True to This: Skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding’s divergent cultures unified in Volcom’s latest video

True to This


It all started in 1993, in an unassuming parking lot in Southern California with the premier of “Alive We Ride,” a video that captured skate, snowboard and surf culture with authenticity and veracity unlike anything of its time. Melding cutting-edge footage from an…

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Surf Sauna: Giving new meaning to mobile hotspot, this beachside accessory makes winter surfing a little more comfortable

Surf Sauna


To score the best waves in the Northeast it takes three things: dedication, luck and a thick skin. Though the water warms up to a comfortable trunks-only temperature in the summer, the best waves pound the shores of New England, New York and…

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Acid Magazine: A holistic approach to surfing in a beautifully designed print format

Acid Magazine


To the outside world, surfers may seem like an obsessive bunch. Piling into a station wagon, driving for hours in search of rideable peaks in the depths of winter, shuffling across snow-covered trails in nothing but a few millimeters of neoprene is not…

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Interview: Chris Burkard: The self-taught, globe-trotting photographer on his wild adventures and spending the night in a Russian jail

Interview: Chris Burkard


Photography is among the most competitive creative fields. With the advent of accessible digital SLR cameras and numerous social sharing outlets, it’s harder than ever to wade through what’s good to find what’s great. Based in a small town on the central California…

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M.Nii Typhoon Haiyan Relief T-shirt: A striped T-shirt with 100% of proceeds going to the Red Cross in the Philippines

M.Nii Typhoon Haiyan Relief T-shirt


On 8 November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan devastated much of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It was the deadliest typhoon on record in the Philippines and there is still much work to be done in the island…

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Finisterre UK: Cold water surf garb from the chilly English shores

Finisterre UK


From its storied inception on pristine Hawaiian shores to its entrance into mainstream culture in the ’50s and ’60s through films like “The Endless Summer” and “Gigdet,” surfing has always been associated with sunny, carefree beach…

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California Surfing and Climbing in the Fifties: Yvon Chouinard takes a scenic look at a decade of youthful adventure through imagery and essays

California Surfing and Climbing in the Fifties


Some 60 years ago the Golden State saw a golden era for surfing and climbing. Offering a spot-on retrospective look at the period of innovation spanning from 1948 to late 1958, newly published “California Surfing and…

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Give Bodysurfing a Boost

There’s bodysurfing… and then there’s slyding. The G6’s sleek design gives hand-boarders the ultimate ride every water-sport enthusiast dreams about. The G6′s tight rails, deep concave and double swallow tail with wings allow for excellent grip and hydrodynamics. Carbon fiber’s high tensile strength to low weight ratio makes it the perfect material for the perfect slyde.

Designer: Slyde Handboards


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Art of Craft: Highlighting artists and their causes through creative, limited edition T-shirt collaborations

Art of Craft


by Janine Stankus For branding expert Derek Galkin and longtime TV presenter Sal Masekela, passion and creativity have been keys to successful entrepreneurial careers. In October 2013, the Southern California-based duo launched Art of Craft to…

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Huxter Goods: Beach-inspired menswear for all four seasons, from the shores of New England

Huxter Goods


The connection between design, inspiration, production and place is often disjointed in the contemporary global economy. While this is commonplace, occasionally a brand comes along that wholly encapsulates the notion of place in a product—Watch Hill, Rhode Island’s );…

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