Raph Bruhwiler, Canada 2011 Collected Thoughts 097
“Raph is amazing. Canada is amazing. This wave is amazing. And drinking Iceburgs at Shelter is amazing” —Nate Lawrence
Mikey Wright, Pipeline 2014 Collected Thoughts 096
“In 2014 I only knew Mikey Wright as Owen’s little brother. Even though he was doing stuff like you see...
Jordy Smith, Indonesia, 2013 Collected Thoughts 095
“Jordy Smith, Indonesia 2013. Everything about this photo makes me want to pack up a bag and get back to...
Kai Neville, Indonesia Collected Thoughts 094
“Kai Neville, Indonesia. The winds are light. The swell is picking up. The tank is full. It’s looking like a...
Kelia Moniz, Laura Enever and Monyca Eleogram Collected Thoughts 093
“Kelia Moniz, Laura Enever and Monyca Eleogram. Sunset Elementary. I shot this photo on the basketball courts on the North...
Craig Anderson: “Cameo Mod” in Uluwatu April 2010 Collected Thoughts 092
“April, 2010. Craig had just debuted to the world for the first time in Modern Collective. He blew minds with his...
Earth to Jordy…We want more of this. Collected Thoughts 091
Jordy, where’d you go? We wanna see more of this this year. Find good waves. Book those last minute flights....
Santa Cruz, localism, kooks and me. Collected Thoughts 090
I recently made a mistake. I took a photo at a spot in Santa Cruz and posted it on our...
Taj Burrow always rules Collected Thoughts 089
Taj just released a rad little video online. It has waves in it that remind me of why I fell...
Flash with Nate Tyler in Santa Cruz Collected Thoughts 088
With all the gimmicks and stunts that have gone down this year it makes me think back to the early...
Bali Boys in Hawaii Collected Thoughts 087
“This is a photo of the Bali Boys in Hawaii almost a decade ago. They always had a good connection...
Luke Stedman, Fa Empel, Taj Burrow and Sam Macintosh in Indonesia Collected Thoughts 086
“Luke Stedmen, Fa Empel, Taj Burrow and Sam Macintosh [Founder of Stab]. We were on our way back from the Mentawai Islands...
Go way back with Nat Young, Alana Blanchard and Kolohe Andino Collected Thoughts 085
“This photo brings so much joy to my face. It was shot in the middle of the Indian Ocean during...
Pete Mel in Santa Cruz Collected Thoughts 084
“Pete Mel is a fucking boss. He’s one of my favorite humans ever. I shot this photo of him in...
How in the hell did we surf in baggy trunks? Collected Thoughts 083
“The only reason you are looking at this photo is to see the length of the boardshorts that we all...
Dane Reynolds in Santa Cruz Collected Thoughts 082
“I think Dane was in Santa Cruz for the Cold Water Classic this year. The weather was warm and the...
Mark Healey and Jesse Merle Jones Collected Thoughts 081
Healey and Merle. How good are these two humans! This photo was taken during my first real season spending time...
Gavin Beschen backside Collected Thoughts 080
Yep that’s a DVS sticker on Gavin’s board. This photo was shot almost 9 years ago, and not much has...
Chris Ward, Padang Collected Thoughts 079
Editor’s note: Scotty Hammonds is from Encinitas, CA and probably surfs better than a lot of the people he shoots...
Tom Curren in France Collected Thoughts 078
Tom Curren in France during a warm September day surfing La Graviere. What else could you ask for? The sandbar...
Dane Reynolds and Jamie O’Brien, Canada, 2006 Collected Thoughts 077
I can almost guarantee you’ll never see this happen again. Dane getting towed behind a Jet Ski with Jamie O...
Remember Ghost Tree? Collected Thoughts 076
Remember Ghost Tree? And Mouse Rock? What happened to the two most photogenic slabs in California? Well, people found out...
Andy Irons in Bali filming for Trilogy Collected Thoughts 075
Editor’s Note: Nate Lawrence is the youngest of us all. Maybe not in age, but it in life and youth,...
Dane Reynolds and Jamie O’Brien, Canada 2006 Collected Thoughts 074
It was most obvious when we were driving in the car. The drive was long from the ferry to our remote and...
Curren Caples kickflip in Sweeden Collected Thoughts 072
Arto Saari photographs Curren Caples in Sweden.
Dolan Stearns tre flip, Lake Henshaw Dam Collected Thoughts 055
“I was nervous for sure — but more nervous-excited just to skate the spot.” Dolan Stearns recently stomped this tre...
Slow Dance is a wrap and it has a new trailer Collected Thoughts 044
Dane Reynolds and Craig Anderson recently bolted on a surf trip after handing over the hard drive of Craig’s new...
Warren Smith describes what happens when Dion Agius is the boss Collected Thoughts 043
Dion Agius is a boss. Like really, he’s our boss. Like a really sexy, handsome boss. And bosses can really...
Craig Anderson and Occy, filming for Slow Dance, South Coast Collected Thoughts 041
“Those boys have some epic tales…” said Craig of his recent trip to the South Coast of Australia with Occy...
Dillon’s Travelogue, Continued Collected Thoughts 027
PHOTO: Neville By Dillon Perillo, from Portugal (see Dillon’s first European journal entry here) I’m shoveling my feet along the...
Napkin Apocalypse for What Youth Issue Two Collected Thoughts 026
Courtney Jaedke is Dane Reynolds’s girlfriend. She creates and styles under the name Napkin Apocalypse. We call her Qwertini sometimes....
Journal entry numero who gives a fuck Collected Thoughts 025
(Photo: Alex Laurel) By Dillon Perillo (Short easy not the end more to come prose #needsimprovement. —Dillon, sent from on...
