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TOC Randoms // 32 David T. Cho // 40 Charlotte Free // 42 Shawn Huckins // 44 David Barth // 46 CMO // 50 Super Taste // 54 Just Add Water // 56 Dave Bachinsky // 64 Bikini Preview // 72 The Art Of Pose // 82 Joe Foster Photo Proﬁle // 90 Shoot The Moon // 98 Volcom Swim Fashion Show // 106 Salvation Store Opening Malibu // 108 Float Rip Curl movie premiere // 110 O’Neill Santa Monica // 112 RVCA summer in Paris // 114 Hanni El Khatib // 118 Dead Country // 120 CD Reviews // 122 Groms // 124

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VOLCOM’S 2ND ANNUAL PIRATE TRIP

BACK-TO-BACK Jordy Smith is one stoked individual right now and if he’s not, then we know of 85,000 reasons why he should be. The big South African just took out the Billabong Pro at Jeffrey’s Bay by defeating Mick Fanning in the final which netted him 75 grand, and on top of that he won a Nixon watch worth over 10 grand by winning the Nixon Winner Takes All competition for netting the highest heat score of the event. To make victory even sweeter, Jordy did all of this in his homeland in front of his family for the 2nd year in a row. Jordy now sits at number two in the world behind Joel Parkinson and things look like they could get interesting so stay tuned. Holy crap, ‘Pirate Trip’ doesn’t even begin to explain the debauchery and chaos that ensues on Volcom’s (and Electric’s) Annual Pirate Fishing Trip out of San Diego. Our editor Joey Marshall is fresh off the boat, stinking of booze and nearly causing the collapse of this issue only hours before the official deadline. Stories are flying around the office of all night drinking, tuna heart eating, pant sharting, beaner fighting, “give me a belt cause this hurts” - Don, birthday cake eating... one hell of a fishing trip. With not nearly enough room or time to tell the whole story check next months’ BL!SSS Magazine to read the uncensored truth of what went down.

SURFING FOR PEACE DIRTY HANDS We have always had great admiration and respect for David Choe. He was BL!SSS’ first cover artist and has had great accomplishments through his illustrious career. A few years back a documentary was produced chronicling David’s life and career entitled, “Dirty Hands”. The film was directed by Choe’s friend Harry Kim and it received high praises in sold out screenings along with Best Documentary award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Now the film has been released on DVD and is available to the public for the first time ever through Upper Playground. We highly suggest you get your hands on a piece of this gold and enjoy the life and work that David has worked so hard to produce.

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RVCA’s VA Sport Team consists of some of the best from around the MMA and Jiu-Jitsu community. The Mendes brothers, Durinho, and Lucas Leite, along with BJ Penn are just a few of the stars on the VA sport team that have been competing all around the world in places like Abu Dhabi, Japan, Brazil, Europe and the U.S. PM Tenore, a black belt himself, understands the sport and how important it is to support those giving their all. This past June, four out of ﬁve of RVCA’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team members competed in the largest tournament of the year: the World Championships. The team brought home three 1st place medals and one 2nd Place medal. This was a great showing for the RVCA team and we can’t wait to see more from these bad asses.

Vans is coming out with a new surf flick that will cost you nothing to view! That’s right, the crew has produced an epic movie called Get-N-Classic, Volume 1. The Vans surf team is one of the most diverse and interesting teams on earth with everyone from Alex Knost and Joel Tudor to Ratboy and John John Florence. The film looks to be as classic as the name itself so make sure to log onto vanssurf. com on August 8th for a free download of the movie. And if you’re lucky enough you might even find yourself at the VIP screening of Get-N-Classic, Volume 1 at the Lido Theatre on August 2nd.

N YJAH DOES IT AGAIN Nyjah Huston is what any kid wishes they could be and the funny thing is that he’s just a kid himself at only 16. The boy wonder has polished style and consistency that really sets him apart from the rest. He’s already won plenty of contests including the last three Street Leagues with his most recent one being at the Glendale, Arizona stop where he took down Ryan Sheckler in a heated battle in the last few minutes and snagged the $150,000 check. Just in Street Leagues alone this year, the kid has pocketed close to half a million dollars so we think it’s safe to say that Nyjah is being compensated well for his hard work. Now Nyjah’s sights are set on the ﬁnal stop of the Street League tour in Newark, NJ on August 28th, so be sure to check him out online or in person if you happen to be in NJ.

MOSKOVA Our boy Ryan Hakman is ﬁnally off the rock and back on the mainland serving as Marketing Director for the newest underwear company to blowup called Moskova. Anyone from Europe may already be aware of this new brand but they are debuting in America at this month’s Agenda tradeshow in Huntington Beach. Already hard at work, keep your eyes peeled for the Moskova creeper van handing out free product and causing a ruckus. With a good mix of team members like Jeremy Flores, Dustin Barca, Dirt Nasty, Kron Gracie, Greyson Fletcher, Balaram Stack and more, these guys are coming in hot.

WORL D PIECE Grafﬁti has gone global and if you’re looking for afﬁrmation from that statement then look no further because World Piecebook is here. This book contains nearly 200 private, never-before-published blackbook drawings of artists from all walks of life. Authors Sacha Jenkins and David Villorente have worked their magic again in this 3rd volume, which follows in the footsteps of revolutionary books Piecebook and Piecebook Reloaded. The book is a work of art in itself and we hope to see it hush those who persecute and criticize street artists. Pick up a copy to check it out for yourself and add another piece to your collection.

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TPS SPEAKE RS Speakers that are durable and have great sound quality are very hard to come by, but look no further because Nixon has just introduced their new TPS Speaker. The speaker is perfect for a trip to the beach or a session at your local skate spot. The TPS features a grate built that resists sand and other debris, allowing you to relax and enjoy yourself wherever you may be. The TPS is compatible with media players and notebook computers and contains an integrated cable management system that makes for easy storage. All of this along with the premium sound quality makes Nixon’s TPS a steal of a deal, so go out and get this modern, compact and powerful speaker.

Hurley is going big in the month of August and in celebration of the US Open and the launch of their 4D Phantom Boardshort, they will be presenting Prism Break. Prism Break is a multi-dimensional realization of art featuring the work of Hurley staff artist James “Dalek” Marshall. The show will be happening on Friday, August 5th from 6-9pm at the Hurley SPACE Gallery in Costa Mesa. All sorts of 4D items will be on display and even specially created 4D glasses will be available for your viewing pleasure so make sure to be there to enjoy all of the fun!

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We don’t like reporting the kind of news we’re about to report, but sometimes you have to deal with the shitty part as well. We here at BL!SSS were saddened to hear about the passing of young and very talented snowboarder from Montana, Aaron Robinson. A-Rob was much too young to leave us in a tragic snowboarding accident in Chile this last month, and we can only hope that he is up shredding the pow in the sky with his brothers Jeff Anderson, Craig Kelly and others that passed much too soon. We hope all you young and old out there can take the time to appreciate what you have in this world, cause you never know when your last run is coming. Rest In Peace A-Rob!

Globe’s newest surf film, Year Zero, is set to rock the surf world this fall. Year Zero takes modern day high performance surfing to the limit and adds in a post-apocalyptic approach that turn surfers like Yadin Nicol into Mel Gibson’s character in ‘Mad Max’. The all-star cast includes Dion Agius, CJ Hobgood, Damien Hobgood, Taj Burrow, Yadin Nicol and Nate Tyler trotting the globe and surfing like there’s no tomorrow. The film’s soundtrack is by Black Mountain and it blends perfectly with the surfing and story line. The world premiere will be August 3rd in Costa Mesa so make sure to be there to witness the future.

INDIE PEDD LER There’s a new little black book in town and it’s done in support of the happening music scene that’s been going on in and around Costa Mesa in last couple years. Kim Conlan, aka The Indie Peddler, has put together an interesting journalistic approach into the minds of some of the best local musicians. The talent interviewed includes national touring bands such as The Growlers and goes on to local favorites, Railroad to Alaska, Omaha and Snakebit Drifters to name a few. Her Joan Didion style of portraying events has proven to be a different style than most gossip based writers around and actually has a taste and feel unique to her own. Go get a book and give it a look, as we’re sure you won’t be disappointed. The release date for the newest issue is August 6th at La Cave with live performances by Charles’ Mansion, The Danvilles and local favorite Stanley Lucas Revolution. See you there!

