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

When California gets good It’s not always like this, but it sure is nice when it is. Tom Carey documents.

what youth surfing california swell

If you’re not in Florida like some of us are, then you’ve probably been scoring sick waves. California’s been getting blasted by rain and swell all week, and then yesterday: the rain stopped, the water turned blue again and the boys been getting piped. Tom Carey tried his luck in a few fickle zones and had some success with Jordy, Kolohe, Kanoa, Parker Cohn, Colin Moran and more. California with waves, what a thought.

Droid and Noz.

Parker Cohn.

Droid, Ford and Noa. 

Kanoa Igarashi. 

Jordy Smith. 

Colin Moran. 

Noa (with Volcom sticker!) and Andrew. 

Mitch Coleborn. 

Griffin Colapinto. 

Teddy Navarro.

Kolohe. 

Parker Cohn.

Goose.

Griffin, Parker and Crane. 

Colin Moran. 

Jordy Smith. 

Teddy Navarro. 

Kanoa Igarashi. 

Colin Moran. 

Jordy Smith. 

Colin Moran. 

Mitch Coleborn.

Matt Pagan. 

Surfing road-trip dear youth what youth

Dear Youth The fun that leads to sleep paralysis

“Never trust a thought that didn’t come from walking.” That’s a quote by an old madman by the name of Friedrich Nietzsche. He’s an existential pioneer and had one hell of a dark passenger throughout his life. But the man sure did drop some wisdom while he was here. I bring this up as a bit…

Coffee Sightglass San Francisco What Youth

Dear Youth A Treatise on Art and Coffee

Coffee is a drug. That’s masked by ubiquity and social acceptance but it’s just hot speed. Black hot wonderful speed. That thought lingered last Saturday morning as a nice young man in a waxed-cotton apron and mustache — and not a November mustache, but a real annual subscription to the thing — fixed my Guatemalan…

Sign up for letters from What Youth


By enabling this page, you are acknowledging and accepting our privacy terms and conditions.