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SNICKERDOODLES For those of you in the know, you’re already aware that Snickerdoodles McPoppycock Esquire is one of the foremost journalists/literary artists of the 21st century. Despite breaking hard-hitting news stories such as: Dog in a Naval Uniform, Dog with Cornrows, and Redneck Forced to Eat His Own Beard, the name Snickerdoodles McPoppycock remains shockingly absent when most people discuss the nation’s top journalists.

Snickerdoodles prefers to keep a low profile rather than bask in the limelight that is so rightfully his.

Such grace and humility is incredibly rare in this era of narcissistic talking head media. Experience for yourself what ‘real talk’ is all about at lordsofapathy.blogspot.com.

NEFF GLOVES This Christmas we were lucky enough to have been given a couple pairs of Neff’s n e w l y launched s n o w gloves in our stockings. The brightly colored goodies are being rocked by the whole Neff team, and are going to be a hot commodity on the mountains. The gloves are made with the highest quality material, and set the standard for comfort and design. The things are absolutely necessary for your warmth and style this winter and we highly recommend you go out and snag a pair.

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MAMMOTH SETTING RECORDS Our friends at Mammoth are basking in the glory of a winter wonderland.

The mountain received 149 inches of new snow from Friday, December 17th – Tuesday, December 21st. This made for over 10-feet of snow at the Main Lodge and over 15-feet of snow atop the mountain. This has made for the snowiest December Mammoth has had on record and for the moment has given Mammoth the title of having the most snow fall at a ski resort in the world. Great news for them and even greater news for anyone venturing up that way for the New Year!

VITAMIN WATER STUR-D A package arrived for us at the office from the folks at Vitamin Water and upon opening it we found an interesting display of Vitamin Water paraphernalia. The delicious Stur-D blue agave-passion fruit citrus came to us fully equipped with custom duct tape and a grey camouflaged bandanna. We were puzzled, but the drink was so good that we soon forgot all about the random gifts. Who knows though, we might actually use that duct tape to harass our intern!

SPY + ROLAND SANDS DESIGN

Spy has always offered up quality gear, and now the optical wizards have come up with another alluring product. This time it comes to us in the form of a limited edition shade hand designed by world champion road racer and renowned fabricator Roland Sands. The shades are hot rod inspired with custom prints. They’ve got enough style to turn some heads whether you’re cruising down the street or just hanging out watching the babes. They’re guaranteed to look great going fast, so go out and grab these shades ASAP.

surf photo: steele

He rolls his own way.

Talking story is just him talking.

Holding back is not an option.

Slaying it just happens.

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IRIDE IRECYCLE The all new Eco Claw glove from Body Glove has been floating around the BL!SSS office lately, and with the cold water temps we’ve decided to give the things a test drive. The 100% Eco-Flex gloves are made up of the purest form of non-toxic stretch material on the planet. These things are as comfortable as they come, and an absolute necessity for the cold water enthusiast.

Stay warm in the New Year with these bad boys.

AGENDA NYC 2011

Do you ever wonder what happens to all the broken skate decks in the world? Well, up until now those decks have ended up in landfills left to rot away. Fortunately, this is all changing now with the company Art of Board.

Their new recycling movement, “I Ride I Recycle,” is the first to take old skate decks and turn them into walls, retail displays, countertops, flooring and much more. This is a great way to get the whole action sports industry thinking creatively and about incorporating sustainability. These guys are a grassroots crew that is way ahead of the curve and truly onto something that will change the way you look at your broken decks forever.

SEVEN TIKI SPICED RUM The New York City Agenda Tradeshow will be coming back for its 8th year on January 17th and 18th in the Big Apple. The Chelsea Art Museum will be host to over 80 of the top brands in the surf, skate, snow and street wear industries. With a city so infused with art, style, music and culture it’s easy to see why coming back was a no-brainer. Agenda’s West Coast show has a knack for bringing in the right crowd and we are sure that this show will be no different and a great success.

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Our good friend DJ Mark Moreno came by the other day and showed us some of the best from Mica Gem fragrances.

Humana is a fragrance for men and women that is more than just a good scent; it’s a movement that is helping to fight the deadly disease of Malaria. This disease kills millions of children every year and is preventable by a simple mosquito net. The proceeds of every Humana bottle sold will go towards a mosquito net for a child in need. One Bottle = One Net = One Life.

Ryan from Seven Tiki Rum stopped by the other day and generously offered up a few bottles of their finest Fijian rum, warming our hearts and our livers. The rum is some of the best we’ve ever tasted and Ryan was nice enough to give us some great mixer ideas that went over really well. Seven Tiki has a polished look and with pro surfers Alek Parker, Gabe Kling and more backing the brand, we expect to see great things from the Seven Tiki crew.

SPLIT SIGNS MIKALA JONES Split Clothing has re-launched their brand recently and in the process they have signed Mikala Jones to lead their surf team. Mikala and Split have had a relationship dating back to 2001 when he first began riding for the company. The relaxed tube hound from Hawaii is a staple in surf publications and documentaries, and spends time living seasonally in Bali and Hawaii. A signature boardshort is already in the works for fall of 2011, and we look for great Tony Hawk’s Birdhouse has long been one to set standards in the skate things from the duo industry, pumping out top of the line equipment, and staying true to the in the future. skate culture. Now Tony and the Birdhouse crew have teamed up with the people from Syndrome Distribution. Syndrome will be helping with Birdhouse’s manufacturing as well as their distribution throughout the globe.

Tony sees Syndrome as the final step to solidifying Birdhouse’s legacy. We would have to agree with him on this one and can’t wait to see more from the two.

BIRDHOUSE JOINS WITH SYNDROME

QUIKSILVER ADDS CANADIAN RIDERS Quiksilver is proud to announce the addition of two new snowboarders to the team, Will Lavigne (pictured) from Quebec and Matt Belzile from Ottawa. Lavigne is known for his rail work and park jumps but has been seen absolutely shredding powder in natural terrain lately. Belzile has a knack for making difficult spins seem effortless with his bag of tricks including a backside 1260. The two will be taking full advantage of the long cold winter in Canada filming and dabbling in select contests.

We’re sure to see a lot of crazy footage from our Canadian friends real soon!

FOX SIGNS DAMIEN HOBGOOD

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We are happy to report to you that Damien Hobgood is the newest member of the elite Fox family. Damien will be rocking Fox gear from head to toe as well as eyewear and wetsuits in 2011 and beyond.

Damien was born and raised in Satellite Beach and has long been recognized as one of the best and most consistent surfers on tour and in the world. He is over the moon about the new relationship and is ready to take his surfing to the top. Congrats to Fox and Damo!

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Francesca from Tequila Avion was kind enough to send us a bottle of the ultra-premium Avion Silver. Does the brand ring a bell? Well, it might if you’re a fan of Entourage. The Tequila was used as Turtle’s new business venture in the show. Produced with only the purest quality Blue Weber Agave, found in the highest regions of Jalisco, Mexico and it’s easy to see why this Tequila is some of the best around. So the next time you’re watching Entourage reruns and see Turtle traveling to Mexico to see how his Avion Tequila business is doing you’ll be able to say that you drink the same delicious juice.

DEKLINE SNAGS CHAD TIM TIM

GROUND SWELL COFFEE Jay Larson is a well traveled, all around gentleman that just happens to be one of the best surfers of his generation. During his travels, Jay took a disliking to the polluted beaches and waters he would so often come across. Jay’s newly founded company, Ground Swell Coffee, is dishing out some of the sweetest blends available with names like: Big Wave, Flat, Dawn Patrol, and Over Head all while on a mission to change the environment. For each bag sold, a portion of the proceeds will go to a foundation that helps protect our planet. Now every time you wake yourself up in the morning with a fresh cup of Jay’s joe, you know you’ll be supporting Mother Nature.

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Long Beach local Chad Tim Tim is one of the smoothest, most skilled skaters out there right now, and whether you see him on video or in print, he’s always throwing down interesting and innovative runs. That’s why we were so surprised to hear that the guy had been in search of a shoe sponsor for so long. Well the search is finally over, Dekline Footwear has picked up Chad and rightfully so! You’ll now be seeing Mr. Tim Tim out skating in some fresh new kick’s enjoying the ride!

ALPINESTARS X INCIPIO

Over a decade in the making, it’s finally looking like our good friends the Conforti brothers (Anthony and Christian) are finally getting the Conforti brand off the ground and going in the right direction. Splitting their time between New Smyrna Beach, FL and Los Angeles, CA, the two twins are some of more creative designers that we’ve ever come across. Their brand, Conforti, enters into to the action sports world with a creative, artistic, fashionable twist. They have got a broad range of followers from rock stars like David Kennedy and Tom Delonge (Angels & Airwaves), pro surfer Kalani Robb to the racecar king Marco Andretti. Conforti is available only at elite boutiques and online at loserkids.com so be sure to check it all out.