BOATHOUSE HAPPENINGS

ROCK OUT ON SURFLINE All the surf turkeys love to sit on their ofﬁce computers and check the cams on Surﬂine all day long wishing they were in the water. Well, now you can mind surf the break of your choice with a little rock and roll in the background thanks to Volcom Entertainment. Below all of the cams is a menu bar that plays tracks on cue from bands like Valient Thorr, Riverboat Gamblers, Tweak Bird and many others. The best part is that if you dig the album you’re listening to then you can download it for free. So next time you’re checking your spot make sure to crank up the volume and amp yourself up for that lunchtime session!

Our good friend Clay Peterson, who runs the Boathouse in Costa Mesa, gave us a heads up on a few events they’re having this month. The ﬁrst one is the premiere of Manufacturing Stoke. The screening is on August 4th at 7pm, tickets are available online at manufacturingstoke.com and live music and plenty of rafﬂes will be going down as well. The second event is the Surf Swap on Saturday August 6th. If you’re looking for some new or vintage surf gear at a reasonable price then look no further than the Boathouse. There will be food trucks on hand and plenty of bands playing throughout the day. Both events will be plenty of fun for everyone, so make sure you stop by.

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The Agenda Tradeshow is going down in Huntington Beach on August 3rd and 4th coinciding with the US Open. The show was a great success last year and will be showcasing some of the surf, skate, snow and street wear industries top brands. On the 3rd the Agenda Family BBQ will be dishing out free hotdogs and hamburgers in the Lighthouse Courtyard from 6-8pm courtesy of RVCA and Freedom Artists with live entertainment from Gantez Warriors and Snakebit Drifters. The show is all happening at the Hyatt Regency just down the street from Main Street in HB so make sure to stop by and tell them the BL!SSS crew sent ya.

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Fletcher fought the law and Fletcher won. After years of litigation, the Hermosa Beach City Council had to lift a citywide ban on tattoo parlors after the Federal Court of Appeals ruled the ban unconstitutional and that body ink is a form of artistic expression protected by the First Amendment’s free speech rights. July 14th marked the grand opening of 3rd Street Tattoo on PCH in Hermosa Beach, run by local tattoo artists and Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise. Over 500 people packed the house for tattoos, tunes, free beer and tacos from local legend Wee Man of Jackass and his Chronic Tacos restaurant. The night came to an end with a friendly visit from the local ﬁre marshal and police department.

Huntington Beach will definitely be the hot spot for the first half of August and another event to mark on your calendar is Kai Neville’s Lost Atlas premiere on Thursday, August 4th at 7:30pm. Throngs of the hottest Orange County surf groupies will be on hand to sip some cold beverages and get weird, and if the film is anything close to Kai’s first film (Modern Collective), then the night will not be one to miss. The premiere’s going down next to the Shorebreak Hotel at the Strand so be there ready to destroy your liver and enjoy some crazy surfing.

CH UCKY KID N EW JO B We got to give a little shout out to our pal Logan “Chucky” Dulien and congratulate him and his wife on the birth of his baby girl Bowie Simone Dulien and scoring his old job back at RVCA on the same day. A monumental event in anyone’s book, the Newport native will be once again slaving away as head SoCal artist James ‘Haunt’ Gillette just can’t seem to keep himself out of of International Surf Marketing as well as Team Manager. I’m sure the BL!SSS Magazine. He’s been a very busy boy lately, releasing exclusive Fyasko boys at RVCA are stoked to see he’s back and I’m gonna go out on a limb and tees with Urban Outﬁtters, having live painting exhibitions and most recently teaming back up with the good folks at Tilly’s to partake in their “Limited Edi- say that he’s also gonna be working with Mickey Avalon and other musical tion Collective T-Shirts”. Like everything Haunt gets his hands on, you can bet talent waving the RVCA ﬂag and growing their roster. We’re stoked to see you that these exclusive tees are gonna go fast. They’re schedule to release on back in the mix Chucky and expect many lunchtime visits in the near future. August 4th, so mark your calendars and get on over to your nearest Tilly’s or shop online at tillys.com/jameshaunt and score yours today.

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Interview: Liz Rice McCray

I’m going to begin by saying no, this is not David Choe, not a misprint or a typo (although I do make a lot of those). Their work isn’t similar but they are commonly mistaken as the same person. So it seems it still needs to be clariﬁed to some that they are two different people. This is David T. Cho, who was born in South Korea, received a BFA from Emily Carr University, and is currently living/working in Vancouver. Cho has been painting a series of portraits of “ﬁghters” and “wrestlers.” I randomly came across his work while

chasing down another artist on the wild web. Initially, I probably stopped at Cho’s work out of habit after all the years of working for PM Tenore at RVCA - I just had to see if he had painted BJ Penn or one of the many other fighters PM is friends with. Having said that, over the many years working for RVCA, I did embrace a familiarity of names of fighters, one of the perks of working for a guy that throws all walks of life in the same room (a melting pot of artists, musicians, surfers, skaters, fighters, etc). So I was happy when I recognized several of Cho’s portraits. Cho isn’t the

first artist to focus on painting famous brawlers, or to paint in his particular style, but the combination is stellar. The emotional portraits draw you in. Depicting different fighting greats, or possibly his favorites, each portrait reflects a distinctive moment of defeat, pride, strength… and the fanatical - Cho captures the “fighter” in the raw and lets you look at the athletes, masculine tough guys, through an artist’s eye.

the fighter and the artist. Cho’s love for painting the “fighter” and “wrestler” as subjects is supported by his “practical art” background, painting portraits of family pets. Cho paints these pets with the same masculine approach and style that he paints the fighter, although there is less emotion… hence, “practical art.”

The paint is applied to complement the subject matter and guide the viewer’s eye to a place of understanding both

To check out more of David T. Cho’s work go to www.davidtcho.com.

While most of the world knows her as the new model with the pink hair, we know Charlotte Free as the newest RVCA advocate. A few months back we got a pretty excited sounding call at RVCA from a friend of ours who told us he just met an amazing girl in a video game arcade in LA. “YOU GUYS, I FOUND THIS GIRL. SHE’S SO COOL! Pink hair, Photo: David M.

rad style, ﬁfth generation Angeleno and a huge, huge Lakers fan! Her name is CHARLOTTE FREE...”. After getting the chance to hang out with Charlotte, we realized she was instantly going to be a friend for life. With lots of friends, great taste in photography, fashion and music in common, it was inevitable we would work together. Even though she had

never modeled before, Charlotte was a natural in front of the camera. A few days later Charlotte was on a plane to NY where she signed with IMG models. Since then she has been causing chaos from LA to NY to Paris. In a couple months she went from playing video games at her local arcade to opening the Vivienne Westwood show during fashion week in London. She’s

already worked with Chanel, Jeremy Scott, Charlotte Ronson, Maybelline and many more around the world. Her attitude, style and charm took her on a pretty fast track in the modeling world and we’re happy to have her as a RVCA advocate. Basically, Charlotte rules. You will be seeing a lot of her around RVCA including new women’s campaigns and also on some future graphics to be featured in a future women’s line.

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Interview: Liz Rice McCray Will you please introduce yourself? Born and raised in central New Hampshire, I currently reside and work in central Connecticut with the hopes of getting out west for at least a few years. How did you get into painting? You said that you were left some oils? Up until college, I was really intimidated by the act of painting. I always drew characters from my favorite video games or Disney characters that I admired. When my Grammie Huckins passed in ‘93 I was given her oil paint set because my family knew I had a growing interest in art... and I had no idea what to do with it. I remember though how much I enjoyed the smell of the oil paint. But, of course, my ﬁrst painting was garbage... it was of a New England style barn with a few trees in the back. I still have it hanging in my studio. As I grew older I was introduced to formal painting techniques and I grew an obsession with it and now I strictly paint in acrylic, even though they don’t smell as good as oils. How did this series come about and will you try and put to words some insight to your art – 18th century American portraiture

with 21st century verbiage on top? This whole series started with a challenge, I could not paint faces. The very thought of painting a face scared me so much that I completely avoided it. I was getting bored with painting cans of SPAM and urban scenes so I needed to challenge myself (especially after my cousin called me out). I started practicing with 18th century American portraits because I have a fascination with that particular time period in American history. And to my amazement, I wasn’t half bad. I still needed work, but not a bad start. My practice pieces weren’t of best quality, so I would place text in front of the awkward parts of the face and low and behold the series was born. I started comparing and contrasting our technology driven society with the simplistic, civil society of early America. It may seem at some points that our priorities are in drastically different places, one that used to communicate by hand written letters, proper language skills, the ability to bake an apple pie from scratch. All these traditional and simple ways of life have almost disappeared and given way to modern technology, which seems to consume our way of life. I wanted to create a series of work that made a statement of how ridiculous our priorities can be, but also make it

