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Wy Recommends: Kelsen A couple of new skin products.

As we have spoken of this brand before, there’s a lot to like about it. Great products, founded by a...

WY Recommends: Kelsen Get your groom on

Surfers, and in this case skaters as well, have been getting together for some time now to start various business...

Surfing and Skating A complicated relationship

The iconic image of Herbie Fletcher skating a pool back in the late 60s has once again surfaced. This time...

THE VAULT 01 FAIRLY NORMAL WITH CURREN CAPLES

We were digging around in the broom closet and stumbled across a dusty old box of hard drives. We plugged...
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Watch “An Ode To The Queen” Another day at Rincon with Luke Davis, Yadin Nicol, Curren Caples, and more

Just another day at the Queen of The Coast. Rincon with Luke Davis, Yadin Nicol, Curren Caples, Griffin Colapinto, and more....
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Watch “RVCAloha Skate 2017” Featuring Kevin ‘Spanky’ Long, Curren Caples, Greyson Fletcher, Malakai Montes, Shane Borland & Christian Hosoi

Surfing isn’t the only thing that goes on during the Winter in Hawaii. RVCA’s team hit Hawaii Kai Skatepark, Proper...
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Watch “Some Kind of Vacation” California is a multiple choice question. And we chose all of the above. New film from WY and Richer Poorer.

“We were just the hell crew. The kind where people were giving us the ‘Oh fuck, please don’t look at...
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What Youth Issue 18 Release Affair Here’s like a million and one photos from our party with Former, Need Essentials and Vans at The Ace Hotel in Downtown LA

Friday night was a big one. For us, for you, for the Ace Hotel, for Former, For LA Witch, for...
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Afternoon Interview: Louie Lopez Episode 054: A day out with Louie followed by a BBQ with Curren Caples, Jake Anderson and Mike Anderson

Louie Lopez is soft spoken. Especially when he’s surrounded by the antics of Jake Anderson and Curren Caples. But that...
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Lizards of Summer Episode 020: Tazers, lasers and drums and Segways and road tripping

Another month down, another month on the road and another batch of weird moments we live for. Starring: Jake Anderson,...
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Watch the Copenhagen Open Movie You will get contact lit watching this

This film does an amazing job of capturing just how unique and rad the CPH Pro is. It is a...
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One Roll 022: From Gerry’s Place Nate Leal shoots the faces who pass through the Volcom House on the North Shore

I was recently walking along the houses on the North Shore, each with it’s own hum of humans drinking and...
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A North Shore gathering for Dylan RVCA and Mark Oblow create a Hawaiian night that can only happen on the North Shore

Things happen on the North Shore that don’t and can’t happen anywhere else. I’m now thoroughly convinced of that. The...
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One Roll 017: The Copenhagen Open Shot and captioned by Jordan Brown

Every year all of skating’s best descend on Copenhagen. Jordan Brown was there running around with his trusty point and...

Last Night’s Wonderland Party Photos from Eric Dressen’s Salad Bowl jam in Christiania, Copenhagen

Down the rabbit hole, One night in wonderland. Memory fades from numerous Danish beers and the infamous watermelon bong but...
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Afternoon Interview: Jake Anderson Episode 041: Goats, being a non-smoker, Tinder strategy and some skateboarding

We walked up and there were goats. On the ramp. And Coors Banquet beers all over. And Curren Caples walking around....
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Welcome to the Team: Curren Caples Nixon votes Curren on to their global team. So we took him skating.

Nixon’s always had a special team. Think Andrew Reynolds. John John Florence. Rick McCrank. Tony Hawk. Nathan Fletcher. Chippa Wilson. They...

Office Space: Curren Caples We got a new ramp and Curren rolled on it Presented by Monster

We got a new ramp: The Hager Brothers Cody and Jared came in one day, saw our tiny mini ramp,...

Propeller A Vans Skateboarding Video Coming in May

“THIS VIDEO, HAVING EVERY GENERATION OF SKATEBOARDER INVOLVED, IS THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF OUR CULTURE.”—John Cardiel Vans announces its first-ever feature-length...
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Off Beat: Curren Caples Episode 021

"Dude you made out with my mom!"
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2014 Memoirs A look at a year well-lived

A video tour of What Youth in 2014.
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Fairly Normal: Curren Caples Episode 017

One of the first skater/surfer hybrids we've seen in a long time of this old romance between the two is...
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Curren Caples kickflip in Sweeden Collected Thoughts 072

Arto Saari photographs Curren Caples in Sweden.
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Fairly Normal: Curren Caples Coming Thursday, December 4th

Curren Caples is a product of a ton of talent, a rad upbringing and a style that's so technically flawless...
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Photo Credit: Josh Zucker Portfolio 009

Josh Zucker hangs with a sick crew. At only 21 years old he’s already worked for Vans and Flip, is...
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Lizards of Summer Episode 005

Last night Ellen Degeneres broke Twitter. Today, we’re breaking the whole damn Internet. With an all new Lizards of Summer....
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Meet Arto A Copenhagen Project Prequel

Arto Saari really needs no introduction. He’s put out some of the best skate parts in history and continues to...
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4:45 At Arto’s An afternoon at Arto Saari’s backyard pool

It's afternoons like this that make you happy to live and exist in this particular moment.
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Fairly Normal: Ben Nordberg Episode 003

We called Ben and asked for a glimpse at what his interpretation of domesticity looks like living as a professional...
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Ben Nordberg and Curren Caples, Venice, California Collected Thoughts 033

PHOTO: Chenoweth Ben Nordberg is a 23-year-old professional skater from Bath, England and Curren Caples is a 17-year old professional...
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Afternoon Interview: Curren Caples & Jay Adams Episode 003

Last week Arto Saari brought Jay Adams and Curren Caples to session his backyard pool
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Tuesday at Arto’s Collected Thoughts 023

Last week something unusual happened and we were there. Arto Saari had an idea for this skate session he wanted...

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