Alpinestars and Incipio have teamed up to bring us their cutting edge design and engineering into a phenomenal protective carrying case for the iPhone 4. It was the shoulder cup of the Alpinestars Bionic 2 Jacket that inspired the development of the new Bionic Case. This case allows you to show off your new iPhone while ensuring optimum protection. We’ve already been through a few shattered screens in the BL!SSS office, but with Alpinestars protecting our phones now we’ve got nothing to worry about.

GREEN TEA HAWAII We’re all about healthy living here at BL!SSS (kind of) so when our friends from Green Tea Hawaii told us about their line of products we jumped at the chance to get some. Green Tea Hawaii comes in three delicious flavors: Original, Pineapple Strawberry and Raspberry Lemonade. The tea helps with weight loss and is packed with antioxidants to help boost your immune system. A lot of people in Hawaii and across the globe are backing them and now we certainly are as well.

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Words: Liz Rice McCray Under the name Elbow Toe, Brooklyn based artist Brian Adam Douglas has been creating introspective urban art for several years.

The artist gets up early to go to work on the subway, where he rides and draws portraits of his fellow riders in a sketchbook before returning to his studio. Douglas decided years ago the gallery art world was too stifling for his career, so he tried his hand at street art instead. Thus he created the identity of Elbow Toe, after another NYC body-part-named street artist, Neck Face. Encompassing an affinity for double meanings, the “flip side of the coin” is where Douglas finds his inspiration.

Nothing is simply at face value in his art.

Beauty is always balanced by the opposite.

primarily executed in woodcut, stencil, largescale charcoal drawings or collages. He is particularly interested in the ability of forces outside of his control and his work displays the study of human gesture as communication across walls of cities all around the world.

Today Douglas is recognized as part of the contemporary art scene in New York. His impressive body of work continues to grow and develop both on the streets and into galleries on both coasts and across the ocean. His art, lured from myth, symbolism and poetry, is

Elbow Toe has just debuted a new series of works at the Warrington Musem in the UK. Entitled Due Date, the latest from the street turned fine artist provides a compelling look into Douglas’ life as the artist copes with parenthood in New York City.

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Working at home on a new collage series, Douglas meticulously layers minuscule bits of ripped and shredded colored paper to create quite detailed pieces that, at first glance, can look like paintings. The artist also draws on a deep tradition of figurative painting, his rich style and medium are very much his own. He is consistently pushing the boundaries of contemporary image making.

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Jesse Fillingham is a Los Angeles based artist who creates work that is inspired by mythology and fantasy alike. Much of his work centers on a group of men aptly named Creature Killers, who spend the bulk of their day hunting and killing unicorns. When not sawing off unicorn horns, the Creature Killers can be seen collecting raw materials with pick axes and laser eyes. When he’s not pitting man against beast, Jesse makes his own comics and ‘zines, as well as pursues a living as a freelance illustrator.

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you always been inspired by mythology? have always been inspired by mythology and fantasy. I think a lot of it has to do with escapism.

When did you start creating?

I started drawing when I was very young.

Then it progressed into copying comic books until I actually started taking art classes in Community College.

What was your up bringing like?

My upbringing was a fairly straightforward middle-class upbringing, with some vegetarianism and meditation sprinkled in for good measure. But my parents were always supportive of my drawings and my desire to do that for a living, which was great.

Are you a huge fan of Thom Yorke?

I wouldn’t say that I am a huge fan of Thom Yorke, but I am a fan. I don’t come across much of his music that I don’t like.

But one thing that I do love about him and Radiohead is their constant progression.

I can really admire musicians and visual artists who never stop experimenting and finding new ways to create.

Where can people check out your work?

People can check out my work at my website: jessefillingham.com.

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Interview: Liz Rice McCray This past month, four artists, Ucas Lasnier (Parbo), Andres Bonavera (Larva), Federico Felici and Ezequiel Lasnier (Pitu) presented their massive installation entitled Please Stand By at the Outsider Art Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The magnificent caterpillar, which spans 38 feet, took two months to build and prepare. The caterpillar/monstrous insect emerges from a television, as if the TV may be giving birth, and transforms into what feels like an extremely angelic chicken head. The chicken head is “being fed by an innocent and tender young child.” Media transcends to child through insect and poultry. The installation was visited by over three thousand people in awe of this epic piece.

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Why is this particular installation called Please Stand By? We called it that way because for us, all the content and information that comes from a TV nowadays is distortional and manipulated and we felt that there’s an emptiness of ideas. The people in general are in standby like zombies when they watch television, we are losing the capability to analyze and digest what we are watching at.

What does the caterpillar represent?

Will you give us more background on the concept of this installation and how it came to fruition?

It represents the lame content that the television has, and at the same time, an unstoppable amount of information that crawls and seems to keep growing. The main concept was the idea of communication, showing directionality from the beginning at the TV artifact to the end on the little child, each corner like opposites, a cold and obsolete TV confronting an innocent and tender kid. With the concept clear, we began with the sketches, the scale and dimensions and the materials involved. After that, we prepared our agenda and the time line to start building the installation with the budget pre-assigned, it took us two months, tons of materials and a lot of patience from our friends and family.

Is there a special meaning behind TV and the chicken head - I must say chicken has a very sweet face?

The chicken head is a sort of mask for caterpillar that covers the real deal on information that blows from the TV.

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The “chicken head that is being feed by an innocent and tender young child” - is it eating the young child or is the child feeding it?

The child is feeding the chicken head, like she

is trying to domesticate the rage that the huge caterpillar has.

What is the caterpillar, chicken head, TV, child made out of?

The caterpillar is made of expanded polystyrene, wallpapering and painted with a sandy type of paint, we found the TV in an old TV service shop and the child is a dummy that we restyle the face and the hands.

Have you four artists collaborated before?

I co-found Kidgaucho 8 years ago with Andres, I went to primary school and made workshops of fine arts when I was 12 with Federico and this is the first time I work with my brother Ezequiel. Please Stand By is the first project that we all share together.

The installation is in Argentina, how have the locals responded?

We felt amazed. Three thousand people went to the festival and the response was great, the people love it, we always paint big walls and murals and the people are use to that, they support when you change directions and this wasn’t the exception. www.kidgaucho.com.

Words: Jon Francis Most of you know Chris Bradshaw as a professional snowboarder, but what many of you don’t know is that he is also an avid fly fisherman and logs miles a day in the summers hiking deep creek in search of the big ones. Bradshaw is also a new member of the LBCC, which does not stand for Long Beach Crip Club - it stands for Long Beach Casting Club where he hangs with the seniors, smokes cigars, and practices casting into rings at all different distances all day. I was giving Chris a hard time about his new club membership and he explained, “Fishing is kinda like snowboarding to me. Casting is an art like snowboarding, it’s like the same feeling as a good method, being in nature, all of it.” Not only does Chris tie all his own flies, but he and his crew call themselves the Hell’s Anglers and I’ve even heard talk of a fishing accessories company dropping one day soon.

On a trip to New Zealand a couple years ago, I remember walking to breakfast through Wanaka around 6am and there was this stream running through town with tons of huge brown trout and Chris flipped out for hours trying to figure out how to get a fishing rod. I think that became more important to him then getting to the hill and getting shots. When I met up with Bradshaw this summer in Hood he had more fishing gear with him than snowboard gear, spent more time on the river then on his snowboard, and he explained to me that he will never go on another snowboard trip without his fly rod. But, not only did he leave Mt. Hood bummed with no Steel Head after three weeks of fishing, but he also left with no snowboard gear after he was tricked into selling all his gear at Snowboarder Mags “America’s Next Top Pro Model,” where he thought the money went to him for all his gear, instead it all went to charity and he went home broke with no more snowboards. This spring, Bradshaw was in Mammoth for the annual Sole Tec sales meeting where buyers were brought in to meet team riders, and instead of showing for the meeting on time he was deep in the Sierra’s fly-fishing. So, if you know Chris, you know that regardless of the money, exposure, fame, responsibilities, etc, Chris will always be spending his winters riding the snow and his summers fishing the creeks.

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Photo: Dominic Petruzzi : dominicpetruzzi.com // Model: CJ

This month’s Super Taste is none other than the infamous CJ. She splits her time between livin’ in sunny Florida and hanging out in Southern California. She has a certain Latin sex appeal to her that is hard to shake out of our heads. We’ve actually been fortunate enough to have spent a little time with CJ and we’re glad to report that she’s an avid BL!SSS reader. When photos of her landed on our desk we instantly new that she had to be the very first Super Taste for 2011, Happy New Year!

Makeup: Nikki Ruiz :: Retouch: Kacie Sloane

Intro: Sergi Ventura :: Photos: Chris Ortiz

Dou·bles [duhb-uh|] adjective 1. Consisting of two equal, identical, or similar parts or things: the double doors 2. Having twice the usual size, quantity, or strength: she sipped a double brandy 3. Designed to be used by two people: a double bed 4. Having two different roles or interpretations, especially in order to deceive or confuse.

