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DVS PREMIER 2.0 Outrun cheetahs, cops, ex-girlfriends, taxes or virtually anything with the all-new DVS Premier 2.0 shoe. Constructed with super lightweight suedemesh materials makes this shoe feel lighter than actually being barefoot. The DVS Premier 2.0 is a simple silhouette, designed strong to last for regular everyday life, satisfying that whole business-casual look you got going on. The shoe retails for a clean 60 bones and can be found online or in any authorized DVS selling facility. Look good, go fast, get ‘em today.

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Banned in DC, originally released in 1988, has been reissued for the first time after a 10-year hiatus.

Photographer Cynthia Connolly takes us on a journey with her amazing collection of photographs from the glory days of DC hardcore punk. Taken both by Connolly and an assortment of punk enthusiasts, Banned in DC is a set of vibrant shots that portray the anarchic spirit, pure energy, and camaraderie of the DC scene in a series of 450 black-andwhite photographs. This book is a coffee table keeper as it covers intimate stories and photographs of your favorite punk bands that include Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Faith, Rites of Spring, Void and plenty more. It’s a keeper for anyone’s collection, so try to score yourself a copy today.

A clothing collection Built for Speed. Dropping towards the end of this month, RVCA is excited to reveal its new collaboration collection with signature pieces from veteran team rider Matt Archbold. Archy was an original aerial phenomenon and a pioneer in the early California air scene. His raw, all-American aesthetic has remained true for decades, which really makes this collection of signature tees, denim, wovens and jackets timeless and just downright badass.

Keep hitting the refresh button at rvca.com in preparation for the launch of the RVCA x Archy Collab.

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We got a super sneak peak at what our friends at Roark have been up to as they plan on expanding their accessory line into the bag game.

They’ve teamed up with tech-savvy folk at HEX and are set to release this new collection mid-month. Achieving a balance of style, utility and ruggedness, they hit a homerun with these new bags that are set to serve all your needs for your next great expedition. The Runner, featured here, is the perfect fit for the office, school or any good ol’ overnight trip. If you’re looking for a little more room be sure to check out the Smuggler or the Mule, available mid-July so don’t forget.

Legendary big-wave surfer/shaper Gary Linden partnered up with Jose Cuervo and created the first 100% agave surfboard. And by 100% we mean he even used the actual agave sap to cure the board instead of using toxic resin. The board has raised the bar for sustainable surf design and was awarded “Best Use of Traditional Material” at the 2015 Boardroom Surfboard Show. To celebrate the collaboration they sent us a bottle of Jose Cuervo Traditional Silver, which we’ve been sipping on ever since. It’s always rad to see shapers using everyday sustainable materials and creating beautiful, functional boards in the process.

Kudos to you Mr. Linden, job well done!

ARNETTE D-STREET As part of the ACES Collection that features interchangeable arms, the D-Street is a favorite from Arnette’s summer line. Available in four different color ways, the D-Street is named after the local surf break behind Arnette global HQ in Encinitas, CA, where you’ll find the crew paddling out after work on days they aren’t skating the mini ramp.

The subtle design details make this piece stand out without going overboard and making you look like a clown, and the frame materials are tough as nails too! You can pick up a pair from arnette.com for 99 bucks, or use the store locator to find a shop in your ‘hood to go try ‘em on!

ETNIES X NICK GARCIA Etnies is expanding their Jameson Bloodline giving birth to a new shoe the Jameson Vulc featuring the Nick Garcia Signature colorway with an ultra-low profile and maximum board-feel. Durability, simplicity and a product backed by someone as beastly as Nick Garcia makes this a nobrainer shoe to get your hands on. Look for the shoe at etnies.com or at your local skate shop today!

CURT: THE STORY OF THE SURFING'S OLDEST GROM Meet the world’s oldest grom, directed by Brendan Hearne and presented by Westward Productions. This film gives us the beautiful and inspiring documentary about 50-year old Curt Harper. Diagnosed with autism as a child, Curt faced many challenges growing up, but one thing that came easy was his love for surfing. Over the past 21 years, Curt has become a beloved fixture in the Southern California surf scene, having played an unlikely yet vital role in the growth and development of multiple generations of groms. Watch the film for free and in its entirety at www.curtthefilm.com.

OURCASTE DRY SACK What do the beach, the pool and the slip-n-slide in your front lawn all have in common? Water; they’re all wet, liquidly and get all your possessions soggy type places.

Do summer the right way for the first time in your life and pick up the brand new Dry Sack from the oh-so brilliant dudes from ourCaste. Keep your things completely dry and look handsome doing it. Head on over to ourcaste.com and put one of these bags in your shopping cart today!

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WKND DATE SERIES Some of us are truly stuck in the ‘90s without any clue or intentions of how to get out. That here goes double for our good pals over at WKND. This caste of creative young souls are schooling us silly millennials by presenting us with their WKND Date Series.

The collection consist of six boards, all representing different ‘90s couples I’m sure anyone can relate too.

Whether you’re a Kurt+Courtney fan or if you side with Cory+Topanga (Boy Meets World), or even if you’re a more old school cruiser type of person they’ve got you covered with the Jerry+Elaine (Seinfeld) edition. This is one of the better board series we’ve seen in a while, and we highly recommend you get one while you can!

CONS ONE STAR PRO Converse gives us a blast from the past by unveiling the new Converse Cons One Star Pro, a modern update to the iconic 1970s silhouette enhanced with skate-ready functionality that meets the performance demands of today’s skateboarders. First introduced in 1974, and later embraced by alternative street and skate culture in the ‘90s, The One Star Pro stays true to the original design aesthetic but is updated with increased durability and comfort in a lightweight sneaker with premium vintage suede. Get your hands on these any way possible!

WORLDS LARGEST SURFBOARD June 20th 2015, Surf City USA, brought home two “Guinness World Records,” one for the Most People Riding a Surfboard at Once and the other for the World’s Largest Surfboard. With 66 people riding a 42-foot surfboard in twofoot surf, Huntington Beach surf icons including PT Townend, Tim Stamps, Aaron Pai, Brett Simpson, Lakey Peterson and various other hometown heroes demonstrate why HB is the real Surf City. The board was designed by Nev Hyman, who’s the only shaper in the world to get asked to shape a board with the dimensions 42’ ¼” x 11’1” and 16” thick. The whole project has been part of the celebration of 100 years of surfing in Huntington Beach. F-yeah HB!

LE TIGRE COLLECTION BY D'BLANC Backed by Derek Zoolander, our good pals over at D’Blanc have released their new Le Tigre Sunglass Collection. The Le Tigre Collection features the brand’s favorite handcrafted Mazzuchelli Italian Acetate styles – Guilty Pleasure, Minor Panic and Anonymous Club, with a stark contrast between exotic tortoise shell colors and silver in addition to gold chrome lenses. Protect those poor little beady eyes of yours and look good at the same type by picking these bad boys up.

GEOFF ROWLEY VANS COLLECTION All hail Geoff Rowley. Bringing us two decades of pure non-bullshit skateboarding since ’99, Vans is proud to announce the arrival of Geoff Rowley’s signature apparel and footwear collection, which will be hitting shelves worldwide this fall. Purpose-built for skateboarding in construction and design, Vans’ signature Geoff Rowley Collection reflects Geoff’s energetic lifestyle by infusing work wear and military-spec detailing to emphasize classic functional styling.

It takes quite the man to huck himself in and out of ditches for 20 years, and it requires essential equipment for handling that kind of wear as well. Trust your money with Rowley, and invest in something that will last until the end of time.

...LOST SURFBOARDS X LIB TECH GNARLYS HUF-Tuff COLLECTION Our loopy, glue-sniffin’ friends at Gnarly just released their Huf-Tuff sock collection. Socks are probably the most underrated articles of clothing in your repertoire, and the Gnarly boys did a banger job at keeping our feet happy and comfortable. Indulge in a quick high and collect all three completely innocent and school appropriate styles of the Huf-Tuff Collection today.

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What a sweet, sweet collaboration the guys from …Lost Surfboards and Lib Technologies have recently cooked up. Infused with all new Lib Tech ECO ISO construction gives birth to the Puddle Jumper, whose shaping design is brought to you from none other, the man himself, Matt Biolos. The Puddle jumper is the best of all three worlds: it’s strong as hell, turns on a dime and is environmentally conscious and safe. Look for this collab at your local surf shop, or order one through the boys at …Lost!

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Interview: Liz Rice McCray When asked, “What do you do?” how do you answer?

I am an artist, painting realistically in oil.

It appears your interest and inclination toward painting started at a young age. How did you get started?

I started painting as a child and was inspired by the Old Masters at first. At the age of seven I started using oil colors, worked on my technique and tried to improve the quality of each piece... until today. I look up to artists like Dalì, Caravaggio and HR Giga and can express myself best with realistic paintings.

How did you get in the tattoo scene, and are you still in it?

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tattoo conventions and worked at other studios before I opened my own studio in 2008. Being a tattoo artist mainly gave me the chance to enhance my portrait skills and perfecting little details. I enjoyed being part of the scene but had to move on the moment. I decided to work as an artist.

If you had to put to words something about the subjects in your paintings, what would you say?

The obvious part is a very delightful and beautiful sensuality.

The deeper meaning focuses more on the single materials than on the models. For instance, I used honey as a symbol for gold. But I will always leave it up to the viewer to see beauty or a deeper meaning behind my works.

Tell us about the honey, sticky

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The main idea behind the honey series and the current creative period is actually based on the scarcity of resources caused by the unlimited wants of a growing population and expanding economic countries, very serious issue of today’s society. The boundaries of the two counterparts, disproportion and consumption, are blurred in my works.

Will you tell us about some of your consistent influences?

I am mainly influenced by media, fashion and everyday life. My art shows topics that are touching me, for good or for bad. It is a very personal view.

Is there a time period in history that is particularly inspiring to you? If so, why?

I was very much inspired by paintings of the Old Masters and fell in love with traditional oil paintings already as a child.

Today I look up to artists like Dalí, Caravaggio and HR Giga. Their precise technique and constant quality is incredible. They inspired me to always improve my skills and create a realistic look.

Do you have any upcoming projects you can share with us?

I want to fulfill my dream and exhibit in New York... and I hope I can tell you about that project very soon.

Where can people check out your art?

I am working with several galleries, but the closest look you can have is definitely through Instagram (@mikedargas2014).

