Here's a photo teaser of images — all of which happen to be shot on film — that won't be making the cut for Issue 3.

We're on the final stretch before sending our third book to the printer and noticed how much interesting imagery we've been getting that's shot on actual film. It's rad to slow the consumption and the shooting process down, and film gives you no other option. Less opportunities to shoot forces you to focus on what you're shooting and usually creates a much more interesting photograph. It sounds pretentious to talk about shooting film. we get that, but the fact of the matter is that it reminds you exactly what it is your'e doing when you take a photo, as opposed to just snapping away and opening Photoshop after. It forces you to pay attention. It feels like a step in the direction of slowing down our double click lifestyle so that we can't actually enjoy something, whether it be an image, a book, a movie or an album. Go buy a disposable camera today and try it for yourself. [...]

PHOTOS: Nate Lawrence

As I mentioned yesterday, we're knee deep in deadline for What Youth Issue 3, just swimming through the remains of our chopped photos, words and interviews. It's a damn butcher shop in here. We look deranged, in need of sleep, covered in blood and coffee. It's epic!

But seeing that it's Friday in most of the land that is daylight, we needed something to get the blood going as we head into the weekend, something to send us to the water in a full sprint. So we made this slideshow. Click through the gallery above (and full screen that shit, with a fresh cup of java) and get psyched. Although most of the waves in these photos are fucking massive, it still does the trick. You'll see.

Our favorite human and What Youth lensman Nate Lawrence  delivered these to us just before he boarded the first of like six flights across the planet to shoot a strike mission for our upcoming film project. The last I heard from him he said he'd call me from Marrakech, that he'd lost two bags and he hadn't eaten since Korea. He's the best. [...]

PHOTO: Chenoweth

I’m not going to lie. The boys are busy at the moment. Half of us are literally on airplanes to Africa, another half just got home from a wedge hunt in eastern Australia, and the other half  (yeah, we are one and a half to make a whole), are on deadline making What Youth Issue 3 as fucking wild as we can. And wild it will be. We’ve got _______  ______________ candidly interviewing _______ __________. We’ve got a trip to _______________. And a trip to ___________ with ___________ and _____________. A fashion shoot with — OK, I’ll spill the beans on this one because it’s on Instagram and shit: Jason Lee Parry, a super rad and ridiculously talented photographer from Oregon has shot sexy, crazy, beautiful, wild photos for us with the gorgeous, freewheeling pixie Lauren Hastings. Google away my friends. And to be honest, I’m going to stop there, because, like I said, the boys are busy and until the rest of the team lands, we promised we wouldn’t spill anymore.

In the meantime, I’ve recently come to the realization that [...]

It's pretty easy to explain why we've been gravitating towards the skate community so much lately: they just seem to give less fucks. That and they've all been more receptive, educated and stoked to talk about what's happening in the surf world than we anticipated. Even Ben Nordberg, who recently made the move to Hollywood from Bath in England, was psyched to show us his new Merrick and talk surfing during our visit. Not to mention the fact that his sometimes-roommate Curren Caples is the modern Deion Sanders of surfing and skating.

Anyway, we called Ben and asked for a glimpse at what his interpretation of domesticity looks like living as a professional skateboarder in the shadow of both The Roosevelt Hotel and Hollywood High in this episode of Fairly Normal.

Filmed and edited by Victor Pakpour [...]

PHOTOS: Chenoweth

Tomorrow we'll be premiering a short film starring Ben Nordberg right here at What Youth. The 23 year old skater from Bath, England is now residing in Hollywood California, and he occasionally has Hurley's little surf and skate phenom Curren Caples crashing downstairs — well so far Curren has stayed there twice in four months. The boys are busy.

Ben — who's the new owner of a Channel Islands Pod and isn't afraid to tell his ciggy smoking skate friends he surfs, which we've come to find is a bit rare — spoke to us about skate culture, surf culture and his take on everything from wild Hollywood nights to what snapping your Tibia in the middle of your career might be like. We also talked last week about how Ben is the Craig Anderson of skate, possessing a style that is so nonchalant that you wonder if he's even awake. Nothing looks as stylish when you're stomping the things Ben does or blitzing through a bowl.