comical because I’m not a serious or dramatic person. Would you say that today’s younger generations are becoming more grammatically illiterate and less interested in learning about how to properly communicate effectively, or how to bake that apple pie? Not to be too direct, but yes, yes I am. Do you tweet, mypace, facebook, blog – I’m probably missing some of the social networks – well do you partake in them all? You would think with the statement I’m trying to portray in my work, that my face would be glued to any device that can social network. But the truth is, I only have a facebook account, which I check a whole one time per month. I’m not much of a social networker, I try and be more productive. Plus, I’d feel a tremendous amount of pressure to be witty and funny if I were to blog. How would you explain your process of creating? Everything starts with a sketch on tracing

paper. Then maybe some Photoshop manipulations, but the entire composition of the painting is based off that final sketch. Painting is drawn out, the under painting in, the final layers complete, a coat of varnish, and voila, the painting is finished. I normally only work one painting at a time, but several ideas for future paintings are always swimming around in my head. When it’s all said and done how would you like your art and you to be remembered? Do you think people’s art is remembered more so now then it used to be? (Due to the wild, wild web communication highway) When it’s all over, I hope to be remembered for my skill, originality, and my charming good looks. I want to be an artist who has grown over the years, developing a skill and craft, but also never sticking to one idea or theory. Art today is more accessible and much easier to publicize, but it’s also very easy to quickly update a webpage the following day and have the work be replaced by another great artist. Where can people check out your work? www.shawnhuckins.com

Words: Kelly Shannon Like most artists, David Barth uses drawing as an emotional and communicative outlet. But David cannot simply express emotion verbally, as he has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. Born in the Netherlands in 1998, he developed an exceptional knack for drawing at an incredibly young age. With the help of his mother Inge Barth-Wagemaker, the twelve-year-old has turned his disorder into a highly inspiring personal characteristic. A pervasive development disorder, Asperger Syndrome is a form of high functioning autism. Those born with

the disorder generally have trouble with common social interactions and communication. They also struggle with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. So when David Barth starts a drawing, he basically already knows what it looks like in his head, whether it’s hundreds of birds, insects, jungle creatures, or even a portrait. People with Asperger’s often demonstrate intense interests, creating an amazing sense for detail. And David most deﬁnitely proves this in his work. In 2004, at the age of only six-yearsold, David held his ﬁrst exhibition. In

2005, he won a drawing competition organized by the Russian School of Arts. Two years later, he won the prestigious Caldenborgh Young Talent Award in the Comics category. By 2009, his drawing was featured in the book Drawing Autism, which celebrates the artistry and self-expression of individuals diagnosed with autism. In this book, his drawing “Birds,” features 397 different species. And he knows almost all their given names, and in Latin too. After seeing the effects from Drawing Autism, David and his mother Inge completed a children’s book, titled

What’s Up With Curtis?, where he illustrated the story his mother wrote about a very sweet rat named Curtis who has autism. Published in 2010, the book uses touches of humor about how living with autism feels from the inside, as well as tips of how to deal with the disorder. Each of David’s drawings are simply enjoy able. Being just twelve-years-old makes his art so charming, amusing and unique. His day-to-day struggles with Asperger’s are certainly difﬁcult, but he shows us through his drawings that his outlook on life is so refreshing and joyous. He reminds each of us that obstacles can be overcome.

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The legendary Lee Granger // Todd Profﬁt in the green room // Andre putting out the vibe // Addy hardly working // Billy doing some deep thinking

The Froghouse maniacs // Gnarly Dylan // Chevy... I mean Ford Archbold // Tom Carey is an Olympic swimmer // Black He-man & Bob Plumb

GT looking sharp these days // Braly & his girls // Jason making his rounds // Wither and his tan loins // TK is in the zone

Nick Skawinski gives it two thumbs up // Lomenzo’s hangover therapy on the red couch // Josh Hoyer and his ﬁrst beer // Punker Matt // Mark Kozuki best PT in town

Sierra’s cheeseburger is ready // Ladies and gentleman Joe Foster

Photo: Dominic Petruzzi : dominicpetruzziphoto.com // Stephanie Farmer :: scottcopelandtalent.com Beauty is a quality present in a thing or person that brings deep satisfaction and or pleasure to the mind. As this beautiful brunette plays in the sand and stares into our eyes we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but thank God that beauty exists all around us. With that in mind, we should all attempt to appreciate this gift and take it in whenever possible. So sit back and enjoy the pages of this magazine and feel free to stumble back to this page often to remind yourself of what beauty really is.

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Words: Joey Marshall Surf photography has changed dramatically over the past decade. The digital era has really put a damper on actually knowing the old tricks of the trade. Knowing where the best processing labs are located, understanding every setting on your camera, deciding what film to use during what type of lighting you have – all these aspects can now be adjusted after-the-fact on a little program called Photoshop. Which is another key factor in becoming today’s successful surf photographer, you must be savvy on the computer. There are still a few old salties that have rolls of their favorite Kodak and Fuji film packed away in the fridge, preaching about how the old pin hole is still king, but when discussing current surf photography, everything has become digital. With all the technological developments, one thing that really hasn’t changed is putting the fins on, tightening the housing, and jumping in the water for hopes of that perfect shot. There still aren’t a ton of photographers out there that can get in the water time-after-time and come up with the gold. Tom Carey however is one of those photographers. He has been doing it since the pre-digital era and has consistently put himself in the pit, on top of the lip or in the impact zone for the everelusive behind-the-barrel shot for years and years. It’s not easy work either, you’re swimming against current, treading water, trying to line yourself up with a surfer, keeping the lens spot free, all while hoping to get the magic moment. This takes hours of time, dedication, and a good relationship with each surfer that you’re in the water with. Many things can and do go wrong: housing leaks, leg cramps, slammed by waves, run over by the surfer, caught in current, water spots, chased out of secret location… you name it, it’s gonna happen at some point, Tommy will attest to this. That being said, we took the liberty of diving into his ever-growing plethora of hard drives to search out some of his best. It was more than a pleasure looking through the years of amassed photos so we really hope you spend some time enjoying these six pages where everything went right. A lot of them are planned out with high hopes but even more just happen. Call it luck or call it dedication, but our boy Tom Carey always gets the job done, enjoy.

Captions: Tom Carey Craig Anderson: Greenbush, April 2011 – I had to swim my ass off to get into the spot. It’s tough keeping the horizon straight, especially when you’re reaching to get into the tube. You have to make sure you don’t foamball the surfer either. Needless to say, everything came together on this one.

1. Yadin Nicol: Cabo, January 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This day I fought the current for over two hours and this shot is all about keeping your lens port dry for proper composition and keeping the surfer sharp. I must have duck dove 500 waves that day to get this shot. 2. Tom Carey: WA, May 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Me posing for Brian Bielman, faking the action.

5. 3. Clay Marzo: Macaronis, March 2010 – It’s all about your position on the wave when it comes to small wave action shooting. There’s a spot right on the lip line that I like to be right in front of, almost like a coping on a half pipe. That way you get to see the back of the wave, the front of the wave and usually the bottom of the board. 4. Mikala Jones: Off The Wall, Winter 2009/2010 – These shots are a lot easier for guys setting up for the barrel. It’s about following the guy with camera and knowing it’s barreling right behind you. It’s a tough shot to get especially at a place like Off The Wall when there are at least ten other guys shooting in the water. 5. Sterling Spencer: Ecuador, March 2011 – A skate inspired shot, I told Spencer to do a lip slide and I set myself up again like I was on the coping. The littlest variation of where you are on the wave can either make or break the shot. This is one of the only ones that session where neither myself or Spencer were affected by the spray.

1. Dusty Payne: Oaxaca, August 2010 – This turn scared the shit out of me, Dusty was going so fast and what you can’t tell is the next frame his ﬁns were almost in my camera. This is where the relationship between the surfer and photographer is most important, where I trust that Dusty is not going to hit me and he knows that I’m good enough to get out of the way right at the last moment.

6. Evan Gieselman: Central America, July 2010 – A short point break is a perfect setup to get that skate inspired shot. When shooting an air like this, it is also up to the surfers to stay over their board but with their head still showing. Another example of how the surfer has to be aware and work together with the photographer.

2. Craig Anderson: Baja, November 2009 – A little experimentation in focal lengths turned this photo from a B photo to an A photo in my book.

7. Nate Tyler: Baja, November 2009 – Front lit photos aren’t always the best photos, this is a good example of that. A tail-high air always seems to make a photo better.

