What Youth

Day one in France with Dion Collected Thoughts 028

PHOTO: Neville Little did they know that this would be one of the only successful surfs of the trip. Kai and Dion were to meet up with Craig and Dane but had one free day while those two took the opportunity to rip Wave Garden, the fake European wave in Spain. Walking up this day,…

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Rainy Day Schedule Kolohe Andino, Jordy Smith, Owen Wright and Julian Wilson in Santa Cruz

Steamer Lane is kelp, rocks, odd sections and cold water blended together. Factor in a cliff of hecklers, very high placement on the food chain, persistent rain and clouds, an aggressive crowd and you’ll see why it can be a very interesting place to watch. Here we feature a few of our favorite approaches to…

Dillon’s Travelogue, Continued Collected Thoughts 027

PHOTO: Neville By Dillon Perillo, from Portugal (see Dillon’s first European journal entry here) I’m shoveling my feet along the Portuguese pavilion looking for food. With my blood sugar bottoming out I become exasperated with life. Everything about it, the girls, money, status, even the art of digesting frustrates me like a spoiled little boy…

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Paperback Point Alex Knost, Wade Goodall and Ford Archbold in Mexico

An ascending, tumbling, crumbling, patient, speedy, soft, warm, friendly reminder of how the ocean behaves at the Mexican coast. Just like this forever. Surfing by Alex Knost, Wade Goodall and Ford Archbold If Mexico strikes your fancy today, go back again with Dion Agius in the What Youth original short Bright Grey.

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Baby Dolla A feature styled and photographed by Napkin Apocalypse for What Youth Issue 2

“The issue [What Youth Issue 2] features a fashion pictorial directed by kortenie in which we stayed in vallejo, took pictures of models at a zoo, got our credit card information stolen, ate at olive garden, had beers at applebees, touched sloths, skunks, pigs, penguins, a serval, and some other stuff. we drank grape soda…

Malibu Now Photography by Scott A. Sant’Angelo for What Youth Issue 2

Armed with the notion that there’s (still? Still) something super romantic about Malibu, and its landscape, and 10-second rides, and the moneyed Angelino spillover, we asked a resident to take some pictures. Scott A. Sant’Angelo is founder of the LA-based arts magazine Arkitip and curator of the city’s Project Space gallery. He’s also an outstanding…

Essence of the Night, by Warren Smith for What Youth Issue 2 A conversation with the author

For an Issue Two photo essay of the American night, we asked Warren Smith — who’s familiar both with America and with the night — to write an homage, a poem to youth and darkness and their possibilities. Warren wrote an amazing free-form ramble — based on real life experience — from which we printed…

Photography by Kolohe Andino for What Youth Issue 2 Shot at home for What Youth, captions by Kolohe

Editor’s Note: If you’re here to win the signed magazine: well hello! Welcome to the rest of the roll of film that led to Kolohe Andino’s self portrait on the cover (and back cover) of our second (and now sold out) issue 2. (It’s in the gallery above). To win the signed magazine: Tweet the…