring Beau Foster, Creed McTaggart, Ellis Ericson

It’s the boys’ first gig, and Creed’s got some vocals. The surfing ain’t so bad either. Beau’s got some sick...
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Watch: We Watch a throwback feel with a fuck you attached

Here in Socal we are dealing with the sweltering heat and waiting for the waves to arrive, so we were...

Kevin Terpening for Stussy A Short Film From Jared Sherbet

what youth recommends dinosaurs

Listen to Dinosaurs The first band in a long time to warrant Weezer and early Offspring comparisons

San Francisco was once the music epicenter of our generation. White Fence, Ty Segall, King Tuff, Thee Oh Sees, and...
what youth recommends DIIV is the are is

DIIV’s New Album Is The Is Are is Out And we can’t stop listening to it

DIIV, the spacegazey, ambient imbued creation of Zachary Cole Smith, has a new album out through Captured Tracks, and we...
what youth recommends balaram stack surfing

Watch Balaram Stack in Panama New York’s greatest export samples the Caribbean

Balaram Stack is our East Coast informant. New York Hip Hop a season early. NorthEast storm tracker, Yankee ticket supplier,...
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Watch Clay Marzo in West Oz So happy he’s still putting these out

Clay Marzo continues to call West Oz (second) home, and you can see why here. Clay continues to live the...
what youth recommends TGIF air

Watch TGIF with Dane Reynolds, Yadin Nicol, Dillon Perillo

We don’t normally encourage this type of release to recommend, and the quality is a little suss, but we do love...
what youth recommends kera and the lesbians

Listen to Kera and the Lesbians Surf, rock and some bipolar folk

When I first heard the band name Kera and the Lesbians, I was instantly hooked. Led by Kera Armendariz and...
what youth recommends twin peaks

Twin Peaks Announce New Album And leak first single, “Walk To The One You Love”

Chicago band Twin Peaks announced the release of a new album this week, and it’s cleaner than you’d think. Less...
what youth recommends ford archbold air

Watch Ford and Matt Archbold See, style still rules when you’re Ford and Archy

It’s really nice to watch these two surf together. Ford forged his own path and is currently touring around the world with his...

Watch Ty Segall’s Video “Emotional Mugger” A reimagined, twisted 14 minutes of pure insanity

Editor’s note: Our music editor Maya loves gore. And horror. And Ty Segall and all the incarnations that are Ty Segall....
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Watch “The Chain” Starring Seth Moniz and a Fleetwood Mac track

After watching 20-year-old Makai McNamara nearly take down two surfing legends (Kelly and Bruce) and one of Pipeline’s princes (JOB) at...
Jamie O'Brien, Pipeline, surfing

Now that’s how you do it Volcom reminds us how to present competitive surfing the right way

You know if the entire What Youth HQ drops what they’re doing to put the finals a surf contest on the screen...
Bruce Irons, Volcom Pipe Pro

Told You So Watch the highlights from Day 2 at the Volcom Pipe Pro, they’re fucking sick (and include this Bruce Irons buzzer beater)

Hate to say it, but, yeah, we called it. The Volcom Pipe Pro continues to produce competition that makes you...
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Watch the Volcom Pipe Pro Right Now A surf contest we honestly and highly recommend

We’ve become somewhat notorious for being against most formal surf competitions, but we usually like to give credit where credit is...
what youth recommends kolohe el nino

Watch Through the Trees Starring Kolohe Andino, Ian Crane, Yadin Nicol, Tanner Gudauskas and Dane Gudauskas

The title says it all. Pretty creepy video, but the boys are making the most of it with the wind and...
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Watch Mick Fanning at Snapper Oh yeah, it’s Summer in Australia…

While we’re still hanging up our 4/3’s in the shade here in California, Mick Fanning and the boys at Snapper...
what youth recommends greetings from jonas

Watch Greetings From Jonas With Balaram Stack, Joe Perrino, James Theobald, Pat Schmidt, Mike Gleason and Friends

Apparently the blizzard is still on. People keep pumping out video after video of Jonas. This latest clip has an old school...
what youth recommends cold outside

Watch Cold Outside With Shane Burn, Dylan Kowalski, Evan Barton

Hearing Ludacris over a surf edit was definitely a first. Kinda sounds like a ghetto Christmas song. Maybe, throw another...

Watch Cate Le Bon’s New Trailer for “Crab Day” It just might be the weirdest thing you’ll see all week

Cate Le Bon, the ethereal, angel-voiced Welsh singer/songwriter who’s worked with Tim Presley, White Fence and the Chemical Brothers, is...
what youth recommends music adult books

Watch Adult Books’ Video “Suburban Girlfriend” Pools, playgrounds and lemonade stands in the suburbs

Adult Books, the LA-based post-punk bubblegum outfit from Orange County, released a new video today for “Suburban Girlfriend,” the lead...

Watch Huli Huli With John John Florence, Dusty Payne, Mason Ho, Jamie O’Brien and More

The Hawaii clips keep coming in. And for all intents and purposes because if the waves are there so are...
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Watch RVCAloha Featuring Bruce Irons, Danny Fuller, Jay Davies, Makua Rothman, Tyler Newton, Kalani David and more

RVCA doing it right. This is a pretty sick Hawaii part in a sea of Hawaii parts. RVCA has assembled a...

Listen to Tortoise Their new album Catastrophist is about to wreck your brain for the better

Tortoise is a Chicago-based band that has been creating a brilliant and unique blend of jazz, indie post rock, prog,...

Winter Storm Jonas Balaram Stack, Pat Schmidt, Corey Frank, and Thomas Ihnken surf frozen New York

Jonas was supposed to keep the East Coast cooped up in their houses, but Balaram and his friends know that when...
Dillon Perillo, Brendon Gibbens, the Dill and beeg project

Watch The Dill and Beeg Project The boys just absolutely nailed it

Friday night in Venice, California I sat and watched this movie at the premiere that Dillon Perillo and Brendon Gibbens...

Seaweed Salad Starring Ian Crane, Brett Barley, Torrey Meister, Jake Kelley, Kei Kobayashi, Colt Ward

North Shore in November and December is a shit show. Everyone is there and there’s good reason to be. O’Neill’s...

Listen to Feels Thrashing bedroom grrrl rock that’ll make you believe in feelings again

In an age where digital music comes as easily and readily as microwaved popcorn, LA-based foursome Feels, the reincarnation of...
what youth recommends rob machado

Watch Banjo Strings A delight from Jack Coleman featuring Ryan Burch, Tom Curren and Rob Machado

Do we need to give a reason why? The audio won’t necessarily pump you up, but respect the art behind...

Watch Land of the Left Featuring Jonathan Gubbins, Pato Texiera, Magoo De La Rosa

Attention all goofy footers, book your next flight to Peru. We don’t care if you have or haven’t heard of these...

D’Blanc Release Issue 2 of “Perspective” And in a world of shitty zines, this isn’t one

It seems as though everyone has their own zine these days. I’ve been to zine fests, zine carnivals, zine swap...

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