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adidas Skateboarding Debuts “Heitor”

adidas Skateboarding releases “Heitor,” the first full-length part from Heitor da Silva for the brand. Shot primarily in Los Angeles, Taiwan, Philadelphia, and Buenos Aires, the three-minute video features one of the team’s newest and most exciting additions skating a variety of spots both traditional and obscure. Originally hailing from Brazil, and now living between…

Salina Cruz Outtakes A Trip to Mainland Mex

Into Salina Cruz. Sometimes we find ourselves traveling upon planes, trains, and automobiles, racing across borders, over datelines, and into new cultures. This was certain the case for Kai Hing, Dylan Graves, Shane Borland, Simon Hetrick, and Matt Tromberg who sought out some desolate lines in the deep south of mainland Mexico. We already shared some…

The Vault: Afternoon Interview With Geoff Rowley The Next Wave of Destruction

We’ve reached into our Vault for yet another classic of when Geoff rolled by the office for a convo in this version of Afternoon Interview. Geoff Rowley walked into What Youth with a skateboard under his arm, standing in the center of our warehouse — declining the need to sit down — and proceeded…

Flashbacks From Waco There and Back Again

There and back again. Around the New Year it’s hard not to reflect on life’s experiences, but now we face a new 12 months to once again find something different in our effort to entertain you. Creating something original from something that has been played to death ain’t easy in today’s world of throw-away media,…

Watch Sababa A Tale of Two Skateboarders from Israel and Palestine

In the film featured below, Sababa, two skateboarders are featured from two very different cultures. This video was blindly sent to us but once we looked at it we felt like it was something that should be shared. Among the physical dividers, well as the spiritual partitions that define these cultures, lies a simply wooden connection…

Ty Segall and The Traditional Fools Stormy Nights at the Sandpiper

Before Ty Segall. There was The Traditional Fools. Growing up in Laguna with friends Andrew, and Dave formed a trio that captured their early adolescent amusements. So we cruised to a late night show at the Sandpiper in Laguna Beach to see what they had in store before they kicked off their mini-tour across the map….

WY Recommends Josh Kern’s Book From Deutschland with Love

Dear What Youthers, From time-to-time various submissions arrive at the What Youth office. Yesterday, a random delivery showed up in the mail post-marked from Germany and packaged in an odd-shaped box. A very creative Josh Kern had sent the journal you see below which is full of random details, side-notes, images, along with a few blemishes…

Whacked out in WACO Southern Antics

One of our very talented men behind the lens, James Lugo, was with us on a trip to Waco a little while back. He recently got around to dropping the vid and we were more than happy to post it for ya. Ozzie, Nate, Finn, Mitch, Chippa, Eric and Evan pretty much destroyed the joint both…