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THE END OF THE RIVER THE PREMIERE EPISODE OF THE NEW WHAT YOUTH SERIES: THE AUTEURS
Fri
17
May

The End of the River is our first experiment in a new series called The Auteurs.The goal is to challenge filmmakers to experiment with the online short. The first is with our own Victor Pakpour. He was sent by us with specific instructions to Central California to shoot with Nate Tyler. He threw our intructions out the window. Instead of firing him, we called him genius and decided it would be the first in a new series aimed at expanding and educating filmmakers to the processes of trying something new.

Victor Pakpour and Nate Tyler present: The End of the River. It has good music. And it is a lesson in attention to detail. And throwing out the rules.  [...]

THE AUTEURS BEHIND THE SCENES OF NATE TYLER AND VICTOR PAKPOUR'S NEW SHORT: THE END OF THE RIVER
Thu
16
May

PHOTOS: Victor Pakpour

Hopefully it’s come across that one of our goals at What Youth is championing creativity throughout a variety of mediums in surf culture — be it print, filmmaking, photography, painting, zines, art direction, music, online short films — anything really. We love it all. We like to create. And we want to inspire others to create.

This ideology of ours has led us to The Auteurs, a new series that begins by documenting the process happening behind the lens and follows it through to the final creation. We’ll detail the equipment used, the stitch-ups that occur, the moments of inspiration between filmmaker and subject, the circumstances, hardships, breakthroughs and breakdowns. Everything behind the curtain. After a bit of insight into the creation, we’ll be premiering the final product for you as well. Hopefully educating and motivating your own endeavors at the same time.

Our first installment features What Youth’s very own resident filmmaker Victor Pakpour with an interesting take on a few surfs in a remote part of California with Nate Tyler.

After the jump Nate and Victor take you through the thoughts behind the short, which will be premiering here on Friday, called: The End of the River. [...]

WHAT YOUTH ISSUE FOUR ON SALE NOW (SHIPS MONDAY, MAY 20th)
Wed
15
May

ON THE COVER: Creed McTaggart

PHOTOGRAPHED BY: Nate Lawrence.

Our fourth installment of the What Youth book is a reminder. A reminder of why we surf. A reminder that we're not perfect — not even close actually. It's a reminder that our heroes wear resin boots and have porno mags on the toilet and shape things that make us our happiest. A reminder that we're different than most. Flawed. Rebellious. And motivated to experience. A reminder that there will never be anything better than driving with your friends through a strange and new world — all the answers in life right there before you, hidden between the sand and melted wax and coffee cups and rattling rails of surfboards, right there, waiting. Each mile driven proving that the routine patterns making up most of our lives are wrong. And can. And will be. Often.

We hope you enjoy this issue. Our website. And our films. We're just getting started. And hopefully so are you. —What Youth

Click here to order your copy of What Youth Issue Four now. [...]

THE FINAL SURF FOR SLOW DANCE CRAIG ANDERSON LET US COME ALONG ON THE FINAL DAY OF FILMING FOR SLOW DANCE
Tue
14
May

It's pretty hard to find moments like this. The last day of school maybe? First day of a long vacation? Who knows, gotta feel good though. After a long year of filming and working on his new film, Craig Anderson finally made it to the last day of filming for Slow Dance, which comes out this summer. You have to wrap it up sometime, and the day was this one.

Craig let us come along and Kai spent most of the time filming backwards — towards the shore. Towards Beren Hall, who was filming the surfing. In the backseat. Chippa Wilson joined in for a few as well. But it's a feel good piece. Surfing and celebrating. Aint that the ticket? Congrats to Craig for wrapping filming. Good luck in the editing bay dudes. We'll bring ya some coffee.  [...]

  • DVD tucked in the sleeve of the final spread.
ANYTHING SING ZINE GIVEAWAY WE'VE GOT 50 LIMITED EDITION ZINES THAT INCLUDE A DVD COPY OF ANYTHING SING SIGNED BY LUKE DAVIS, WANT ONE?
Tue
14
May

We made a pretty gritty little 46 page zine that holds the Anything Sing DVD. Luke Davis and his purple hair came in here yesterday and signed 50 of them. With a paint pen. We thought you might want one. For free.

