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

Craig Anderson, White Noiz, Hayden Shapes

Craig Anderson on the Black Noiz Soft core surfboard riding

Watching Craig Anderson’s board slice through the water is a borderline pornographic experience. That rounded pin…that style. This may not...
John John Florence, alley oop

John John’s Alley Oop on Saturday A few dozen on the head and then this…

I’ve long been kind of critical of how clips like this get published in a manner that is underwhelming. We’ve...
what youth recommends yago dora surfing

Yago Dora and Pedro Barros in “Brutal” A surf and skate collab of the very best kind

Well, this says a lot about the technicality off Yago’s surfing. One of his best friends growing up absolutely shreds....
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“The Smiling Bag” Extended Trailer The new film you can only get by emailing Dion Agius himself has a new teaser.

Dion Agius made a film for his friends. He called it The Smiling Bag and he released it by doing...
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Watch “Voodoo Child” Starring Mason Ho, so you know this is worth your time

I don’t think you can watch Mason Ho surf without wondering just what it might feel like to ride what...
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Lee Wilson in “Sosa Badman” Lee stays home and we all score

Two years ago Lee Wilson was washing dishes in New Zealand. He’d hung up the boards with stickers and simplified....

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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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,...
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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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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...
what youth recommends dane reynolds chapter 11

Watch Chapter 11 Starring Dane Reynolds

In case you’ve been under a rock and haven’t seen this 4 times yet. Enjoy.
Albee Layer, 540

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...
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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...
what youth recommends dillon perillo day trip

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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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...
what youth recommends to the core

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...
Andy Irons, Nate Lawrence

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...
what youth recommends colin moran by jack coleman

Watch Colin Moran by Jack Coleman Sending it around town and looking

Is it me or is there some serious Gavin Beschen-esque jiving in the tube done by Colin here. And since we...
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Watch Ryan Burch in “Influent +” Slow motion magic

Typically when an entire video is in slow motion we aren’t big fans. When Ryan Burch is surfing it could be one...
what youth recommends chasing nicky with balaram stack and pat schmidt

Watch “Chasing Nicky” Featuring Balaram Stack and Pat Schmidt chasing hurricane swell

Set to the sounds of some upbeat jazz, there’s not much more we’d like to hear in the morning. Balaram...
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Watch “Radical Times in France” Quiksilver always does France pretty damn well

By now the French experience is full of cliche. Baguettes, red wine, nude babes, beachbreaks for miles…you know the story....
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Watch “Island South” A cold new short, and some warm Vissla wetsuits starring Brendan Gibbens, Bryce Young and Eric Geiselman

Vissla recently took their new wetsuits to New Zealand and had Bryce Young, Brendon Gibbens and Eric Geiselman ramp out...
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Harry Bryant in “Emu” Big chunky lefts

Harry Bryant laying it down on all fronts. Big barrels. Big turns. Really digging the song in this one.
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Watch Yago Dora in Portugal Style, flair and flow

He’s still our Brazilian prince. And it looks like he took his Portuguese to the origin and tore through all...
what youth recommends agua mala with nate zoller

Watch “Agua Mala” Featuring Nate Zoller

“Mexico is a great place to be a surfer. If you want to search out a new wave the adventure...
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Andy: The Untold Story of Andy Irons Watch the very powerful trailer and see how you can contribute to make the film happen

No shortage of emotion running through the halls this week. And we hope if nothing else we’re all reminded at just...

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