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what youth recommends mason ho eel boy

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 with him. And I think that’s a pretty safe blanket statement to go around flaunting. So I’m just going to leave this intro at that. No unnecessary wordiness. Get a message across without sounding like…

what youth recommends always more

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 was like four weeks ago (oh, hey, surprise by the way it’s almost February). Here’s a quick refresher: cold Northern California and South African surf, lots of airs, Noah Wegrich, Mitch Coleborn, and Nate Tyler….

what youth recommends arson department II

Watch “Arson Department II” Featuring Grant Taylor, Ronnie Sandoval, Raney Beres, Jamie Foy, Ishod Wair, and more

Grant Taylor, Ronnie Sandoval, Raney Beres, Jamie Foy, Taylor Kirby, Ishod Wair, and Zion Wright keep burning through the Bay Area. Also featuring Evan Smith, Daan Van Der Linden, Hermann Stene, Harry Lintell, Simon Jensen, Dennis Busenitz, Bobby Worrest, Peter Ramondetta, Matt Gottwig, Raven Tershy, Max Schaaf, Peter Hewitt, Austin Kanfoush, James Capps, Ty Peterson, Alex…

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 friends and threw a few back at Lafayette’s to celebrate the release of Cam Richards’ new Victor Pakpour directed part “22.” We lined up one of the sickest bands from Florida — Miami’s own Jacuzzi…

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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 — it kind of ignited our curiosity about his surfing. Turns out he and Victor Pakour had been cooking up something new for us. And it is finally here. Watch our Fairly Normal on Cam:…

what youth recommends harry bryant so fresh

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 fun watch. And Harry Bryant is in it. And the rest of the incredibly dynamic and always interesting Rusty surf team as well. So here’s their greatest hits of 2017. Three hundred and sixty five…

what youth recommends true to form

Watch Nike SB’s “True to Form” With Ishod Wair, Alex Olson, Donovon Piscopo, Antonio Durao and Zion Wright

Nike SB’s team headed up to the Bay Area. And wow. Just watch. Ishod Wair, Alex Olson, Donovon Piscopo, Antonio Durao and Zion Wright. Watch our Afternoon Interview with Zion:

what youth recommends beechwood the land of nod

Stream Beechwood’s New Album Songs From The Land of Nod

Beechwood, NYC’s answer to what you get when you mix the Ramones, Velvets, and BJM together in one misfit band, are ready to kick rocks and spit in your face and make you fall in love with them. Gordon Lawrence (guitar/vocals), Isa Tineo (drums/vocals), and Sid Simons (bass) describe themselves as “an anti-social petty thief,…

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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...
what youth recommends habibi

Listen to Habibi And catch them live 1/29 at the Moroccan Lounge

Cultural identity is always a powerful force in any creative endeavor, and for Habibi, that energy is ready to explode....
what youth recommends matt meola maui

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...
what youth recommends 22 cam richards trailer

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...
what youth recommends villager goods jack freestone

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...

WY Premiere: Spike Vincent Listen to “Lie In The Dust”

It’s rare for a song to float into my horizon and immediately overwhelm my senses with pure positive bliss. But...
what youth recommends numb.er from the van playlist

NUMB.ER IS ON TOUR And they made us a “From the Van” playlist

Numb.er, the relatively new project of Jeff Fribourg, is total synth bliss. Formed at the end of 2015, the visual...
what youth recommends møments mmxvii

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...
what youth recommends fiance wing

WY Premiere: Fiancé Listen to their dreamy single “wing”

Fiancé is a five-piece band from Delaware, and their dreamy, shoegazey sound is just what we need right now. Formed...

Media Model Subsidy Line Noise Ordinances and surf video making with Mitch Coleborn, Harry Bryant, Nate Tyler, Colin Moran and more

This morning we received a note on our front door reminding us that this town operates under a noise ordinance and that...
what youth recommends noah schweizer

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...
what youth recommends flying hair phase II

Flying Hair Drops New Album Listen to first single, “Phase II”

There are inevitably multiple phases in a band’s existence, and Flying Hair is in the thick of their metamorphosis. Formed...
what youth recommends RVCAloha Surf 17

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 grounders perfect

Listen to Grounders Toronto’s answer to your work day blues

Toronto-based smooth psych band Grounders are the perfect cure for your work day blues. After releasing their debut in 2015...
what youth recommends white wooly waiting

WY Premiere: White Woolly Watch their blood happy video for “Waiting”

Look up White Woolly’s bandcamp and their sound description states “ominous surf rock.” And that’s pretty much nailing it on the...
what youth harry bryant surf trip

Well, you’re hired We reached out to you and you delivered. Now it’s time to go

Holy shit, it worked!  The idea hatched over a pitcher of margaritas the other night is a reality. And it’s...
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,...
what youth recommends pond fire in the water

Watch “Fire In The Water” Pond’s new video shot by Sam Kristofski

Australian psych band Pond, an ever evolving rotation of musicians itching to explore their collaborative skills, dropped a new video...
what youth recommends sufis made me leave/crispy grapes II

WY Premiere: Sufis Watch “Made Me Leave/Crispy Grapes II”

Sufis, the duo of musicians Calvin Laporte and Evan Smith, met once upon a time over their love of the...
what youth ryan burch punching a rock by nate lawrence

There was a fight on a surf podcast Collected Thoughts 134: Nate Lawrence on the near violence on Surf Splendor

It’s 5 a.m. and I’m sitting on the couch at WY’s Scott Chenoweth’s house in Long Beach — wide awake because...
what youth recommends friends of the church

Watch “Friends of the Church” Ryder McLaughlin and Aramis Hudson turn AM for Illegal Civilization

Ryder McLaughlin and Aramis Hudson are officially AM skateboarders for the Illegal Civ Skate Program. New Years 2018 with friends,...
what youth recommends noa deane da hui backdoor shootout

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...
what youth recommends landslide trailer vans

“Landline” The Official Trailer Vans’ new snowboard film shot entirely on Kodak 16mm

Vans proudly presents their first-ever full-length snowboard film, Landline. Shot on Kodak 16mm, the film documents the raw talents and eclectic personalities of...

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