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10 Best WY Vids of the Year And the winner is…

2. Fairly Normal: Remy Taveira Remy Taveira lives in the suburbs on the east side of Paris, and he has one of those styles. The ones you wish you could put your finger on, but probably never will and that’s OK, because that’s what makes them special. We found ourselves in Paris with him recently…

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Watch Hayden Shapes Best of 2016 Starring Craig Anderson, Creed McTaggart, Nate Tyler, Dylan Graves, Marti Paradisis and Cole Houshmand

Pretty damn good team, eh? A fond farewell from the Hayden fam.

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Collected Thoughts 119 Nate Lawrence mind surfing Indonesia

“I always look at photos of Greenbush, and wonder why the guy isn’t taking off behind the peak…” —Nate Lawrence

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10 Best WY Vids of the year Number 3 and 4 on our countdown

4. 4 Cities Ozzie Wright Where’s the place you spend the majority of your life? Does it make you you? Or do you make it you? We wanted to immerse ourselves in some of our favorite surfers hometowns to see how they blend in or stand out in their communities. In episode 1 we hunker down…

10 Best WY Vids of the Year Number 5 and 6 on our countdown

6. Artist Series: Brad Elterman His voice, his look, his energy and enthusiasm are infectious. God, just love this dude. Brad Elterman is a Los Angeles based photographer who’s work includes iconic and candid photographs of stars like Michael Jackson, David Bowie and Joan Jett to backstage antics from Iggy Pop, Runaways, Tom Waits and many more….

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10 Best WY Vids of the year Number 7 and 8 on our countdown

8. “Panama is Certain” starring Taj Burrow and Dion Agius: 7. Afternoon Interview: Craig Anderson

10 Best WY Vids of the Year While we make plans for 2017, let’s see what we did in 2016

We’re all scattered across the globe playing with all our toys and making plans for another big year, and while we do, we wanted to countdown all the fun we had this year, with our 10 favorite vids we made this year. So let’s take a trip down memory lane together: 10. “Good Luck Kanoa”…

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The 5 Best Music Videos of the Year Our picks for the most creative, entertaining and bizarre music vids of the year

My favorite videos from this year all had similar themes. Whether they were animated, involved puppets, or took place in outer space, all these music videos gave me a moment of delightful, much needed escapism. –Maya Eslami 1. Tinariwen – “Ténéré Tàqqàl”  2. Ty Segall – “Californian Hills”  3. Tracy Bryant – “Hey Spaceman!”  4. Parquet…

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The 5 Best Songs of the Year Maya’s musical highlights for 2016

In a year filled with such detrimental loss from the music world (Bowie, Prince, Leonard, to name a few), shout...
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Collected Thoughts 118 Stretch Surfboards shaping room, 2013

“I’ve always had a fascination with surfboard shapers. Mainly because they are really weird and mostly crazy. And I like...
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Watch Kai Hing in Splashing All black and white and tearing to Low Life

Kai Hing just saved 2016 with this hammer of a part featuring a nice mix of Indo and OZ beachbreaks. Remember...
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New Beanies, Hats and Pins Available now in the What Youth Shop

Couple new products landed in the What Youth Shop today. Good timing for shitty weather. Decorate your head. Buy the...
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Mason Ho is the best surfer in the world This 2016 highlight reel proves it

There are a lot of competitions, polls and chatter about who the world’s greatest surfer is, and generally you can...
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Craig Anderson on the Black Noiz Soft core surfboard riding

Watching Craig Anderson’s board slice through the water is a borderline pornographic experience. That rounded pin…that style. This may not...
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Afternoon Interview: Louif Paradis Episode 051: We interviewed Louif in the car while driving in the Lofoten Islands in Norway

Louif Paradis won Video Part of the Year while we were in Norway with him. He’s the epitome of a...
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John John’s Alley Oop on Saturday A few dozen on the head and then this…

I’ve long been kind of critical of how clips like this get published in a manner that is underwhelming. We’ve...
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Mason Ho doesn’t have bad surfs Collected Thoughts 117 with Nate Lawrence

“Does Mason ever have a bad surf? Nope.” —Nate Lawrence
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Afternoon Interview: Keegan Valaika Episode 050: On competition, style and riding snow

Someone recently said: “I don’t care how you get it out, but get it out.” Fuck we like that. Because,...
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The Dylan Rieder Issue Playlist The songs we played to remember

Throughout the creation of the Dylan Rieder issue we played music really loud here. It helped with the emotions, evoked...
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Meatbodies Announce New Album And share killer track, “Creature Feature”

Meatbodies, the self-proclaimed weirdo band of Chad Ubovich, Patrick Nolan, and Kevin Boog, are finally releasing the follow-up to their...
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WY Premiere: Death Valley Girls Watch their new video for “Pink Radiation”

We’re obsessed with Death Valley Girls. These LA rock queens (and Larry) slay in the best way, and released their...
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Watch The Nude Party’s New Video For their new single “Water on Mars”

Southern hospitality pranksters The Nude Party have a new video out for the single “Water on Mars”, off their forthcoming...
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Yago Dora and Pedro Barros in “Brutal” A surf and skate collab of the very best kind

Well, this says a lot about the technicality off Yago’s surfing. One of his best friends growing up absolutely shreds....
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New Scenery, New Noise A new film: Skating, surfing and snowboarding in the all day light of Sweden and Norway I Presented by Adidas

Drinking gets you closer to the Gods in Norway. Or so they say. And we just got up close and personal...

Seen/Unseen footage of Dylan Rieder A beautiful compilation by Martin Riegel

A beautiful compilation of seen/unseen footage of Dylan Rieder shot and edited by Dylan’s friend Martin Reigel.
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“The Smiling Bag” Extended Trailer The new film you can only get by emailing Dion Agius himself has a new teaser.

Dion Agius made a film for his friends. He called it The Smiling Bag and he released it by doing...
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Watch Tim Presley’s Video for “Clue” Off his debut solo record The WiNK

Tim Presley, master indie innovator behind the influential band White Fence, unleashed his first ever solo effort back in September...

One Roll 019: Tom Carey One unedited roll of film shot behind the scenes on the North Shore

The North Shore is a bizarre and beautiful place. On the surface it can look like a surf mecca with...
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Watch “Vinho Verde” Really good surfing in the oldest world of Portugal with Mitch Coleborn, Soli Bailey, Mitch Crews and Dusty Payne

Vinho Verde is actually white wine. But the bottle in green and the taste is terrific. And in Portugal, you...
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A North Shore gathering for Dylan RVCA and Mark Oblow create a Hawaiian night that can only happen on the North Shore

Things happen on the North Shore that don’t and can’t happen anywhere else. I’m now thoroughly convinced of that. The...
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What Youth Gift Guide If you’re going to buy stuff this holiday season, it should be this stuff

There is no shortage of stuff in this world. The problem with that? There’s a lot of shit that gets...
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Jesus and Mary Chain release new song The first in 18 years, and it’s really good

Christmas came early this year and Santa left a beautiful brand new Jesus and Mary Chain song. It’s called “Amputation” and...

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