In this case, skating with at least two people in many various ways.

However you want it broken down, it is another artistic form of skateboarding, with two people involved instead of just one. There are different styles of doubles as well. You have your follow the leader, the side by side, or mirror image, and then your over/ under style of doubles. Each style requires different levels of difficulty, different styles of approach and timing. But most of all, it’s about trusting the guy you’re skating with at all times and knowing that he or she will make the right decision no matter what happens. Follow the leader is your most common style of doubles and the easiest of the three. The important thing to remember is if the guy in front of you falls, you have to be ready to react in a way where you’re not going to run over your friend. If you’re the one leading, it’s pretty easy, you just have to remember that someone is behind you so you have to take in consideration

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where you’re going to go next and what trick you’re doing. You don’t want to do a straight up and down air because you’re gonna land on the guy coming up behind you, feel me? The side-by-side or mirror image style is pretty cool too. I first witnessed this in the Bones Brigade videos back in the day on the Animal Chin ramp session.

Those doubles were mainly about timing and focusing on the trick you’re doing. You’re not really putting your fellow skater in danger because you’re not really crossing paths before or after the trick usually. In reality, you have your own lane to skate in, having nothing to worry about when you ride away from the wall. The most difficult of the three styles is the over/under doubles. This requires complete focus on whatever trick you’re doing and then adding in some perfect timing. This type of doubles requires the highest level of trust! I first witnessed the extreme version of these doubles during my time on the BBHJ [Boom

Boom Huck Jam] Tours, which were choreographed skateboard routines on steroids. But to this day, I can honestly say that if you put anybody that did those tours in a show/demo, you can have some sick doubles go down within seconds. That’s how much we all trust one another, still to this day!

This style of doubles begins with the highest version of trust. And what I mean is that you never wanted to drop into a doubles routine late or ever have the timing off, this is a great recipe for disaster. Someone can get seriously hurt as well. I’ve seen it year after year during BBHJ rehearsals. The problem with this style of doubles is that if one falls during the over/under, usually the other guy falls too. This is because you don’t want to land on the guy you’re going over or get in the way of the guy you’re going under.

Both skaters are crossing paths so focusing on the trick you’re doing is super important. The more consistent you are sticking your trick, the higher level of trust is

gained between the two. The higher level of trust you gain, the more consistent you’ll be in making your doubles. You’ve got to understand, so many things can go wrong. A board might fall in the way of the other guy while he’s doing his trick.

And the most important thing here is not harming or injuring your fellow skater but for both skaters to roll away clean and unharmed.

The most amazing thing about this version on doubles is the view.

From above, you’ll see your buddy just whip by underneath you and time just seems to stand still for a couple seconds. From below, you can only hear him next to you for a split second, you can hear his wheels spinning on his board above you, but because your so focused on your own trick you can’t really see what’s happening until you’re both riding away! And that feeling alone, the feeling of accomplishing something that you both thought was impossible, is the reward! Oh, plus how rad the photos or video will be!

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Mike Franklin & Andrew Cannon @ Ditch

Cab & Sergie @ Combi

Andrew Cannon Skating doubles with a friend tends to happen most often at the skate park. It is rare that you do it outside those confines, but when you do get the chance to do it, it’s priceless. This photo came about because we were skating this perfect bank as the sun was setting and just having a great time.

So Frank and I just started going for it together. It was awesome. By the time we both got it done it was nearly dark, but the photo turned out excellent nonetheless. All in all, I’m really happy that I have this photo of me and one of my favorite people to skate with, Mike Franklin.

Renton Millar Doubles is great fun. When you’re doing them with your mate, and you get a bit of practice it feels so rad to try and get as close as you can without slamming, sometimes even touching as you pass. It becomes a situation where you and your friend trust each other’s skills on a skateboard, and get as gnarly as you can, as close to each other as possible. The problem I’ve had before hasn’t been my mates skateboard skills, or even mine, but our skill of judging the timing. You get it wrong and you can quickly experience slams that you haven’t before. For example, you learn that if you are clipped as you turn frontside you fall straight to the flat on your back, without the privilege of some momentum to help you get you to your front.

The unwritten rule of doubles is also you can never blame your mate, even if it’s his fault, because if you are up for doing doubles, then you have to be up for a slam. Doubles rules, but don’t get careless, two bodies fall twice as hard as one.

Renton : Madana & Jackson : Stalefish @ Bondi

Pedro & Sergie @ Bondi

Provost & Hendly F.S N. Blunt & Bigspin

Tyler Hendley Skating doubles is awesome. When I was younger, I saw a super final bowl jam and it was freaking ripping. My first time experiencing it was in Wellington, New Zealand, which was then followed by Bondi BowlA-Rama. Watching the finals go down and watching the dudeskies do doubles was the sickest thing I’ve ever seen. Ever since I wanted to enjoy the feeling of trusting somebody and having them trust me like that, to cross paths at that one moment in time. You know what I mean... shredding. In my doubles photo it’s me and Collin Provost at a skate park on the beach outside of Sydney, Australia. We got all hyped on watching the contests and decided we had to get our own doubles photo and this my friends, is the masterpiece.

Sergie Ventura Doubles, from my perspective came originally from doing every Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Huck Jam since 2000! The most important thing about doubles is timing and trusting the guy you’re doing it with. Knowing that if you make a mistake, your partner will not do something crazy to jeopardize the outcome of you both of you. When you ride with someone for so long, you begin to understand their riding dynamics and how they skate with others without breaking your concentration. Will they compensate for the over under if they are late or the timing is wrong?

And that’s the biggest issue here, timing really. And if you’re late on going over someone, will you and can you adjust the speed, the timing, cheat it, to make it go smoothly? Since I’ve been doing the doubles thing so long, I feel like I’ve got the timing thing down to the second, and that’s what you want in a partner, the trust and timing must be perfect, and if not, can your partner adjust at the moment. It’s super dangerous and though many make it seem super easy, the fact really is… it’s not so easy. Even if you’re testing it out for the first time, if the timing is wrong, how do you get out of it? I can trust about ten different guys to do doubles or triples at any given moment. This trust is not made over night… Actually, it takes months or years of skating with someone to know that they will always do the right thing.

Maris & Sid : Crail Tail Blocks

Jordy : Large fronside air, Coldsprings Indo.

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Words: Spencer Pirdy :: Photos: Jason Kenworthy The sky was overcast with light showers as the opening heats of round 4 of the 2010 Rip Curl Search in Puerto Rico took to the water. The waves were clean 3-4 feet, not a perfect search event, but very contestable. For most of the CT competitors winning round four has been the golden ticket that everyone has fought for this year. Winning the round four heat relieves the stress of a manon-man elimination round 5 heat and takes you straight to the quarter finals.

This had to have been the furthest thing from Dane Reynolds mind as he strolled down the beach in his blue jersey, pausing for pictures with fans, all the while his goofy smile and disheveled hairdo seemed to be so perfectly out of place. Dane’s first few waves matched these traits with wobbly down-the-line check turns that left him disconnected from his board. He seemed to be out of rhythm and already over the heat.

His fellow competitors Taylor Knox and Taj Burrow’s wave selection was better, they were on the bigger sets, and their surfing was precise. Taylor’s smooth drawn-out turns made the Puerto Rican secret spot look like Lowers, and Taj was in charge with his fin free snapsto-reverses that gave him an early lead.

They were fighting for it.

About midway through the heat Dane

stroked into a frothy chest high righthander that didn’t look like much. He got to his feet, pumped off the bottom for another check turn that looked a bit more polished this time around. Another downward push off his front foot and then the money shot. A rocketing rail grab 360 reverse that had all three fins blasting out the back, high above the lip and the bottom of his board facing the beach as he planted and reversed in perfect form. Judges scored him an 8.6.

Dane is back in the hunt. Minutes later he flies down the line on another not so good one, wafts his fins out over the lip, comes unglued on his back foot and disappears as he slides down the face into the exploding whitewater. Everyone gives a clap for the spectacular effort, and right as we’ve lost hope he does the unthinkable and rides out of it.

Click 9.97. He scoots straight into the quarters, people are freaking out on the beach, mobbing him for more autographs and photos and Dane still has that goofy smile on his face. This is modern day go-for-broke surfing at its finest.

Whether you enjoy Dane’s unorthodox style on land or not, you have to appreciate the way that he and a select few others are rewriting the book of progressive surfing, one session at a

time. Dane Reynolds and Jordy Smith are at the forefront of this progression.

