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Watch: “XXL Hossegor” Here we go again

You may have seen the insane barrel ridden by Kyllian Guerin – its the last wave in this clip –...

Watch: “France on Fire” From the crew at RIPITUP

We are honestly running out of hyperbole to accurately describe the day after day perfection that is sent to us...

Watch: “Thunders across the Pond” Featuring Finn McGill

We love this shit! Couple of buddies hit the road with a few boards and a camera and drop a...

Watch: “Epic Day” Yes, another perfect day in Hossegor

Surely the advent of the world wide web has brought many things into a much clearer light. Things like world...

Watch: “Hossegor is ready for the Quik Pro” From RIPITUP

The boys at RIPITUP have been sending quality clips faster than we can post um! With one thing in common...

Watch: “Hossegor Awakens” More from the RIPITUP crew

As we’ve mentioned before, the Southwest of France usually goes kind of dormant wave-wise in the summer months with all...

Watch: “Landes, today” The southwest wakes up

The Hossegor/Biarritz region isn’t really known for its summer surf. A wind-swell here or there, maybe a pulse from a...

Watch: Massive Hossegor

You didn’t use to see much out of France in the dead of winter. Surely there’s always been crew charging...

Watch: “The Hossegor Kid” Charly Quivront at home

For anyone who’s been there, the stretch of coastline in Southwest France where Charly resides is often mentioned very highly...

Watch “Best January Waves” A French Chat with Jeremy Flores

If you speak french, you’ll love this! If not, open the Youtube settings and get it translated into subtitles. In...

WASTED TALENT PRESENTS THROUGH THE PINES A SHORT FILM BY GUILLEM CRUELLS

    Our friends over at Wasted Talent produced this beautiful feature on three things we love: Brendon Gibbens, Chippa...
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Watch “Converse CONS x Kevin Rodrigues” Kevin and friends skating around Paris in his new CTAS Pro Colorway’s

Kevin Rodrigues put together this little edit of he and some friends skating around Paris in his new CTAS Pro Colorway’s. Featuring Paul...
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Watch Jack Freestone’s Atlantic Trip Portugal, France, and Africa with surfing’s newest cool dad

Jack Freestone surfing around Portugal, France, Africa, and other bits of the Atlantic. Safe to say Jack is one of the...
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Watch Leo Valls in “Good Weekend” A short film from Blake Myers shot in Leo’s hometown of Bordeaux, France

Blake Myers is living in Paris and making great art. “Good Weekend,” his most recent short film project is more...

Jump on the ROAD TO SPANNABIS Bruce Irons, Balaram Stack and Asher Pacey join pro skaters on a European Road Trip

Editor’s Note: Weed Maps is a relatively new thing. But the way they’re supporting surfing and skating is pretty refreshing....

Watch “Gone Tomorrow” If you want some France in your fall. Starring Mikey Wright, Zeke Lau, Kanoa Igarashi, Connor O’Leary and more

Quiksilver has a pretty heavy presence in France. They got offices there and lots of french surfers and Jeremy Flores...
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Bruce Irons and Nathan Fletcher Back Den 126: France in 2001

“bruce irons & nathan fletcher in france. we were there to film for nathan’s movie but got skunked on waves. with the...
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Nathan Fletcher in France Back Den 124: September 10, 2001: The day before everything changed

“we were filming for his movie these colors taste like music. this was a few days before 9/11 in france. we...
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Watch “Inside Magenta” Skateboard through Paris with Vivien Feil of Magenta Skateboards and learn about their new collab with Adidas

Vivien Feil started Magenta Skateboards in 2010 with his brother Jean and friend Soy Panday. And it started as a...
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Watch “A.E.I.U.O” Starring Remy Taveira, Tolia Titaev, and more

Augustin Giovannoni is a name to keep an eye on. We thoroughly enjoyed this clip he put together, along with...
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Music To Do Europe To A playlist from the Mediterranean

Packing for a trip to Europe, or anywhere really, can be daunting. But the only thing you absolutely need, besides...
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Dion Agius, Hossegor, 2015 Collected Thoughts 120

“I first saw Dion on the cover of Transworld Surf magazine. It was a D.Hump flash photo that popped Dion...
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Watch “Radical Times in France” Quiksilver always does France pretty damn well

By now the French experience is full of cliche. Baguettes, red wine, nude babes, beachbreaks for miles…you know the story....
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I’m Home! But Have No Idea Where I am After a month in the Old World, I’ve returned to a disheveled homeland

I just got home from a few weeks away. I think it’s called holiday. Or vacation. Depending where you’re from....

“There are no beers for Media” Another downtrodden day for the WSL press corps

It was Sunday. I felt like watching surfing and I am fortunate to live within a stone throw of a...

The same day in Amsterdam and Paris Europe for the Brixton Broadcast and a bit of radical class tourism

Paris is far too big to seen properly in one day, yet so damn pretty you can feel like you did....
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why not. (pussy gangster outtakes) William Strobeck and Supreme release a little something extra from Paris

Another rad miss mash of extras from William Strobeck from filming Pussy Gangster in Paris. Starring: jb tyshawn lil leo sean...
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Watch “Bordeaux Exposure Remix” With Leo Valls and friends

Leo Valls and company skating around Bordeaux in black & white. A sweet edit, with some lines only Leo could...
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For The Love: Leo Valls Episode 020 Presented by Vissla: Molded by the streets of Bordeaux

Leo Valls is a reminder about how environment can shape your skating. Growing up in the storied streets of Bordeaux,...
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Off Beat: Michael Dunphy Episode 026 Naming children, third wheeling and what Luke’s up to

Michael Dunphy has been on the competitive surf grind for a long time. But he’s a little East Coast legend...
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Off Beat: Nate Tyler Episode 025: Bad trick names, burritos and energy drinking

You can hear the pitter patter of French rain in the background. Which should be enough to send you to...

What Youth Issue 12 Release in France Presented by Epokhe and Wasted Talented Europe

Last night we took the top off What Youth Issue 12 in France at Heads Beach Brewing Co. A rad...

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