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The Top 10 Albums of 2017 Stream the rest: These are the 10 albums from 2017 worth ownership

2017 was a year of shitty reality that yielded some incredible musical catharsis. And while every album we heard this...
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Watch “Nora” presented by adidas Nora Vasconcellos is the first female Pro skater to join adidas Skateboarding

We’ve always loved Nora’s skating and charisma on and off a board. Thanks to adidas Skateboarding we get to watch...
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Watch Shaun Manners’ Epøkhe Intro Family manners

Shaun Manners is from the same little zone as Creed McTaggart. So it makes perfect sense he’s joining Creed and everyone...
what youth recommends top music videos of 2017

The Top 10 Music Videos of 2017 Do people still watch music vids? Well, we do, and these are our favorites from the year

This year in music videos, it was all about the flash. The hook. The catch. Whatever you wanna call it....
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Watch “Yago Out17” “How does he make it look so easy?” said everyone here after watching this

Yago cleared off his hard drive for 2017 and gave us this lovely Cure-soundtracked bit of shred. Always effortless. But...
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WY Premiere: Beechwood Listen to new track “C/F”

NYC-based glam punk trio Beechwood are no strangers to the dirty side of the law. Earlier this year, drummer and...
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Watch The Shrine’s New Video For “Never More Than Now” featuring Keith Morris

The Shrine know how to thrash. And I mean thrash in the sense of blowing fire out of their mouths...
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Watch “Chippa’s Gone Soft” In a world full of soft top gimmicks: This is not that

Chippa Wilson is the reigning What Youth World Champ. And his performance on a Duo, in the new Epokhe movie,...
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Watch The Road to Spannabis Hop in with Bruce Irons, Asher Pacey and Balaram Stack as they road trip through Portugal, Spain and France en route to Spannabis. Presented by Weed Maps

Jump in the Weed Maps van for a tour of the Old World with Bruce Irons (always a good time),...
what youth recommends holiday gift guide 2017

The What Youth Wish List Here are all the things we want this holiday season, which is probably stuff you or the youth on the run in your life will want

Being a youth on the run requires a significant amount of equipment. And I don’t mean useless consumer goods (well,...

Friend Aid is Saturday in Newport Beach Live music and live auction benefitting those affected by the California wild fires

The past few weeks California has been overcome by wild fires. Thousands of homes, buildings, animals, people, families even our...

Listen to Milk Music It’ll do your body good

You know when a band slips into your musical consciousness so easily that you’re left wondering, how was I ever...
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Epøkhe Introduces Taj Burrow Another fine addition to an already stellar group

Epøkhe is proud to announce Taj burrow has joined their family. TB and Epøkhe. Now there’s a sentence that rolls right...
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Watch “Lost & Foundy Ep.1” Corey Glick’s iPhone tapes from filming with Foundation crew

We were lucky enough to hang with Corey Glick on our recent BroStyle trip. He released some of his iPhone...
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Watch “frog hjalte” The Frog Skateboards team skating around NYC

Hjalte Halberg gets a guest pro board. And we get to see one of our favorite skate brands. Featuring Hjalte Halberg,...
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Watch Parker And Conner Coffin In Hawaii Young Wise Tails returns after a brief hiatus

There was a two-month period of my life two years ago when Parker Coffin’s Young Wise Tails clip was my go-to pre...
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Watch Lee Wilson’s “If” Happy Monday here’s some highly enjoyable surfing to take your mind off things.

If you’re ever looking to lose some time wandering through an internet rabbit hole, I’d recommend checking out Lee Wilson’s YouTube...
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Music for times like these Roll yourself into the weekend with this new playlist by Maya Eslami

Sometimes you rock, and sometimes you roll. That’s been my theme for this long, hard, fire-engulfed, emotional week. Natural disasters...
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Watch Illegal Civ’s “Summer of ’17” A short film by Mikey Alfred

Not your typical Illegal Civ video, but interesting nonetheless. Mikey Alfred’s short film is about maturing and self-discovery featuring a...
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Watch Val Bauer “En Transit” A short skate film by Blake Myers shot on location in Paris

Take time with Val Bauer and explore Paris through the lens of Blake Myers. Shot beautifully on super 16mm with...
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WY Premiere: “Everything U No” Watch the new video from The Prefab Messiahs

The Prefab Messiahs are a post-punk band with actual credibility, considering they formed in 1981 amid the peak of DIY...
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Rhetorical Question: Want A New Board? Because the guys at Superbrand want to hook you up.

Guys, guys, the mercury is dropping and that is wonderful news. That’s right, it’s officially winter. You know what that means?...
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EPØKHE Introduces CHIPPA WILSON Two things that make sense together

Epøkhe and Chippa Wilson. Two things that go together. And now they officially do. Watch a short snippet from his...

December 7 is “Cult of Freedom” Day! Which means movies and free food and drink at all Globe stores

I just got off the phone with Joe G. (Damn, love saying that). For those of you who don’t know,...
Ty Segall

Ty Segall Can Do No Wrong Listen to his cover of Hot Chocolate’s “Every 1’s A Winner”

Two things. Ty Segall dropped another single. And it’s a cover of Hot Chocolate’s “Every 1’s A Winner.” Didn’t think...
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WY Premiere: “TV Girls” Listen to Susan’s new single, and catch their show on Friday

Susan is a band we can get behind, always. The Los Angeles three-piece stir up bubblegum punk rock with warm...
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Watch Andrew Jacobson in “Wash” Malibu’s new face runs around the planet

We’ve all known Andrew Jacobson for a long time. For some reason everyone calls him Flange. Not sure why. He’s also...
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Watch “Gundad” A warm water barrel-fest starring Gunner Day

Yesterday was a bit of a slow one around the office. We blamed the super moon. We blamed the colder air....
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Watch Harry Bryant In “Rust 2.0” We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Haz is great

Harry Bryant is the most entertaining bowl-cut this side of Lloyd Christmas. It’s hard not to be fond of the Aussie...
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Watch Some Very Smooth Longboarding The top ten nose riders as picked by Phil Edwards

Here’s something that’s a bit different from what normally lingers around here. A video take on a 1965 Phil Edwards longboarding...
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Watch Cintilar Starring Yago Dora, Lucas Silveira, Marco Giorgi and Mateus Herdy

Yago Dora, Lucas Silveira, Marco Giorgi and Mateus Herdy star in this new short from Pablo Aguiar.
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WY Premiere: The Vacant Smiles Watch their video for “Messin’ Around”

Melbourne four-piece The Vacant Smiles dish out a heaping blend of slacker garage psych that’ll put you in a real...

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