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

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WY Premiere: Ruby Haunt Listen to their new single “Ivy”

Ruby Haunt, the bedroom gaze duo of Wyatt Ininns and Victor Pakpour, slipped into our musical subconscious last year with their debut Sugar, an album they created through email exchanges and phone calls living in two separate states. Their follow up album Nevada dropped in May of this year, and while the band now lives in the same state,…

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WY Premiere: Young Creatures Listen to “The Future Is Finally Now”

Young Creatures, a three-piece band based in Los Angeles, do that solid mix of indie, pop, and shoegaze thing we like, with a sprinkle of slacker reverb best suited for late nights curled up in a la-z-boy. Fronted by Mike Post on guitar and keys, Michael Escalante on drums and percussions, and Andrew Gleason on…

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Watch “Raba Cakrawala” Volcom presents a short film featuring Mario Palandeng and Saggu Dharma

Ever think of all the things we might take for granted being youths on the run? Well, this vid kinda shook us and made us really appreciate the little things again. Growing up in Indo these dudes dream of skating spots in the U.S. This short film documents Saggu Dharma (sick name) on his journey and…

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Today (and always) we think of Dylan One year on

It’s been one year since we lost Dylan Rieder. But there hasn’t been a single minute in a single day his influence hasn’t been all over us. In everything. From the way we walk. To the way we skate and surf. To how we treat each other. Every single thing. He’s made us better, I…

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Get Dazed Desert Daze is this weekend, and we’re going

Music festivals generally give me anxiety. Too many people. Too many bands to see. All the usual complaints that coincide with feelings of agoraphobia. But Desert Daze, the official music festival created by Moon Block Party in 2012, is beyond a music festival, and definitely worth every ounce of discomfort for the sake of music….

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How’d this happen? Issue 0019 is somehow a thing coming soon and we really need to surf again

Every single issue of What Youth comes with it’s own insane personality disorder. It walks and talks and fucks with us like the hot babe at the coffee shop who just can’t be bothered. We’re obsessed, but completely frustrated every minute of the day. The smallest details, the biggest details, the weather outside and the…

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Watch “On the Tea” Featuring Ian Crane, Russ Bierke, Eli Olson, and Torrey Meister

We are very familiar with Ian Crane and what he can do. But Russ Bierke is an animal. The guy sends it on any, and every, wave he sees. No fear in this clip from the boys at O’Neill. Watch our Off Beat with Ian:

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Watch Jake Kelley in “LOMO” Spring to summer and back again

I swear to God I run into Jake Kelley all over the world. The dude puts in the time. Portugal, he’s there. Party in Huntington, Jake is there. And I love that. Here he put together a bit of his last year from around the world and we dig it.

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Offline With: Akira Galaxy Ament 002: Leucadia Love

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Beau Foster, Alkali fins,

Watch Beau Foster slide New Alkali fins designed by Beau and some creative surfing to go with it

Beau Foster has been shaping his own boards and he’s now working on some modern fins to go along with...
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Watch: “Long Beach, NY” When we all flock to the city to surf: Starring Balaram Stack, Oliver Kurtz, Ian Crane, Shane Borland and more

When things come together at the coast in New York it can make for some really good times. As you’ll...
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WY Premiere: TEST Watch “Entertainment Tonight”

The members of TEST, at least two of the three, met as most band members do: in a bar, underage,...
Davis Stenstrom, Blake Myers, Speak, Memory

Watch Speak, Memory A beautifully shot 16mm skate film starring David Stenstrom directed by Blake Myers

With the goal of shooting exclusively on 16mm film and creating an excuse to hang with friend David Stenstrom in...
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Bruce Irons and Nathan Fletcher Back Den 126: France in 2001

“bruce irons & nathan fletcher in france. we were there to film for nathan’s movie but got skunked on waves. with the...
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Watch Brixton’s Lee Wilson Another ridiculously good part from Lee

It’s like he knows when we need a pick me up. Or a new part. Lee Wilson continues to deliver rad...
what youth recommends sam evian

Listen to Sam Evian Soft, tangible comfort jams for your soul

Sam Evian, the project of songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sam Owens, is at once new and refreshing and vivid, like...
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Haunted Hop Jonathan Toubin’s (aka New York Night Train) 2017 Halloween Mix

For the eighth year in a row, mad scientist / NY Night Train soul proprietor Jonathan Toubin retired to his...
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Watch Conner Coffin at J-Bay Need we say more?

Universally, Conner Coffin at J-Bay is something we all very much appreciate. Although we might suggest altering the soundtrack, we...

time for a new wetsuit needESSENTIALS sent us a couple suits and a jacket to give away

You guys, fall is here. And that is great news. And it is even greater today because we can give...
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Watch BLACK RAIN Poetic surfin brought to you by the lighter side of storms

The spot where this wave breaks… it’s mostly a longboard spot. The guy surfing there… he’s mostly a longboard dude. Even the band...
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Listen to The Scrags Swedish punk rock has never sounded better

Swedish band The Scrags sound like something you’d unearth digging through bins of mixed tapes – and I mean actual...
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WY Premiere: Pageants Listen to “Cacti For Clothes”

Pageants, the project of former Avi Buffalo keyboardist Rebecca Coleman, sound like a summer breeze glimpsed through a countryside bedroom...
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Let’s be together When all goes numb, the numb need to get together

I spent the end of last week careening through the perfectly lit and temperate streets of early autumn New York....
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Watch Flat Worms’ New Video For “Pearl” off their self-titled LP

Flat Worms never cease to impress me, or annihilate my eardrums. The Los Angeles-based shredders have been floating under the...
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Watch “Super Strike: Outer Banks” The brighter side of the hurricane onslaught on the East Coast with Super Surfboards

Super Surfboards has some friends in high places on the east coast and took advantage of that the last few...

“Landline” coming soon New Vans 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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WHAT YOUTH DRINKS: COCCI AMERICANO An Easy, Inexpensive way to Live that Riviera High Life

I snagged a bottle of this Cocci Americano stuff after seeing it on the shelf at a cocktail bar in...
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What Youth Mixtape: Sweet Lilac Music Is the Answer to help Ease into your weekend

Editor’s note: Hayley Shore is my deejay partner and all around vibe coach when it comes to music. So naturally we...
what youth recommends easy goodnight

Listen to Easy’s debut single “Goodnight” And watch Blake Anderson solve their band name

Ever wonder why the band called Easy calls themselves Easy? Watch Workaholics’ Blake Anderson help solve their name dilemma in...
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Watch Alex Gray in “Smoke Bomb” Escaping the flat spell in California

Alex Gray seems to have found a way to break free from California’s seemingly never ending flat spell. Mexico is...
what youth recommends music

Premiere: Wanderwild Listen to glistening dreamy single “Control”

Wanderwild, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Matt Martin, is at once familiar and fresh, dreampoppy and bedroomy and...
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GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH ARE ON TOUR And we’ve got an incredible prize package to give away

Guantanamo Baywatch are hitting the road, and what better way to spread their lizard loving tour than with a super...

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