3. Andrew Doheny: Santa Cruz, February 2011 – A cool photo but being further into the wave probably could have made this photo better. I’m still learning from my mistakes and over analyzing every shot. 4. Dion Agius: Matzalan, April 2010 – Another good use of the 50mm to help my range with this bigger playing ﬁeld and at the same time giving it a much different look than if I had shot it on land. 5. Gavin Beschen: Pipeline, Winter 2009/2010 – This is a pretty good sized day at Pipe, I just got lucky framing this photo perfectly, with the surfer off center and keeping the whole wave in the frame. What makes this photo special is that there are no other heads, arms or other body parts of surfers or photographers, which is really rare at Pipeline.

8. Corey Lopez: Samoa, February 2010 – Shooting an amazing wedge like this isn’t always as easy as it seems. I remember having to come up out of the water and pop back quick enough to have the water beat off the port to capture these airs. It really helps that Corey is ﬁrmly planted over his board.

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Where do I start with Dave? The first thing that comes to mind is his kick flip at El Toro. On the drive there, with him sitting shotgun, I was pretty sure he’d either change his mind or bail after a few attempts and call it a day. That’s an indication of how little I knew about him back then. The board he was riding was janky as hell. Flat spotted wheels, razor-thin nose and tail, trucks that looked like Salba’s after a year of concrete grindage. After we arrived and got the cameras set up, I literally saw fire in his eyes. I’m talking Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport fire. He rolled up to it a few times to scope it out, and then just fucking went for it. He committed every goddamn time. On the seventh try, he

nailed it. Bolts. I bought him a case of Sam Adams to celebrate. Don’t pigeonhole him, though. Let him loose on a mini ramp and he’ll make you so ashamed of your ability that you’ll want to cry in the shower. His part in “What The Fuck Is A Bachinsky?” is the proof in the pudding. So well rounded. Dave Bachinsky is a man of mystery. All Dave eats is chicken and rice and Marlboro reds. He disappears and reappears at will. He’s impossible to not get along with. I would even say his hat (that he has worn every day for the last 5 years) has its own microclimate. Take my word for it, he’s the radness.

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Murphy. Over the last four years I’ve seen him progress so fast. With the last two years of footage put together it’s gonna be a epic part. Finally after 2 1/2 years of ﬁlming and seeing the video all put together, along with all the new spots, friends charging ruggedness, that’s rad to me. That’s sick, I hear on the side you have been bike riding a lot. Is it true your trying to bike from Massachusetts to Florida in the summer? That’s what I’m planning as of right now. I’ve driven from Massachusetts

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to Florida around 17 times. Once October is ending that’s when we start our drive. It’s awesome leaving the cold and hitting the amazing weather. Over the summer I pulled out my old bike and decided I wanted to cruise around town. My girlfriend and I biked around six miles, and we were beat. Over supper that night it came to my mind we should try to bike down to where she is from (Florida). I’ve been set on making this happen for the last four months. Since then I’ve been trying to think of ways to raise money along the way for my local park, we’re gonna aim for four demos/ BBQ fundraisers along the way on the trip down.

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Bikes are pretty dangerous; didn’t you or someone you were with recently get hit by a car? Yeah it was pretty raw situation. We just bought our bikes for the trip on Valentine’s Day, ﬁrst time together on that day in three years. We did around 24 miles

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around town and we were three blocks from our house. When out of the blue this woman pulls into her drive way right in front of us. My chick was around 20 feet in front of me and I just see her breaking for about 10 feet till she slams into the passenger side of the car. Everything happened so fast, I looked to my side and three cars pulled over, ﬁve people are next to me that were walking down the street are trying to help us. My chick had some nurse holding her neck up. Sirens are

going off and the woman that hit us is complaining about her new car. At this point I felt like life just did a 180 on me; it was way too much at one time. To end this shitty story short, the cop on that helped us out, came two hours later to the hospital and told us that the couple tried to refuse a ticket, along with screaming at him and so on. He almost arrested them, and around six witnesses agreed that she was in the wrong for making that turn. We had to buy a new bike since then. Shit

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called “Holy Cow”. He does a lot of random projects and he’s gonna document the trip. Our other friend Bryan Downey is working on his on clothing line with Kuzma. We are in the works of making shirts for the trip to sell out at demos. I’ve been looking on the internet for routes and interesting things to check out along the way. We’re deﬁnitely gonna be covering some coast line during the trip.

You’re still up for the trip? Do you have any routes planed out? Yeah of course were gonna follow through with the trip, life has gnarly moments all the time. Personally, it makes you more aware of what is around you and stronger to push further. As of right now it’s my two friends, girlfriend (Chelsea), and I. One friend Brandon Kuzma just ﬁnished up a Florida local video Florida is a long way from

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Lowell, about 1,500 miles. Do you actually think you will make it all the way there? I’m sure we can, We’re gonna have 1.5 to 2 months to do whatever we make of it. Staying at friends and familys houses on the way is gonna make some amazing nights rest. Camping is gonna be interesting for the rest of the nights, trying to find a good spot to setup and all that. It’s gonna get exhausting for sure but that makes a better story/trip. Being in Stuart, Florida right now is perfect for training on a bike, it’s flat and I’ve got to see so much more on a bike then I would have in a car. It’s great down here. The biggest “mountain” in southern Florida is 86 feet. That’s pretty intense, What’s your plans for the rest of the winter season? I’ve been doing northern and southern trips with friends down in FL. I’m gonna be going up to Massachusetts to teach skate camp for February break. Shape Deuce premiere! Then I’m flying back to FL for the month of March. I’ll probably try to get out to San Francisco and get some city cruising going. I’ll be over the edge going from FL flats to SF’s range. You recently got on Vox

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footwear, how’s that going? It’s awesome with Think Skateboards being out of northern California and Vox Footwear being out of southern California. I get visit great parts of CA. The Vox crew is wicked rad; we’ve got a medium size team so everyone has a great portion of input. We just got done working on the forth Vox video so that was really fun to be apart of. It’s been a great experience so far, there’s more to come. Cheers up! Well that’s sick man I can’t wait to see your part in SHAPE DEUCE video. Is there anyone you’d like to give a shout out too? If anyone wants to get in touch with me regarding the bike trip: dfbbike@yahoo.com Along with that: My Parents, My uncles Paul and Steve for introducing me into skateboarding, Chris Ortiz for getting this going, Xeno & Nate Legsdin for the photos, Jay Clement for the interview, Manny Santiago, Nicky Lamarche, B-Hat, Chelsea for the support, All the Friends, Dylan at Oakley, Tony & Dan at Street Corner, Jason at FKD Anyone I should be saying but forgetting! Thanks Blisss Magazine!

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Interview: Casey Eklips Zoltan What name do you go by? POSE 1.

looks dumb empty compared to some of the other guys in the crew. In 2012 I’ll get back on my Anthony Bourdain game.

Where you from? Chicago. What crews do you represent? With great pride I represent… MAD SOCIETY KINGS, THE WORLD FAMOUS SEVENTH LETTER CREW, and Chicago’s very own DIRTY THIRTY Train Gang. Are you educated? Street and Institutionally certified with honors. You have to wear a lot of different hats to get what you want out of life and a proper education just makes your game that much tighter. Who/what motivates or influences you? Crew and peers first, but also the dick with the cloak and sickle, cause once he shows up all the fun’s over. Tell us about your most memorable graffiti experience? I’ve experienced so much cause of graff so it’s sad to say this but honestly, painting NY subways as a young kid, nothing will ever top that feeling, shit was so pure. That sensation was really all I really wanted. I could have quit then. You feel like a fucking alien growing up, and then you go into the tunnels, it’s like you are exactly where you are supposed to be and everything’s all good. The 5 things you would grab from your house in a disaster? Daughter, wife, and dog. Until I have more kids or get something more important fuck the rest. The 5 things you’d behind? All of it. Let it burn. insurance.

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Where have you traveled doing grafﬁti? Almost every state in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Asia, Eastern Europe. I feel like I’ve traveled more than I ever imagined possible in my life, but my passport

Which was your favorite trip? My second trip to Barcelona was rad for a whole long list of reasons and stories but most importantly cause I was welcomed into the crew in a real official way. That whole trip changed what I though to be possible for myself, it was real eye opening, inspirational and marked the start of a whole new era for my life. What would you buy if you had $100,000 to spend in 1 hour? A block in Detroit, or a houseboat in Amsterdam. Worst and best thing that happened because of graffiti? I got to play but I had to pay. The beauty of graffiti (regardless of how the authorities and other miserable people like to view it) is temporary and fleeting by nature. Relationships and wounds heal, time gets done and fines get paid, paint fades or get buffed… The only real place graffiti is incredibly powerful and permanent in is in our psyche. The amazing memories of missions that we’ll remember on our deathbed as well as anger and bruise to the ego of a business owner whose property got sprayed. It’s incredibly human, powerful and evokes the full range of emotions. But in reality or a physical sense, it’s just a little paint applied to a surface - nothing more. So basically the best thing I got was the memories, the freedom in the moment and the therapy that helped me survive in this life. The worst I got was angry people that could temporarily rob my freedom and take money from me. Where would you live besides Chicago? New Orleans, Paris, and NYC are definite favorites that I’d be happy to call home, but the list is endless. What would your life be like if you never did graffiti?

