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WY Premiere: Caramel Listen to Their Single “Golden Ways”

Caramel is from London and yes they are our cup of tea topped with a sweet-dash of synth. With vocals that are in harmony with tasty visuals “Golden Ways” is a track that is a refreshing tune. So give your ears a treat, we look forward to hearing more of their sound in the future; if…

Watch “Ru. Bu 994” A film by Noa Deane

Damn, there’s a lot going on. Quite a bit has transpired these last few weeks in surfing and the content pipeline is kind of overflowing. As we attempted to navigate our way through it all, of course, anything from a WY favorite son like Noa is going to catch our eye. Ru. Bu 994 is…

Watch “BeachHead” The latest from Ian Crane

We’ve had Ian on the What Youth radar for years now and have watched him grow from the petulant teen with tons of ability to today’s version of the QS warrior, content machine and now, company man. We’ll get back to the company thing in a minute. We’d be remiss to not mention the roll…

Watch “FLOW STATE” A film from Russell Bierke.

As we mentioned a few posts ago with Brett Burcher’s vid drop, there are so many niches of surfing to explore. And like his good friend, Brett, Russell also specializes in the cold, dark and scary stuff. Russ has been a fixture of the slab hunters anonymous crew since a very young age and his…

Watch “Engrained” Technicolor Slab Hunting

One of the rad things about surfing is how many different ways there are to enjoy it. Sunny beach break fun, a fall point break feeling that first swell of the season, pounding tropical reef pass, etc. Well, other than a few bits towards the end, “Engrained” is about lots of rubber and thick, cold…

Watch “Sun Strooked” Afends Crew Chills in Paradise

Our pals over at Afends sent us this new short of the crew on a recent adventure to Simelue, the groovy little island off of Northern Sumatra. With the Bali, Java, the Ments all getting a bit, shall we say, strained of late, this island paradise is a welcome retreat. A little off the beaten…

A Trip to Desert Daze 2019

Another year at Desert Daze. Yes again. Isaac Zoller went, came, saw, and came back with some observations and imagery to accompany the tale of one of fall’s best fests this year. – What Youth This year’s Desert Daze festival gave me a feeling of nostalgia. Many of the older bands invited this year played…

Watch “Candyland” A New Video by Strobeck

Dedicated to Pablo Ramirez. Here’s a fresh one from Strobeck, this time the crew is in San Francisco, rolling down hills and sharing their smiles for miles throughout “Candyland”. Also Supreme has a new shop in town; this video released with it. Enjoy. – What Youth