Confirmed by the fact that Kelly touted Dane at the 2010 Surfer Poll as “the most influential surfer on earth right now.” Then there’s Jordy, who slugged it out all year on tour leaving the ASP judges wondering whether their criteria needed to be rewritten, all the while managing to star in a little movie that shocked our brains with unbelievable futuristic surfing in Modern Collective.

Not to be outdone is a list of guys like Julian Wilson, Eric Geiselman, Dusty Payne and Craig Anderson that are pushing the envelope just as hard.

These individuals are in their surfing primes and who’s to say that it won’t last for a very long time.

The talent level for these surfers is off the charts. They’re in a realm of their own. Front side 360 indy grab full rotations, 12 o’clock fin releases to tail drifts, passion pops and rodeo flips are being documented of these surfers hourly from land, sea, and sometimes even air. This creates many mediums in which the modern day progressive surfer can do his work and make a living. Jordy, Dusty and Dane travel year round to their CT events, and in between stay close to their home bases and work with their own personal

Kolohe : Frontside air, Lances right .

or team media personnel on projects. Their main focus is the tour. Requalifying and climbing up the rankings to a possible world title is on their minds, or at least their sponsor’s mind.

The stress weighs in at times and that’s when they retreat to their own happy places.

Dane has his artsy blog Marine Layer which is visited by the thousands daily. This documents entertaining sessions at little nooks and crannies around his Ventura home that leave the viewer dumbfounded. Jordy has set up shop in Southern California and sticks close to his good friends, taking out his aggression by punting orbital airs in peaky beach breaks and cracking a few cold brews at the local bars. Dusty heads to the heavenly waters of Hawaii where he duels with his fellow Maui boys at one of the many

Eric G. : Lien air

world class waves on this island.

Let’s face it, it’s not all glitz and glamour for surfers that are changing the face of their sport on a regular basis. They need time to decompress, and most of all they need time to perfect their spins and flips in secrecy before they unveil these tricks to the world.

Then there’s the job of the fulltime free surfer. Julian Wilson (although he just qualified), Craig Anderson, and Eric Geiselman all compete but are primarily pegged as some of the best free surfing innovators on this earth.

Eric Geiselman is quite possibly one of the best pro surfers who skates around, and that’s evident in the way he produces mounds of video clips and photo content with skate inspired surf moves. He’s credited as being one of the most consistent guys

Gabriel : Slob air, Australia.

Dusty : Backside air 360, Australia.

Taj : Backside air, Thunders.

to land kerrupt flips, and can elevate above the faces of waves both frontside and backside with ease. Then there’s Julian, the young gun turned air master. Julian’s career has been plagued with a few injuries, but that comes with the territory in attempting critical maneuvers.

Julian has fought back though by releasing his own signature film, Scratching the Surface.

The film proves exactly that - that these guys have just touched the tip of the iceberg in what’s possible and that there’s more to come. Finally we come to Craig Anderson, the purest. His style mirrors that of Machado

with floaty airs and turns that bend so violently he seems to be a shaggy haired version of Gumby.

His views on contest surfing signify that he wants more change from the judges before he puts forth the effort of competing. In a recent interview he discussed his dismay with contest surfing saying that judges need to reward above the lip maneuvers and to not recognize “milking” a wave as a way to safety-surf yourself through heats.

Each of these guys has their own unique trip or take on what they see as the future of progressive surfing and where they want to take it.

Dane : Lein air, Indo.

Craig Ando : Frontside air reverse, Maccas.

There is a generation of up-and-comers as well that are aiming to surpass the stars of now. Youngsters like Kolohe Andino, Gabriel Medina and Evan Geiselman are a few that are leading the charge for the generation of juniors. Evan left his mark this past summer at the US Open by turning the shore break closeouts of south side Huntington pier into a skate park. He blazed through QS heats and won the juniors division with monster slob airs and fast, transitional fins-free snaps. Kolohe has been opening eyes for years, but it’s now a known fact that this 16-year-old’s surfing is man-like. He’s one of the best progressive surfers, if not the best, for his age right now. And having Lowers, the best high-performance wave in the world, in his backyard is only going to help Brother polish his attack. Lastly, we have the little known Gabriel

Medina from Brazil. His breakthrough performance came when he busted out a historic win at the 2009 Quiksilver King of the Groms contest with two perfect 10’s in the final. His surfing was as above the lip as it comes with superman to air reverse combo’s that were baffling to watch. These kids are the future of progression, and they wear a heavy hat as they’ve been chosen as the pilots of new moves to come.

So what is the next step in innovative surfing? Many see the next step to be a 720 alley-oop over-rotation where the surfer lands backwards into the wave, something that Jordy Smith and Julian Wilson are right on the brink of pulling. Jordy Smith talked of combo surfing with barrels to airs to turns, many still talk of flip tricks or varials, and there are quite a few

Julian : Lein air, Lances.

variations of the sushi roll that are being attempted.

Whatever the move of the future ends up being it’ll surely be acrobatic and fun as hell to watch.

Martin Potter, Archy, Christian and Nathan Fletcher, Taj Burrow, the Irons brothers, and many others before have helped spark the full assault of “above the lip” surfing that we now see today. These gents changed the face of surfing and paved the road to redefining what ripping is in 2011. The Momentum generation, skateboarding, snowboarding, deal credit wherever they see it to be due, but the fact is that surfing has reached the highest peak it has ever been at. Three turns to the beach is no more, the standard air reverse is obsolete. If it’s not higher, faster, and cleaner then you’re not getting the nod of approval.

This presents a problem for

us regular Joe’s that will probably come closer to giving ourselves a saltwater enigma than launching a rodeo. We’ll just have to rely on movies and pictures like the ones in this feature to fulfill our fantasies. We’ll get by though. Just like we watch Kobe Bryant in amazement when he goes off time and time again in front of the TV screen we will look at sequences of Kolohe at Lower’s drifting tail and coming off the bottom for another full 360 reversal before the wave has even begun. And we’ll log on to see Dusty come flying out of a backdoor barrel and punting a tweaked out alley-oop on the end section effortlessly.

Above the lip surfing is the generation we’re in and it’s getting more astonishing by the minute. This type of progression is what excites and compels us all and it’s making the sport of surfing as entertaining as it has ever been.

Evan G : Fins free, Maccas.

Kids consider these things turns?

The Mac :: Interview: Ewok The Mac is a soft-spoken methodical craftsman. His focus and attention to detail seems extra-terrestrial, or at the very least, from an era before distractions were invented. It is difficult to classify his work with the traditional labels of graffiti, fine art, street art, mural, etc. Mac has taken the bits and pieces of all of these disciplines and created his own transcendent genre that has a wide and ever-expanding fan base. His work simultaneously looks just as much at home on the wall of a respected art gallery, as it does in a rusting boxcar. His exceptional talent has taken him to the far corners of the world and earned him the respect and admiration of all that have seen his work. From walls in Mexico, to the mural he did at RVCA, when one of these creations catches your eye, it is not mistakable – it is that of The Mac.

Explain your transition from being a dude with a normal job to becoming a full time, successful artist. Do you consider yourself successful? Explain what your idea of ‘success’ means now compared to when you were first starting out as a professional artist.

Ok, the transition basically goes like this: I worked a bunch of shitty soul crushing jobs until about 2002 or so, when I got a job designing and making traditional stained glass. This seemed like a great job at first, but after a few years it started to become soul crushing as well. Other guys there were falling victim to health issues, alcoholism and death. I was too scared to actually be assertive and take the responsibility of leaving so I just started coming in later and later for work every day until they finally gave in and “let me go.” That turned out to be one of the best moments of my life because it forced me to start really pushing my art in order to pay bills and rent. I started out doing some freelance commercial painting gigs, which brought in enough money and time to allow me to do more of the art that I wanted to do. Which then led to more opportunities to do more of the art that I wanted to do. I’ve been traveling more ever since, painting around the world, doing art exhibits, commission paintings, etc. It’s a dream come true. At the same time, I also feel like I’m pretty low down in the art world hierarchy, but I guess it’s all relative. I’m not rich but I consider myself “successful” because I’m able to actually do something I love for a living, which is pretty amazing. I should probably point out that it’s a full time job, meaning there are no vacations and no “weekends.”

Talk about the process of evolving from doing your portraits with fades versus doing your current illustration hatching technique.

Well, I used to paint things in a more traditional representational style, with smooth fading but I’ve been adding more of an abstract element to my work by adding these ripple/crosshatching/contour lines. It’s been a slow organic evolution. I can look back now at older pieces from as far back as grade school, where I was starting to go in that direction, but it really started to evolve around 2006. I was painting faces on trains using fatcaps, and because of painting at night and not being able to see what I was doing that well, and also having time constraints, it

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forced me to paint my portraits less refined and perfectionist than I would otherwise. When I would look at the photos of these pieces later I could see traces from the fatcap lines that I would have normally covered up and thought it looked cool and decided to see where I could take it. It was kind of a revelation and since then it’s evolved a lot to the point where now almost everything has these contour lines. It’s an ongoing process of experimentation and it’s been a lot of fun.

