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Watch: “This is Hossegor” The best of 2019/2020

Over the last few months many, many clips, vids, and photos of the Hossegor region have been circulating through the usual surf media outlets. Although this time of year can be excruciatingly cold in southwest France, this season it was mild enough to allow for some quality sessions in the heaving barrels. The Boys at…

Watch: “Cyclone Gretel” Lights up the Goldie

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few weeks then you’ve probably seen some of the incredible footage of Cyclone Gretels’s march up the Australian coastline. Just prior to what has now become a very serious health situation around the globe, we all watched in envy as the crew got after absolutely perfect…

10 Questions: Oscar Langburne Life during some crazy times.

Oscar is obviously “on the radar” these days. Hard worker, solid sponsorships, great style in and out of the water, etc. Young ‘Osc is keeping his hustle strong. He just shot us over a recent clip of himself toying about at the URBNSURF tank in Melbourne. His unmistakable steez is an interesting juxtaposition when applied…

Long read: Surfing in ‘Nam A soldier’s story.

Us humans have endured some pretty terrible situations over the millennia: Wars, famine, plagues, storms, etc., and yet somehow the species always seems to overcome. Resilient little creatures we are. And, it looks like here we go again with this COVID-19 deal. Although we haven’t been around long in the big picture, surfers themselves seem…

WY Recommends: Jordan Rodin does it a bit differently Friction-free and flying.

Truth be told, we haven’t really followed the finless, friction-free deal too much. But of course, how could you not smile at Derek Hynd flying down the line at Jefferies? Other than that though, this surfing genre didn’t really grab much bandwidth around the office. That is until Perth local, Jordan Rodin, sent us a…

Opinion: Should we be surfing right now? Are we inadvertently becoming part of the problem?

A few days ago we casually opined that surfing may be one thing we still have to keep us sane during the COVID-19 global health crisis. Obviously that was a few days prior to the serious increases in known cases globally and also before some countries had actually begun closing beaches. So what about the…

Long Read: ‘Tuff City’ Personified How Sepp Bruhwiler’s Dark Past Shaped Who He Is Today

Our interaction with Sepp Bruhwiler began with a rather cryptic DM on the What Youth Insta a while back. It was literally, “fuck you pussies, I’m going to come down there and kick your asses,” or something to that effect. None of us had ever met the man but there was something very troubling about…

WY Recommends: What to do when the sky is actually falling?

Well, it’s official. Covid-19 is wreaking havoc around the globe and has even barged its way into the cloistered little world of surfing. The WSL has called off all events at least through March, and most probably beyond, and surely other regional and specialty events are also soon to follow (Sorry Stab, that was going…