Consolidating recycled textiles, pre-owned clothing, abandoned furniture and orphan dolls, Zarbaf gives life to some rather surreal life-sized creatures. The latest sculptural series by the Iranian-born artist Hoda Zarbaf, titled Soft Souls – which was recently unveiled in a solo exhibit at Walnut Contemporary Gallery in Toronto – carefully renders intimate and personal experiences of a woman in different stages of being.

Each one of these sculptures embodies a unique bodily experience. Whether it’s an orgasm, childbirth, an act of mourning or exploding with love, to the artist it’s a live practice of releasing, which she captures with the found ordinary objects formerly owned by anonymous

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women. These used materials are not only representative of the artist’s experiences, but also reminiscent of lost innocence.

Throughout her creative career, Zarbaf has ventured through various mediums, from video/animation to photography and painting.

She approaches any new medium based on instinct and desire. If the medium does not precisely fit, she adjusts or seeks to reinvent it in a way that makes it work. Although exceptionally different in presentation, Hoda’s work has always been concerned with the female identity. Her art is not interested in politicizing or theorizing the subject of “woman.” The inspirations derive from her very intrinsic,

intimate and internal encounters. An extension of their creator, dichotomic ideas like permanence and fragility, pain and pleasure, old and new, innocence and vice all sit together in Zarbaf’s sculptures in a theatrical, animated presence.

In Soft Souls’ most recent pieces, the artist adds ceramic, hand-sculpted portraits to further contradict the cushy stuffed bodies.

Zarbaf does not necessarily think of herself as a fiber artist, since she instead sculpts using fabric materials.

Zarbaf collects abandoned materials randomly and gets stimulated by the (dis) connection of these arbitrary finds. To get started, she doesn’t make sketches or prototypes. The sculpting process begins simply by matching/stitching together the fabric pieces, then fiber filling the shapes. The hard pieces such as the domestic objects and furnishings are often the base for the soft forms and make each work a freestanding sculpture.

Hoda Zarbaf was born in Tehran in the midst of the early years of the Islamic Revolution and war. Receiving a BFA and MFA (with a focus on animation) from the University of Tehran, Hoda has showed her work internationally. In 2010 she obtained a second masters from the University of Windsor. Hoda is currently living and working in Toronto.

To see more of Zarbaf’s work, check out her website at www.hodazarbaf.com.

Words: Denise Reagan Frank Oriti’s paintings are studies in contrast. Every detail of the figures in his portraits is intricately, lovingly portrayed.

But the loosely rendered, experimental backgrounds are bleak and ghostly abstract landscapes. Oriti depicts the people he’s known since childhood as blue-collar protagonists, gazing stoically or perhaps with a hint of aggression.

Many are former Marines and friends, and some from a Cleveland steel mill where he worked between undergraduate and graduate school. Their lives, experiences, and state of mind are the backstory behind

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these portraits. Resignation and disappointment are etched into their faces. Suburban houses appear faintly in the background— often the childhood homes of the subjects—to provide a visualization of the attempt to “whiteout” their longing to achieve the American Dream after failing to escape their hometown. By erasing the history of these characters, Oriti discovers they no longer really belong in that space where the ghosts of those memories remain. But they have accepted their situation and must start anew, with an understanding that they might never leave.

He paints the protagonists and backgrounds in distinctly different ways to accentuate their

connection and disconnection to the past. Oriti documents the changes facing middle-class America, particularly those in their mid- to late-20s, through these tales of hope deferred.

Their faded memories and ideals are common with this cyclical experience.

Before his career breakthrough, Oriti often felt the same smoldering desperation as he maintained a day job while struggling with his art. In one sense, these paintings are a form of self-portraiture with the universal theme of homecoming found in Homer’s Odyssey and James Joyce’s Ulysses. His paintings create another world,

a second chance for each character to discover a new sense of self among the relics of the past.

Born in 1983 and raised in Parma, Ohio, outside of Cleveland, Frank Oriti earned his BFA in twodimensional studies from Bowling Green State University in 2006.

He returned to his hometown and worked at a Cleveland steel mill while painting in his spare time.

He earned an MFA in painting from Ohio University in 2011 and won the “Cleveland Arts Prize Emerging Artist Award” in 2013. Oriti’s work is represented

by The Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland and the Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York.

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In 1994, Jordi Rubio, a young sales manager for a small independent paint company based in Barcelona, Spain, met with a local graffiti writer named Kapi. Prior to this meeting there was never a thought about designing a product specifically for graffiti and artistic use – at least, nobody before these two.

Immediately Jordi proposed the idea to his superiors at work, and they did nothing short of laugh in his face, calling the idea juvenile.

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job to establish Montana Colors.

The name came from a recent trip to the US, where he spent weeks rock climbing in the state of Montana.

Montana Colors crashed into the graffiti world much like foam did in the surf industry, changing the way people look at spray paint and setting top quality standards as well as an extensive color range that had never been seen before.

The first spray can made by artists for artists was finally released.

The company continued to grow across Europe in the late ‘90s and officially arrived in the U.S. in 2002 through an independent distributor. Not everything was smooth sailing; the success of the company logically brought on several competitors, as well as plagiarism by a multinational company.

Innovation and an ecofriendly commitment are the foundation of Montana Colors. The recent release of Water Based 300 is a clear example. It is the

first aerosol spray paint which substitutes solvent with water, minimizing the impact on human health and environment to almost zero. The latest venture began in January of 2015 with the introduction of SPRAY PLANET, the official U.S. distributor of MTN products directly owned and operated by Montana Colors.

With a new logistics center based in Southern California, SPRAY PLANET is now serving customers nationwide.

Photos: Christian Fischer Rabbit Eye Movement presents The Deepest Depths Of The Burrow, a documentary about lifestyle, art and subculture. The film is directed by Christian Fischer, an independent filmmaker based in Vienna, Austria, and is narrated by the beloved artist Nychos.

Nychos is an illustrator as well as an urban and graffiti artist who became known for his street concept Rabbit Eye Movement (REM) over 10 years ago. The icon of the movement is a white rabbit, which has been breeding since then and has been

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popping up in the streets all over the globe for the past decade. This is exactly what Nychos thrives for – he travels the world to spread his art and his REM concept. Within the last two years Nychos was accompanied by filmmaker Christian Fischer who set out to record these journeys and create a full-length movie. The movie captures the experiences of Nychos and other members of the Rabbit Eye Movement within the last several years. Exceeding the Austrian scene, they flew from Berlin to San Francisco to Copenhagen to Hawaii and many more places to visit artists who

all provided a unique view into their particular (street) culture. During his journeys they lead Nychos through the streets of their home cities and show them the deepest depths of their burrows. ‘’Travel to paint, paint to travel’’ is the motto, which runs like a golden thread throughout the entire movie, words which catch the spirit of the Rabbit Eye Movement. The Deepest Depths Of The Burrow show images which highlight the contrasts between urban art and graffiti from various angles and captures the mutual passion for urban art in a truly unique way. The film features interviews with

Buff Monster, Bushwick, Collective, Cone, Curtis, Drastock, DXTR, Jasper Wong, Jesse Cory, Lamour Supreme, Look, The Yok, Tristan Eaton, Vidam and of course Nychos. The movie also features works from 123 Klan, Angry Robots, Bask, Bones, Dabs & Myla, Frau ISA, Galo, HRVB, INSA, Jeff Soto, Jersey Joe, Kid Crap, London Police, Lowbros, Madsteez, Maxxer, Meggs, Reka, Ron English, Rookie, Shepard Fairey Sheryo, Smithe and many more.

Be sure to check out the official movie page on Facebook for tour details, the official trailer, merchandise and anything else to do with the movie.

How old are you exactly, Bret? I’ve read that you’ve been shaping for decades now but you don’t look a day over 30.

Thanks! Haha, that’s funny! I am 46 years old and have been building boards for over 32 years now. That passion for surfing and designing boards still burns within. It’s a lifestyle that I am very thankful for.

What year did you start shaping? Who got you into it, and who was your first round of boards for?

I was introduced to shaping by my good friend’s older brother who was building a surfboard in his parent’s garage in Newport Beach in 1983… just full-on pirate backyard style. It was something that really had an impact on me at a really young age. I just watched him do the steps to building a surfboard and shortly after that experience I was trying my hand at shaping. The first few boards were fun to shape but they were very crude, and my friends and I would try ‘em out and enjoy riding them at El Morrow. I only made enough money to pay for the materials but that was all I needed at the time.

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the land and the people like there?

Having my brand BretBoards (surf and skate) based here on the North Shore of Oahu is such an honor. We all know the North Shore is the world’s proving grounds for high-level, performance surfing. Being able to shape boards for many of Hawaii’s top surfers and visiting professionals has really help identify BretBoards as a grassroots, core surfboard company. Living here in Hawaii, respecting the local people and the aina (land) is all very important. That way, the next generation can enjoy the beauties of Hawaii.

What’s your relationship like with California? I know that you’ve lived here for a bit.

I enjoy visiting California. I grew up in Newport Beach but moved to North Shore of Oahu two weeks out of high school to focus on shaping surfboards, and of course to see for myself what the power of Hawaiian surf was all about. That was always a step I wanted to take in life at a young age.

Recently I was on a shaping trip to Newport, getting some boards built in Costa Mesa at PureGlass. It was really fun connecting with all my friends I grew up with. I really want to get my brand going in Southern California too – it’s such an amazing area.

How does life here differ than your life in Hawaii?

Life in the islands is really special. The people and culture are so awesome. It’s hard to explain until you have experienced the Aloha that only the Hawaiian Islands can offer.

The cavalry of surfers you shape for is pretty stacked with some phenomenal talent. Can you walk us through the surfers you shape for?

Some of the surfers who I have been fortunate enough to work with and build custom boards for would include: Kalani Chapman, Shawn Briley, Mike, Derek, Mason and Coco Ho, Makua and Koa Rothman, Andy Irons, Dustin Barca, Dusty Payne, Kaimana Henry, Nathan and Christian Fletcher, Ezra Sitt, Flynn Novak, Keala Naihe, Kai Garcia, Chava Greenlee, Danny Fuller, Tom Carrol, Martin Potter and Sion Milosky – who was so easy to work with and he was always so grateful and humble. He [Sion Milosky] is truly missed by all his close friends.

Which surfer breaks the most boards or who is the one who’s in your shaping bay the most?

The one surfer who breaks the most boards would have to be Kalani Chapman. This guy

just redlines it every time he surfs. The more heavy the situation the harder he charges, which equals broken boards, but he’s such an unbelievable surfer and great family friend.