Where does your work fit into the larger world of ‘graffiti’?

I don’t know. I guess I’ve always been known as a “character guy.” There was a time when I was painting more trains than walls, but that’s not the case anymore and hasn’t been for a while. I would imagine that a lot of kids nowadays probably don’t even think of me as being a true graffiti writer. What I hope is that even if most of these murals I’m doing now aren’t technically graffiti, that kids will still understand where the work comes from and appreciate that.

How did your creative partnership with Retna evolve?

How does/has working with him influenced your work?

We met in Tijuana at Graffcon in 2000 and painted together in 2003. I was impressed by the trains he’d done, which were unlike any others I’d seen.

I saw the fashion posters he was embellishing and I was painting a lot of the models that were appearing in

these ads on walls. It seemed like a good idea if I painted one of these girls and he added his designs around that on a larger scale, on a wall. We tried that in 2005 in LA and it was a success, so we kept on doing more and more.

In the last few years we started to move away from just painting beautiful women and have started covering broader themes such as poverty, gangs and youth. Everyone always comments on how different we are, how opposite our personalities are, but we get along really well and have always had very similar aesthetics. He’s less reserved, and I think his spontaneity and looseness has probably rubbed off on me for the better. I’ve always valued his advice and opinions.

Explain the challenges of working with other artists versus working by yourself.

Well, when you have two strong willed artists with huge egos working on one piece together, there’s plenty of opportunities for conflict. As long as there’s mutual respect, mutual goals and communication I think it can be a great thing. You can combine your strengths and learn from each other.

Who are some other artists you’d like to collaborate with in the future?

Aside from continuing to do projects with Retna, as well as my friend Kofie, who I’ve done a couple nice murals with, I think it would be interesting to collaborate with Twist. He’s a master of the fatcap and I’ve always had a

Mac & Retna

lot of respect for him. Doing something with Chaz would be an honor. Working with more photographers and models is something else I’d like to do more of.

I’ve worked with Estevan Oriol a few times which has been fun. I guess I’m open to collaborating with anyone whose work I admire, and might compliment my own. I think that’s one of the great powerful strengths of graffiti culture - there’s a strong tradition of collaboration, of working together for a bigger goal.

What direction do you see your work going in the future?

Hard to say, but I know I’d like to paint stuff at a larger scale, paint images that are more complicated, which requires a lot more time. I want to go back to messing around with stained glass, which can also be very time consuming. Without getting super political and hitting people over the head, I’d like to do work that’s less subtle in addressing social issues.

I don’t want to get too “conceptual” and take myself too seriously, but I do want to put more thought into my work.

How does your reputation of being a ‘graffiti artist’ play out in the gallery world? Do you feel like your connection with ‘graffiti’ has helped or hurt your fine art career?

Does it ever seem like your work would be perceived differently if you were known as an oil painter?

I think it probably helps, considering how popular “street art” has become. If I just painted nice pictures in my studio, who

knows? I think the fact that I’ve been risking my freedom to paint stuff that I couldn’t benefit from monetarily for many years, for the love of it, has given me some kind of added credibility (and of course the same goes for hundreds of other artists out there with similar backgrounds, many of whom have taken much greater risks). I could be wrong though.

What is the best place you’ve traveled to and why?

I love painting in Mexico. There’s such a strong appreciation for art there. It’s a big part of the culture. I painted in Vietnam recently, which was also amazing. I couldn’t walk down the street without seeing tons of inspirations for paintings.

Where would you like to go that you haven’t been already?

There are a lot of other parts of Asia I’d really like to see and paint in: The Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Tibet, etc. I also NEED to go to South America. Anywhere I haven’t been would be great, really. That’s one of my greatest passions. Painting in different parts of the world is the greatest high.

In a parallel universe, if you had never discovered art, what other profession could you see yourself doing?

If I couldn’t paint, I’d hope I could still do something creative like make music or movies. That’s probably even harder to pull off than being an artist though. It’s kind of hard to imagine since I’ve never really known a life not centered around art.

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Shirt – O’Neill oneill.com Shorts – Fox fox-girls.com Black Wolf Hood – Spirit Hoods spirithoods.com

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Dispatch: Hawaii :: There Will Be Pics.

This is approximately my 20th winter on the North Shore of Oahu. I absolutely love the characters and talent that live and descend here year after year. The North Shore feels like a campground more than a city during the contest season. Houses take on a campsite feel with surfers sleeping over and under anything and everything.

Peanut butter and jelly for the rookies, Lei Lei’s and Haagen Daz for the legends. Tent cities popping up under $4 million dollar beach homes and endless quivers of new, logo’d up dream sticks strewn about all itching to be documented on the wave of the winter. Glory, pride, ego, testosterone and fear all on display... Love it.

Words & Photos: Peter King Frothy John rotating over the hip... that’s what I see anyway.

Simpo. How fun is the North Shore when it’s flat? (answer: very fun).

Slates on his perfect ten... and it was. His pumps remind me of maybe Dane Kealoha or Johnny Boy in their prime. Does anyone out there know what I’m talking about?

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Conner Coffin jumping over rocks on a board converted from 5’10” to 5’2” by a previous wave. Photo: JHK Jr.

Machado does the “backwards furniture” while legendary endless summer photog Pat O documents for his Facebook profile.

Mitchyll bside slash at the Grave. For more check out blisssmag.com/graveside.

Simply Simpo’s work tools

Tippy, Grand Marshall of the exclusive Graveside country club. All are welcome here. For a taste of a Grave sesh check out blisssmag.com/graveside.

Yeah Dusty! That was magical... Aamion was saying on our porch that A.I. would send you a wave, and then boom! Merry Christmas.

When Archy goes logging it is effortless. Total command of the famed A-Frame and he knows where every secret death rock is located.

Billy The Kid... Gutted Graveside up-n-comer... notice his attacks in attached vid link at blisssmag.com/graveside.

Florida surf and fashion stylist, Oliver Kurtz, cuts Evan Geiselman’s hair... and it’s not the first time.

Evan blows tail much easier with the new hairstyle.

G.O.- Gary Owens... not the Owens brother you call when you want lessons for surďŹ ng Sunset and not the Owens brother you call when you want to paddle from Island to Island...

He’s the one you call when you want to go to jail for skating a sick backyarder. We were only in the slammer for two hours though... worth it.

Looks can be deceiving.

I told Shane Beschen his son was gonna be better than him and he said that his son says that too... Shane better stay ahead of Noah.

Borrowed land on borrowed time all for the now.

The purest Punk Rock canvas in the world.

Ace pulling in on a SICK rare Pipe wave during the Backdoor Masters.

Words & Photos: MADSTEEZ Blood stains, wet carpet, no air conditioning and a Clorox bleach death smell all for the low price of $400 a night was the perfect sanctuary for Art Basel 2010. For those of you that don’t know, Art Basel Miami Beach is the one of the biggest - if not the biggest art show in the United States - if not in the world. The main show takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center along with 50 or so satellite spin off shows in the surrounding areas that are as good if not better than its originator.

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This was my first “unsponsored” trip to Art Basel and God damn it, you gotta be rich as fuck to roll South Beach. Since everything takes place in different parts of the city grid, you’d be stuck with $30 to $50 cab rides up to six times a day. Which sometimes included being dropped off at the wrong spot in some of the sketchiest neighborhoods I’ve ever witnessed where literally babies would be crawling on speed bumps in the middle of the road at 3 in the morning! Throw in a bar of ass-less

chapped trannies, reckless Mustangs, and $25 cocktails all made it easy to add this to my worst but best trips ever list. Luckily, it’s always snowing in South Beach and Lenny Kravitz’s clear piano offered up some clean lines for all.

Besides the, “Hey Bru, Have you seen my Lamborghini” ambiance, the art was fucking awesome! It was absolutely incredible being able to see the staple greats like Picasso, Miro and Dali along with modern heavies like Koons, Hirst

and Warhol in the same vicinity as Robert Williams, Barry McGee and Retna. The inspiration is endless with every type of artist in every type of medium all within a short distance of each other.

The artist Olek, known for crocheting objects, was one of my favorites where she crotched a convertible car, bikes and an entire room, and I mean everything from the walls to the TV to the sink and even big titt’d live women. Some other stand outs were George Condo (known for the recent Kayne West cover art), a

20ft hyper-realistic painting of a black guy on a bed by Kehinde Wiley, costume artist Nick Cave and the Friends With You installation party with WESC at Rainbow City. I also really “enjoyed” Ryan McGinness’s installation opening at Club Madonna (a strip club). And not to mention all the oiled up hotness that went on during the daytime on the white sand beaches.

If you got the money to do so, I’d highly recommend going to Art Basel in the future.

And one last thing, they should change the name from Art Basel to Art Frazzled.

