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One Roll 021: Michael Cukr Japan to Bangkok to Australia and back with some of your favorites including Chippa and Ozzie

Last year we did some traveling. And Michael Cukr did a serious portion of it himself. He recently fired up his scanner and found some film from the journeys. This full roll of film was snapped during a 3-legged monster of travel that included Japan, Bangkok, and Australia. And once in Australia we went to…

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WY Premiere: Watch “Good Luck” A new video by The Undercover Dream Lovers

The Undercover Dream Lovers, the solo project of Brooklyn-based artist and producer Matt Koenig, was relatively unknown last year. And then something every aspiring musician only dreams of. Their lead single, “Good Luck”, unveiled on Spotify, and within a week, went viral, “garnering over 400k plays in less than 2 months after its release”. “I…

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Watch “A Breeze in the City” Starring Chloe Campbell and Alex Amor in Barcelona

“We made this with tons of love and no budget.” A short film we really dig from filmmaker Guillem Cruells shot in Barcelona and starring the very smooth skating of Alex Amor and the very attractive and amazing Chloe Campbell. Two characters in two very specific places in time. Watch For the Love starring Alex…

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A good looking cutting room floor Issue 17 is ready for ink, here’s a peek

Full disclosure: We didn’t plan it like this. But as we’ve learned along the way, that’s so very OK. Hell, that’s what we’ve been doing in here since day 1: not sticking to the plan. Being spontaneous and open minded. And that’s the story with Issue 17. It’s got a bunch of chipped teeth, backfires…

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Kareem Campbell and Colin McKay Back Den 111

“kareem campbell & colin mckay. our distributor got us our rooms and gave us cash. some of us got drinks, some of got food, some of us got weed. amsterdam, circa 90’s. batter up.” —Mark Oblow

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Watch “Australia Days” Jack Coleman provides some much needed fun starring Ozzie Wright, Jimmie Steele and Ari Browne

Winter is definitely here in the U.S., but it’s now clear that while we freeze, Australia is bronzing and sliding on fun boards. The best time of the year to try that funky shaped board you’ve been staring at all year. Jack Coleman is just the man to show us summer in its natural habitat too,…

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Watch “Telo Menta Uber Jam” Tropical ripping by the Volcom team

The Volcom surf crew hits the Mentawais for the season’s first run of swell. Starring Ozzie Wright, Mitch Coleborn, Ryan Burch, Yago Dora and Pat Schmidt. We missed ya that day at Greenbush boys ;)

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Mixtape: “Hotbox With God” New Mixtape from William Alexander for your weekend wandering

If you’ve ever been to one of our parties, you’ve seen William Alexander throwing around vinyl and crushing Modelos. His music knowledge runs deep, no matter what the genre, and his ability to pull out the obscure tracks is exactly why we trust him to get us moving. In anticipation of his new album out January…

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Watch “Sundaland” Run to Mexico with Brendon Gibbens, Cam Richards and Eric Geiselman

In lots of the world right now, it’s winter. And wherever it’s winter, it’s cold. And watching this just thawed...
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Noa Deane gets a new sticker Finally a signing that makes sense: Noa to Volcom

All across our industry are surfers riding for brands that make no sense. Product of highest bidder goes the surfer....
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Watch Foxygen’s New Video For new single “On Lankershim,” off upcoming album

Foxygen has a new album dropping January 20th on Jagjaguwar, and today they released the video for “On Lankershim,” the...
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Listen to Slowdive’s New Song “Star Roving” is their first new song in 22 years

Yes, we definitely are slowly diving into this New Year, but coming at us fast is a new song by...
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Listen to Moon Duo Dark and moody psych from Portland

Moon Duo, the Portland based-band of guitarist Ripley Johnson and keyboardist Sanae Yamada, sounds like the kind of psych rock...
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Original Artwork From the Dylan Issue Issue 16 art from Porous Walker, Mark Gonzales, Todd Francis, Dr. Woo, Langley Fox and more

The response from our 16th issue, which we devoted entirely to Dylan Rieder has been nothing short of incredible. To...
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Noa, Creed, Beau and Ellis in “Rage” First it was O.A.M. now it’s RAGE

OAM was a traction company, hell it still might be, that was started by the Malloys, Machado, Taylor Knox, Pat...
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Watch “Lost It: New Zealand” Outtakes from the road way less traveled with Brendon Gibbens, Bryce Young and Eric Geiselman

The parts of surf trips you usually see are polished and packaged up with all the A plus clips, making...
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Imogene Barron, Japan 2014 Back Den 110

“in 2014 i took a trip with imogene barron to japan for stance. she blew my mind! such a talented...
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Mason Ho in Northern Praying Mantis The most exciting surfer in the world

While most of the world around us seems to be going in the wrong direction, the Ho family is redefining...
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Warm up with Chippa Wilson Chippa gets new wetties, we get a new vid

Chippa Wilson might be the quickest and most flexible surfer we know. But what happens when it gets real cold? Well,...
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Your weekend on the couch The music documentaries you need to detox your way into 2017

It’s Friday. And if you’re still detoxing (like I am) and looking for an excuse to sit on your couch...
Stef Chura

Listen to Stef Chura Poppy, grungy, and angsty in all the right ways 

Stef Chura may not sound familiar to you, but her experience floating through the depths of the Detroit DIY underground...
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Twin Fin Delight Watch Jason Salisbury ignite your future twin fin obsession

Full disclosure: I’ve never owned a twin fin…until a few months ago. Since then I’ve been delighted by a whole...

Conversation With: Sam Kristofski A phone call with (one of) our favorite Kiwi filmmakers

God damn is there some talent down under Australia making films. From our very own Blake Myers to the big...
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Watch RVCAloha: “Alex And Ellis” Alex Knost and Ellis Ericson and some jazz poetry at V Land

Regardless of where you sit on spectrum of surfing hipsterism and nostalgia, you’d be hard pressed to not be at...
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Memo from the Editor’s Desk Day 4 of 2017…

I chugged my pint of 2016 a few days ago but I’m still looking for 2017’s heartbeat. Even the ocean...
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Afternoon Interview: Jake Blauvelt Episode 052: On snowboarders having a bad rap, surfings influence on him and living simply

We found ourselves in Sweden with Jake Blauvelt recently. A guy we never would have thought we’d get a chance...
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Listen to Rebel Kind And read our conversation with the band below

It’s 2017. A brand new year. And although recovering from 2016 might take us a while, we’re ready for it....
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Dion Agius, Hossegor, 2015 Collected Thoughts 120

“I first saw Dion on the cover of Transworld Surf magazine. It was a D.Hump flash photo that popped Dion...
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Ozzy Osbourne in Los Angeles, 2010 Back Den 109

“some days of my life are happy, some days of my life are sad, some days of my life are...
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The 2016 What Youth Memoirs Video When you look at it like this, we had a fucking great year

No more griping about it being the worst year ever. Beneath the loss, 2016 was fucking sick. Just watch this....
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The What Youth 2016 Video Slideshow The Velvet Underground take us on the photographic rollercoaster that was 2016

Everyone is talking about how 2016 was a son of a bitch. And yeah, it kinda was. We lost a...

One Roll 020: Michael Cukr When the What Youth parking lot caught fire, backstage at HQ and us shipping the Dylan Issue

I woke up this morning and everything said 2016 sucked. And fuck, at times it most certainly did. We lost...

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