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Not much of a life at all. What do you have planned for your art career for the rest of the year? Of course a fair amount of travels and collaborations (working on the street), but my main focus for this whole year is leading up to my second Solo show at Known Gallery in November… I’m going to ﬁnally give the whole working indoors (studio/gallery) process its due. I am approaching this show more ambitiously and conceptually aggressive than I have before in order to break new ground with the show. How’s being a father? Beautiful, it’s the best thing I’ve experienced in life so far. Also the most terrifying! Chicago is famous for hot dogs, where can I get the best one in the world? This question could cause some riots… This is one of those questions in which

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everyone has a different answer and normally all answers are all valid. I could name a ton of different spots (open & closed) but in my opinion, the best current place to get a Chi style dog in true form is The Wiener’s Circle. Just get there before the douchbag late night crowd. If you’re all about the dogs then you’ll be a happy camper, trust me. What does your family think about your choice in life to be a grafﬁti artist? Ha! Once they ﬁgured out what I wrote they HATED seeing my name allover the train line. But that was the early years (I think they were just embarrassed by the amount of damage we did and how much trouble I got into), cause over time I think my mom became really proud of how up I was (as my stuff got better of course). Then when all the travel and job opportunities started to come my way, I think they became more proud and

supportive of my choices. At the end the day there was a mutual respect to the dedication I had and amount of work I put in. They already knew I was a lunatic so they were really happy that I didn’t end up strung out, locked up or deceased. What do you think about their choices? I love it. I am incredibly proud of my family, and what they have struggled though, accomplished, ect. I am eternally grateful for the life and foundation they gave me. What’s The Seventh Letter mean to you? Everything. Family, inspiration, support, progress, ect. Making our own history. What’s your favorite thing to do outside of art? I’m basically as human as it gets… Make love, laugh my ass off with my

friends, cause trouble, tell stories, get high, listen to really good music, ﬁnd new cutty places and things… basically anything that makes me feel alive in the moment, and inspires my art. What’s your favorite medium? Black spray paint. It’s one of the most instantly liberating and gratifying ways to change a surface and environment. Negative or positive, people instantly have a very strong reaction to it. Shit’s powerful, spray paint on a wall is such a loaded weapon in this country, and it’s insane. What’s your favorite fedora, why? This is another question that could create some hipster fashionista riots. I try as hard as I can to not pay attention to what is temporarily in or out of style. As far as hats, I’m good with anything that keeps me cool while painting, or keeps me from having to keep grease in my hair every single day. As long as it’s timeless enough that I don’t look

like I’m going clubbing or trying to get my sexy on. Dobbs, Bailey, Biltmore, Stetson, I’m not picky. Goorin makes some really nice hats as well. Push made a hat with them that is fucking great. If I had done this interview post Goorin collabo I would deﬁnitely be reppin’ mine. So be on the lookout for the signature Pose Goorin, it’s in the works. Tell us about your bond with KC Ortiz? How much time do we have? DuraBond man. We are like brothers. I will always support whatever he does. We started out in the 90’s with serious graff beef, as mortal enemies running the lines trying to kill each other, and that is just the beginning to a long, long saga, so it’s a truly rich relationship. I don’t think we will ever stop supporting/

pushing each other to reach creative truths and the marrow of life. What’s on the top of your playlist? Here’s some I can never get out of my head: -Sleep Walk by Ritchie Valens -Just Won’t Do Right - James Brown -Avalanche - Leonard Cohen -Aint it fun – Dead Boys -Hanging on the telephone - The Nerves -You’re Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators -I Put a Spell On You - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins -Beast of Burden – The Rolling Stones -Be My Baby - The Ronnettes -That’s How Strong My Love Is - Otis Redding

Who are the three most inﬂuential people in your life and why? To many to narrow down, everybody’s played a part. What are three things you’d change in your life if you could? 1-Be independently wealthy so I could spend less time hustling to pay bills and more time making art. 2-Double or triple my life span. 3-Have been born with the voice of an angel so I could sing like my uncle Nico. Favorite beverage? Either a really good cup of coffee, easy on the cream and sugar, Coconut water, or Kettle & Soda with a lime. Or all three in that exact order.

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Interview: Spencer Pirdy It’s 5:30am on a Tuesday morning and I’ve already had two missed calls from the guy. He’s driving like he’s in the Indy 500 down PCH and psyching up like a kid in a candy store. By the time I’m up and the haze of sleep is beginning to wear off, I get another call from him. “It’s pumping!” he says. “Get down here!” I doubted this as the wind was already up and the forecast called for a dying swell, but thank god for his call because true to his claim ‘Spot X’ was as good as it had been all season. Joe ran the session from the beach hooting us into waves and giving everyone giant grins from ear-to-ear after an unexpectedly epic session. This is what Joe lives for. Cherishing and capturing these moments, always seeking out the next like a man on a mission. The truth about photographers is that a lot of them are jaded. They’ve seen it all. They’ve clipped away at endlessly perfect waves in tropical locations. They never really get that stoked, and if they do they seldom show it. They stick to their comfort zones and rarely think outside the box. Joe Foster is one of the few exceptions. He’s always chasing new angles, working on interesting projects and when you’re shooting with him his stoke becomes contagious. Joe likes to diversify and will be shooting Southside HB with Ryan Carlson on one day and digging out a mysto sandbar with Kiron Jabour the next day. This is what keeps his work so relevant. There’s a lot more to Joe than one would think. Was he America’s ﬁrst top model? A bodyboarding legend? Does he ever not have a Pall Mall in his mouth? One thing is certain and that is that Joe Foster has paved his own road and will continue to do so and be the ultra motivated son of a bitch

that we have all come to know and love. After bribing him with more smokes and coffee drinks, here’s what he had to say… Joe where did photography all start for you? A long, long time ago in a land far away… Seriously. It was in Japan about 1991. I was modeling there and living with all the other models from my agency. I was the only one who brought a camera, a glorified tourist camera at best, so I ended up shooting all them for new shots for their portfolios. I would watch what the other photographers did on my jobs and then take that knowledge back to the apartment and try it out on the models I lived with. Do you enjoy shooting fashion photography? I really did for a while. I had a studio in downtown Los Angeles for a few years. I was working with all the big agencies like Ford, LA Models, Next, etc… and getting into the magazine editorial world. Did a lot of work for Riviera, Flaunt, Angeleno, the Mens Book, 8.5 etc. The part I got tired of was the models always wanting hair and makeup, location scouting, the overall attitudes in general… It was way to much fuss for me so I was open too finding a new art form. You were a bit of a punk rock star when you were younger right? Tell us a little about these days? In high school I was in one of the first straight edge hardcore bands in Orange County. The band was called Unity. We played a lot of shows and are somewhat considered the origin for straight edge hardcore on the west coast. The singer and drummer went on to form Uniform Choice. I got to play in a few other bands to with my friend Dan O’ Mahoney and Gavin