Interview: Jeremy Grendahl :: Photos: Tim Peare (*unless noted) Janja, Jedi, da grizz, big son, dread head, Miyagi… whatever you want to call him - he truly is the man with a master plan. Getting video part of the year, rider of the year, and influencing Forum’s “Forum or Against Them” movie of the year in 2010, he’s constantly progressing and pushing the limits. There are no boundaries for this psycho-killer shredder. He is my roommate and one of my best friends. I’ve got mad respect for John not only for his riding ability, but as a person. He is the most humble person I have ever met. Whatever he puts his mind to he will succeed. He thrives to be the best at everything he does, from being a pro snowboarder, dog breeder, designer, to an entrepreneur. John is in his prime and has an amazing future ahead of him. Expect big things to come and checkout out his new banger video part in Forum’s “F**k It” movie. One Love and Jah Bless the nation.

Photo: Ian Ruhter

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“I BROKE INTO A COFFEE SHOP, I SNUCK ONTO A RANDOM BOAT IN THE HARBOR OF SD AND SLEPT IN IT”

My main man John Jackson where are you at right at this moment? I’m your roommate and I only saw you about four times this whole summer.

I know, right? Been busy. I’m on a plane to LA right now going to a DVS party. I’ve actually been in LA quite a bit this summer working on the new jewelry biz. Not my typical summer, I loose my mind in the city.

Tell us a bit about your jewelry company that you and your brother Eric just started.

I’ve been wanting to start something for a while and just decided to pull the trigger this summer. The company is called Jax. I’ve always loved jewelry and I figured it’d be a good route seeing how it doesn’t

conflict with any of my sponsors.

I see opportunity with this outside snowboarding and I feel like its something I’ll enjoy doing. It’s fun, I can get creative. Our line should be out soon, but check the website out at jaxunion.com. We’re starting the family, anyone can get involved. I’d say we’ll have a pretty dope team here soon.

What are your plans for this winter?

Stay healthy number one, and then I’m going to try and film two parts this year. Forum is making another movie, so I’ll shoot with them again wherever the snow flies. Judging on weather so far it’s looking like we’ll be spending some time in Canada and hopefully Tahoe. I’m also going to shoot with Travis Rice’s project

a bit more this winter so I’ll be out in Jackson Hole for a while. I spent a month in AK with him last winter and I really want to keep it going. Those guys are nuts!

Where do you see yourself in 15 years?

Deep in the river pickin’ the riff, camping out on the side of El Cap, and still spending most of my time in the backcountry. Pretty much the same thing I’m doing these days, except I ain’t ready for El Cap yet.

What is the meaning of life to you?

I’m still trying to figure that one out my man. I guess it’s all given to us, so I want to give back as much as can. Give more than I

take, keep a clean heart, don’t judge, accept everyone, and love, although it’s much easier said than done. I do believe that a lot of the things we strive for, kill and destroy for, stress or depress over, really don’t matter in the grand scheme. It’s easy to get consumed by things that seem so fulfilling but end so empty. I think life’s simple but we all gotta complicate it.

Who has been the biggest influence on you and why?

Definitely my family, I look up to every one of them. They’re all amazing and I can learn from every one of them.

Now you’ve been straight killing the game for some time Photo: Ian Ruhter

now, when can we expect to see the John Jackson movie?

Hopefully soon, I have a couple insane ideas that would be unlike any other snowboard film. Maybe I’ll start my own production company and make it happen.

I just signed with Red Bull and those guys seem interested in making some moves so we’ll see what happens. I really want to do a movie with my brother Eric, he’s the dopest!

What goes on through your mind before dropping in a line or hitting a jump?

First I’ll do the whole analysis, figure if it’s doable, compare it to anything similar I’ve done in the past, maybe throw a couple snowballs if it’s not going to sluff out the landing or line, and then I’ll mind shred the shit out of it.

Then, after visualizing the whole thing marking my turns, landings, or safe spots, I’ll buckle in and the last words are “You got this!”

Then, I simply duplicate what’s in my head, although it doesn’t always work out so simply.

Enough serious questions, what’s the first thing that pops up in your mind when I say these words: Triple cork – $1,000,000.

Oil – Greed.

Green – We need more.

Snowboarding – Life.

Clam – Green. Wait, damn, I thought that you said calm.

What’s clam supposed to mean?

Clam chowder, clammy clams, snapping clams. Isn’t there a movie about some chick with a clam that chops off your

barnacle?

Gnarly – Climbing.

OG – Homies.

Cops – Fuck you.

Blonde – Wow. King Size – Raw’s.

Jail – Push ups.

Scotch – I like scotch.

Party – Tonight.

Spliff – Rrrrrrolllll up!

4am – Reno.

Considerable – Avy danger.

You used to make the illest hip hop beats ever and rap to them, what happen to that?

Time my friend. It’s crazy, time seems to thin as it goes on. I guess it might just be that you take on more tasks and schedule shit instead of just going free for all. I dunno, I need to get back into that, I love music. I’m more into jamming on my guitar these days.

If you could be a superhero, although I’m beginning to think you are, which one would you be?

I don’t know my superheroes that well, flying would be tight and blowing shit up so maybe Iron Man? Oh damn, I just googled superhero’s and took a quiz and it said I was 100% Iron Man. What’s one thing that standouts that you did in life that you regret? Don’t hold back.

Dammit bunz, why you gotta put me under the bus like this...

I broke into a coffee shop, I snuck onto a random boat in the harbor of SD and slept in it, I got

two different vandalism charges, I left a QP in my parents house when I was a lil tike, I got a DUI in my friend’s car, a bunch of public intox’s, boom’n with the cops on our tail coming off the Owens (you were with me)...

Most of which I got arrested for and I regret all of them. I’ve grown up a bit since those days so let’s move on. I’m a dick and so are you for asking me that.

How many girls have you been with in your days?

I’m a virgin, man!

How many STD’s have you acquired in life? Lol, just kidding, you don’t have to answer that.

Here’s the thing, I banged this girl a while ago that had this weird smell to her. Not down there, that was all good, but when I got her all wet and sweaty she had quite a peculiar scent. Actually, I take that back because it wasn’t just when she was greased, I just wanted to get all hustler mag for a sec. This curious smell was just on her, on her clothes, on her neck, I don’t know if it was her perfume or what. It wasn’t really bad, just weird, and I got a real keen nose by the way. Anyway, after that a couple days later I was shredding Mammoth and I was hiking a ton that day, I had too many layers on and I was sweating my ass off. After a while

I smelt this weird smell and was like, what the shit is that smell?

It took me about 3 more laps on hemlocks to realize it was kinda like that girl’s smell and it was coming from my shirt. It was just this curious stank, not really bad, just weird. Could this be an STD? I’m convinced it’s this Biosil shit I been taking cause it smells and tastes horrible, similar to the sweaty smell I was getting. It’s made for healing bone breaks but it also beautifies skin, hair, and nails. So, my theory is she’s taking the same shit and when you sweat it out it’s questionable.

And I think STD’s smell through your junk not your pits. Thanks for ruining my game, although I don’t care. How many STD’s you have bitch?

Alright John thanks for your time, I know you’re as busy as the President these days.

Is there any last words or shout-outs from you before you sign off?

Shout out to all the homies. Bunzy, thanks for the inquisitiveness.

Shout-out to my boy Ninja and my man Mike Baggs. Shoutout to Forum, Special Blend, Red Bull, VonZipper, LRG, DVS, Jax, Mammoth Mountain, Wave Rave, Idylewild Flies, Snowpulse backpacks, Bluebird, Air Hole, and CTI. Shout-out to my beloved family and shout-out to God for letting me live. Keep shredding!

SKULLCANDY’S MIX MASTER MIKE RELEASE PARTY

Photos: partywithpanda.com // Mix Master Mic // The Skullcandy crew on the red carpet // David Arquette // Danny Kass & PLG // Jamie King // Jason & Tom Arnold // MMM with the crowd raging // Matt Sorum, DJ Aero & Tommy Lee // Corey Duffel // Drum Street Corps // Christian Hosoi

Skullcandy blew it up in Hollywood last month at My House for the launch of the all-new Mix Master signature DJ headphone. Inspired by and designed with input from the legendary DJ Mix Master Mike of Beastie Boys fame, the Mix Master is the first professional-DJ-collaboration product by Skullcandy, and the Hollywood-based launch party was the first of its kind for the brand. The event hit capacity by 10:00 pm and those that were lucky enough to get inside witnessed an aural and visual bonanza unlike any that have come before. Skullcandy hitters Danny Kass, PLG, Corey Duffel, Wil Hahn, Mike Mason, Jeff King, Nick Wey, Hucker, Christian Hosoi and Fuzzy Hall joined celebs David Arquette, Kevin Connelly, Jamie King

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and Tommy Lee to hear inspiring sets by legendary artists Grand Wizard Theodore, DJ Muggs, Jazzy J, Apollo, Shortkut, Rahzel, Street Drum Corps and an all time performance by the man of the evening, DJ Mix Master Mike, which left the crowd dazed. Skullcandy also welcomed great retail partners including Keith Hufnagel of Huf as well as Neil Whiting of Turntable Labs, Chris Keefe of Dave’s Quality Meats, David Auerbach of Digital Fix, and Alex Dymond of Supreme. As the night wound down many smiling faces poured onto the streets of Hollywood, a lucky few with the coveted Mix Master headphone held tightly in their arms, with thoughts of a truly stellar and unique evening.

