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Watch: “Zeke Lau Unleashed” Perfect waves at home

If you’ve been lucky enough to surf Town with a little swell, or better yet, actually get a few waves, then you know how fun it can be. Not the relentless power of the North Shore but still plenty of Pacific juice to get thing rolling along, and Zeke makes that abundantly clear in this…

WY Premiere: Small Reactions New Age Soul

This tight little band popped a press release into our inbox last week and we kinda dig um. We thought you might too. From their presser. Relying on the minimal instrumentation of guitar, bass, vintage organs, and drums, the quartet is equal parts post-punk, new wave, and surf. The band themselves prefer the term “nerve…

Watch: “Twenty Seven Clips” Featuring Eli Hanneman

We lost track after about the fourth or fifth absolute hammer, but we’ll take his word for it on the twenty-seven number. Simply, the kid swings for the fences on about every wave. What we really love about his surfing, besides everything, is how there is a minimum of multi-stage bottom turning. Just blast it…

Read: “Cold Comfort” By Marcus Paladino

We pumped this book up a few months back with a like Q&A (read here), but now it’s on the shelves is ready for purchase. Well, we guess Amazon has shelves. Link below. Marcus is a premiere photographer who specializes in the Pacific Northwest, primarily around his home in the Tofino area of Canada. With…

WY Recommends: Volcom jumps into the rubber biz

Volcom dropped a full range of suits a few months ago now but we just got around to checking out the latest product additions. Yep, rubber. It sure feels like they had them all along as a few of the surfers in their stable had customs with Veeco logos down through the years. Nope, they…

Watch: “Highway Rider” Featuring William Aliotti

We love us some William Aliotti. Ever since we were introduced to him a few years ago when we did a little project with him and his sponsor Volcom (watch here), we’ve kept our eye on him and he hasn’t let us down one bit. Super smooth with just enough flair to keep himself current,…

The future is upon us Cruz Dinofa leads the charge of tomorrow’s youth

There’s been a movement in surfing of which has been pushing forward for a few years now. It’s been a combination of things really, which include the advancement of progressive, above-the-lip surfing and the development of accessible wave pools, among others, but also a surge in youthful talent that surfing has never seen before. More…

Watch: “True Tapes” EP 01 A new vid series from Barron Mamiya

If you’ve been following along at all, you know we’ve been huge fans of Barron Mamiya for a while now. Kid rips. So, in what has become a long line of other Hawaiian rippers, Barron is launching his own weekly vlog called True Tapes. I guess if ya got the waves, ya might as well…