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

This Is Us: Australia Part 1

Video: Blake Myers

The concept for the This Is Us series is simple: grab surfers we like to hangout with, put them in a house, go surfing a ton and record it, to show what it’s like on a trip. Our first trip for the series features Creed McTaggart, Chippa Wilson, Dillon Perillo and Ryan Callinan in a wave rich region in Australia. The house was filled with books, wine, food, beer, boards, skateboards and good tunes. We faced the storm of the century for the first two days and after it passed found a variety of wedges, ramps and this anomaly of a right that’s featured above, which according to locals is rarely rideable, but it turned on for Ryan, Dillon and Creed in part 1.

what youth this is us north surfing yago dora

Watch This is Us: North Starring Yago Dora, Brendon Gibbens, Dillon Perillo and Andrew Doheny and presented by Monster Energy

I never thought I would need to write this. Or that I would need to start a new magazine that would need to do a surf trip as a reminder that we’re still unpredictable enough to fail. That the throwback of a silly road trip up north in a big van in California is not entirely…

this is us france what youth kai neville surfing

This Is Us: France Short Film

This is a film that epitomizes why we do this. Why we surf. And travel. And live. We went to France and we forgot to check the charts. But we went anyway. And contrary to forecasts, we found waves. And when we didn’t find them, we didnt complain. We did other things. We skated. Went…

This is us australia what youth surfing

This Is Us: Australia Part 4

A What Youth original series.

This is us australia what youth surfing

This Is Us: Australia Part 3

We’re all different. We’re all the same. It’s all fucking good.

This is us australia what youth surfing

This Is Us: Australia Part 2

The rainiest episode.

This is us australia what youth surfing

This Is Us: Australia Part 1

The This Is Us series is simple: grab surfers we like to hangout with, put them in a house, go surfing a ton and record it.

what youth this is us australia

This Is Us: Australia Jerk Off Tapes

Surf culture isn’t polished. It’s not cut out for primetime. And anyone who’s ever chucked surfboards into the back of a van knows what type of conversations go down on surf trips. We have all the …lost videos and watch them to this day. And while we hope you enjoyed This Is Us: Australia and…

Sign up for letters from What Youth


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