Take Five: EP #29 The greatest surf comp ever?
If perhaps you are unaware, the Billabong Pipe comp was completed over the last week or so. In an attempt...
Take Five: EP 23 Who is deciding what is good surfing?
The topic has been tossed around for years, more like decades actually. What is good surfing? So when Kelly ripped...
Photo Credit: David Gomez Maui Underground
There is just so much talent out there today. Both in the water and those who are documenting it. We...
Take Five: EP 19 Observations from the pool
It seems like a long time ago but it’s only been six short years since Kelly rained on Adriano’s WSL...
The Carving Three It’s time to bring it back
Truth be told, it never really went anywhere. Beginning with one of Hawaii’s most progressive surfers ever, the late Buttons...
Watch: “Kelly on the North Shore” Content collab with NobodySurf
We recently hooked up with our friends at NobodySurf to discuss a content-sharing concept. We have some cool stuff, they...
Newsstand: Justin Jay’s HI 1K A North Shore Study
A few years back photographer Justin Jay touched down in Honolulu intent on capturing the eclectic North Shore surf scene....
The Flounders’ Cup Are the Judges Going to Blow It?
There’s no second chance to make a first impression…and god I hope the WSL nails the judging on this...
Would you rather: Lowers or a Pool? The WSL released its 2018 schedule of events and it’s missing Fiji and Lowers but has a pool
There are 840 miles of coastline in California. And while there will be one stop on the 2018 WSL World Tour...
I’ll never surf the wave pool Even if Kelly Slater invites me, no strings attached, I will very politely decline. Here’s why:
I have the worst taste in music because of surfing. And yeah, I suppose music is entirely subjective, but I...
Conversation With: Thomas Campbell On his new surf film, creating in the modern climate and casting his dream lineup of surfers
I get buzzed up talking to Thomas Campbell. He has a mellow delivery but unpredictable answers. Like a frenetically elegant longboarder...
Watch the Trailer for “Proximity” A new film from Taylor Steele (Wow, it’s nice to write that)
Unless you’re like a crusty old bitter guy, there’s a good chance you’ve been a fan or know Taylor Steele’s...
What Youth Issue 17 is out! On Sale Now: Featuring: Craig Anderson, Andrew Allen, Chippa Wilson, Allah-Las, Yago Dora, Kelly Slater, Ty Segall and way more
The other day a friend of mine said to me that if shit hit the fan and he lost his...
Watch Conner Coffin’s “Year One” A recap doco style thing about Conner’s first year on tour
The good news is: There’s some great surfing. The bad news, this kind of feels like you’d see this as...
Some Good news: The Volcom Pipe Pro Still one of the only contests we can watch in its entirety
The Volcom Pipe Pro is a 3-star $75,000 WQS at Pipeline. And the reason it’s so watchable is the variety of...
A good looking cutting room floor Issue 17 is ready for ink, here’s a peek
Full disclosure: We didn’t plan it like this. But as we’ve learned along the way, that’s so very OK. Hell,...
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...
Watch “The Arrival” Starring Leo Fioravanti in Tavarua, France and El Salvador
Leo has already shown his prowess on the WSL this year. At this year’s Margaret River Pro, he placed 5th...
Afternoon Interview: Steve Sherman Episode 048: Sherm Moments, shooting contests and the morning Andy passed away
Steve Sherman is an absolute legend in every sense of the word. He’s in the trenches documenting some of the...
Watch “Trail Tracks” The freesurfs from the Hurley Pro at Trestles
With all the controversy involving this past Hurley Pro, we got a nice smattering of drama all week. The waves looked...
Rewind Me: Voluptuous: The Big Movie Jason Kenworthy’s ’90s anthem in its entirety
The intro to the movie sums it up best: there’s a tattoo, a punch, a hot ass and Kelly at...
Bored to Death by Surfing The Olympics, wave pools, Reef calendar’s and the WSL. Is that all we got? I hope not.
Maybe it’s the antibiotics. A bug bite gone wrong (the venom aimed at my heart and made a bee-line for it via...
Watch Kelly Slater in Fiji Riding those not Merrick boards
We’ve been somewhat critical of Kelly Slater’s board transition, the one where he went from his lifelong relationship with Al...
Watch 100% Alohamade Featuring Dusty Payne, Kelly Slater, and Clay Marzo
Eli Hanneman. If you don’t know the name by now, your excuses for not knowing just ran out. He’s only...
Watch Welcome to Water Episode 2 Proving Grounds Maui Edition
The Volcom crew must’ve been frothing over the waves in Maui. Honolua Bay looked unreal in this latest episode of...
Now that’s how you do it Volcom reminds us how to present competitive surfing the right way
You know if the entire What Youth HQ drops what they’re doing to put the finals a surf contest on the screen...
Kelly Slater, 2002 Back Den 064
“there is a breaking point in every man. if you have ever put on a wetsuit then you will know...
Lizards of Summer Episode 013: We hit the road again and things got weird
It seems like whenever things get mundane, it takes just one little journey to completely get us back into the...
Lizards of Summer Episode 012: More of the same lunacy from the road
The road is a strange place. And while we usually gloss it up for the pages of the mag and...
WY Documentary: Psychic Migrations Watch us on the Pink Carpet and at the after party with Kelly Slater, Coleborn, Yago, Droid, Nate, Burch and more
Last night Volcom rolled out the pink carpet for all the stars of their new movie Psychic Migrations, the first...
Afternoon Interview: Bruce Irons (Pt. 2) Episode 30: On Andy, Gerry, Kelly, age and being excited again
Earnest. Open. Raw. And discussing what’s exciting him now, at 35, going into winter. A nice place for him to...
Kelly Slater and Jason Dill, Costa Rica, Circa 2000 Back Den 053
“it does not get any more yin & yang then this. kelly slater and jason dill. we were in costa...