From your Instagram it looks like you’re the jack-of-all-trades. What other type of hobbies do you have other than surfing/shaping?

I enjoy surfing all around the island when the surf is on, but I also really enjoy training Jiu-Jitsu at Ezra Sitt’s dojo, Sunset Beach Jiu-Jitsu. You get a lot of visiting surfers that come to train, like Kelly Slater and Joel Tudor. We have a really fun skate park that I go to in the mornings if the surf’s flat. There are also insane mountain biking trails I ride with Mason Ho when he’s not traveling the tour.

Do you have any advice for a beginner who’s just starting to shape surfboards?

Any surfer interested in shaping a surfboard for the first time… Go for it, it’s the best experience ever for you to ride your own shape! Just do it with a planer and hand shape the blank. It’s way more fun that way and you will learn more about the design of a surfboard. Mahalo BL!SSS Mag, aloha!

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Interview: Liz Rice McCray This month there was no inner-office chatter or even a discussion. Well, maybe that’s not true, but nothing in regards to mural choice. Early on in the month while zoning out on Instagram, and up popped Fintan Magee’s massive sculptural mural (sculpture by Arne Quinze). In that moment it was apparent that the July “Mural of the Month” was found. Within days we caught up with the charming Fintan Magee and were able to ask him a couple questions about his piece.

Thank you Fintan for taking the time to do the interview. We look forward to seeing you in the U.S. Hi Fintan, does this mural/

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installation have a name? If yes, what?

The title of the work is ‘Moving the Pointless Monument.’

Who are you? Will you tell us a little background info about yourself?

Fintan Magee, graffiti writer and muralist from Brisbane, Australia.

So who is the character in this piece?

Before this project I was working in Berlin for Urban Nation. I took some photos of my friend TwoOne when I was there, which ended up becoming the reference shots for the piece.

How was this mural constructed?

The work is on a tower of shipping containers that were constructed by sculptor Arne Quinze.

Where is the mural located? Will you tell us a little about the area/ neighborhood?

The work is located in a small village outside of Brussels called Werchter.

The village is normally pretty quiet but it’s home to Rock Werchter every summer, one of the biggest music festivals in Belgium.

How did this mural come about?

Who asked you to paint it?

The project was curated by Arne Quinze for the music festival.

What was the most complicated

part about this mural?

Painting the trees and background took days. I have never done an anamorphic piece like this before so it was all a bit of a stab in the dark.

Do you have any upcoming projects you can share with us?

I am going to be back in the U.S. in July. Hopefully I can get some pieces up in New York. I am also visiting Mexico for a project which I am definitely excited about.

Where can people check out more of your art?

More work can be seen at www. fintanmagee.com, @fintan_magee, and facebook.com/fintanmageeart.

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– Grosso Words: Michael Pagani Photo: Delon Isaacs It’s the simple things that make a skate shop special. It’s a place where you can go set up your board, watch a skate video, and look at all the new boards on the wall. It’s the place to shoot the shit with your friends and the meet up before going to skate.

If you are from out of town, the local skate shop is the place to go and get a hand-drawn map to the local skate

spots. Going to a skate shop should be a memorable experience. A skate shop should be just as much as a hang out as it is a store. Jokers Skate Shop has always prided itself in trying to embody that true skate shop spirit. We’ve always wanted to give the local skate community a place to call home.

Huntington Beach has always been an epicenter for skateboarding but lacked a core skateshop for a long time.

Jokers is that shop that I wish existed

when I was a kid. Just being able to skate down the street to the skateshop and just talk skateboarding for hours has always been a dream for me.

Growing up, I have always heard about the glory days of Gremic Skateshop and we have always tried to recreate that same skateshop experience for the local shop rats. After school the place turns into a clubhouse filled with pizza, Slurpees, and skate magazines. It’s awesome to see kids still care about skateboarding enough to bring their

own personal Ziploc bags of stickers and spend hours setting up their new board. Whether it’s Grosso behind the counter helping you pick your new set of Spitfires, or seeing John Lucero walk in with a new batch of Black Label boards, the true spirit of skateboarding still exists within the walls of core skateshops like Jokers. Check us out at Jokers Skate Shop, 9606 Hamilton Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92646, www. jokersskateshop.com or on Instagram @jokers_skate_shop.

“Skateboarding is everything to me. It’s friends from across the street and around the world. But even more than that, it’s family.

When I walk into Jokers, I feel like I’m home, friends and family all in one small happy space! The shop is owned and ran by some of the nicest people you will ever meet. Everything you need for skateboarding, Jokers promotes and supports the local scene and honors the history of Huntington Beach skateboarding! From the old dogs to the young pups and all the cool curb cats, Jokers rules!

– John Lucero

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Interview: Liz Rice McCray Emmett Malloy may not refer to himself as a “photographer” but he is the definition of a photographer. Although Emmett actually doesn’t fit under any one label, it seems he is a little bit of everything, plus more. The photos being featured are just a sneak peek into the story of Emmett Malloy – his life, his friends, interesting subjects.

Side note: I must include that I got to know Emmett Malloy while working for Pat Tenore (RVCA), and this is where I was first introduced to his behind-thescenes photography. Emmett, you are a legend… thank you for sharing with us. Ok, enough said.

Let’s start the interview.

Knowing you and all that you are involved in, you must have a deep photo archive that you had to dig into for us. We are pretty excited to see your images. Let’s start the interview from the top. How did you get into photography?

Do you remember your first experience with a camera?

I am not sure I ever got into photography, officially.

I still feel that I just carry around a small camera to make sure that I document the films I am making and the trips I am taking. I always laugh when people call me a photographer. I immediately give a variety of disclaimers to explain why I am not. When I first started directing films, I found myself around musicians I loved and in locations that were amazing… so I just wanted to make sure I had something to remember it all by. I think the first time I bought a camera was when I went on my first surf trip to Tahiti with my cousins. I really enjoyed loading the film into the camera, and that island was just so visual that everything through the viewfinder looked incredible. Then, when I got the film back, the pictures did not look as good. I remember being disappointed in my roll and it tipped me off to be a little more picky with what I shot, and that I wanted to compose better shots.

Director, producer, filmmaker, music... that doesn’t even start to cover it all. How do you put into words what you do?

I always have a hard time answering the simple questions of “What do you do for work?” I usually give the answer, “I entertain people.” That is what I have always liked doing. My attention span is really bad, so I have never been able to settle with one gig. Currently I am a film director and producer and I manage my best friend Jack Johnson and run the label we started called Brushfire Records.

N.E.R.D moonlighting in downtown Los Angeles

The Dead Weather live in Copenhagen

The OKC Thunder during the off season

Which part of your multifaceted career do you feel most comfortable in?

I am directing a feature-length film this fall and all my focus is shifting into that process. Making a good movie seems really hard, but I am going to give it a shot.

When working on different projects, do you still shoot photos from behind-the-scenes?

I always have my little point-and-shoot camera in my pocket.

Really, the only reason I get good photos is because I often find myself around really interesting subjects with the work I do. I just sneak a few frames when no one is looking.

What are your favorite things to photograph?

Nowadays it would be my two boys, Henry and Gus. Are you self-taught in all that you do?

Yeah. That is why I don’t claim to be a photographer… because if someone hired me and there were expectations, I would be ousted.

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What are you currently working on?

I just made it home from Cleveland to shoot a Nike basketball advertisement. I am in editorial on a long-form documentary on the 36th president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Prepping a video, ‘The War on Drugs’ (that hopefully will come together). Beginning recording of the new G. Love & Special Sauce record in our studio called the Solar Powered Plastic Plant. Lastly, starting the process for a feature film that I will direct with my brother Brendan called “The Tribes of Palos Verdes.”

Do you still drive a Prius?

No, but I try very hard to live a responsible life. Our office, edit bay, and recording studio are solar-powered.

What do you think has changed the most with your “eye” from the moment you started taking photos to how you take photos now?

I just am a lot more selective. I used to just shoot everything and would hope the shot was there. Now, I feel like I sit back and wait a bit. Evolution with age.

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions.

You’re the best, Liz. You and Pat opened my eyes to so many contemporary artists that inspired me.

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Lebron James “The Huddle”

Camelo Anthony warming up in Manhattan

Justin Timberlake with a case of the limes

Vampire Weekend with master referee RZA

Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach at the Wildcard Gym

Isaac Brock training for his next guitar solo

Henry Malloy fresh off his first bone break

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Words: Joey Marshall Photo: Cameron Kirkconnel Mark Healey is a true waterman. The man can do it all. He encompasses what an actual waterman is and should be. Some would say he is a hell man of sorts, as he surfs the largest waves in the world, can hold his breath for ungodly amounts of time, has swam with the largest, most feared sharks in the sea and is an accomplished spear fisherman and bow hunter. But most of all, he’s humble. He’s soft-spoken, easy to have a conversation with but typically speaking his actions do most of the talking. Anyone who has met Healey can attest to this. He’s been in the magazines since he was wee little tyke, rushing massive Pipeline and pulling into bone-grinding left barrels at Waimea. He’s had more exposure and more success than most ever get the opportunity for, yet he’s still humble.

But life hasn’t always as easy as it may seem for Mark. He has spent decades working his way up the pecking order in the Hawaii lineup. He has spent hundreds, if not thousands, of hours below the surface, observing and learning what lies beneath.

He has earned the respect of his elders through hard work and dedication and has had quite the successful career doing what he loves. And by now most of you have seen photos of Healey riding the back of giant great white sharks at Guadalupe Island. Or maybe on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, where he teaches fellow diver and friend Roberta Mancino how to interact and read the behavior of a 12-foot tiger shark. It his love for the ocean and the ability to understand and read the creatures he adores that allow him to enjoy such incredible feats. But it was a recent Instagram (@donkeyshow) post that really touched me and made me admire him even more. It was a 15-second GoPro video he took while free diving off the coast of Oahu and his comment was as follows: “95% of spearfishing has nothing to do with pulling the trigger. Most of it is quiet observation. It brings incredible balance to my fast-paced life and I’m not sure if I’d be able to find anything to replace it. Now, in the @gopro age, it’s fun to be able to share some of that. Here’s just one moment out of hundreds from last week. A school of Kawalea coming to check me out as I lie on the bottom at 90’.”

I feel like that post embraces everything that Mark Healey is. It’s not about what he shot that day or what he did but more about what he saw, what touched him and the fact that he wanted to share that moment with everyone else. I feel like that’s the kind of man Mark Healey really is. He’s quick to teach you what he knows, sharing experiences and moments, success and failure and is not one to judge. He has made his living off of being in the ocean, enjoying the fruits of his labor and making the most of every second of it.

