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Conversation With: Alexander Schmidt On his new zine “Side Streets”, street skating and street photography

I’ve been a fan of WKND since I found out about them. Aesthetically, they’re great. But what’s also great is the personalities that exist in their crew. I discovered one of their talents, Alexander Schmidt when they announced the release party for his new zine, Side Streets. I couldn’t make it, but I loved what…

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Afternoon Interview: Craig Anderson Episode 044: On being himself, learning from your friends and leaving Quiksilver

Last year Craig Anderson and Dane Reynolds didn’t renew their contracts with Quiksilver — or with anyone for that matter. Since that time there have been rumours and swirling excitement about the potential launch of a new brand with them directly involved. A serious endeavor for some of our favorite surfers. But how could you not…

Listen to Navaho Dark and surfy jams from Brussels

It always blows my mind when a band from another country can nail down a California sound. Enter Navaho, a Brussels-based band, who came together over a mutual love of the Growlers and found their own sound along the way. Comprised of Benjamin Saint Viteux (keyboard/vox), Pierre Van Waeyenberge (bass), Quentin Pringels (guitar/vox), Simon Boonen (drums),…

Listen to Matt Kivel And watch his new video for “Permanence”

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter Matt Kivel released a new track today for “Permanence”, the first single off his forthcoming album Fires on the Plain, out October 7th on Driftless Records. The track, a stunning example of emotional angst set to wonderfully haunting chords, features Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold on backing vocals and Zig Zags’ Caleb…

What Youth Issue 15 On Sale Now in the What Youth Shop

What Youth Issue 15 is hot (pink) off the press today and on sale now. Inside you’ll find a lot of things, but some of our favorites include interviews and photography from Brad Elterman, Na-Kel Smith, Soli Bailey, Lee Wilson, Craig Anderson, The Paranoyds, Jake Anderson, Benjamin Deberdt, photos from Everything’s Wrong but in the Right…

Stay Tuned: Jake Anderson Playlist 028: The worst/best Mix ever made

We’re not exactly sure what the hell you’d call this radio station Jake Anderson has created for us in this new Stay Tuned — but it might be an entire new genre altogether. But it’s a damn good time and we’re backing it. It’s a little bit bipolar but it does the trick, so put it on, dance…

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Nathan Fletcher, Hawaii, 2012 Back Den 099

“nathan fletcher is one of my all time favorites. this is his way of posing for a clothing photo shoot. ‘not going to happen.’ if you don’t sneak in your shot, you end up with nothing. shot in hawaii for a.g.’s [analog] last shoot. shot on leica m9 with 50mm lens. ‘nate can you pull…

Patagonia does it again Introducing the YULEX wetsuit, no neoprene needed.

Neoprene is bad. We know that. Did we know that? I think we did. But it’s been used in wetsuits for over 60 years, so we’ve somehow turned a blind eye to the necessary evil. But recently, Patagonia has changed the game, and introduced a new sustainable, and environmentally friendly replacement to the gunk. They’ve done…