What Youth

Date Line: Jordy turns 32 A Press Release

Apparently it’s Jordy Smith’s birthday today. But don’t take our word for it, let our friends at M&C Saatchi tell ya about it. If you don’t recognize the name, they’re the big PR firm with offices in 27 international cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Toyko, etc., and come to us via a long and…

What Youth Does: Jackson Dorian A Brief Q&A with the young shredder

Jackson Dorian is coming along quite well. His father has held it down as a giant slayer in the water and the torch is now being passed. We discussed Jackson’s favorite spot to surf, school situation, comp vs. free surf, along with his future travel agenda. We look forward to seeing more of Jackson. What…

Watch “Mania” featuring Sebastìon Soto

We were trolling around the ‘Gram this morning and stumbled across this little beauty. It’s a short clip but it’s actually quite full of some sick barrels shot in Indo, PR (Sebastìon’s homeland) and the featured spot, Playa Zicatela. The barrel at the end being the cream of the clip. That my friends is deep!…

Photo Credit: Nate Lawrence Matt Meola’s timeless bash

Matt DM’d yesterday inquiring to see if we still had the digi file of this incredible backside rote that we featured back in What Youth Issue #3. He recently posted a crazy vid from another angle on his Insta. After a little digging, we found it, dusted it off, and here it is. Yep, it’s…

Watch “Gabe Morvil in Portugal” Fine Times

Gabe Morvil is a 20 year old from North Carolina and ventured on a trip to Portugal with Matt Tromberg. Here are five minutes of some fine times, ripping and roaming a long the Iberian coast. Enjoy. – What Youth

WY Recommends Vans UltraRange EXO

Vans has teamed up with its intrepid travelers, Michael February and Dylan Graves, to design a shoe with an ease of use sensibility that’s perfect for life on the road. Simple, yet functional, and even a bit stylish, if we do say so ourselves. Here’s the tech stuff… The UltraRange EXO is designed to deliver…

2020 “Five to Watch” The future looks bright

We’ve been rolling out our predictions of greatness for a few years now and we have had some success in our prognosticating (Ha, like Jack was a tough pick). So along that theme, here’s a few lads (and lasses) that we think just might grab some attention this coming year. Morgan Cibilic. Quite impressively, Morgan…

Opinion Who killed surfing?

Well, of course, surfing isn’t dead but actually very much alive and chugging along nicely, thank you, oblivious to most of the drama that surrounds the long-running mismanagement of surfing as an industry. The reality being that there are probably more people enjoying surfing activities today than at any other time in history. So why…