Email hello@whatyouth.com and tell us your favorite section of the film. For the subject heading put: Anything Sing Zine Giveaway. If you're one of the first 50, it's yours. Contests are easy. 

Be sure to include your mailing address in your email. We'll notify you by email if you should start checking the mail for your zine.

Thanks to everyone who emailed. Winners will be notified shortly, but all 50 have been scooped. Thanks for all of you who hit us up! [...]

LET'S DANCE WE SPOKE TO CRAIG ANDERSON ABOUT HIS NEW FILM SLOW DANCE, OUT THIS SUMMER
Mon
13
May

PHOTOS: Respondek

Craig Anderson just wrapped up filming for his new film Slow Dance, which is being produced by Craig and the Marine Layer Production team, which includes Dane Reynolds and filmmaker Dustin Miller.

The other day Craig officially wrapped filming in some small waves at home with Chippa. They had a beer and called it. Now it's off to the editing bay. We caught up with Craig briefly as he thought back to the months of filming.

The full interview with Craig and more photos are after the jump. [...]

FAIRLY NORMAL: DILLON PERILLO A WHAT YOUTH ORIGINAL SERIES
Fri
10
May

"Waiting in line at an amusement park is like going through the airport TSA line 20 times to go on a variety of 20 second plane rides." 

Dillon feels guilty. For existing. And especially for existing as a professional surfer, born and raised and currently residing in Malibu, California. But he has a sick style, a heart of gold and Kelly Slater once told us that he thinks Dillon is highly underrated. And we think so too. If he can get through his psychological hangups with existence and the pressure that the late writer Henry Miller puts on him, he has the potential to be one of California's most stylish contributions to surfing.

We spent some time with Dillon at home in search of some good old fashioned American amusement in this episode of Fairly Normal.

Filmed and edited by Blake Myers. [...]

DEAR YOUTH EVERY WALL A DOOR AND DON'T SAY SHARK
Thu
09
May

I have a friend who lives in South Africa. He ends all his e-mails with the statement: Every wall a door and don't say shark. It's a mix of local folklore from the group of laborer/friends he surfs with, mixed with a bit of his own philosophy. Apparently surfing in a community known for having more than it's fair share of shark attacks will inspire a bit of mysticism between surfers. He believes it's all part of the balance that keeps South Africa's coast so wild.

I mention this because we've had more conversations about sharks the past few weeks than I can remember. And since I was in third grade — as most kids are I'm sure — I have been obsessed with sharks. In the most nerdy way. It was borderline obsessive. Once, when I was 8, I sat down with a pencil and paper and wrote 15 pages off the top of my head on everything knew about sharks. There was no assignment for this. I just needed to let it out. This is not the climax of the story I promise.

Last week Dane Reynolds came by and we were talking about spots for a couple upcoming surf trips. A location was thrown out that Dane immediately doubted, "Can you even surf there and not get attacked by a shark?" No one really knew. It was sharky as fuck. (Continued after the jump.) [...]

AFTER PARTY PHOTOS FROM THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF ANYTHING SING
Wed
08
May

And it's a wrap. After partying our faces off with all of you last week for the Anything Sing premiere tour, we can now sit back and hand out the movie. The turnouts have been amazing — you're all so good looking and fun! We just added all the photos so click through and enjoy all the pretty faces.

After the jump are all the photos from each stop including Malibu, Leucadia, Newport Beach and the one at the What Youth HQ.  [...]

ANYTHING SING THE SOUNDTRACK
Wed
08
May

A lot of you have been asking about the soundtrack for Anything Sing. Our boy Victor Pakpour did an amazing job curating and we've had it on blast ever since. And thanks to the modern marvel that is the Internet, today we're able to give it to you, free. After the jump you will find the full-length soundtrack, waiting for you to hit play, as well as a full track list from the film.

If you haven't downloaded the movie yet, head over the Reef.com and download the whole film now. And for those of you nostalgic types, Issue 4 of What Youth is bound with a hard copy as well. For today though, enjoy the tunes. [...]