Ogelsby in No For an Answer. I later started the band Ignite and toured for about seven years. What were the Joe Foster groupies like back then? Ha… Ummmmm. We actually had a guy in Europe that would go out to the line, pick the hottest girls and let them in for free in the backstage room. Pretty crazy. It was this guy to who actually found the girl I am marrying this October. Thanks Sven… We’ve all seen the photos so let us in on your modeling career. When and how were you discovered? I used to be a professional bodyboarder. I remember in 1987, which was my best and last year on the bodyboarding tour that I would never beat Mike Stewart. He was and still is such an amazing waterman. Anyway, I ended up finishing fifth in the world that year and was personally content and ready for maybe something new. I separated my shoulder in the shorebreak at Seal Beach and had time to kill. I remember being at some nightclub with my friends and this older lady just starring at me. It was kinda weird and my friends were like, “oh man, that lady is really checking you out.” Kinda pre-cougar days or something, LOL. Anyway, she walked up to me and introduced herself to me. Her husband owned LA Models and she gave me his card and said to come see him. I did following week and about three weeks later I moved to Paris… It happened pretty fast. Did modeling influence your photography or help to spark an interest in capturing images? For sure, the lighting dynamics were probably a bigger help than I’ll ever know. Studying the great ones like Albert Watson, Michelan-

gelo De Baptista, Sarah Moon, Herb Ritts, Helmutt Newton etc… was my inspiration at a younger age. I was in love with the visual art concept of photography, light dynamics, colors, emotion, but mostly the art and impact a photo could achieve and communicate with. Who are some of your favorite guys to shoot with? Teddy Navarro, Ryan Carlson, Chris Waring, Brad Ettinger, Ethan Carlston, Kanoa Iragashi, (the little dictator), Kyle McGeary, Alex Gullett, Evan Kane, Albee Layer, Ryan Croteau, Nate Yeomans, Clay Crandal, Sam Orozco and on and on and on… I really have a great personal relationship with most of the guys I shoot. Not just the normal photographer to surfer, but also friend to friend… I really like it that way. How many packs a day do you smoke? And did you know that smoking on the beaches of Newport is illegal these days? Ha. I don’t smoke. What are some top-secret photo projects you’ve been working on to separate yourself from other photographers? I have this online magazine I am working on. It’s been a cover only issue I have been doing on Facebook for a while now, but the real online magazine should be done by the time the US Open starts. Super stoked on that and I am also launching a women’s online magazine soon. Aladdin and Genie. You should be able to check out the ﬁrst Aladdin mag at aladdinsurfmag.net, and soon the .com should be active. I am also studying a lot about making my own digital negative for large artistic prints and intend to do a gallery show soon. Some of my work can be seen at Diggs Gallery on Beach and Adams. Shooting is my passion, it’s in my blood - I can’t stop. I love it and it

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keeps me alive. Being in the water connected to what you love is such a blessing from God. I am so thankful for that and everyone else who has helped me. What is the most you’ve ever sold a photo for? It was either two million or two thousand, I can’t remember… LOL. Tell us your favorite destination and about all the places you’ve traveled? Through modeling and touring with the band I have pretty much been to every country in the world. For surf trips I really like Central America. In general, thrift store shopping is Europe is hard to beat. Iris and I collect art and love the treasure hunt. If you could be any rock star in history who would it be? Probably Ian McKaye from Minor Threat

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and Fugazi. I always looked up to him as a kid. He always has invented and reinvented a certain style of music I respect and really like. Final question… Any spot. Any surfer. Who and where? Ryan Carlson at Magu shooting water. The surf would be 4-8 foot and wedging out of its mind with no one out. It would be a session worthy of an entire movie. The kind of stuff Ryan would do would be uncharted. He is hands down the most unappreciated and underrated surfer in the world. I would like to give a big shout out to Katin USA, O’Neill, Ergo and Waterman’s for supporting my dream and believing in me. Joe Foster

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Words: Lance Hakker Shoot the Moon is Videograss’ third movie. We’ve been at it for three years now. Sponsors take us a little more seriously now and we sorta have an idea about what we’re doing. But our focus and motivations are still the same as when we started. Videograss began as something for snowboarders, for people who actually snowboard a lot. We didn’t want to make something for ﬁlmers. We weren’t looking to showcase how well we could ﬁlm or how HD our HD is. We didn’t want to make team managers happy. We didn’t care if the media liked what we were doing. All we wanted to do, was make something that snowboarders would want to watch over and over again. We didn’t want people to skip parts, we wanted to make something refreshing, and

we wanted to make it for us. Videograss isn’t about telling the riders what to hit or what tricks to do. When Nick Dirks goes out to ﬁlm his video part everyday, he can do exactly what he wants to do. And at the end of the season, we want his part to be how he envisions it. When we picked our crew, we talked to our homeys and our favorite snowboarders. Our crew has become what it is today through our riders. This year in Shoot the Moon we’re featuring some of snowboarding’s best and most creative riders, including: Darrell Mathes, Jake Olson-Elm, Louif Paradis, Chris Grenier, Mikey Leblanc, Nima Jalali, Laurent-Nicolas Paquin, Jonas Michilot, Nick Dirks, Johnny

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Gus Engle locked the keys in the car at this spot in the middle of nowhere. Thanks Gus! :: Tail Press

Miller, Gus Engle, Zac Marben, Jon Kooley, Jordan Mendenhall, Will Tuddenham, Justin Bennee and Jed Anderson. If you’re unfamiliar with these names, it’s because these are the dudes who don’t follow the contest circuit. They don’t do the X Games or any of the other contests. Well, Louif was invited to the Real Snow contest and rail jam and walked away with two silver medals. But other than that, these guys spend their winters traveling and ﬁlming video parts. They’ve most likely never even thought about having to put a slopestyle run together. It’s a totally different world than what you see on television. It’s a completely different outlook.

Behind the lens we have some of the most influential and progressive videographers of the new generation. Justin Meyer is heading Shoot the Moon after directing the first two Videograss movies and creating snowboarding’s most popular web series ‘Sunday in the Park’. Team Thunder creator Sean McCormick has been with Videograss since the beginning and this year we’ve added two new filmers. Riley Erickson made last year’s cult hit, the House of 1817 movie and Eddie Grams is the founder of the popular production company Variety Pack. Shoot the Moon was shot all across the United States and Canada, up and down Europe, Russia, and Japan. Maybe even some other places that

Photos: Justin Meyer

Jake O E aka Maurk Ass Wahlberg went to Savors and got himself a Shorty’s hoody to get some of that wigger pop on this board slide.

It’s hard to tell what’s worse, Grendezz haircut or his camo pants.

Zac Marben left all the people in his life to come to Video Grass.

Our trip with Jordan Mendenhall to Cooke City lasted 3 days. We got two back country tickets and got kicked out of this jump after 3 tries. Sweet fuckn’ trip.

Nick Dirks is fully recovered from his femur injury but still thinks he’s a pirate...Butt pirate. He took the Alta wall backside.

You could smell Darrell Mathes hitting this jump from all over Cooke City cause he wears the same pair of socks all winter long.

4-5-6 bitch!

Will Tuddenham is an emotional man. He was all tears of joy after landing this gap backside 180 switch 50.

I’m forgetting. When you’re ﬁlming video parts you go into the season without a plan you don’t know where you’ll be going any particular week. It’s a hustle, you have to keep track of the weather. Talk to locals about spots and go to where the snow is. Sometimes it’s home, sometimes it’s in at an epic mountain in Europe, or it could be in a random town in the Midwest. And these guys have to travel around with their snowboards everywhere. Sometimes they’re traveling so much and ﬁlming so much, that Jed Anderson is known as the golden child. He looks more like TJ Schneider on this 5050 front 1.

It was Larry’s goal to look like Slash this season, congratulations you do.

The only thing tighter than this gap front lip by John Kooley is his pants.

they haven’t taken a run in a month. They could be in Minneapolis for a few weeks and then travel to Boston to ride in the city, and they don’t have time to go to a resort and take the lift. There’s a lot going on that people don’t know about. Filming video parts can be a daunting task. Then even though these guys you’re traveling with are your best friends, everyone gets annoying. Everyone. Someone wants to wake up early, someone else wants to sleep in. One guy wants fast food, one guy wants Whole Foods. You could argue over spots, who gets the bed. Traveling like that and being stuck in your snowboard boots for days on end can make the most amiable person irritable. Filming a video part can be fun, it can suck, it can be exciting, and it can be boring. But at the end of the year, this is what we all live for. It’s snowboarding, and we’ve all given up a lot to do it to the extent that we do. The summer comes along and you get a break. And when fall comes along and you finally get to see what you’ve worked so hard for all those months and months, it’s what fuels the fire to jump right back into it the next year. It’s why Shoot the Moon is our third movie, and definitely won’t be our last.

When will Justin Bennee leave the G and embrace the E.

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We know that we’re probably biased because we have a long standing relationship with everyone at Volcom, but we’re just going to go ahead and say it: The crew at Volcom puts on the best parties! Volcom’s third annual spring fashion show took place on a balmy summer night at Volcom Headquarters

in their employee shopping space. The show featured 16 models showcasing both Volcom’s Spring 2012 swim collection and a limited edition collaboration capsule with Volcomunity ambassadors (and BL!SSS favorites), POSSO. The models strutted down the

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runway to the sounds fueled by POSSO, who premiered brand new songs produced exclusively for the event. Their newest track, “Gypsy Love” started the night off with the runway show, followed up by a Posse DJ set that kept the ener-

getic crowd frothing on all the free booze until the wee hours of the night. POSSO (meaning: “I can”) is an out-of-this world collaboration between best friends Marylouise Pels

and Vanessa Giovacchini. Their collection embodies the true spirit of their day to night dressing: easygoing, slightly rebellious effortless California style, which was a perfect match for Volcom and their spring line.

