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Opinion: When did surfing become so soft?

Not too long ago surfing had a few unique characters floating around. Rebels. Stylers. Fighters. Boozers, etc. A couple of real pricks as well. That lineage can be traced back 50 plus years to people like Trent, Velzy, and Dora. Nat, Baddy, and MP. David, Owl, and Ho. Cairns, Engle, and Hynd. Parmann, Naude, and Rudolph. O’Rourke,…

Photo Credit: Nick Green Portfolio 041: From Tasmania with Love

Hailing from Tasmania but now truly a citizen of the road, Nick Green has travelled the map capturing the familiar faces and places that we admire from afar. Coming off his acceptance of the 2019 Larry Moore Follow the Light award, Nick has become a hot commodity. We caught up with him recently while he was…

The Surf Cam Are they what we hoped they would be?

The surf cam has become one of the true metaphors of tech advancement as it relates to surfing. It’s a simple little concept really: Place a few well-positioned cameras around popular surf spots so we can then go online and check the local conditions before having to commit to actually going to the beach. Genius, right?…

Watch “Imagination Roulette Episode 003” A film featuring Luke Hynd.

“Surfing is pure freedom, the feeling of synergy between yourself and the ocean makes it more spiritual than a sport… Hopefully, this film inspires you to go surf or even pick up a board for the first time. Maybe quit your day job and live in a Warung at G-Land. If nothing else, may it…

WY Premiere: Caramel Listen to Their Single “Golden Ways”

Caramel is from London and yes they are our cup of tea topped with a sweet-dash of synth. With vocals that are in harmony with tasty visuals “Golden Ways” is a track that is a refreshing tune. So give your ears a treat, we look forward to hearing more of their sound in the future; if…

Watch “Ru. Bu 994” A film by Noa Deane

Damn, there’s a lot going on. Quite a bit has transpired these last few weeks in surfing and the content pipeline is kind of overflowing. As we attempted to navigate our way through it all, of course, anything from a WY favorite son like Noa is going to catch our eye. Ru. Bu 994 is…

Watch “BeachHead” The latest from Ian Crane

We’ve had Ian on the What Youth radar for years now and have watched him grow from the petulant teen with tons of ability to today’s version of the QS warrior, content machine and now, company man. We’ll get back to the company thing in a minute. We’d be remiss to not mention the roll…

Watch “FLOW STATE” A film from Russell Bierke.

As we mentioned a few posts ago with Brett Burcher’s vid drop, there are so many niches of surfing to explore. And like his good friend, Brett, Russell also specializes in the cold, dark and scary stuff. Russ has been a fixture of the slab hunters anonymous crew since a very young age and his…