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VANS BY THALIA SURF SHOP OPENING NIGHT

Legends Herbie Fletcher and Steve Van Doren // Joel Tudor & fam meet up with Chris Del Moro and friend // Come one, come all ... latest Vans’ surf shoes and apparel all under one roof! // Andrew from Hurley chats with Alex Knost and girlfriend Kristine // Artsy books make nice displays // Thalia Surf Shop owner Nick Cocores flanked by a few locals // 915 South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach // Good times girls // Really good times girls // Nathan Adams & Tyler Warren with friend // Everyone was feelin’ it On December 2nd, Vans and Thalia Surf Shop celebrated the opening of Vans by Thalia Surf Shop in Laguna Beach with 200 or so good friends that included legendary surfers Joel Tudor, Herbie Fletcher and Tyler Hatzikian as well as top longboarders Chris Del Moro, Alex Knost, Jared Mell, Tyler Warren, Nathan Adams and surf-nshaping phenom Andrew Doheny.

The kick-off event spotlighted a photo exhibit chronicling the Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational surf contests held earlier this year and a set by local DJ Geometric had the crowd dancing until late into the night.

The new store, adjacent to Thalia Surf Shop’s South Coast Highway store that has been a mainstay in the heart of Laguna since 2001, melds Vans’ heritage with

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Thalia’s bohemian beach culture in what is Vans’ first ever boutique surf partnership.

The shop showcases an evolving mix of Vans surf footwear and apparel including limited edition surf and skate shoes plus Joel Tudor’s signature apparel collection.

The partnership between Thalia and Vans is a natural as Thalia is one of Vans’ most influential surf accounts and owner Nick Cocores has long been a Vans brand supporter.

With signings in recent years of the Gudauskas brothers as well as a ton of investment in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing and the East Coast Surfing Championships, Vans is putting a strong push behind their growing surf footwear and apparel collections.

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THE 2010 SURFER POLL AWARDS

Words: Matt Patterson :: Photos: Ellis // Kelly Slater // Bruce Irons & Dustin Barca // Dane Reynolds // Mauli Ola Foundation with Makua, Kala & Sunny // Jordy Smith // Alana Blanchard // Sufer Poll Overview // Julian Wilson // Joel Parkinson // Rob Machado // Taj Burrow

Awards shows could very possibly be the single most self-indulgent act an industry can thrust upon itself signifying the ultimate decline and decay of any redeeming properties that industry could possibly hope to retain. So why should the surf industry be exempt from this criticism? It’s not, but when it comes to the Surfer Poll Awards we’ll take it with a grain of salt.

Not just because of the incredible athletes we all love to watch, but for the movie awards as well.

Bay resort on the North Shore, for the first time since its inception, the event went off without a hitch this year and just about every person who accepted an awards made mention of their appreciation to Surfer moving the event from Anaheim to surfing’s birthplace. “We took a gamble moving it, but we feel the risk paid off,” said event director Joel Patterson.

The highlight of the night included Slater accepting his award as the people Billed as “surfing’s Oscar night” the Surfer Poll Awards features the top choice once again and an incredible short film edited by Matt Bueschene ten surfers chosen by the public through Surfer Magazine along with a half on the late Andy Irons, where Bruce Irons graced the stage to accept dozen or so movie awards that truly set the night off. Held at the Turtle Andy’s 6th place award and delivered a heart-warming message.

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FOX MINI MOTO SURF CHALLENGE

Photos: Ryan Moss & Lucia Griggi // James Kress, Ricky Carmichael, Mike Aiwohi, Shine Aiwohi, Front - Charlie Carrol & Troy Eckert // The gang // Flyin’ high // David from Seras // Ricky Carmichael & Jeff Emig // Tanner Hendrickson & Ian Walsh // Tanner Hendrickson // Eric Geiselman // Ian Walsh // Tanner Hendrickson & Eric Geiselman // BRRR, BRRR, BRRRRRR The 2nd Annual Fox Mini Moto Surf Challenge was a huge success as Fox team riders showed up in full force. Fox’s moto teammates Ricky Carmichael and Jeff Emig and surf team Bede Durbidge, Eric Geiselman, Ian Walsh, Jesse Merle Jones, and Tanner Hendrickson mingled with top Fox dealers and industry players over the two-day event.

They all came out and enjoyed some fast paced, high-flyin’ action at the Kahuku Motocross Track for day one. Teams came in from shops all over Hawaii for the shop team challenge and it was team Hawaii Rides taking the lead going into day two.

Conditions were less than ideal for day two at Stables as a fading northwest swell mixed in with an easterly wind swell, causing crossed up waves that challenged competitors of all experiences. Persistence and skill paid off for the North Shore collab industry team of Troy Eckert (Volcom) and Charlie Carroll (Affliction) as they came in 1st place for surf. This team’s skills were so on point for the surf portion that their combined score in surf and moto pulled them straight into the ranks of the Overall Champions of the event. The Second Annual Fox Mini Moto Surf Challenge was a huge success so expect an even bigger, better event next year on Hawaii’s North Shore.

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Results: Day 1 - MX 1st - Hawaii Rides: Sam Bird & James Kress 2nd - Pflueger Honda: Mike Aiwohi & Shine Aiwohi 3rd - Team Kahuku: Koa Vares & Kasen Day 2 - Surf 1st - The Industry Team: Troy Eckert/Volcom & Charlie Carroll/Affliction 2nd - Pflueger Honda: Mike Aiwohi & Shine Aiwohi 3rd - Team Seras: David Kuwada & Alex Feyerisen Overall Champions 1st - The Industry Team: Troy Eckert/Volcom & Charlie Carroll/Affliction 2nd - Pflueger Honda: Mike Aiwohi & Shine Aiwohi 3rd - Hawaii Rides: Sam Bird & James Kress

HOLIDAY TILL DEATH DO US PART-Y

Words: Jacob Jahn // Larry, James & Robbie // Courtney, Hime & Jennifer // Canucks Sebastian, Scott & Caroline // Jamie Brisick & Jesse Faen // LoveMade’s Janessa & Friend // Party goers in full effect // Purvi with the Long Beach crew // Andy, Amanda, Laura, Matt & Ryan // Erin with her hubby David // Erica & Leah // Danny Gallagani

Insight teamed up with the sexiest retailer on the continent, American Rag, for a holiday celebration that lit up La Brea like a menorah. They wrapped baby Jesus in swaddling denim and laid him out for all to see. The event highlighted Insight’s new Fall ‘10 denim range launching in American Rag. Pabst Blue Ribbons were gifts that all the merry carolers could appreciate while foaming at the mouth in admiration of Baby Jesus’ new denim steez. The clad dressed humans got their holiday crump on to Dj Kim Jong. ILL masters East Coast meat beats. The track of the night was a Kid Cudi remix of, “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.” It got American Rag’s James Hammonds toe dancing and neck popping like a centaur on skies.

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Halfway through the party, a beer drunk Santy delivered Insight’s men’s designer, Rob Russo and Insight’s women’s designer, Laura May Gibbs for a special treat to party goers. The two answered a few questions about the new line as well as receiving some pathetic pick up lines. With the holiday spirit floating around, the kind kids at Insight passed out gifts to those smart enough to purchase some Insight denim. Did I mention these denim have a “get laid” guarantee? Well yea, they do... And if any ladies had an issue with the guarantee please send complaints to us at BL!SSS! Get out there and get yourself some sexy ass denim to cover those chicken legs you fools. And a special thanks goes out to the ladies at LoveMade, Juliet from Zico, Steve from PBR, and Lucy & Shaby from Monster Children.

Interview: Max Ritter The Greenhornes formed in 1996 in Cincinnati, Ohio and is currently comprised of Craig Fox, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler. Unlike other bands of the modern era, The Greenhornes’ music isn’t hard to define or categorize - It’s simply straight up rock n’ roll: a brand that revives 60’s throwback rock and takes the listener through a blues and psychedelic blender, reminiscent of The Kinks among others. Over the past 15 years, the members of The Greenhornes have put a serious stamp on music history and you might have not even known it. After releasing some killer records as The Greenhornes to little mainstream attention, members took a hiatus and went on to collaborate on various projects that gained critical acclaim. Drummer Pat Keeler and bassist Jack Lawrence play in the Raconteurs. Lawrence also plays Photo: Jo McCaughey

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in The Dead Weather among other projects. Vocalist Fox has played in other projects in the Cincinnati scene.

