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Dear Youth: See Ya Hawaii 12 Photos from the North Shore

Nate Lawrence photos from the North Shore.
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One Roll 002 Nate Lawrence in the Canary Islands for Cluster

Checking out photos once they’re edited, doctored up, color corrected, Instagrammed and Photoshopped is one thing. But what happens when...
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Dear Youth France House

Every one knows now that the best camera in the world is the one in your pocket. And hell, we...
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Dear Youth Guy in the sky

Where is the wave? I’ve cut off the bottom of the wave! “Guy in the sky” is what I was...
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Dear Youth Strange Desires: Dane Reynolds from the set of Cluster

I feel like I’m coming down with something. Last time I was here I projectile vomited across the room. A...
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What Youth Issue 7 The Intro

“We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the...
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Dear Youth Mega Semadhi, Bali

Nate Lawrence: “After a few months in California [Nate is originally from Santa Cruz and still spends about 5 months...
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Dear Youth Mikala Jones in sunglasses

No offense to Mikala Jones, but this is the worst photo I’ve ever taken in my life. Mikala is a...
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Dear Youth Nate Lawrence on photography

Editor’s Note: There just aren’t enough things in life like Nate Lawrence. Which is unfortunate, because he fucking rules..at everything....
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Lizards of Summer Episode 001

Just a bunch of lizards sunning themselves all over this funny rock we live upon.
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Kai Neville in Paris, France, July 3, 2013 Collected Thoughts 046

We went to Paris a bit early to prepare for the upcoming This is Us: France trip and shop for...
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What Youth Issue 4 On Sale Now

Our fourth installment of the What Youth book is a reminder. A reminder of why we surf. A reminder that...
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On the set of What Youth and Reef’s new film Anything Sing Collected Thoughts 035

PHOTO: Lawrence We were worried. We hadn’t had any communication from What Youth photographer Nate Lawrence since he said he...
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This is Collected Thoughts Collected Thoughts 017

This place, whatyouth.com, is three months old now, but people who’ve been here since the start might remember that this...
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Sick Little Pushpins The Where’s of Dear Suburbia

This is the photographic version of that tiny plastic sample spoon they use at ice cream parlors to let you...

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