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Watch: “Steppin Stoned” Featuring Balaram Stack and Christian Fletcher

Coming in hot in the kinda random category, our friend Matt Tromberg, or Metal Neck as he’s known professionally, dropped...

The Fletchers. Surfing’s first family.

It’s hard not to see the obvious connections between the blended Hoffman/Fletcher family and our world. Whether it be surf,...
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Issue 19 Cutting Room Floor The book is being sent out into the world and here’s a sample of what to expect

We go through a lot of photos to make each issue, like a loooot of photos. The caliber of shots...
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The case for goofyfoots The surfers who make having your right foot forward colorful and wonderful

If you were to say regularfoots dominate the surf world, you might actually have a case. It often feels like...
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Watch “Rotten to the Core” Surfing is not a sport and this video is a throwback reminder

This is the type of surf film you find buried in the VHS collection deeper than the others because you kind of...
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Metal Neck II: The Bangover Starring Andrew Doheny, Noa Deane, Christian Fletcher, Colin Moran, Creed, Muffin Man and more.

Well, here it is. The long-awaited full-length sequel to Metal Neck: Metal Neck 2: The Bangover. Easily the Video of...
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Metal Neck 2 “The Bangover” Trailer It’s pretty strange and plenty raw

Some of our favorite guys just made a movie. Noa Deane, Creed McTaggart, Ford Archbold, Alex Knost, Colin Moran, Ozzie Wright,...
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Christian Fletcher 2002 Back Den 083

“christian fletcher taking a break after sk8ing his runs at the quikcup circa 2002. this was a contest that was...
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What Youth X Christian Fletcher Shirt On Sale Now

This is a very Limited Edition What Youth X Christian Fletcher T-shirt. Featuring a 4-year-old Christian Fletcher photographed by Herbie Fletcher...
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Conversation With: Christian Fletcher “Live fast and die last.”

Interview by: Leo Maxam | Photos by: Herbie Fletcher Editor’s note: By now you’ve hopefully had a chance to watch...
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Photo Credit: Nolan Hall Portfolio 008

Working for Vans puts you in some pretty good company. And when your’e a cool cat like Nolan Hall, you’re...
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Christian Fletcher, France, 2001 Back Den 017

France 2001. Christian, Nathan and I were there for the Quik Cup. What an insane trip.
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The Christian Fletcher Interview From What Youth Issue 6

Interview by: Leo Maxam Editor’s note: By now you’ve hopefully had a chance to watch our Fairly Normal on Christian...
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Photo Credit: Quinn Matthews Portfolio 002

PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS: Quinn Matthews Quinn Matthews is a young, talented and ambitious photographer from California. He recently went to...
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Fairly Normal: Christian Fletcher Episode 013

An honest, authentic, death-defying Fairly Normal on Christian Fletcher and the infinite and un-ending influence he's had on us all.
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Christian Fletcher, Bali 2013 Collected Thoughts 060

Hunter S. Thompson claimed: “There is no honest way to explain [the edge] because the only people who really know...
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What Youth Issue 6 Trailer Video tour of our months on the run

We’ve now revealed the cover shot — a three-year-old Christian Fletcher — now it’s time to take a moving stroll...
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What Youth Issue 6 On Sale Now

On the cover: A three-year-old Christian Fletcher photographed by his dad Herbie Fletcher in 1974. We bled for this issue....

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