Most recently he has aligned himself with a brand that encompasses all the Mark Healey truly is. And with the Depactus logo atop his boards he is considered one of their “Men of Extraordinary Pursuits” (MEP) – an ambassador of sorts, taking advantage of everything he loves to do. And I believe that’s exactly what Mark Healey is, an extraordinary man.

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Fruits of labor – Hours of observation, dedication and preservation, you can bet that behind his snorkel Mark Healey’s showing more teeth than this massive dogtooth tuna taken off the coast of Fiji.

Words: Joey Marshall Sequence: Tom Carey Dane Reynolds is the man. Every time you think he’s irrelevant or pulling back he does something that just absolutely blows our minds. We shed a tear when Marine Layer Productions announced they were no longer releasing weekly clips that we frothed on for years, and then BAM!, Dane Reynolds Sampler dropped, along with everyone’s jaws. It was by far the most exciting 11-minute surf clip we had ever seen. I’ve personally watched it a dozen times and it almost even made me get back in the water… almost.

I don’t know Dane personally, but I may have met him a time or two in passing, elusively saw him surfing 54th Street in Newport almost a decade ago, and ran into him again a time or two at an undisclosed location where the waves are good and the crowds are low, but still, I love the guy. And by love him I don’t mean I send him love letters in his monthly subscription to BL!SSS, like newest Assistant Editor Delon Isaacs, but I love him because I feel like he’s his own man. He doesn’t let the corporate side of surfing rule his life, he hasn’t gone the competition route (though impressively he made three heats and took down some of the world’s best at Cloudbreak last month in Fiji), and he doesn’t seem like he deals with pressure all that well and shows it; making him relatable to every other human I know. I think that’s what it is: he’s relatable, he’s human, he’s just like you and I. Except, of course, for his surfing.

His surfing is something freakish. He’s got it all.

His air game is bar none, he rides the barrel with the best of ‘em, but what really gets me fired up are his turns. I can’t call them carves, and I can’t call them nose-picks, tail-whips or reversal because it seems like a good mix of them all. You never know what’s coming, and most of the time it’s mind blowing. The power is there, the style is there, the technicality is there… he was born to surf and we love it. So Dane, keep doing what you do, congrats on your fatherhood and please, please, please keep Marine Layer going and keep everyone we know talking about ya.

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Photo: John Bradford Interview: Delon Isaacs Everyone’s pretty pumped on all the Emerica/Lakai Stay Flared Tour (#stayflared). How has that been going? Who have you been doing this tour with?

This tour has been absolutely mindblowing. Such a unique opportunity to be surrounded by this many rippers, legends, old friends, new buds, niños, weirdos, etcetera. It seems especially unforgettable because so many of us have never had the opportunity to travel and skate together, and the mutual respect is pushing everyone really hard.

There’s close to 40 of us in total.

Even though you really never left, there seems to be this big refreshing comeback craze, especially with the appearance of your new BAKER pro model deck. Can you describe what you’ve been up to or where you have been the last couple of months?

Lately I have just been filming a lot, working on this part for the upcoming Emerica video. I’ve just been treating this project like a full-time job… as it should be. That being said, I’m actually having the time of my life. I’m doing my best to give justice to whatever hype is surrounding this second wave of my career (or whatever you want to call it). I’m just grateful to be able to do what I truly love after all of these years.

The RVCA skate team seems pretty stacked these days.

Are you pretty pumped with all the new additions to the team? How have the last couple skate trips been with them?

I’ve always been stoked on the unique nailers on the RVCA team, and the newest additions of young rippers are no exception. Jeremy Leabres is one standout for me. He’s one of my favorite youngsters out there, period. Young legend. I can’t wait to travel with Curren and Grayson and watch those fuckers fly around. I’m a fan.

How are the knees and legs holding up? Have you been working on any parts or projects as of 2015?

The ol’ body has been feeling relatively good lately.

After doing this for 20 years it requires a different approach to be able to maintain it. I’ve been skating more lately than I have since I was a teenager. So sometimes I feel like I’m in the best shape of my life, and other times I feel like an arthritic senior citizen.

I love it all. Working hard on filming for this part that should be finished by the end of the year.

What’s the daily Los Angeles life consist of for Kevin “Spanky“ Long? Have you been working on any other type of hustles other than skateboarding?

Most of my time and energy back home goes into skating street and working on this project. Other than that, I’ve had a lot of art stuff to keep me busy on the downtime. I’ve been contributing quite a few graphics for Baker and most of my other sponsors in addition to making pieces for a couple of upcoming art shows that are being planned for after the summer.

When was the last time you had short hair? Have people been tripping on the haircut?

I think it’s been close to 10 years since the last time my hair was this short. I was definitely ready to switch shit up. Yeah, I was surprised to find that a lot of people trip out on it. I guess I’m finally beginning to embrace change lately.

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Photo & Interview: Sean Sullivan Bode is the king of snowboarding. He defines what snowboarding is these days with heavy video parts that feature an equally creative approach, and it doesn’t matter what terrain you put in front of him. From the mellowest street spots to the craziest Alaskan lines, Bode redefines what’s possible on a snowboard every time he straps in. The man has set the bar high, but the best part is that he’s done it all with a confident and relaxed style.

What brands influenced you when you were just starting out?

The Forum 8 was my main influence when I started. The first movie I got was Decade and the shit those guys were doing was so new and ahead of its time. After that, it was the Absinthe movies where Nicolas and Gigi were the guys doing the craziest backcountry and big mountain stuff.

What keeps you inspired each season?

Natural progression and just things that look cool on a snowboard. I’m a total video nerd still, so every fall I get inspired with all the new content coming out. What mainly keeps me going is trying to film new tricks.

Even if it’s something that wouldn’t be considered very hard I get excited when I film a trick that I’m not good at or that I haven’t done before.

Your dad started backcountry.com, right? But more importantly, he’s a boss in the mountains.

What’s your earliest memory (or favorite memory) of being on snow with him?

My pops didn’t really start it but he was a major part in making it what it is now. One of the coolest things we did was after high school he took me up to Alaska for my first time. We flew out to the middle of nowhere in the Chugach Range and camped for a week. Every day we would split board around and ride lines around the glacier we were on. It was a crazy, eye-opening experience.

You recently purchased a house in SoCal and are now spending your summers there surfing. When are you going to do a surf-style turn directly into a double cork? Any snowboard tricks you want to see taken to the water?

Surfing is the best! But it’s also the most frustrating thing sometimes. I don’t even know if I’ve done a real “surf-style” turn yet. I have been watching surf movies though. I can’t even relate to them yet, but I want to see a method on a surfboard. Like a Ben Ferguson method – that would be next level.

Have you ever invented a snowboard trick or been present when one was born?

I don’t know if I’ve ever “invented” a trick, but I think I’ve done some tricks that haven’t been done before.

But I’m sure they’ve been tried or thought of before I did them. I’m not exactly sure of everything that’s been done or not so I don’t want to claim anything.

What young riders do you see holding it down?

Those Ferguson kids are insane, the Mindnichs, the Lick The Cat Crew, Worm is insane, Dillon Ojo... I’ve spent a lot of time with Ozzy Henning the last couple years. He blows my mind every day. There are so many young kids that are so good now that it’s hard to keep track!

Bode Merrill, Handplant, 4:16 p.m., UT You gotta stay warm in the streets during the winter. While waiting for the sun to go down so we could start setting up a night spot, the boys started messing around at the skate park next door to the spot. Boom!

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Interview: Liz Rice McCray Hajime Sorayama is the original gangster of sexy, metallic women. A mystery in his own right, the legendary Hajime Sorayama has been painting pin-ups since the 1970s and is known worldwide for his detailed erotic illustrations, and his sexy robo women. Thank you to Trevor Martin of FIFTY24SF Gallery for introducing us. And most of all, thank you Hajime Sorayama for taking the time to answer our questions.

Let’s start at the beginning: Tell us a little bit about your childhood?

I was just an ordinary boy, but I was obsessed with shiny things and boobs.

You are recognized worldwide for your paintings of beautiful women. The women in your art exude sensuality. They are provocative pin-ups, hypersexual metallic women... you have singlehandedly converted metal to sex by inventing the ultimate pleaser in a robotic woman. You have done it all - cyborgs, human to crossbreeds, robots to “Gynoids” - enticing the eye with erotic super-realistic fantasy women.

Will you tell us about the subjects of your paintings and the inspiration behind these females?

I painted the classic pin-up pieces simply through following my interests and instincts that come naturally as a male. The robot paintings initially came about through commissions for advertisements and editorials, and all the subsequent developments have been as a result of me using both the right side and left side of my brain to their full extent. However, I suppose what is fundamentally reflected in my works is my own taste.

In the 1970s you coined “sexy robot” with your series of female robots. Will you tell us about your robots and how they came about?

There are different ways to portray women through means such as writing, two-dimensional and threedimensional formats, and video. In sculpture there are also different materials one can use including wood, clay, copper and so on, but in the case of my metallic depictions I had chosen the medium of painting because stainless steel was a niche and it was hard to come by. I’d always had a metal fetish to begin with, so I was literally a fish in water.

Your “sexy robot” then evolved into a crossbreed, cleverly combining the mechanical metal with human. It was the ultimate sci-fi wet dream, and they were called “Gynoids.” Will you tell us more about the “Gynoids?”

It’s a rip-off of the Sci-Fi author Richard Calder (who used to live in Thailand). Anyway, I have his approval so it’s OK. What mediums do you work with?

You know, pencils, erasers, acrylic paint, brushes, spray guns, etc., nothing special really. It’s a lonesome, petty enterprise.

Will you give us some insight to your technique and creative process?

It’s difficult for me to describe in words, so I’d appreciate it if you could kindly reference my DVDs for details.

Ok, let’s move on. You have been painting for over four decades. When and how did you start painting?

Hasn’t everyone painted a picture before? Just like humming a song, or starting to cook when you want to eat tasty food, it’s something that I started naturally.

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Well not everyone, but point made. Discussing your work with a dear friend, he noted his first exposure to your work was from Penthouse (when he was 10). Did you realize that your art would have such impact on our American culture and have the ability to provoke and arouse the viewer as much as it did?

I guess American people were shocked to see the differences in religion and culture. If anything, I’m thinking your friend must have grown up in one heck of a household environment to be reading Penthouse at the age of 10. Since it’s too late now to change what one’s already experienced, please advise him to turn over a new leaf as soon as possible and get on track to lead a decent life.

