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The WY GUIDE: Cuba Now that the red tape is mostly gone, should you go? Well, we did, here’s what we found.

It’s hard to have a conversation about traveling without someone bringing up Cuba. It’s long been the Holy Grail of American travel because, well,...

Radical Class: Layover in Paris A guide to 48 hours in an overwhelming city

A lot of times when we travel, we’ll try to tack on a bonus location. A quick layover somewhere just...
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How To Drink Mezcal in Mexico City “For every ill, mezcal — and for every good as well.”

When you go to Mexico City, don’t order tequila. Or a margarita for that matter. Order mezcal. It’s the drink...
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Another What Youth Reading List This time with no dead white guys!

After checking out (and nodding along with) Travis’ recent fall syllabus featuring the literary heavy-hitters many of us have returned...
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The What Youth Syllabus The books we’re assigning for the fall semester

If you go to school, or went to school or tell people you go to school, you’ve seen a syllabus....
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When morning comes too soon A playlist for the final dawns of the summer

Maybe it’s on the hardwood floor of a living room in Santa Cruz. Or the front seat of a tour bus, a towering New...

8 Jazz Albums To Make It A Little Better For more inspired and relaxing times

The other day, I heard someone say something about how if you’re white, and you are just saying now, amidst...

WHAT YOUTH EATS AND DRINKS this weekend Your guide to a delicious and multi-cultural Fourth of July

The Fourth is meant for equal parts fireworks, food, drink, babes, waves, and bad decisions. Cases of beer, they appear....
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WY Guide to Surfing the Wedge Local standout Spencer Pirdy and how to navigate social media’s favorite wave

​​​​​​The local news trucks have arrived. There are sharks everywhere. People are crashing Jet Skis into the rocks at the Wedge...

WHAT YOUTH DRINKS: BITTERS Throw some stuff in a jar, walk away, and come back to a great cocktail

The makings of a great cocktail: good booze, ice, and not much else. It’s an equation that keeps the Martini...
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Music for Wandering Around Europe A Playlist for your jaunt in the Old World

Without music, life would be a mistake. Nietzsche once said that, and I back him all the way. Europe is...
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Radical Class: Eat on the run in Mexico A life-changing marinade and a barbecue built of good vibes

Every year around April and May I start to get the itch to go south. For the past six or...
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What Youth Drinks: La Rosita A Pink Tequila Drink that’s Made for Spring

I’ve got lots of extra tequila right now. My liquor cabinet is full of the stuff. I had a big...
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7 Reasons why being a parent is the best From the world’s greatest father

Some men and women hate children or find them a tremendous bother. On the surface, it stands to reason. Children...
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Wy Guides: Argentina Mar del Plata: an (alternative) surfer’s paradise

Mar del Plata, Argentina, “the sea of silver.” A shimmering escape for those looking to dance along wind swell wedges,...
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What Youth Drinks: Beer Our complete guide to the nuances of good beer

Go to a restaurant these days and you’ll quickly realize the overwhelming number of beer choices there are. You have...
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WHAT YOUTH EATS: HOT WINGS Not Fried, not traditional, but these wings may beat any other wings

Super Bowl Sunday means football, yes, but also uncrowded waves and really awesome food like beer, nachos, and hot wings....

What Youth Drinks: The Michelada Your Friday afternoon delight

In issue 13, among lots of other (perhaps more important) things, we talk about beer. We’ve been drinking the stuff...
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WY Eats: “Devils On Horseback” Good Fall cooking Inspired by Freeman’s Alley in the LES

Freeman’s Alley is the name of my favorite restaurant in New York. My friend New York Mike [Murciano] took me there...
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What Youth Drinks: Bourbon Scandal 3 ways to drink your bourbon tonight

With so many bourbons to choose from, what to do? Buy the one with the prettiest label, then get on...
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The Return of Quiksilver? The Dark Rituals and Surf Tripping campaign have groms in their gear again, and it’s the first thing to shock us in a decade

I’ve talked about this shirt I used to have before. It was pink and it had a skull on it and...

Eating and Drinking in Barcelona A Radical Class note pad from the Med

I was sitting in traffic the other day after a long day at work and got a whiff of someone’s...
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3 Cocktails for Summer What Youth Drinks for a Crowd

When it comes to summer, for me, it doesn’t get much better than a long day at the beach —...
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Massive Mexico Derek Dunfee rides and documents ridiculously large Puerto

Editor’s Note: Derek Dunfee does things only a couple of humans on this planet can do: he chases massive waves...
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The WY Guide: Cape Town, South Africa The tip of the world

The WY Guide to Cape Town, South Africa by C.S. Louis

The WY Guide: The Gold Coast With Jack Freestone and C.S. Louis

Welp, you know what time it is: “Time to fuck the WSL!” No, we kid, calm down. But for reals, lots of...
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What Youth Eats: Homemade Carnitas Radical Class with Adam Warren

A damn good way to spend a Sunday

Radical Class: 11 Photo Books You Need With Photographer Darren Ankenman

Photographer Darren Ankenman and the books you need to get
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Radical Class: A C.S. Louis book review On Neil Young’s book Waging Heavy Peace

C.S. Louis trusted Neil Young for 512 pages.

What Youth Drinks: The Bloody Mary 4 simple versions

It's a beautiful day...for a bloody mary.
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Every Wall A Door: The C.S. Louis Journals Part Two: Why I love Styx…In Mexico

C.S. Louis has spent the majority of his life serving the God's of core.
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Every Wall A Door: The C.S. Louis Journals Part One: A hole in every port

Editor’s Note: C.S. Louis has spent the majority of his life serving the God’s of core. And now we’ve given...

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