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Make sure you check out Volcom’s Spring 2012 Swim and POSSO collaboration, available at Volcom retailers in November. Special thanks to Berentzen beverages for providing amazing drinks for the night and making us miss some waves the next morning!

Words: Brad Beylik :: Photos: Derek Bahn // Salvation Malibu // Bob Hurley with Hurley model Rosie O’Laskey // Store Layout // Travis Collings customizing // 4D boardshort – the latest in innovation from Hurley // Live performance by Brett Dennen // Ryan Hurley chats with Hurley’s Simon Haskell // Curren Caples // Rosie and Rob Machado Malibu’s Salvation is the latest in a string of Hurley store openings that have unfolded over the last several years. Following the model of its older sibling stores, like 225 Forest in Laguna Beach, the Malibu store tries its hardest to combine the seemingly opposing elements of sleek corporate consistency with the speciﬁcity and charm of a local boutique. And they hit pretty close to the mark, judging by the hundreds of satisﬁed hipsters, shoppers and supporters who showed up to enjoy the event. While the

store is distinctly Hurley, and unashamedly Nike-corporate, it seems to ﬁt right into the quaint-but-modern Malibu vibe, in a low strip mall alongside stores like Fred Segal and a trendy café. Salvation’s opening party centered on the launch of Hurley’s new Phantom 4D boardshort. Praised as yet another breakthrough of innovation for Hurley’s award-winning line of Phantom boardshorts, the 4D “incorporate’s Nike Flywire technology” and has a “ﬁrst-of-

its-kind ‘biomimic’ waistband as well as patented Phantom construction featuring 4-way recycled superstretch fabric, and water repellency and second-skin movement.” (If you’re scratching your head and wondering if all that is really necessary, you’re not alone. But let’s face it, they do look pretty cool.) For many, the most notable feature of the event was the release of a small quantity of shoes that brought together artist Dalek’s familiar geo-psychedelic patterns with a

limited edition Nike Airmax 90 + Hurley sneaker. Among other things, the event also featured a “custom-created Livery Design Gruppe (LDG) fixed-gear bike, hand-painted with the Dalek 4D visual.” Colors, shapes, flywire, biomimic, bikes, sneakers, superstretch. Supermimic-flybikes-sneakershapes-biostretch… Overkill? Maybe. But it has to be a good thing for America when Paris Hilton shows up, and hardly anybody notices.

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Words: Nick Greeninger :: Photos: Jon Hechtkopf // Jonah Mechanic, Kelly Gibson & Dylan Slater // FLOAT at Lido Theatre // Analise Seltzer, Dillon Perillo, Corey Wilson & friend // Nina Hanna, Lauren Hall, Connor Hall, & Sam Marquart // Nick Greeninger on the stage with the pre show speech // Peter Townend & Paul Harvey // Jye Townend & Oliver Kurtz // Brooke Jaramillo & Jon Hechtkopf // Taylor Paul with intern & Dillon Perillo

The stage was set for what many anticipated to be the coming out for one of California’s bright young hopefuls, Dillon Perillo. Perillo’s unique approach to surﬁng makes him something special, but different, very different. Charisma and steez bleed through his style in the water as one of the easiest surfers on the planet to watch. Calm and collected, Dillon was on hand chatting it up with his friends, family and industry fans. Although Dillon is a huge part to the movie and native of California, FLOAT also featured Rip Curl elites Mick Fanning, Owen Wright, Taylor Knox and Matt Wilkinson. This all-star cast hit the big screen if front of Southern California’s rowdy crowd.

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“This is the revival of the Search. We put Rip Curl’s top athletes on a boat for six months with one mission and that was to go out there and rip,” said Nick Greeninger, Rip Curl’s Team Manager. The movie hit the screen to hoots and hollers from all. The festivities would carry on into the night with a few beers and odd babes. With a great response, FLOAT will be one for all to see. The movie will be on sale at Rip Curl Stores and partnered retailers globally this September so be sure to pick it up and check it out.

Words: Jim Shubin // O’Neill Santa Monica // The boys with Roy // The guts look good // Nate & Jim Salzetti from O’Neill retail with Kurt Rambis of Kurt Rambis // Komei Oka of Metal Mulisha, Jim & Reggie with an uzi, Fuel TV’s John Stouffer // Shaun Ward doing work // DJ Keith Divel // Steve Ward with John Stouffer nursing his beer // O’Neill USA CEO Toby Bost chatting it up // Kanani smiling her way to an adult beverage

O’Neill opened their ﬁrst store in LA so it was time for a little celebration. A few of us went to the new spot on 2nd & Broadway in Santa Monica one evening to see what the event was all about. Once inside the ﬁrst person I saw was Kurt Rambis. Not a hard person to miss,

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since he’s 11 feet tall. The store was packed with pretty people and my ears were blessed with some DJ Keith Divel from the Sound Playground. The night was a nice one, so the iced drinks were a great touch and so were

the tasty mouth-trinkets catered by The Yard. The store looked great, as it’s part of the new O’Neill global concept. The wood for the walls was shipped from Europe to keep the steez and it worked well. A good part of the O’Neill team was present and chatting with whoever

wanted to mix it up with them. Artwork was provided by O’Neill employees for a good vibe. Go check it out just a few feet from the 3rd Street Promenade at 131 Broadway in Santa Monica. Big props to the O’Neill crew on a successful new store and a great event.

Words: Meghan Edwards // PM Tenore and Colette // Luck You Collective, Joseph, PM and a Free-spirited Charlotte // La Femme // Ratty Matty, Joe, Lil Deb, Dave Mushegain and Andy Milonakis // Charlotte Free, English fans, in France / Sarah Lerfel and Joe // PC Valmorbida of Prism Gallery // Kreayshawn performs in Colette // Andy Milonakis and Simon Rex (aka Dirt Nasty) // Ratty Matty inking a Frenchy

Over a six-week period this summer, RVCA collaborated on a series of events with the iconic Parisian boutique Colette. The mission behind the series was to provide a unique platform for young artists to share their talents with an international community. In addition to the events that took place at the Colette store, RVCA rented a loft in the center of Paris to experience the Parisian lifestyle and culture.

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It all kicked off with photographer David Mushegain’s show titled “Don’t Call it Cool,” and a preview to New York City’s Luck You Collective (LYC) workshop salon in Colette’s famous water bar. American tattoo artist Ratty Matty laid new ink on fresh French skin - a crowd favorite. An impressing amount of highproﬁle guests, such as Charlotte Free, Erin Wasson, Milla Jovovich, and Karl Lagerfeld came to experience the magic. There were live performances by lo-

cal Parisian favorites La Femme, whose set was followed by London beat-boxer, Contrix. Every Wednesday a new LYC workshop featured a hands-on educational do-ityourself project such as screen-printing, wheat pasting, and an 8-bit music demonstration with a performance by New York band Anamanaguchi. Along with the photo show and work-

shops, RVCA was proud to bring Kreayshawn to Paris (thank you Simon Rex) for her ﬁrst European performance (which was held inside Colette) followed by a second Colette x RVCA performance at nightclub, Le Pompon. The Parisian crowds packed in and sang along to every song! Yet another group of special guests such as Busy P, Dirt Nasty, and Andy Milonakis came to show their support and take part in the communal experience. Thank you Sarah!