Alan, you heard it, “get on track.”

You won the Vargas Award, which is the highest achievement in airbrush artistry. Your art is in many permanent collections... to name a few, the MOMA, Smithsonian Institute, and the US Library of Congress. At what point did you feel your work was really recognized?

I guess it all began with AIBO (SONY).

Its existence, or the very fact that it was created, is in itself probably near an act of taboo in the context of Christianity. I hear that conservative religious members and the likes of people in Midwest areas who would still burst a blood vessel or two over the Ptolemaic Theory and Darwin’s theory of evolution are still managing

to survive and escape extinction, but I actually find great pleasure in setting these people off. I’m sorry.

Besides setting people off, have you ever created a piece of art that has shocked the viewer more so than expected? If so, will you tell us about it?

If I were to tell you or present it, there would be an outcry. The Interpol would be after me, so I’m afraid I can’t tell you. It’s strictly confidential.

Let’s go back to AIBO (SONY). Will you tell us more about “AIBO” dog, which is now in the collection of the Museum of Modern art.

What was the inspiration behind “AIBO?” It was a commissioned project, but I

had been very excited about it. It was indeed like I was reliving my youth for a second time. I’ve been sowing various seeds around the world in anticipation of the third installment of my youth. However, it’s unfortunate that there haven’t been any reactions.

Did Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” have any influence on you and your art?

I’d actually found the film to be quite lame. In a sense, I could say that it was an example of what I wanted to avoid, but if you look back on it with the knowledge that it was made such a long time ago, then maybe it’s acceptable. Everyone would go crazy over it if it should be released for the first time now. It would’ve been cool in this day and age.

In our lifetime, technology has exploded to an overwhelming extent - the Internet, social networks, tween sexting - thank goodness I didn’t have all of that as a kid! What are your thoughts on the effects of technology, the positives and the negatives?

I think it’s OK if everyone just does as they please. I mean, mankind has managed to survive in its own way. I’m looking forward to the future. Destruction and prosperity are both awesome.

Will you tell us about your recent show with Fifty24SF Gallery, in association with Upper Playground? How did this show come about?

I was informed by NANZUKA, who represent my works, that FIFTY24SF had been in contact with a request to do show. That’s how it all came about.

You have created over 100 cyborgs, robots, and erotic super pin-ups. How many books have been published from your art?

I’m guessing more than 30. To be honest, I’m not certain myself. I can’t even categorize all the things that have been published from my videos, catalogs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, to trading cards, posters, postcard collections and so on.

What percentage of your time is devoted to your artwork? What fills the rest of your time?

I spend about four to six hours of my day painting, but my thoughts are always on the lookout, even while I’m asleep.

What are you really into right now?

There is no such thing as human overpopulation, or war of justice.

Religion is long passed its expiry date. A healthy appetite and libido are the absolute good. These are the things that I’m thinking about. My sense way of thinking is correct (well, at least I’d like to think that it is!).

Two truths and a lie about you, please.

My two truths is that I have a desire for world domination and a harem, and I cannot tell you about my one lie because I will be arrested on criminal charges.

Ok better left not told, although now I’m very curious. Last question, do you have some words of advice for an artist just starting out?

Art is a gangster business and is an economic parasite. There is no hope or future whatsoever. One in millions may pull through and survive, but even then they misunderstood in thinking that they possess talent. Only a madman can keep trying.

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“I just want to surf ” Words & Photo: Tom Carey Surfers like Yago Dora only come along once every five years or so. I haven’t been this blown away by a single surfer since being introduced to Dusty Payne and Mitch Coleborn and their hi-fi surfing.

We first got a taste of his surfing from a few Web edits he posted, and right away I knew something big was there with Yago. We then decided to invite him on a movie trip for True to This with Mitch Coleborn and Nate Tyler to the Maldives. I kid you not: on his first wave he launched a massive six-foot stalefish and landed it cleanly on a proper fourfoot wave. Right then and there I knew it was on. What went down during the next week was nothing but historical in my eyes. Here was this little skinny Brazilian with a cool name absolutely going bananas. Almost every wave was a clip or a photo. His work ethic is insane as well. He has a big team behind him in Brazil, and although he had a late start with surfing (he first started surfing when he was 11), he’s totally addicted. You cannot get this kid out of the water. He’s quickly adapting to all conditions as well; charging in Hawaii and learning quickly how to tube ride with style. He’ll be the first to tell you, “I just want to surf,” and man does it show.

Interview: Delon Isaacs Photo: Brent O’Donnell The guy can jump – like, really jump.

Whatever muscles he’s packing under those chinos (‘cause I only ever see him in chinos) are fucked up, and I’m assuming a roundhouse kick to the chin from the guy would be lights out for anyone. Not assuming he would kick anyone in the face but just saying, if he did, you would probably be done, son. Christian Maalouf is a stand-up guy. He’s super quick and witty but always means well, and we were super excited to ask him a few questions.

Have you ever had any type of illegal surgery to increase the amount of pop that you create on your skateboard? Did you absorb an extra set of thighs from a twin brother maybe when you were birthed? If not, where the hell does it come from?

Haha, there’s no real reason actually. I think it’s just because I always liked watching the skaters that had pop and power that just did lines, so that’s the way I thought you should skate.

What’s it like to be a part of a skateboard company with all your close, zany friends? What projects have you guys been working on together, and how’s bidness?

Well, we just put out “American WKND,” which I hope people liked. Now a few of us have random projects as well as WKND stuff to work on. I think we are all on a high from putting a full-length video out and just want to be as productive as possible these days.

Who gets you the most jazzed up to go skateboarding with? Who are your favorite skaters at the moment?

The boyz all get me jazzed. The days we meet in the parking lot and skate flat for a few hours always end up being the best days – we go “coffee to beer.” I’ve been watching a lot of Van Wastell and Lucas Puig parts lately.

Why is your middle name [Georges] plural?

Some Lebanese shit that I should be able to explain but can’t.

How’s the transition from living in Arizona to staying here in Los Angeles? What’s your love/hate relationship with LA at the moment? When are you going to fully move?

I fully live in LA now; I have a house with my girlfriend and cat. For the most part I back it here now, but every couple of weeks I hate everything about it, haha. I mainly just feel like people are inconsiderate here.

It seems like you’ve been traveling all over recently and staying pretty active with all the Brixton and Adidas trips. Where has been your favorite place to go and what trips are you planning to go on next?

So far Puerto Rico has been my favorite; the vibe is right out there and everyone on Brixton is like family so we travel well together. I’ve never had the pleasure of traveling with Adidas but they’ve been here a lot lately on filming missions and skating with them has been awesome. I like to be around Europeans – is that weird?

I think one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen was when you caused that lady on the Segway to fall when you were filming for a clip and you bailed. How’s your relationship with Segway’s’ been since then?

I do my best to avoid them now because that made me feel awful. I ran away as soon as she had gotten up, thought maybe I broke the Segway and they were gonna freak out.

If you weren’t a sick-ass skater, what other occupation can you see yourself doing? Any secret hobbies or interest?

I have no idea; I flew a helicopter once so maybe I could be a pilot. The traveling would be pretty nice.

What’s the most number of stairs you’ve ollied up? 5?

10? 27?

I’ve done seven, which is as many as I am willing to ollie down now, maybe eight.

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Photo & Interview: Sean Sullivan Who the hell are you and what makes you happy?

Well, my name’s Erik Leon.

Snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing and fly-fishing make me happy, but most of all my friends are the true joy in my life.

Why snowboarding? What is it to you?

Snowboarding kinda came natural.

I was always a skate park rat and rode BMX and skateboards since I was a kid. So my friend Kyle Schafer introduced me to the sport and I’ve been in love ever since. Snowboarding is a freedom of expression to me; it’s a way to be yourself 100%.

What about airtime?

Airtime on a snowboard is the best ever; it’s like oddly controlled flying or something. All I know is I love it. And it’s fun as heck!

Why do you fly fish? It’s your summer thing, right?

I fly fish because I love fishing; I always have since I was a tyke! For some reason fly fishing just clicked in my head. When I was 13, I went super overboard and bought everything I needed for about two to four years. Now I’m pretty well set with gear. And last year I took up winter and summer steelhead Spey fishing in Oregon, and now I’m super addicted.

Where are you from and how has it molded your riding?

I was born in Downey, California, and grew up in Riverside, California, the inland empire. I learned how to snowboard at Bear Mountain, and riding there influenced me in park riding heavily. When I first ever started going, my first thought was Bear Mountain was like a skate park that changed weekly, with new features, rails and jumps all the time. The style of the riders originated from there influenced me heavily, people like Chris Bradshaw, Nima Jalali, Johnny Miller and so on.

What gets you stoked on the future of snowboarding?

I think that the future of snowboarding is starting to embrace the past of snowboarding more, and people like Mike Rav, Grey Thompson, and Alex Lopez are influencing the sport with style, and I believe that’s where it’s starting to go. People who also are crazy good, like the Ferguson brothers, who are insanely talented but perform with so much tweak and control of style. I think the future of snowboarding is heading towards the direction of remembering the past and what it used to be like.

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Erik Leon, Riding, 10:07 a.m., WY Surfing the mountains with your buds is so damn fun. Erik punting on a party wave with Curtis Woodman and Joe Bosler. Erik’s style is in the top 10 of all time and the kid is still young. Hey ARBOR, you guys should get Erik a snowmobile this winter, so he can hang with Guch and Carter, he deserves it.

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Shirt – Rusty rusty.com Denim – Hurley hurley.com

Top – Hurley hurley.com

Romper – Lira liraclothing.com

Overalls – Rusty rusty.com

Hat – Hurley hurley.com

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Photo: Jeremiah Klein Interview: Delon Isaacs Brendon is a good egg. He’s not your average surfer, which already makes him cool, and there is definitely some depth to this kid. The 23-year-old South Africander (Africanite?), or however you want to say it, is one of the best free-surfers out there on the planet. He’s got a good style and approach and has a crazy good air game…

Oh yeah, and oh boy can the motherfucker dance. Like really dance. Like, dead sober middle of the bar just tearing up with shear joy and confidence dance.

Here are a couple questions we asked Beeg.

Beeg, when did you first get the nickname? Do you like it? If some random little grom came up to ranting “Hey Beeg,” would you mind it?

I’ve had the nickname for a while now; I guess it’s an abbreviation of my initials. It’s just one syllable, easy to say.

What’s the motherland of South Africa like? Run us through a normal day of where you live and surf.

