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Jake Johnson and Arto Saari, Australia, 2009 Back Den 116

“march 2009, gravis australia tour. jake johnson and arto saari on a spot check at the train station. hunting for...
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Watch “Left for Shred” With Harry Bryant, Beau Foster and Shaun Manners

A fun little jam session with three fun surfers. Beau Foster’s settled nicely into a shortboarding alternative, moving interestingly modern...

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...
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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...
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Watch “Kicks” With Pama Davies

Pama Davies along the South East Coast of Australia and the South Island of New Zealand. Plenty of slabs to go...
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East Coast With Beau Foster, Ellis Ericson, and Sam Wrench

The boys getting after it. Ellis Ericson, Beau Foster, and Sam Wrench trading off tubes during a fine winter on...
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Listen to Gooch Palms Garage punk gold from Australia

Gooch Palms, the Australian garage punk duo that is Leroy Macqueen and Kat Friend, pack a lot of punch for...
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Off Beat: Kai Hing Episode 031: Taylor Swift vs. Miley Cyrus, Oprah vs. Martha Stewart and his perfect woman

Australians have always been a little more, umm, ruthless than their American counterparts in regards to many things. They also...
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Clay Marzo in “East Coast Low” He continues to impress from his western oasis

It’s hard not to look when Clay Marzo drops another unannounced edit from his western Australia oasis. He remains a mystery in...
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4 Cities: Ozzie Wright Wander around Byron Bay ripping at life with Ozzie Wright in our new series with Volcom

Where’s the place you spend the majority of your life? Does it make you you? Or do you make it...
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Take the day off with Noz Noa Deane takes us through Coolangatta and bets on the dogs

Noa surfed Snapper for 6 hours this day. Dodging “blow ins” and slotting into dreamy Greenmount pits all morning. But...
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Watch Mitch being Mitch A lord

Mitch is so sick. Even when he’s fucking around it looks rad. Check out Mitch in our Afternoon Interview with...
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Watch Chippa Wilson ride a “Duo” Shaped by Kirra legend Neal Purchase Jr. and presented by Stance

When he pulled it out of his truck it looked like a mistake. Interesting, but definitely a mistake. More of...
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Watch Ryan Callinan’s Pre-Season This looks like more fun than you can have in a jersey

Number 21 on our What Youth Top 34, and Cluster’s most underrated star Ryan Callinan just released his first pre-WSL...
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Watch Down Under With Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Sebastian Zietz, and More

To the sick sounds of Metallica, Cyclone Winston conquered Australia. Edit after edit has been coming out in remembrance of...
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Watch The Sound of Change Experience With Neal Purchase Jr, Asher Pacey, Ryan Lovelace and More

Sort of a modern Shelter vibe. Psychedelic and trippy, with tons of single, twin, and finless action throughout Australia, Indo, Africa,...
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One Roll 013: Hamish Humphreys From boat trip action to the city of Melbourne

Remember Hamish Humphreys? You may know the name from his time assisting and working with our very own Nate Lawrence....
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Watch Mick Fanning Give thanks to Tropical Cyclone Winston

Mick already has the Quik Pro in the bag, based on the sheer fact that he has been owning Superbank the...
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Watch Superbank Humpday With Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, and More

Apparently Superbank has been going off these past few days, and everyone seems to be aware of that. Nothing spectacular...
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Watch “Wash” featuring Beau Foster, Creed McTaggart, Ellis Ericson

It’s the boys’ first gig, and Creed’s got some vocals. The surfing ain’t so bad either. Beau’s got some sick...
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Watch Mick Fanning at Snapper Oh yeah, it’s Summer in Australia…

While we’re still hanging up our 4/3’s in the shade here in California, Mick Fanning and the boys at Snapper...
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Brisk Jack Freestone surfing in Australia

Craig & Ryan Anderson and Callinan for the layman. Surfing rad all over Oz and Indo

Craig Anderson & Ryan Callinan surfing around the East Coast of Australia and Indonesia.
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Artist Series: Anthony Lister Episode 004: An Artpunk Messiah

Whether offered as free art on public walls, paintings for sale in galleries, random clandestine life drawing happenings where strangers...
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Jack Freestone Rotating to Wu

Surfing the Gold Coast and Hawaii
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Craig Anderson and Huf A short film

A short film from Huf starring Craig Anderson.
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Fairly Normal: Creed McTaggart Episode 014

He's the gypsy. The wild man. The vagabond. The dude who smokes. Nti Sheeto. This is Us. Yeah Dude. Incredible...
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Off Beat: Mitch Crews Episode 015

A lot of you may be getting your first introduction to Mitch Crews via his post-heat interviews on webcasts now...
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Anything Sing Deleted Scenes / Australia

Australia went a bit brown on us this year during filming for Anything Sing, but it didn’t stop the waves....
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Dear Youth Chippa Wilson and Dillon Perillo filming for This is Us: Australia

There was a skatepark next to the bowler’s club we ate dinner at during our recent trip to Australia. It...
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Off Beat: Luke Davis Episode 006

As we said before, we thought we knew this dude. He’s had flawless style and a public profile since he...
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Dear Youth The making of a new What Youth original series

We’re currently in Australia filming for a new What Youth film series called This Is Us. So far, in the first...

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