All the projects are different but seem to revolve around one common thread – straight-up playing. No tricks, no gimmicks, no crazy concepts. It’s just rock and roll with attitude. With Dead Weather temporarily disbanded, Lawrence says he is happy to put his focus back on The Greenhornes where it all started.

You guys started this band a long time ago (1996). Members and yourself have since played in many other projects that have been successful. Because so much time has gone by, many people don’t really know this is your main project and where it all kind of started. Is it gratifying coming

back to The Greenhornes?

Yes, very. It is like an old home… an old family. It’s good to be back and playing with these guys. I missed it. Things are good with all the other projects too but this one is more of a home to me… my first family.

You guys played for years without really getting noticed. It must be a little easier now to get the band noticed with the catalog of work you have built up. How does that affect the band - good or bad?

It has always kind of been a steady climb for The Greenhornes. It never really spiked or anything like that. It’s just kind of been a steady following.

It feels good to be at the place we are now, just being able to attract decent crowds. The crowds lately have been a lot bigger than what we’ve had in the

past. That was really great to see.

Let’s talk about the music on this record, “****”. With so much time and happenings gone by since your last release, how has the Greenhornes sound changed?

This is the first LP that was done as a three piece. The other ones had an organ player and another guitar player.

This is the first go that is just the three of us so it kind of gave us a little bit more room to explore the sound. That might be the reason why each song sounded a little different. This is the first album where we wrote most of it in the studio as well. Most of the others we had had already been out and touring and playing the songs. So that was new for us.

Where does this band fit in among

your other projects? What is your goal with The Greenhornes?

I think it’s about the same. We enjoy doing it so we’re going to put out music as much as we can and tour and get an audience for it. I guess with the Greenhornes we have been doing it for so long; I don’t think there is going to be any instant success. So maybe we take a little bit more of a different role as far as the record business goes.

We’re just going to try to play as well as we can and put out the best records we can. We are really interested in putting out vinyl records and were able to do that with Third Man, so that is good. They were interested in that too so it worked out great.

What is it like being on Third Man Records? Everyone kind of knows that it is Jack White’s record label project.

We’ve known Jack since around 97 or 98. So we’ve been friends for a long time. I myself have been in some projects with him. So we’re good friends. In 1996 we were on P2 and that label fell apart and we didn’t really know where to take the next record we were going to do. So we looked around for labels and looked for places to go

with it but it was hard to find someone.

Finally Jack came to us and was like, “Why don’t you put it on Third Man?” And it all made sense. They are in it for the same reason as we are and we are all friends with everyone who works there so it turned out really well. They let us do things that maybe other labels wouldn’t let us do like the artwork; it’s all die-cut and that is expensive to produce. There are 4 different colors of vinyl, that was another thing other labels probably wouldn’t let you do.

So there is a comfort level and trust doing business with friends along with some perks that other labels don’t offer?

Yea. It is that trusting. It is hard to get a label that you do trust and you know will back you. You don’t have to be afraid with them. We can go down there and ‘rough them up’ and they can do the same to us (laughs).

Everyone has those bands that made him or her want to be a musician. When you started in this band, what did you want it to sound like and who did you want to emulate?

We listened to a lot of old records.

Sixties and kind of older stuff and a lot of blues records. Bo Didley, The Kinks, The Yardbirds were bands I looked up to and were big influences. It came from what our parents listened to and went from there. When I first started learning to play guitar, I learned Booker T and The MG’s from my mom’s 45. You start there and then you get deeper and deeper into the labels and different genres you like.

I always am curious with bands that are inspired by older tunes.

Are you interested in any music genres or artists that are more current and does that play into your sound at all?

Oh yeah, we listen to everything.

We don’t try to go for just a strict sixties sound. It’s more like that’s the equipment we use and maybe one of the formulas we start with recording.

One of my favorite bands growing up was Fugazi and I love the Jesus Lizard and bands like that from the 90’s.

Today I listen to a lot of stuff like that.

The Oh Sees, all the bands from San Fran coming out now are good. The music coming out here in Nashville is good… Jeff The Brotherhood.

What are you excited about for 2011?

At the beginning we are going to Australia to play the Big Day Out festival. We’re playing with The Stooges. Excited to see them… even though Ron Asheton is no longer with them. It’s summer down there - it will be nice.

So you have been playing in all these successful bands and you have even done some film score work for movies, where do you find the time to fit all this in? Is it stressful at times?

No. I’d rather be busy. I think it is important to be able to work hard at what you do. It’s a good job to have even if you see it as a job sometimes.

It’s always good, whatever you’re doing, to work hard and be busy. I don’t enjoy sitting around doing nothing too long. I get antsy.

Your New Years Resolution?

I haven’t really thought about (laughs)! Been a little too busy.

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Thanks Jack! Be sure to pick up The Greenhornes new release “****” produced by Jack White out now on Third Man Records.

No Age // OFF! :: The Glasshouse: 12/11/2010 When No Age plays anywhere in the LA area, kids of all walks of life start to come out of the woodwork. How convenient that the FYF Christmas Party descended upon the stalwart all ages venue in downtown Pomona on the same night as the Pomona Art Walk. The streets out in front of the venue were packed with creative types lurking the art walk waiting to see their favorite band. The lineup featured: No Age, OFF!, Dangers, Crystal Antlers, Big Freedia, and La Sera among others.

An added perk to the eclectic lineup was a unique two-room concept that made for a steady stream of non-stop music. Kids were hiking back and forth down Second Street from stage to stage having fun and letting loose. Not twenty minutes after the flamboyant Big Freedia turned the whole damn place into a ghetto house party; Keith Morris and his new group OFF! punked the place out and brought the energetic angst reminiscent of early Black Flag. OFF! was definitely the standout act and it was a treat to be able to see legendary members of so many great punk genre bands play together as one. Morris had no problem sparking a huge venue-wide circular pit of kids with his animated gestures and antics. To cap off the night No Age returned home from their long touring stint, polished as ever, to shut down the joint with a tripped out, visual-noise rock barrage. In between songs the band reminisced about seeing Fugazi play The Glasshouse in their younger days.

Hats off to Sean Carlson and FYF for continuing to offer up the good times with their events in support of the LA music scene.

Words: Max Ritter Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides, OFF!)

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The Stitches Monday Morning Ornaments Vinyl Dog/ Modern Action

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The glory days of the punk scene, the drugs, and the seedy venues are all but gone, but the memory lives on in the stories and sounds of bands like The Stitches. Here is another from the punk royalty and The Stitches still sound like that same attitude that authentic punk has always embodied. Their music has been put out on various independent labels, mostly on 7” vinyl, over the past 15 + years and their newest release is no different. This 7” was recorded in 2005 at nearby Maple studios but wasn’t released until this year because as Mike Lohrman says, “We’re retarded.” It is their first release in over a decade, so if you want a piece of punk history then dig one of these up. Check them out at thestitchespunk.com or at www.facebook.com/thestitches.

Buzzed about stoner kids from Brooklyn already labeled MGMT’s red headed stepchild, debut with a worthy and danceable postpunk vibe. Nasally falsetto vocals sing catchy hooks on top of the psychedelic ‘synth-heavy’ rock tunes. One listen and it’s hard not to make the comparison to their schoolmates MGMT, however, don’t let that scare you away. These guys definitely stand out on their own.

Check out the video for the song “Crime Pays.”

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OFF! First Four EP’s Vice

Five O’Clock Heroes Different Times Glaze

Founding member and original front man of Black Flag (before he left to start the Circle Jerks), Keith Morris, has been at the forefront of punk/hardcore for more than three decades. Still energetically charged as ever, his most recent project is a super group featuring members from the likes of the Burning Brides, Hot Snakes/Rocket From The Crypt, and Redd Kross. This is the best punk album to come out in some time, hands down. In true punk fashion it makes a bold statement, clocking in 16 songs in less than 18 minutes. I would have to bet Ler is probably playing this one down at Bolsa New Jetty reminiscing about the winter of ’83. Album artwork unmistakably: R. Pettibon.

The 3rd LP from a band named after a Jam song. This band kills and flies under the radar in these parts. They sound a bit like Elvis Costello, The Jam, and Joe Jackson all in one. Lead vocals maybe even a little ‘Thin Lizzy-esque’. The material was written and rehearsed thoroughly out on the road before it was actually recorded. As a result, the recording has shimmering clean guitar sounds in the front of the mix with minimal production. Each instrument stands out clearly and makes the live vibe of the songs pop. The albums first single “Rough Boys” is a killer take that’s been floating around for quite some time; however, the rest of the album will be out February 15th.

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