South Africa is great. It will forever be considered my home. I’m from a small neighborhood called Kommetjie in Cape Town; it kinda has a hippy/pot smoking reputation. There are a bunch of good waves in close proximity to my house, so it’s a pretty good setup.

I once heard that on your bucket list you wanted to put out a musical album?

How’s that going? What type of music do you enjoy playing?

Yeah, I love trying to make music. I’ve made a bunch of tracks but I’m not confident enough to release anything. Hopefully it will happen one day. I really like playing piano, it’s cathartic.

Who would win in a fight 30 years ago: David Bowie or Lou Reed (R.I.P. Lou)?

Lou would kick David’s ass.

On a scale of 1-10, how good are you at ice-skating? Heard from a little birdy you got a triple axel under your belt.

I don’t know where you heard that, haha.

I’m hopeless! I have a horrible knock-knee style when I’m on the ice.

What projects have you got going on as of late? Have you been filming parts for anything?

Dillon Perillo and I have been working on a short film for the last couple months. We hope to release it sometime towards the end of this year, maybe sooner.

Who’s your favorite person to surf with?

I like surfing with Dill and Creed. Surfing is pretty social and it’s fun to talk shit with them when we’re floating out the back waiting for waves.

Who got you into surfing in the first place? Were you some crazy contest kid when you were younger? What’s the biggest trophy you ever won?

I was heavily involved in the junior contest scene when I was a teenager. I won the South African Championships twice, lol. I was really proud of my achievement at the time.

Photo: Brian Gaberman Interview: Delon Isaacs Westgate is the East Coast powerhouse, the king of pop, and he is definitely one of the most exciting skaters in the history of now to watch ride a skateboard. And he’s so goddamn humble about it too. He is making our entire generation look like a bunch complaining sissies. You can catch Westgate cutting down trees, building houses and fixing lawnmowers in his sleepy town of Carver, Massachusetts, when he’s not out on skate trips ollieing over cars and houses. We’re pretty pumped to get the opportunity to ask him some questions.

How has home life in Massachusetts been lately? Can you describe your daily routine when you’re at home? It’s gotta be the craziest polar opposite to go back to when you’re not on skate trips, is it not?

Life’s good there, I love it. I usually wake up early and do stuff around the bogs in the morning. Last I was home I did a lot of mowing. Then I go skate around Boston for the day. It’s easier to get tricks in Boston ‘cause everything hasn’t been killed and it’s easier to go back. I’ve been traveling so much I’ve been sore a lot when I’ve been home, so I’ve been shredding the parks a lot, keeping it mellow.

How’s the transition to Element been going? I mean, you rode for Zoo York for so long. Do you find yourself fitting in or adjusting just dandy?

It’s been great, everyone’s super rad. The team’s super tight and everyone kills it. I’ve been on a few trips and it’s been a blast. I just got back from Barcelona, which was sick. We just street-skated the whole time. So many amazing spots. So grateful they took me.

Where do you have more fun skating, New York or San Francisco, and for what reasons?

They’re both fun in different ways. I’ve been going to New York since I started traveling and there’s nothing that compares to pushing through New York’s streets. San Francisco is sick ‘cause you don’t really have to push and you fly. Also, all the natural spots carved into the hills are unreal. I love them both.

It seems like we’ve seen a ton of video parts from you the last couple years. Are you filming for anything as of now or are you finally taking a well deserved little break?

Element is working on a video. I’m stoked. I love skating the streets and filming clips. It’s the best.

Do people still tell you that you look like Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle?

Yeah, all the time. I’ve been getting that forever. I can see it.

You have an Instagram now! What’s your relationship with the Internet and social media been like lately?

Have you been forced to get with the times?

It’s good; I slack a little on it at times. I wouldn’t say forced, but I probably wouldn’t have started it up if I didn’t skate.

It’s a love/hate relationship.

When you gonna bring back that bleached-hair Mohawk you had running for a little bit when you were filming for Made? Thing was sick!

Haha, thanks. Everyone said they were gonna bleach their hair before the trip, so I did it too and on the trip someone had clippers and trimmed me up. I have to let my hair grow out long enough; maybe I’ll run it soon.

What’s the rest of this year look like for you?

Going out to the Element Skate Camp, which I’m super stoked for. I’ve never been and it looks so fun. I got a new shoe on Emerica that just came out and I’m super stoked; it’s my favorite so far. Gonna film for the Element video too.

In October I pick all my cranberries, so I’m super stoked for that. I love seeing all the hard work from the year come together.

Awesome thanks for your time, Brandon!

No problem!

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Photo & Words: Jason Kenworthy I’ve been on surf trips all over the world for 20-plus years with the best surfers in the world. Never in the history of my travels have I had such an eye-opening experience as I did with Filipe Toledo on my last trip to Central America.

We left in search of standup barrels and offshore winds, but when we arrived there wasn’t a barrel to be found and the winds were downright terrible. Most surfers of Filipe’s caliber would have thrown in the towel, said this sucks, and looked for the first ticket out of town. Heck, even I was ready to book a ticket out of town. But not Filipe. He proceeded to go out there and rip the place to pieces. I can honestly say the surfing I witnessed was like that of a video game. Huge airs of endless variety, landing in places that made me cringe thinking that his knees and ankles were going to blow to bits. I’m pretty sure he’s made out of rubber. I was also blown away by his turns. His rail game was on point and the speed he generated between maneuvers was like that of a cheetah. His surfing was nothing short of mind-blowing.

But the thing that impressed me the most was how stoked he was to surf.

Not only that but how rad he was to be around. He never complained, worked harder than any surfer of his caliber I’ve ever seen, and was just genuinely a good person who seemed to know how lucky he was to live this dream. And it didn’t hurt that when I decided to go for a surf he eagerly picked up the camera to get some shots of me as well.

Interview: Liz Rice McCray Dear Reader: There is a multitude of factors that come into play when researching and featuring artists for BL!SSS Magazine. As you know, art is personal, photography is personal, and many things that are written and published in this magazine may or may not be your cup of tea (or even mine)... and that’s more than ok. It comes down to exposure and sharing art with everyone.

So this month we are sharing JeeYoung Lee’s photography, which is a personal favorite of mine. These surreal photographs have been tucked away in a folder on my desktop for months... I often pull them up as random examples and for inspiration. JeeYoung Lee transforms her tiny studio into surreal, dream-like habitats and then photographs herself within it (no photo manipulation or Photoshop involved). Each staged photo tells a story as if she is reading excerpts from her diary, sharing secrets and answers at the same time.

These photos are laced with hope, love, and deep internal conflict, and they are rich with creative process. Many thanks to Caroline Courly of OPIOM Gallery (opiomgallery.com) for assisting us in putting together this interview and thank you JeeYoung for taking the time to answer our questions.

You create highly elaborate, detailed scenes and then photograph yourself inside these worlds. There is no photo manipulation and no Photoshop.

How did you get into this?

The theme of my artwork evolves around my memories, the situations I find myself in, emotions, and events both big and insignificant that I experience. The scenery I picture in my head is not real, but it reflects my perception of reality; therefore, it is “real” to me. I decided to bring these images into the real world by creating installations. When the installation is complete, I make a record of it with a photograph. Not only do these scenes recreate a moment in my life, I get to see it as a third person by making it a photograph. To me, sitting in front of a drawing board to destroying a complete set is all part of my artwork. That is why I choose not to manipulate the images with Photoshop. We live in a time when images are easily created and consumed, especially via SNS. When you think of the reason we take photos in the first place it is to capture a moment in the past. This is why I use photographs as a medium. The woman in the room is my ego. I decided to stand in as a model since the photographs are mostly about my own life.

What do you shoot your pictures with?

I use Toyo 4x5 large-format film camera and a 90mm lens with 4x5 positive film.

How long does it take, on average, to turn your small studio room (3.6 x 4.1 x 2.4 meters) into these surreal little worlds?

It depends on the project but the average is two months.

Will you tell us a little about your creative process?

There is a regular routine I like to follow. When I have a subject or an idea that I’d like to expand on, I draw a rough draft and search for materials and images that help me specify the details. This is the most important step in my creative process – the draw upon my memory for objects or get inspired by my surroundings. For instance, I was reminded of blood vessels when I was drinking from a striped straw. There is a wooden set in my studio that is 360 x 600 x 240 centimeters in dimension. The walls can be adjusted to make the set smaller or larger depending on the project. Once the set is fixed, I set up a camera angle and start building the elements from scratch. Sometimes the outcome is slightly different from the initial draft. When the set is complete, I take multiple test shots of the set, which are then carefully examined. I appear in many of my photographs, turning it into a self-portrait of sorts. The final output is taken with a 4x5 large-format film camera.

The set is dissembled once the final photograph is produced.

You appear in many of your photographs. Are your portraits ever frontal?

Please elaborate.

The person in the photo never faces the camera precisely because the format of my artwork is photography. If the model looks into the camera, this character gains power and dominates the scene. The viewer will naturally focus on the character and identify with the character’s inner emotions. I want my models to blend in the scene and become an “object” instead of overpowering the image.

I also believe that it makes it easier for the viewer to place themselves in the landscape by avoiding direct eye contact. Another reason is that I feel that I am passive and submissive rather than aggressive or hands-on over the matters that I face in real life.

You make all your props by hand. How did you make the giant eggs from “Broken Heart”?

I carved the giant eggs with styrofoam, covered it in putty and sandpapered the surface. The shells were made out of molds and paper-mache. These were again covered in a layer of putty and sandpapered to make smooth, then painted to finish.

One element that affects me greatly is your use of light. How do you create that play of light in your mind and in your studio?

The use of lightening equipment is restricted by the height of the ceiling and other structural limitations of my studio. I still find it difficult to find the right lighting for each set. I have to go through multiple test shots to find the right lighting.

It must require an incredible amount of patience to create your habitats; do you have strategies to sustain interest, enthusiasm and concentration?

I secretly enjoy manual labor and repetitive movements. I have to fight with myself continuously so that I can continue to work. I usually find myself repeating the same thought over and over again or losing myself in my imagination.

How long do you keep an installation up in your studio before you change it to another set?

I build and tear down a room in the same little studio. The set is torn down almost immediately after I take a final photo. When I don’t have to create another room right after another, I let the stage be for a bit longer.

Have you ever slept in your studio after you transformed it?

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That is a very interesting question. I spend the night in my studio quite often but I’ve never thought of sleeping in the set. I will try it out and let you know how it goes.

