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

what youth recommends clay marzo todays harvest

Watch “Today’s Harvest” There goes Clay Marzo blowing our minds again

Clay surfs like a damn cat stuck on a hot tin room in the best possible way. He just jumps...
what youth recommends harry bryant catch surf

Watch Harry Bryant go soft on us And still surf better than me, you, and the rest of our lot

It appears the soft top takeover is inevitable. We’ve seen Noa and Chippa on them. And now Harry’s joining the cult....

Right, so the WSL starts again next week And hello, yes, we have some questions and concerns. Five exactly.

It is 6:30 am, picture the scene. It is 6:30 am and the crack of dawn in San Diego and...
what youth recommends creed mctaggart bong edit

Watch Creed McTaggart’s “Bong Edit” Plus, everything else he just dumped out of his iMovie archives

Creed is just being the kindest by giving us all these goods over the past 24-hours. First there was his...

Watch “Pedro’s Bay B-Sides” Return to that tropical blue wedge with Eric Geiselman, Brendon Gibbens, Bryce Young, and Cam Richards

Vissla released Pedro’s Bay sometime around July last year. It’s one of those films about a band of hopeless romantics searching...
what youth recommends frederico morais bloom

Watch “Bloom” Keep your eye on Frederico Morais

It’s no secret that Frederico Morais is pretty electric on his forehand. And this video emphasizes that point. I’m also...

Radical Class: Some Weekend Reading A book about Australia (it’s that time again!) from an author we can’t get enough of

“Australia is mostly empty and a long way away. Its population is small and its role in the world consequently...

Watch “SUR” Go south with Tyler Warren

Baja California is a 760 mile (that’s 1,220 km for all you fancy, metric system globalists) long stretch of coast...

Watch “The Typhoon” Mason Ho and Tom Curren somewhere in the North Pacific.

Pretty run of the mill stuff you’d expect from a Typhoon strike trip starring Tom Curren and Mason Ho. Wonky,...

Five Songs For Your Next Surf Clip Here’s “Wonderwall” or something or other.

You ever sit down to enjoy the latest web clip and start off thinking, “Hey, the surfing here isn’t terrible.”...
what youth recommends adventures of youngwisetails hawaii episode 2

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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Watch “Stranger Waves” Puerto Rico wedges with Dylan Graves

I thought when you did a hard drive dump you were supposed to be getting rid of all your bad,...
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Watch Tom Curren On The Occ-Cast Enough talking, let’s blade

Here’s a little change of pace if you, like me, have grown tired of rewatching Brendon Gibbens’ “Listen Now, Misty...
what youth recommends homeland leonardo fioravanti

Watch “Homeland” A Sardinian surf trip with Leo Fioravanti

Fun fact, one of the best days of surfing I ever had actually went down in Barcelona. Seriously, I’m not kidding....
what youth recommends chapter 2 homegrown billabong

Watch “Chapter 2: Homegrown” The Billabong family cracks open the Gold Coast

Jack Freestone, Creed McTaggart, Kai Hing, Parko, Mick, and the rest of team Billabong rip into the Gold Coast before...
what youth recommends quivered dave rastovich

Watch “Quivered” Rasta shows off what he’s got underneath his feet these days

A brief chat with Dave Rastovich about what he’s putting under his feet. It’s a neat lesson about what helps one...
what youth recommends volcom pipe pro finals day 2018

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...
what youth recommends volcom pipe pro day 2

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...
what youth recommends mason ho eel boy

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...
what youth recommends always more

Watch “Always More” “Just For Kicks” B-Sides with Noah Wegrich, Mitch Coleborn, and Nate Tyler

Remember Noah Wegrich’s “Just For Kicks” that came out on the start of January? No worries if you don’t because that...
what youth recommends the queen awakens

Watch “The Queen Awakens” Rincon with Dane Reynolds, Parker Coffin, the Guduaskas’, and more

The first real swell of the year is always a strange time. First people will say everything’s overhyped. Then the same...
what youth recommends møments mmxvii

Watch “Møments — MMXVII” An Australian road trip with Kolohe Andino, Jack Freestone, Mikey Wright, and more.

So you’ve probably heard we’re on a road trip right now. And I know we’re not ones to gloat, but aren’t...
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David Bowie Has A Book Club Maybe 2018 won’t be terrible after all

When history looks back at our bizarre little era, it will agree on one thing: Everything went to shit real...
what youth recommends noah wegrich just for kicks

Watch Noah Wegrich In “Just For Kicks” With appearances from Mitch Coleborn, Nate Tyler, and Torren Martyn

Darkened skis, grey water, chilly peaks. Normally not the most inviting trifecta but Santa Cruz local Noah Wegrich has us ready...
what youth recommends mason ho xmas 17

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...
what youth recommends zion christmas special

Watch Asher Pacey’s Cold Water Christmas Sesh On one of the best-looking sub-zero right handers

I told myself I’d be out. Don’t email me. Don’t DM me. If you see me on the street do not...
what youth recommends top 5 books holiday break

Books we recommend for holiday break Spark up a fire and put some words through your mind for the holidays.

The next two weeks are an opportunity. A break. A moment to find clarity and inspiration. For most of us, in...
Blake Myers, Noa Deane

Save What Youth Dot Com And the rest of our little digital realm for that matter

I have loads of nasty habits. I drink six cups of coffee every morning, I let my wetsuit ferment in the...
what youth recommends adventures of young wise tails hawaii 2017

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...
what youth recommends IF lee wilson

Watch Lee Wilson’s “If” Happy Monday here’s some highly enjoyable surfing to take your mind off things.

If you’re ever looking to lose some time wandering through an internet rabbit hole, I’d recommend checking out Lee Wilson’s YouTube...
what youth dear youth

Forced Creativity In a Musty Place Or, the art of throwing empty pint glasses at a laptop and expecting results

“Writing is the flip side of sex — it’s only good when it’s over.” —Hunter S. Thompson  Editor’s note: Here’s something(one)...
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Watch “Gundad” A warm water barrel-fest starring Gunner Day

Yesterday was a bit of a slow one around the office. We blamed the super moon. We blamed the colder air....

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