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

Watch “Pedro’s Bay B-Sides” Return to that tropical blue wedge with Eric Geiselman, Brendon Gibbens, Bryce Young, and Cam Richards

Vissla released Pedro’s Bay sometime around July last year. It’s one of those films about a band of hopeless romantics searching for the elusive perfect wave. It was a neat little watch and I’m sure you remember it. Anyways, here’s all the outtakes, behind the scenes shots, and action that didn’t make the final cut. Starring…

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Music to make you “Spread” A new playlist to butter your toast

Remember the scene in Pulp Fiction where Jules and Vincent Vega debate the severity and sexual implications of a foot massage? “There’s a sensuous thing going on where you don’t talk about it, but you know.” That’s basically the theme of our new playlist, “Spread,” a mix of soul, R&B, and some hip hop to…

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WY Premiere: Kip Nelson Watch his video for new single “Mexico”

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kip Nelson sounds like a psychedelic trip down a salty wave with the sun high in the sky, guiding the way. His debut album Waves After Work incorporates thumping drums and reverbed guitars and just enough synth to get your blood flowing. Watch his new video for lead single “Mexico,” a warm breeze of…

A quick ode to Uncle Gav Please buy this legend a cold beer. He is a surfing treasure.

Yesterday you heard we went to Samoa and got hit by a cyclone before finding blue tubes and cold beers in it’s wake at Salani Surf Resort. You also saw that Gavin Beschen was there. Well, Gavin flew in from Hawaii by himself, and in true Gavin fashion showed up to the camp solo, 8…

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“Where ya been?” A little update on our recent movements

Don’t you just love when people ask you that? Well, we do. And people been asking us – especially our mailman, cuz we haven’t been home in a while… so let’s see, where did we go… a little bit of everywhere really. We road tripped up the CA coast in a van thanks to you and…

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Watch “Bloom” Keep your eye on Frederico Morais

It’s no secret that Frederico Morais is pretty electric on his forehand. And this video emphasizes that point. I’m also now pretty keen on heading to Portugal after watching this. Do the waves always look like they do here there? I’ve never been and I know that’s like some form of a surfing cardinal sin…

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Watch Nyjah Huston in “Til Death” This is above the hate and a cultural event worth seeing

Hate on his clothes. Hate on his music. Hate on his style. Hate on him. Whatever you wanna do (we suggest you don’t hate at all and be a little more constructive), but this new “Til Death” part is a cultural event. Should probably be a fucking holiday in the future. This thing is fucked…

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Wand Drops New Single Listen to “The Gift”

If you thought you knew the direction Wand was embarking upon with last year’s impressive Plum, hold on to your socks. Because the five-piece band is hitting notes and sounds beyond expectation. On “The Gift,” their brand new single that dropped today, Wand elicits experimentation on a new level while remaining tethered to their robust, gorgeously…

Youth against the machine I’m so proud of you

Editor’s Note: Last Friday night I got emotional. I was watching recaps of what happened in the world that week and...

Let’s help Brayden Belden Laguna grom had a near fatal snowboarding accident and needs our help

It’s a scary reality of all the stuff we do: getting really hurt. And Laguna ripper Brayden Belden recently had...

The Ryan Burch Experiment Go surfing and shaping with Ryan, and see exactly what a clothing capsule of his looks like

Ryan Burch’s meteoric rise to attention is one of our favorite success stories in recent memory. He’s a funny kid who...
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Afternoon Interview: Jordan Taylor Episode: 063: An afternoon at WKND Skateboards is always a good time

The first time I met Jordan Taylor I had no idea who he was. We were having beers with a...

Radical Class: Some Weekend Reading A book about Australia (it’s that time again!) from an author we can’t get enough of

“Australia is mostly empty and a long way away. Its population is small and its role in the world consequently...

Watch “SUR” Go south with Tyler Warren

Baja California is a 760 mile (that’s 1,220 km for all you fancy, metric system globalists) long stretch of coast...
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Please Let’s Not Let Print Die And check out the Community Service art book fair in LA

Ah, yes print. It’s that wonderful thing that brought us all together to make great things. It’s also the thing lots...

Watch “The Typhoon” Mason Ho and Tom Curren somewhere in the North Pacific.

Pretty run of the mill stuff you’d expect from a Typhoon strike trip starring Tom Curren and Mason Ho. Wonky,...

Five Songs For Your Next Surf Clip Here’s “Wonderwall” or something or other.

You ever sit down to enjoy the latest web clip and start off thinking, “Hey, the surfing here isn’t terrible.”...
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WY Premiere: BOYTOY Listen to single “Mary Anne” off their brand new record

BOYTOY, our favorite Brooklyn-based babe shredders, have a new album dropping April 27th, and we are beyond stoked to premiere...
Tom Lowe, British Surfer, Nate Lawrence

Who’s that British madman? Collected Thoughts 135: The first time Nate Lawrence saw Tom Lowe paddle past him

Editor’s Note: You know we’re up to something when a dude like Tom Lowe’s name starts coming up. The British...
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Listen to: City Calm Down A new video from Riley Blakeway for “Joan, I’m Disappearing”

Riley Blakeway is as talented as they come behind a lens. He just wrote and directed this new music video for...
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Watch Pt. Two Of The YWT In Hawaii Two weeks on the North Shore with the Coffin brothers

A bit of the Coffin brothers’ razzle dazzle filmed during their latest Hawaii jaunt. Even when the North Shore doesn’t...
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Watch “Small Talks” with Jason Woodside Meet the man behind the art on Vissla’s new collection

“You know you’ve made it, or you’re doing OK, when you can start saying no to things” Jason Woodside told us. And...
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Watch “Stranger Waves” Puerto Rico wedges with Dylan Graves

I thought when you did a hard drive dump you were supposed to be getting rid of all your bad,...
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WY Premiere: Summer Twins Watch their new video for “Another Hit”

Summer Twins, the band formed by sisters Chelsea and Justine Brown, are dreampop rock ‘n’ roll at its best, glazed...
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Easy’s EP Is Out And their record release party is tomorrow in Hollywood

It’s official. After almost two years of marinating in a stew of hot messy goodness, Easy’s debut EP “Nothing New”...
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New What Youth hats and beanies White, navy and gray hats and beanies are here

We’ve been running. All over. SF. Florida. Hawaii. Zig zagging across the globe with our hand on the record button. And...
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Watch Yago Dora in “Floripa” This is one dude who still manages to stop us in our tracks to watch

If you wanna see some small wave ripping by one of our favorites, go watch this new vid from Yago...
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Listen to “Just Don’t” The white hot new from The Entire Universe

The Entire Universe have a new single out in the, well, universe, and it’s the perfect pick-me-up for your return...
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From the Van: Wand Listen to their guest playlist

Wand is touring through Europe right now, and it’s freezing cold. Ice on the roads, ice on the mountains, and...
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Torren Martyn Gliding Around Indonesia Sure to be some of the smoothest backhand surfing you’ve seen in some time

I watched this right before I went to sleep last night and spent the whole night dreaming about sliding around...
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Listen to Khruangbin And thank us later

What do three relatively young musicians from Burton, Texas have to do with a sound explosion that brings to mind...
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Listen to Donnie Emerson & Dreamin’ Wild And vibe on their new song, “Searchin'”

If you haven’t heard of Donnie Emerson, of Donnie & Joe Emerson fame, get ready for a heavy dose of...

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