Do you have a favorite photography set that you have done? If so, will you tell us a little about the story behind the scene?

Anxiety. It is my favorite because it was my most experimental project. Anxiety is divided into two parts, which consist of photo and video. The photos signify the outside while the video signifies the inside and reveals an emotionally heightened state. I separated the conscious from the unconscious.

Back when I built this piece I was

constantly under pressure. There were a million different things to worry about. The rational way out was to solve them one by one, but in my mind it seemed like I was besieged by my problems. It seemed as if they were proliferating. Around that time a friend of mine was suffering from a skin condition. Apparently it was caused by chronic stress. This left a lasting impression. Any visible irregularities that continue to grow are considered a disease that can be deadly in the natural world.

Look at cancer cells. They grow and spread in the form of circles.

I think it captured my mental state perfectly. You may have noticed the boils have the subtle iridescence of pearls. As you already know, pearls form inside the shellfish after many agonizing years. In Korean, there is an idiom that goes “to suffer from measles.” It can be roughly translated into the English term “no pain, no gain.” Although this piece was initially inspired by a tumultuous time in my life, I also wanted to portray the age-old wisdom that “one can grow and be fruitful only when they overcome their personal fears and anxieties.”

I thought rashes had the perfect form to visualize my anxiety and sense of uncertainty. As you can see, the familiar household objects are covered in boils.

Your studio is located in Seoul. Will you tell us a little about the art scene in South Korea?

The history of Korea’s contemporary art

scene is very short. South Korea is a dynamic country that changes on a daily basis. We have achieved incredible growth in a matter of decades. I believe it was no different for the local art scene, but like any other matter, quick development comes with a downside. Personally, I find the Korean art scene too sensitive to trends. I hope to see more artists as well as a fan base open to more diversity.

But I can assure you there are plenty of young artists who have a very unique and colorful portfolio.

Where can people check out more your work?

I don’t have a personal website as of yet, but you can browse Opiom Gallery’s official website at www.opiomgallery.com.

K-Robb doing his thang

Nate Yeomans ‘70s carve 17-24 year-old finalists

Coffin-ride Nate Yeomans

Photos: Jason Naude & Miah Klein Cosmic is no longer a word used solely to describe astrology and the depths of the unexplored universe. In this day and age, cosmic can take on an entirely different meaning. And when it comes to the surf world, cosmic is anything but ordinary. The Vissla and D’Blanc crew took over this year’s Cosmic Creek, a throwback competition to single-fins, twinnies and all things ‘70s. In its 15th year running and with Salt Creek set as the event venue, this go around was nothing short of spectacular. With consistent three- to four-foot surf pumping off the point, all of the retro boards on hand that a collector would absolutely die for, and a star-studded list of pro surfers in attendance, Salt Creek was the place to be on the last weekend in May.

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Day one set the stage for all the open age divisions and was not a disappointment.

For many competitors it was their first time paying homage to the ‘70s, a time of experimentation filled with the free spirits.

And this wasn’t your run-of-the-mill, pop-up tent weekend contest. These boys went all out with decorated wood-built structures, local grinds from Schwack, fresh coffee by SeaWorth Coffee, tunes form Reverberation Radio and Grain Surfboards teaching all the frothing groms how to build their own hand planes. The event literally offered something for everyone. The exclamation point for night one was after the surfing when hordes of people showed up at Bluff Park for a free live set from Tropical Popsicle and Froth.

When competitors showed up for day two the dwindling swell didn’t slow down the competition, and it set the perfect stage for the finals for the pro-division, and newest addition to the event, the Creators and Innovators division, in which local surfboard shapers competed on their own ‘70s-inspired shapes. I’ll save you all the gory details on who did what and how everything went down (just check the results below), but it was beyond impressive. Today’s top athletes showed the crowds just how good they could preform on these challenging retro boards. If you happened to miss this year’s event, be sure to mark your calendars now, as it’s only gonna get better in the years to come.

16 & under 1. Bryce Mattox 2. Danny Kenduck 3. Fisher Quigley 4. Noah Albrecity 5. Kai Diamond 6. Sam Neiger 17-24 1. Kolton Sullivan 2. Corey Colapinto 3. Conner MacCleod 4. Michael Carpenter 5. David Klaus 6. Garret Brown 25-34 1. Clayton Snyder 2. Corban Campbell 3. Eric Mehlberg 4. Dane Ward 5. Erik Fawcett 6. Brandon Draguesku 35-44 1. Scott Finn 2. Rob McCarty 3. Mo Van de Wall

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4. G.Ivan Connelly 5. Rob Ripley 6. Ted Detwiler 45+ 1. Daniel Benjoya 2. Paul Naude 3. Eric Diamond 4. Lawrence Quigley 5. Rick Toohey 6. Brant Slowinski Creators and Innovators 1. Josh Sleigh (Dana Point) 2. Jason Bennett (Oceanside) 3. Tim Stamps (Seal Beach) 4. Britt Merrick (Santa Barbara) 5. Barry Van Durmulen (Huntington Beach) 6. Wayne Deane (Australia) PROS 1. Colin Moran 2. Kalani Robb 3. Dane Gudauskas 4. Sam Orozco 5. Noah Schweiter 6. Nate Yeomans

Legendary Eric Diamond

The lineup of retro-boards

The man himself, Paul Naude

Stylee Corey Colapinto Colin, Noa, Noah & Cam

Reverberation Radio Josh Sleigh

Colin Moran, carving up the victory Pro finalists accepting oversized payday

Tropical Popsicle presented by D’Blanc

Noa Deane, cheater-five

Cam Richards, spreading his swings

All smiles and handshakes “Creators & Innovators” champ, Josh Sleigh

Kalani Robb & grom

Dane Gudauskas

Photo: Scott Hammonds Words: Delon Isaacs Jay Davies is a goddamn Spartan, a real man’s man. Hailing all the way from Yallingup, Western Australia, Davies is without a question one of the busiest professional surfers on the planet at the moment. Whether it’s earning back-to-back wildcards and taking down World Surfing League champions like Gabriel Medina and Mick Fanning, or putting out Web part after Web part, Davies is on fire and is unlikely to be stopped. Unless somehow Western Australia realizes it’s sick of his shit and for some reason conjures up a new beast almost equally as strong and vicious to battle him. But even then, the odds are probably still in Jay’s favor.

But one should not be intimated by Jay’s stature or physique. The guy is an absolute well-mannered sweetheart, and after coming off a 14-year relationship with Rusty has been a complete humble steal for the RVCA brand.

With great style, a fucked-up air game and god-like barrel abilities, the man is every team manager’s wet dream.

When we asked Nathan Webster “Noodles” why he backed Davies so hard this is what he said: “Jay Davies is a beast. I mean, I always knew he was good; that’s why I had to get him on RVCA when the opportunity arose. But he is better than good – the dude’s mind-blowing. He dominates in all conditions: huge airs, powerful rail game, great tube rider, charges. He is one of the best free surfers out there right now, no question. And he is a bloody great bloke as well.

Y’all won’t ever hear anyone say a bad word about him. Well, if ya do it’s probably ‘cause that person’s chick wants to bone him. Could hardly blame ‘em, he has big muscles.”

The Spartan’s got a real bright future ahead of him, and we’ve trained all of our computers and phones here at the office to send us push notifications whenever the guy even moves an inch. We’re that huge of fans.

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Photo: Anthony Acosta If he wasn’t already one of your favorite skaters to watch before his recent part in the new Vans movie Propeller, he surely deserves to be now.

Gilbert Crockett, the maniac stone cold sober cowboy hailing from Richmond, Virginia, is hot as hell right now and everything he touches recently seems to boil over and turn into gold. But that shouldn’t come as a surprise with his amazing work ethic and the amount of talent he has oozing out of every orifice. He deserves all the positive recognition that is out there. Hell, we’ve already started to replace all the photos of our family members and girlfriends that we’ve had hanging in the office to straight photos and portraits of Gilbert. Yeah, it’s super unhealthy and borderline psychotic, but we don’t care. We know what we like and we know whom to back.

Our 26-year-old bearded friend has recently created his own skateboard company this year, accompanied with the talented Jake Johnson, Tyler Bledsoe, and former Alien Workshop team manager Chad Bowers. Together the band has created “Mother,” a board brand that has no mission statement that lets raw street skating and talent speak for itself. Ever since Alien Workshop took that weird turn and died (even though somehow it came back, fully confusing and still weird) it has left some of us here with a sad gapping void in our skate lives. With no other board company left to associate with and belong to, we have turned to Mother.

Isn’t that the way it should be? Just like skating’s pivotal era during the ‘90s. We’re completely in love with the idea of skaters owning their own board companies; it just makes sense, and their sales reflect that notion. Even though they’re still a small board company out of Ohio, they crush it and are constantly under stocked and over sold. With everything that’s being said, Crockett’s definitely on the right path for being an inductee to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, but that day isn’t even close to being here yet. He’s the best skater out there in blue jeans and he has a hell of a bright future ahead of him. Hurry up and put out another part. We’ll be here, in the dark, over-exhausting the refresh button on our computers in anticipation.

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MFM, Cab 9, 3:38 p.m., UT Just another springtime day for Marco: tow the snowmobile to the trailhead with a Range Rover, shoot some guns, build a jump, eat some lunch, land some tricks, make some pow turns.

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Photo & Interview: Sean Sullivan You still ride a lot. Where do you shred and what do you look for when you’re out there?

Haha. I’m back to what I was looking for back when I first was starting out, and that is just wanting to ride fun stuff with my friends! Now I get to be picky with conditions.

You’ve ridden everywhere, so where is the most fun place anybody can road trip to shred?

Best place to road trip is Utah for powder, Tahoe for filming, and Whistler, Canada, for partying! Haha. Oregon in the summer for skating.

What’s the coolest thing you saw during your career?

Coolest thing I saw... hmmm… riding on an active volcano in Pucon, Chile, Axel Pauporte riding in Alaska, skating on tour with Daewon Song, partying in China and watching Kurt Wastell ride.

What do you think is the coolest thing in snowboarding right now?

I believe the coolest thing in snowboarding right now is, and always has been, the next level of creativity dudes are doing in the videos. And Torstein’s style.

What do you think the future holds for our sport?

Future? Maybe it’ll be me and the fam coming back in to #takeover and bring what I’ve learned back into the sport.

I’ve been hearing it’s being exploited by corporations that don’t care about us, and I believe because people are scared to ruffle feathers, it’s kinda bland. Next year it may be time to come in and shake shit up again! What do you think?

