Surfing, Skateboarding, Music, Photography, Travel, Culture and general antics of the youth on the run.

Watch: “Surfing Fun Backdoor” Mason, Coco, and plenty more

The North Shore is in full swing these days with a few middle to large-ish swells already on the books...

Watch: “Town Surf Explained” Featuring Zeke Lau

Do you remember being grom and having yet traveled to one of surfing’s meccas but studying every photo waiting for...

Watch: “Twenty Seven Clips” Featuring Eli Hanneman

We lost track after about the fourth or fifth absolute hammer, but we’ll take his word for it on the...

Photo Credit: Christa Funk A female point of view

To say that surf photography is a male-dominated profession would be an understatement. Beginning way back in the late ’70s/early’80s...

Watch: “One week” Some quality time with Barron Mamiya

Yes, we did give him a shout in our 2020 “Five To Watch”, like that was ever a hard choice....

Q&A WITH EVAN MOCK Balancing skating, surfing, California, Hawaii and Paris Fashion Week

Born and bred on the North Shore of Oahu, Evan Mock draws unique lines from water to concrete. Evan recently...

PALACE Goes BETAMAXIMUM In Hawaii UK SKATERS FIND PARADISE

The PALACE Skateboarding crew found their way from dreary London to the island paradise of Oahu. They brought all the...
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Watch “Downhill From Here” Creed, Beau, Ellis and friends…no irony.

How lucky is Billabong to have Creed? This little vid chronicles the Wash boys from their Oz practice space…to the...

A quick ode to Uncle Gav Please buy this legend a cold beer. He is a surfing treasure.

Yesterday you heard we went to Samoa and got hit by a cyclone before finding blue tubes and cold beers...
letters from what youth where ya been

“Where ya been?” A little update on our recent movements

Don’t you just love when people ask you that? Well, we do. And people been asking us – especially our mailman,...
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Watch Pt. Two Of The YWT In Hawaii Two weeks on the North Shore with the Coffin brothers

A bit of the Coffin brothers’ razzle dazzle filmed during their latest Hawaii jaunt. Even when the North Shore doesn’t...
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What A Weird Feeling Or, how I learned to stop complaining and love the Volcom Pipe Pro

Alright, I’d hate to chew your patience away with some 3000-word contest breakdown here. Besides, there’s no need for that. That’s...
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The Volcom Pipe Pro Wasn’t Terrible Yesterday And that’s coming from us.

You ever fallen out of bed, kicked the bed post, spilt the toothpaste on your work shirt, then died in...
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Watch “Eel Boy” Mason Ho doing Mason Ho things

Look, I love Mason Ho. You love Mason Ho. We all love Mason Ho. No one seems to have any gripes...
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Watch Matt Meola in “Maui” It’s as if they’ve invented a sick new style of surfing

The things that Matt Meola and Albee Layer and their crew get up to in Maui is pretty damn sick. From...
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Watch “RVCAloha Surf 2017” Footage of RVCA’s team in Hawaii the past few months

Footage of RVCA’s team in Hawaii the past few months. Featuring Ford Archbold, Shane Borland, Colin Moran, Tyler Netwon, Danny...
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Watch Yago Dora In Hawaii Late fall sessions with one of our favorite Brazilians

Yago shook out his hard drive and gave us this neat Allah-Las-soundtracked bit of tropical shred. All taken from a November...
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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 Mason Ho’s Hawaiian Holiday Ho ho ho

I told myself I would stop. But the holidays are all about caving to one’s indulgences. See: Setting a food eating...
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Watch Parker And Conner Coffin In Hawaii Young Wise Tails returns after a brief hiatus

There was a two-month period of my life two years ago when Parker Coffin’s Young Wise Tails clip was my go-to pre...
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Watch “2 + None” with Kyle Kennelly The third slob and the slipperiest surfing you can do

Kyle Kennelly runs the coffee shop next door called Daydream with his girl Becca. It fuels our caffeine dreams every day....
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Watch “Aloha Country” New vid from Jack Coleman featuring Jack Johnson, Bryce Young & Harrison Roach

Warm water antics through the lens of our friend Jack Coleman, featuring a top-notch crew of stylists including Harrison Roach,...
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Steve Caballero, Oahu, 1986 Back Den 125

“steve caballero at grants ramp oahu, circa ’86. shot on canon AE1 with a wideangle adapter.” —Mark Oblow
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Watch Mason Ho in Snapt 3 Preloaded I wanna come back in my next life as a Ho

I mean, I just want to have this much fun surfing. I try in small doses, and I do think...
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Nathan Fletcher and Koby Abberton Back Den 121: North Shore, 2008

“nathan fletcher and koby abberton on the north shore, oahu 2008. the conversations between these two are always priceless. shot...
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Keith Meek at Wallows, Circa 1986 Back Den 120

“keith meek, aka the slasher pops a stylish air at wallows. circa 86″ —Mark Oblow
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Afternoon Interview: Ryan Spencer Episode 055: A day spent doing it all: a skate, a surf and a photo dig

Ryan Spencer was born and raised in Maui, skating it’s unique and irregular island streetscapes and through that molded himself into a...
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Watch “License to Chill Rocky Point” Our favorite series is back with Mason Ho, Burger & Crew

It’s back. One of the best things in surfing this past year, that had us itching for the next clip to...
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Yago Dora in “Young Souls & Old Dreams” Hawaii and Indo with our favorite Brazilian goofy foot

He’s attaching some power to his air game. Kid continues to evolve and get better somehow. Charging and ripping simultaneously...
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Watch Clay Marzo in “You Know” Exactly the crazy surfing you’d expect from Clay

Still mind boggling. Still hard to comprehend. Clay is up there with guys like Matt Meola where you wonder how...
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Watch Matt Meola in “Numb” This is fucked up

Matt Meola has long been an underrated aerialists, and he’s actually rated pretty high, which is still underrated. You’ll agree...
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Watch “Sessions, Pipeline” With Mason Ho, Koa Rothman, Nathan Florence, Koa Smith & more

Pipe is still loud as ever, even in April. A few of our favorites getting spoiled with swell this late...

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