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

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...

Watch: Backdoor Shootout Team Snapt 4 wins it!

A few of us are here on the North Shore this winter and were fortunate enough to watch a few...

Watch: “Form” The latest from Parallel Sea

When the best surfer in the world’s film production company drops a reel, you watch it. When the surfer is...

Watch “No Cigar” A Fly on the Wall with Julian Wilson

This cool little clip landed in our inbox this morning. It was shot by Jimmy Lees and reflects a brief...

Kaimana Henry in 278D Power Comes in Big Packages

You grew up in Maui right? What was in like growing up in Maui in your era? Yeah, it was...
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“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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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...

Outside the Comfort Zone San Francisco to Florida to the North Shore to “The Other Guys.”

It’s been one of those days. Weeks. Years. Hell, six years. I haven’t used my own soap in three weeks....
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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...

We Kinda Saw This Coming Soli Bailey Wins the Volcom Pipe Pro (This is why we’re not surprised)

Soli Bailey was born during the biggest storm in the history of Byron Bay. And he just won one of our...
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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...
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The First Pipe Swell of the year Starring Mason, Michael and Derek Ho, Gavin Beschen and Kalani Chapman

Early season Pipe is usually a tricky affair. Sand and rock aren’t where they should be, it’s pretty irregular and...
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Mikey Wright, Pipeline 2014 Collected Thoughts 096

“In 2014 I only knew Mikey Wright as Owen’s little brother. Even though he was doing stuff like you see...

Seaweed Salad Starring Ian Crane, Brett Barley, Torrey Meister, Jake Kelley, Kei Kobayashi, Colt Ward

North Shore in November and December is a shit show. Everyone is there and there’s good reason to be. O’Neill’s...
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Evan Geiselman on nearly drowning at Pipe A vivid recount on his second spin

We nearly lost a good one this day. And I must say, as hard as it is to watch this,...

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