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Interview: Max Ritter Over here at BL!SSS we are gearing up for the 2nd annual Pacific Festival going down this month at Oak Canyon Ranch. Last year’s event was a good time and this year the organizers have outdone themselves, taking the event up a notch with a bigger venue and even bigger lineup. This year’s bill is stacked with some bangers and our friend Hanni El Khatib is one of the standout acts you won’t want to miss. A lot of people in the industry might know you as Hanni the artist and creative designer whiz. You worked at HUF for a long time. Talk about how you transformed into this fulltime musician; it all kind of happened by accident, right? Yeah, absolutely. For me, music was kind of something that I did as a hobby outside of work to get my mind off of things. I’ve always been interested in making and recording music, but I never took it as serious to think I could turn it into a career or whatever. Mostly because my attention was focused on my work as a designer and creative director for a company and I was pretty busy in that sense. I just kept playing and recording and playing shows and doing things. That’s kind of when my CD accidentally fell in the hands of Jamie Strong who was working at Stones Throw at the time. He was working on a new label with one of his partners and co-workers and offered to put my record out. From that point it started to turn into something more concrete. I got a glimpse of, “Well ok, I guess I can release music through this outlet, that’s cool.” And I continued to play shows and do my own thing until it got to a point where I had to make the clear choice of, “Am I going to move forward and support my album by touring and doing all the things it takes to support or a record?” I kind of had to make the decision whether to pursue music or stay working as a designer. I chose music because it seemed like the right move for me at the time. It’s funny because it has had to have been a long time since you recorded this LP and it’s finally getting released in September… are there already new songs in the works? Yeah, on the album there are a couple new songs but for the most part it was all recorded a while back. Right now I am just anxious to get out so I can start recording new music. When we perform live I definitely perform new material that isn’t on the album, which is kind of funny considering no one is really familiar with my record anyways because it’s not out and here I am playing new music. (Laughs) But if you’ve gone to our shows we’ve been playing a bit of the same material for a minute so it is sort of necessary for me move forward and try new things. This month I have a little bit of a break before we start touring again I will be going into the studio to record some new stuff. I think the next record will come out a lot faster than this one. Talk about your background as a skateboarder and how it influences your music. I grew up skateboarding. I grew up

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in SF. In the late 80’s and early 90’s skateboarding was really huge. It’s pretty much all I did, as a kid and I would say my earliest exposure to music must have been watching skate videos when I was young. It opened up my eyes to all types of genres because in a skate video it could be a hip hop song in one persons part, a hardcore song in another persons part, and classic rock song in another persons part. Every skater has their own sense of style and it’s hard to duplicate. That idea and philosophy of skateboarding can apply to music real easily. You can pretty much do whatever you want because people are going to take it for what it is. For the up-and-comer kids, what is the must see ﬂick from your era? 20 Shot Sequence? All that stuff is good. Goldﬁsh? Hocus Pocus? Rubbish Heap was good. There are so many good skate videos that it is kind of hard. Fucktards!

That’s a good one. Not many people have that one. Can you explain your love of the old time 50’s sound? I think the thing I appreciate from that era and time is just the simplicity and how pure and raw the recordings and songs were. It’s real simple music; there is not much to it but in a weird way the limitations in technology and recording and sound kind of forced people to experiment. Back then they were developing recording techniques that no one did. They were inventing distortion and tremolo and all these things that everyone just has access to now. Those were new ideas back then. In a weird way I think it was a really progressive time for music as well as being a really simple time. You’re

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skateboarding and action sports in a way… you recently did the backing music for a huge Nike campaign? That relationship kind of came as an accident as well. (Laughs) Pretty much all of the things that have happened for me in music has kind of just happened by pure luck or chance. One of the heads of marketing at Nike happened to be hanging around with Jamie at my label. They had some mutual friends and they started wrapping out about music. They started talking about the campaign they were working on and Jamie introduced him to my music. All of a sudden I am making this song and it is being used and being on TV. It happened super fast. The song is a cover, right? Yeah, the song is a cover of a Funkadelic song. I kind of took my spin on it. It was one of those things where touching on a classic song is always weird. I didn’t

really want to cover it to the T, because you know I am not going to make it as good. At least my attempt you can say is different. The thing is, people get weird about putting your music in commercials or whatever. When I look at it I am like, “Wow, I have friends in that commercial. I like how it was done and I support skating.” I think it’s the way you get your music out to people these days. All your album art has been these rad old time photos. What’s the story behind the art direction? I wanted to make them to accompany the album. It was basically these tragic photos of car wrecks and burning trains that ﬂipped over and caught on ﬁre. I felt like it was taking something that is old and familiar and smashing it to bits and taking another look at it. To me, I feel like it matches visually

to the music. “Fuck It You Win” is my favorite track on the record; I love the guitar tone and the energy. The fucked up solo at the end is mean. What is the inspiration behind that one? Girl drama? It is a story about relationship gone crazy I guess. The idea where there is a certain time when you are just tired of ﬁghting. The thought of giving in but it’s also not giving in because you’re weak it’s just giving in because you don’t give a fuck anymore. I think musically I was playing around with the guitar riff and started throwing it through some octave pedals and different distortion. It started to sound like a synth. It really sounded like an old weird vintage synth through a fuzz pedal or something and I was like, “man, that sounds kind of cool.” It almost had this electronic dance kind of vibe to it with the four in the ﬂoor kick drum and all this stuff and I just kind of went with it. I didn’t want to make it too

precise or too perfect so letting it get wild at times during the song was the approach. Are you excited to be playing this year’s Paciﬁc Festival? It’s cool we haven’t really played many festivals so it is kind of still really new to us. We played Bonnaroo this year but this is going to be a good big one for us. Being that it’s in southern California and our hometown a little bit, it’s going to be fun. I saw the Black Lips got added. The Growlers are playing and we’ve played shows with them before; those guys are always rad. I heard Snoop is playing so hopefully I will get to smoke some weed with him. (Laughs). Keep your eyes peeled for Hanni’s debut LP Will The Guns Come Out next month on Innovative Leisure Records and be sure to catch Hanni playing the Paciﬁc Festival.

Photo: Guy Lowndes

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You might have recognized Dead Country’s catchy tune “Euro Trash” being played on the airwaves of KROQ lately. The Los Angeles band has been gaining recent attention for their crisp straightforward rock. It’s safe to say when front man Nick Long is not on tour he can usually be seen creeping around down at Hurley HQ trying to score some studio time or a new pair of Phantom boardshorts. We caught up with Nick to give him the good ole’ 5 question run down. Be sure to catch these rising altrockers in the limelight of this year’s Nike US Open of Surf. Interview: Aaron Farley

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You’ve got a four song EP out now, when can we expect the full length? We have a new EP for sale on tour right now which we’ll have at the US Open as well. We hope to have a full length out this winter. You’ve been out on the road touring with Alkaline Trio. How is that experience treating you? This tour has been awesome. The Alkaline Trio guys are super nice and their fans have been great to us. I

think it’s a good fit musically, which isn’t always the case with tours. I can’t complain. What would you say are the top five bands that have inspired Dead Country? Rodney Dangerfield put out rap album some years back called Rappin’ Rodney. That’s hands down my biggest musical influence. What was the feeling when you first heard your song play on the radio? Hearing “Euro Thrash” on the radio for

the ﬁrst time was insane. I had just woken up and turned on my clock radio and there it was. Pretty surreal and super fun, I was in my underwear. Is the excitement building to play this year’s Nike US Open of Surf? We’re all really excited to play. It’s an honor to play with Jimmy Eat World and I think it’ll be a fun day all around. I’m gonna paddle out on my Doyle and do the moonwalk naked. Shit’s gonna be bananas.

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Playing a twelve-string double cutaway hollow body as hard as you can through a full blasted tube amp with no pedals is pretty bad-ass (stage left). Cosmonauts are seen here opening for King Khan and The Gris Gris the night of July 15th at The Echo, LA. You’d be hard pressed to make out a word; however, their fuzzed out psych meets punk music has energy that speaks all its own. These local dudes like to play loud and it’s a woozy time. Creep on some of their music for free over at their Bandcamp page.

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Loving this ﬁrst taste of recordings from LA surfers Allah-las. Local southland native and vintage music connoisseur Nick Waterhouse worked the production reigns to really bring out that genuine old time sound that he has proved to be such a master at crafting. “Catamaran” is just an epic and catchy, pop, sing-along gem backed with some jangly tambo and ripe organ. It makes you feels like your watching a Bruce Brown ﬂick.

You would think remaking one of hip hop’s most classic albums is a certain death sentence for most mc’s career’s; however, on ELMatic Detroit’s Elzhi successfully puts a refreshing twist on Nas’s 1994 milestone album Illmatic. Original samples glossed up with the help of live instrumentation provided by producer Will Sessions bring this thing back from the dead. Bold move going for the, “let’s make a classic a classic” approach. It’s a free mixtape so download some ﬁre and relive that timeless sound.

Everybody’s favorite steezy longboard shredder Al Knost, also known as the Japanese Motors front-man (currently on indeﬁnite hiatus), recently dropped a fresh new LP with his most recent project Tomorrows Tulips. Girlfriend Christina Keyes mans, or should I say wo-mans, the skins and even takes her turn on lead vocals. I’ve always liked Al’s surf-punk-meets Velvet Underground approach to music and it’s nice to hear it here in a more minimalistic version recorded on that analog tape for a shiny 60’s polish.

These angry Danish eighteenyear-old punkers are starting to make big waves from far away. What the hell is in the water over in Denmark? Somebody should put these guys on the Wheaties box for making a damn proper album. The Iceage kids have stumbled upon a savage fury and energy that just might bring their punk and hardcore forefathers real justice. If they can bring this live I am sold and you might even see me bloodied up in the pit.

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