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Watch “Chapter 2: Homegrown” The Billabong family cracks open the Gold Coast

Jack Freestone, Creed McTaggart, Kai Hing, Parko, Mick, and the rest of team Billabong rip into the Gold Coast before...
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Watch “Quivered” Rasta shows off what he’s got underneath his feet these days

A brief chat with Dave Rastovich about what he’s putting under his feet. It’s a neat lesson about what helps one...
what youth recommends volcom pipe pro finals day 2018

What A Weird Feeling Or, how I learned to stop complaining and love the Volcom Pipe Pro

Alright, I’d hate to chew your patience away with some 3000-word contest breakdown here. Besides, there’s no need for that. That’s...
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The Volcom Pipe Pro Wasn’t Terrible Yesterday And that’s coming from us.

You ever fallen out of bed, kicked the bed post, spilt the toothpaste on your work shirt, then died in...
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Watch “An Ode To The Queen” Another day at Rincon with Luke Davis, Yadin Nicol, Curren Caples, and more

Just another day at the Queen of The Coast. Rincon with Luke Davis, Yadin Nicol, Curren Caples, Griffin Colapinto, and more....
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Watch “Eel Boy” Mason Ho doing Mason Ho things

Look, I love Mason Ho. You love Mason Ho. We all love Mason Ho. No one seems to have any gripes...
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Watch “Always More” “Just For Kicks” B-Sides with Noah Wegrich, Mitch Coleborn, and Nate Tyler

Remember Noah Wegrich’s “Just For Kicks” that came out on the start of January? No worries if you don’t because that...

Our night out in Florida We partied with Vissla and Jacuzzi Boys while world premiering the new Cam Richards part in Florida

No one does it quite like Florida. And we had that reiterated Friday night when we rallied up all our...
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Watch Cam Richards new part “22” This is why we partied with Cam and the Vissla crew Friday night

After we went and hung with Cam in South Carolina — fishing and riding motorcycles and catching sharks and the like...
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Watch “Rusty So Fresh” Team Rusty plays the hits

Would you look at that it’s another 2017 compilation video being shared in, well… late January 2018. But this is a...
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Watch “Happy Droid” Take a little trip south with Andrew Doheny and his forehand ditch

Go on a little jaunt with Droid and some of his hand shapes. There’s some Central America and some Baja...
what youth recommends the queen awakens

Watch “The Queen Awakens” Rincon with Dane Reynolds, Parker Coffin, the Guduaskas’, and more

The first real swell of the year is always a strange time. First people will say everything’s overhyped. Then the same...
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Watch Matt Meola in “Maui” It’s as if they’ve invented a sick new style of surfing

The things that Matt Meola and Albee Layer and their crew get up to in Maui is pretty damn sick. From...
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Watch the trailer for “22” The new part from Cam Richards and come to the world premiere in Florida Friday night

Remember when we went to the south and shot guns and rode motorcycles and caught sharks and followed Cam Richards...
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Watch Jack Freestone’s Atlantic Trip Portugal, France, and Africa with surfing’s newest cool dad

Jack Freestone surfing around Portugal, France, Africa, and other bits of the Atlantic. Safe to say Jack is one of the...
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Watch “Møments — MMXVII” An Australian road trip with Kolohe Andino, Jack Freestone, Mikey Wright, and more.

So you’ve probably heard we’re on a road trip right now. And I know we’re not ones to gloat, but aren’t...
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Watch Noah Schweizer on the East Coast Volume 2 East Coast

Noah Schweizer has one of our favorite styles. And after a delicious run of swell on the east coast, he’s...
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Watch “RVCAloha Surf 2017” Footage of RVCA’s team in Hawaii the past few months

Footage of RVCA’s team in Hawaii the past few months. Featuring Ford Archbold, Shane Borland, Colin Moran, Tyler Netwon, Danny...
what youth recommends it was a good year

Watch “it was a good year…” Bruno Zanin’s reel featuring Yago Dora, John John, and more

Bruno Zanin is another one of those young Brazilians who’s pretty good capturing our little surfing caper. And here’s a nice,...
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Hey, Noa Just Surfed A Heat The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout: a contest we’ll get behind

Usually we’re not the first to advocate contests. However this is pretty sick and definitely worth a watch. Especially if you’re...
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Watch Slow Dance B-Sides Sometimes you get blasted from the past: Craig, Dane, Ozzie and more filming for Slow Dance

Dustin Miller is a filmmaker who worked with Dane and Craig on Slow Dance, Craig’s profile film from a few...
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Watch Yago Dora In Hawaii Late fall sessions with one of our favorite Brazilians

Yago shook out his hard drive and gave us this neat Allah-Las-soundtracked bit of tropical shred. All taken from a November...
what youth recommends winter storm grayson

Watch “Winter Storm Grayson” Gelid beachbreak pits with Oliver Kurtz, Brett Barley and Cam Richards

Unless you were making a conscious effort to avoid any and all forms of media the past couple of weeks...
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Watch Kevin Schulz in “Home // Away” Jumping around North America with Kevin Schulz

I woke up this morning, which is always a blessing, but it felt even more so today. There are (some) waves....
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Watch Noah Wegrich In “Just For Kicks” With appearances from Mitch Coleborn, Nate Tyler, and Torren Martyn

Darkened skis, grey water, chilly peaks. Normally not the most inviting trifecta but Santa Cruz local Noah Wegrich has us ready...
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Watch Sam Moody’s Year In Review Club Med Sucks films Taylor Knox, Dusty Payne, Oliver Kurtz and more.

Nothing like kicking off 2018 with a 2017 highlight reel. You probably know North Carolinian filmmaker Sam Moody better by his IG...
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Watch “The B Wolf” The Sea Wolf has some pretty rad B-Sides starring Chippa Wilson

Since it feels like the whole world (excluding Australia) is frozen over, this cold weather surfing by Chippa should do...
what youth recommends top 10 wy vids of 2017

The 10 Best WY Vids of the Year Let’s get sentimental for a minute, then let’s get back out there

It seems to be common sentiment that 2017 was a bit trickier than we might have wanted it to be. But that’s...
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Watch Mason Ho’s Hawaiian Holiday Ho ho ho

I told myself I would stop. But the holidays are all about caving to one’s indulgences. See: Setting a food eating...
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Watch Asher Pacey’s Cold Water Christmas Sesh On one of the best-looking sub-zero right handers

I told myself I’d be out. Don’t email me. Don’t DM me. If you see me on the street do not...
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Watch Shaun Manners’ Epøkhe Intro Family manners

Shaun Manners is from the same little zone as Creed McTaggart. So it makes perfect sense he’s joining Creed and everyone...
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Watch “Yago Out17” “How does he make it look so easy?” said everyone here after watching this

Yago cleared off his hard drive for 2017 and gave us this lovely Cure-soundtracked bit of shred. Always effortless. But...

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