Words: Morgan Pharoh Palm Springs, CA, June 19 and 20th, hosted an amazing weekend that was filled with positivity, good vibes, surf flicks and live performances from some of our favorite musicians, with everyone in attendance celebrating the love of surfing while promoting a cleaner environment. The Kona Short Surf Film Festival was a “no plastic” event, in which all patrons were given a rad stainless-steel cup to drink out of, promoting clean living and reusability. It was a two-day event hosted

by The Ace Hotel & Swim Club. With performances by Tomorrow’s Tulips, Darren Rademaker of The Tyde and Matt Costa, along with DJ sets by The Allah-Las, Farmer Dave and Morgan Pharoh and Erik Hamamoto of The Teddy Boys.

Ace Hotel & Swim Club celebrated The Kona Surf Film Festival with Surfrider Foundation and Mollusk Surf Shop and the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Together they staged an awesome event that would make the Big Island of Hawaii happy.

The Festival has always been a forum for independent filmmakers to showcase their work to a stoked audience. The event ran alongside the Palm Springs

International Shortfest, and all proceeds benefited Surfrider Foundation WLAM Chapter.

In continuance to Friday’s event, Surfrider Foundation WLAM and Surfer X Blood hosted with The Ace Hotel & Swim Club a pool party celebrating International Surfing Day, where surf-inspired specialty drinks from the Surfrider Blue Bus were sold and all proceeds from those drinks purchased benefited Surfrider Foundation WLAM Chapter so they can continue their good work protecting and cleaning the Los Angeles and Malibu beaches, surf breaks, and all waterways leading to our beloved Ocean.

Special Thanks to Brian Butterworth, Rachel Dean and Ashley Buseniuscoy of the Ace Hotel Palm Springs, Chad Campbell and friends of Kona Surf Film Festival, all the volunteers of Surfrider Foundation WLAM, Chase Wilson of Byrd Hairdo Products, Sun Bum, Stance Socks, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Sundance Beach, Mollusk Surf Shop and Mr. Zoggs Sex Wax for helping out and putting this all together. They definitely brought the stoke to the desert.

Photos: Courtney Kimmey 1. Matt Costa spreading the Kona spirit 2. Surfrider posse: Kat Johnson, Greg Welch, Emily Swallow, Bryant Nix, Becky Feldman, Jo Ann & Morgan Pharoh 3. Alex Knost on the ukulele 4. Aloha Sunday’s Kahana Kalama with partner Billy Wickens & friends 5. Courtney Kimmey – two birds in hand…

6. Pro skater Erik Hamato with friends 7. Danielle DeFoe 8. Asal Shah & Ford Achbold 9. Sara Roa (aka DJ Lola Langusta) with Rachel Dean 10. Tim Gray of The Delusions 11. Morgan Pharoh & Rachel Dean 12. Isabel Lucas & friend

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A happy collaboration from head to toe, Spy Optics and Richer Poorer teamed up this past month to release the Spy X Richer Poorer Trancas, featuring a timeless pattern from Richer Poorer and the revolutionary Happy lens. The event went down at Spy’s “Happy Camp” in North County and the forces showed up to celebrate. The mood was set right with scrumptious snacks, cold brew from Ironsmith Coffee Roasters and tunes by DJ T-Spoon.

On display was polka dot collaboration: socks to keep your feet

comfy and cool and matching shades to keep those eyes happy.

We’re stoked when two great brands come together and do something awesome like this, and we’re sure it’ll be a hit this summer so keep your eyes out for the dots. The collaboration is an addition to the Crosstown Collection in available at finer retailers and at spyoptic.com now. Do yourself a favor and order a set today.

Photos: Courtesy of Spy Optics 1. Allie Greenberg, Tim Morse, JJ Thomas, Vince Marjes, Michael Marckx, Lindsay Perry, Chad Cress, Charlie Ninegar, Chad Van Valkenburg, Maddy Isbell & Sean Fleuriau 2. The Spy Trancas & matching Richer Poorer socks 3. Todd Glaser & Lindsay Perry 4. Sean Fleriau, Charlie Ninegar & Andrew McSorley 5. Vince Marjes & Maddy Isbell 6. Brady Mitchell & Nik Hennessee 7. Partygoers loving the Happy Camp space 8. Encintas’ own Ironsmith Coffee Roasters 9. Cold brew for everyone

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Words: LJ O’Leary Being a young brand is rough. We (ourCaste) have to be nimble and creative with seasonal collection launches and truly capitalize on all of our marketing efforts.

No major budget or production teams here, just a few of us who truly believe in what we are doing and the thirst to get out and be a part of the things that made us start this brand in the first place. We want to run free and wild, so that’s what we did. With little agenda and nothing more than a destination and promise of favorable weather, we loaded into the van, filled to the top with surfboards, wetsuits, skateboards and smelly men (us) and took off at 4 a.m. on Monday, June 15th, for the Oregon Coast with a detour in Portland.

Fifteen hours straight into it… for this Fall 2015 collection shoot we wanted to get out of the comforts of our own backyard. Even though most flock here, especially this time of year, just to take it in for a weekend or so, we still felt restless.

Without sounding jaded, we had to go. Plus, Portland has it all and it’s not too far away to drive to. It has a city live that’s alive as fuck, a climate that would lend itself to the mood of our Fall collection, endless spots to skate and great people

to surround yourself with. We linked up with some friends over there and skated anything that sounded fun.

From Portland we made our way out to Pier Park to skate this full pipe and then into the direction of the foggy, long-winding coast. Ever seen Oregon’s coast? If not, you must. The coast has so many different eco systems and personalities winding around every bend. Keep your eyes open or you might find a foggy bottomless ledge that you are white-knuckle navigating with two of your four wheels screeching in desperation to cling to the pavement rather than the gravel and apparent sudden death below. Somehow you are smiling because it is gorgeous. The redwoods and pines and snowy-capped mountains in the distance surrounded by so much fresh air and green life that you would have a hard time staying in a bad mood, should you have somehow found yourself in one.

We live in a beautiful world. Oregon, thank you for sharing your soul with us.

Here is how we spent a few days cruising the coast and stopping anywhere we loved to, enjoying what we found while shooting our Fall collection in its intended environment.

Photos: Mike Quinones 1. Portland’s newest relocated resident Britt Rutan pumping through the deep end 2. The fog rolls in thick on the coast; this old lighthouse is as necessary as it is haunting 3. Austin Calvello sending his love 4. Green skyscrapers & fresh air 5. Two Austins, one Cannon Beach 6. Austin Calvello, speed blur overdose

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Words: Monica Utley FORE! Tilly’s hosted its 8th Charity Golf Tournament Auction and Party at the Dove Canyon Golf Club on June 22, 2015 with an “Endless Classic” theme, paying homage to the surf culture and original Bruce Brown movies. All proceeds were donated to Tilly’s Life Center (TLC) - a youth-focused, global, 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering teens with a positive mindset to help guide them when faced with crisis, adversity and tough decisions. Their mission is to help today’s youth reach their full potential as productive, kind, happy, and responsible individuals. Golfers and guests made memories honoring the great cause, thanks to the event’s awesome activities and generous sponsors and donations.

Representatives from top action sports brands such as RVCA, Volcom, Nike, O’Neill, Vans, Hurley, LRG, Neff and many more brought their golf game to the competitive daylong tournament. Those who arrived early could help themselves to Bloody Marys, breakfast burritos, or Krispy Kreme Donuts. Once they energized for the day ahead, the 152 golfers took to the putting green for a quick contest before assembling into their teams and setting forth on the expansive 18-hole course. When they weren’t hitting golf balls, guests enjoyed

the activities located on various holes and ate Wahoo’s Fish Tacos for lunch.

Holes were named after famous surf breaks around the globe and had some serious opportunities to win cash and prizes. Shakas were thrown out all day and vintage surf attire was the norm.

As the golfers returned from their afternoon under the sun, some 350 guests joined them for a cocktail hour and the silent charity auction, featuring items ranging from signed guitars and skateboards to Hozier tickets and climbing trips to Mount Rainier. After guests dined, bidders joined in on the live auction, offering high-rolling bids for the wide array of live-auction items including artwork from a few teens from the TLC program itself. Many guests, including LRG founder Robert Wright, Tilly’s founder Hezy Shaked and vendor Michael Gerald, graciously donated exceptional amounts to the cause. A “Dinner With Travis Barker” bid war took place between Hezy and Robert Wright, ending with Hezy so pumped on the event’s turnout he literally DROPPED the microphone and walked off stage – an Endless Classic. A huge shout-out goes to all of the wonderful sponsors and attendees that came out and showed their support!

Thanks for a successful night filled with great memories and company. See you all again next time!

Photos: @snakephotos 1. Tilly’s Life Center Founder and woman of the night Tilly Levine 2. Volcom’s Jeff Arnold on the fairway 3. Brian Cook of Vans contemplating a bid at the silent auction 4. Team Nike taking the win for “Last Place” 5. Team LRG taking the overall win 6. Team Catch Surf teeing off 7. The live auction in full swing 8. Biggest donor and Tilly’s Executive Chairman and Founder – Hezy Shaked 9. Tilly’s fortune wheel 10. JJ’s warm up game = one bloody mary 11. The Endless Classic vibe was in full effect 12. Warming that short game up

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MUSIC

Review: Max Ritter

A$AP Rocky At.Long.Last.A$AP Bunch Of Labels I love this new record. Flacko helped wash down the airplanes and malaria pills on my recent travels to Thailand and Cambodia. Fun fact: A$AP Rocky’s real name is Rakim Mayers, named after Rakim from Erik B. & Rakim.

What a gangster album, as it’s guested by everyone and their mom, including Rod Stewart. No P Diddy or Rick Ross though. RIP A$AP Yams.

Sheer Mag II 7” Katorga Works This band whips so hawd. In Asia “l”s are replaced with “r”s and “r”s are replaced with “w”s or “wh”s.

Leon Bridges Coming Home Columbia

Brown Spiders It’s Something To Do 7” Hozac

A 25-year-old kid making classic soul that would make Otis Redding or Sam Cooke flip their wigs. His form is on point.

I came across this earworm rock ‘n’ roll song on the debut 7” from a band called Brown Spiders from OZ. Hozac always has the good stuff. Get it if you can.

Joey Bada$$ The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA Friday June 12th, 2015

Review & Photo: Max Ritter

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A shot of Joey Bada$$ summertime touring behind his latest B4.DA.$$. This night was three years since Joey released his 1999 mixtape.

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