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10 Best WY Vids of the Year Number 5 and 6 on our countdown

6. Artist Series: Brad Elterman His voice, his look, his energy and enthusiasm are infectious. God, just love this dude. Brad Elterman...

10 Best WY Vids of the Year While we make plans for 2017, let’s see what we did in 2016

We’re all scattered across the globe playing with all our toys and making plans for another big year, and while...
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The 5 Best Music Videos of the Year Our picks for the most creative, entertaining and bizarre music vids of the year

My favorite videos from this year all had similar themes. Whether they were animated, involved puppets, or took place in...
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The 5 Best Songs of the Year Maya’s musical highlights for 2016

In a year filled with such detrimental loss from the music world (Bowie, Prince, Leonard, to name a few), shout...
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Watch Kai Hing in Splashing All black and white and tearing to Low Life

Kai Hing just saved 2016 with this hammer of a part featuring a nice mix of Indo and OZ beachbreaks. Remember...
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Mason Ho is the best surfer in the world This 2016 highlight reel proves it

There are a lot of competitions, polls and chatter about who the world’s greatest surfer is, and generally you can...
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Craig Anderson on the Black Noiz Soft core surfboard riding

Watching Craig Anderson’s board slice through the water is a borderline pornographic experience. That rounded pin…that style. This may not...
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John John’s Alley Oop on Saturday A few dozen on the head and then this…

I’ve long been kind of critical of how clips like this get published in a manner that is underwhelming. We’ve...
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Meatbodies Announce New Album And share killer track, “Creature Feature”

Meatbodies, the self-proclaimed weirdo band of Chad Ubovich, Patrick Nolan, and Kevin Boog, are finally releasing the follow-up to their...
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WY Premiere: Death Valley Girls Watch their new video for “Pink Radiation”

We’re obsessed with Death Valley Girls. These LA rock queens (and Larry) slay in the best way, and released their...
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Watch The Nude Party’s New Video For their new single “Water on Mars”

Southern hospitality pranksters The Nude Party have a new video out for the single “Water on Mars”, off their forthcoming...
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Yago Dora and Pedro Barros in “Brutal” A surf and skate collab of the very best kind

Well, this says a lot about the technicality off Yago’s surfing. One of his best friends growing up absolutely shreds....
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“The Smiling Bag” Extended Trailer The new film you can only get by emailing Dion Agius himself has a new teaser.

Dion Agius made a film for his friends. He called it The Smiling Bag and he released it by doing...
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Watch Tim Presley’s Video for “Clue” Off his debut solo record The WiNK

Tim Presley, master indie innovator behind the influential band White Fence, unleashed his first ever solo effort back in September...
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What Youth Gift Guide If you’re going to buy stuff this holiday season, it should be this stuff

There is no shortage of stuff in this world. The problem with that? There’s a lot of shit that gets...
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Jesus and Mary Chain release new song The first in 18 years, and it’s really good

Christmas came early this year and Santa left a beautiful brand new Jesus and Mary Chain song. It’s called “Amputation” and...
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Listen to Marching Church A big, brass, moody band from Copenhagen

Marching Church, the new project of Iceage’s Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, is the kind of bona fide big, brass band we all...
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Watch “Voodoo Child” Starring Mason Ho, so you know this is worth your time

I don’t think you can watch Mason Ho surf without wondering just what it might feel like to ride what...
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Lee Wilson in “Sosa Badman” Lee stays home and we all score

Two years ago Lee Wilson was washing dishes in New Zealand. He’d hung up the boards with stickers and simplified....

We watched Russel Bierke in “Bezerke” And then called him to find out just how he does this

Editor’s note: We were late to the party here. But after watching this vid about Russel Bierke, we had to...
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Watch Warbly Jets’ “Alive” Video And listen to them

Ever miss that good old rock ‘n’ roll sound that’s not muddled up in fifteen different genres that all bounce...
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Coming Soon: “Sosa Badman” Framegrabs and words from Lee Wilson’s new part. Coming Monday.

There was a time in surfing when parts mattered. When it was how you would be viewed for years at...

New Vacation Club Vid: “MMMM, Zingy” Acid Drops and surfing in Santa Cruz with Nate Tyler, Dylan Graves and Noah Weigrich

Nate Tyler, Dylan Graves and Noah Weigrich are a bunch of long haired hippies running around Santa Cruz in “MMMM,...

Twin Peaks European Tour Photos from tagging along

“I broke my elbow at a Twin Peaks show earlier this year in Philly, and that wasn’t even the rowdiest...

Listen to Peeling Sweet and salty jams from Toronto

Money. Roses. And a black leather glove. These images induce all sorts of titillating references in my brain, and the...
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Clay Marzo in Lost Paradise And he’s still trunking it where others prefer a wettie

Clay Marzo has somehow turned a cold water paradise into his own tropical locale. And I don’t think anyone gets...
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Watch No Other Way New release from Vans and Thrasher starring Kyle Walker and many more

Holy shit. This video is an ever-climbing rollercoaster of mind-blowing stoke. Elijah and Kyle take us to the brink of...
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Alex Smith’s One Way Ticket Journey to the center of the earth

Alex Smith literally did this. Booked a one way ticket and filmed what happened. He landed on some of the...
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Watch Chapter 11 Starring Dane Reynolds

In case you’ve been under a rock and haven’t seen this 4 times yet. Enjoy.
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Albee Layer’s backside 7 (with revert) A first on film

I mean, he spins 900, flies above 700. Either way, big congrats to Maui boy Albee Layer, and thanks for committing...

Night out in Honolulu Two rad events, one fun night in Town with Nolan Hall and Mark Oblow

Over the weekend we attended two really rad events in Honolulu. The first a photo exhibition for friend and photographer...

WY Premiere: Howardian’s “Box Turtle” An animated voyage with an environmental plea 

Ian Vanek’s new project Howardian has been floating under the radar for some time now, and today, we’re happy to...

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