Be sure to watch Ben's official Flip Skateboards video part, take a tour of his house above and then we'll premiere the short film tomorrow at What Youth. [...]

Western Australia has become an aerialist and a barrel riders heaven. Wild winds of all directions, slabs, reefs, tubes and more corner pocket ramps than you know what to do with. It's easy to see why guys like Kolohe and John John are making this a must stop for gathering clips. The boys love it here.

You'd probably feel pretty good washing this session down with a local glass of rouge and a steak. Although Kolohe prefers ginger beer.

FILMED BY: Noah Alani [...]

PHOTO: Neville

A mix of young and old, hunting for onshore reefs but also rising before sunrise in search of golden light. Are we getting old? I remember filming for Modern Collective, the photographer would bang his tripod on the ground, accidentally knock your mattress at first light and roust you awake. We wanted no crowds and onshore beach breaks, he wanted golden light silhouettes and offshore winds. If we had risen then, we may have scored incredible photos, instead we slept, hunting clips and ramps.

We are currently driving down the south coast of Australia, it's the first surf trip for Epokhe where co-founders Dion Agius, Mitch Coleborn and myself loaded up a variety of cameras, boards and newly signed ambassador Creed Mctaggart.

This is more than just a trip, we have an underlying need to do something special. Hence the 4 a.m. wake ups. Are we old with a new appreciation for light, does Creed think we are fucken lunatics? Maybe we are, I'm torn.

Amongst a certain anxiety to make sure we dont burn through all our money getting skunked on this fickle Australian coast, we are shooting burnt out forests, skating, gambling on the dogs, shooting more, fucking around and trying to do things you should on a team trip. Nothing better than ending the day at a small Australian pub, Coopers on tap, working with friends has never been better. Be sure to get psyched for What Youth issue 3 where you can dive in and see what we make. —Kai [...]

PHOTO: Chenoweth

Ben Nordberg is a 23-year-old professional skater from Bath, England and Curren Caples is a 17-year old professional shred-on-everything-he-rides from Ventura, California. This odd couple find themselves sharing four walls in Hollywood (actually Curren has only stayed at their apartment for three nights in almost four months, but still, roomies!). They're Flip Skateboard teammates and spend their days doing rad shit like surf and skate. Curren told us Ben is skating's style equivalent to Craig Anderson. See for yourself by hitting play on Ben's super sick Flip video part that he recently released and you'll quickly see why Curren says that.

The waves were flat across most of California yesterday and the wind was arctic and howling, so instead of hunt for waves that didn't exist, we called Ben and decided to follow him around for a day. We saw lots of Los Angeles. Got coffees. Toured their place, which happens to be right in the shadow of Hollywood High and The Roosevelt Hotel. Went to an Irish pub. Ate mac and cheese. And did a few snake runs at the always eclectic and packed Venice Beach skate park.

We'll be releasing a short film from our day with Ben very soon. And then, we will all have a new friend.  [...]

PHOTO: Beren Hall

Craig Anderson got here yesterday. He strolled into our place bright eyed and bushy tailed, toting coffee and post-flight chit-chat buzz. We talked skateboarding and surfing, holiday breaks, and how his film (the reason he's here) is coming together. He’s got a pretty booked couple of weeks here in California going through footage for the film, which is being overseen and creative directed by Dane Reynolds, Dustin Miller and Beren Hall. They'll be assessing, stressing and piecing together all the footage compiled throughout last year, trying to make sense of the hours and hours of footage.

Having traveled over to the states with zero boards, Craig’s first stop was our office, where we had about eight of his trusty Hayden Shapes — four  untouched freshies and four old faithfuls. When I inform Craig of his quiver here, he doesn't seem too surprised.

“I seriously have shit everywhere right now,” he says, feeling a bit scattered from the 13-hour flight, followed by a rush hour sit in LA traffic. Three of his boards are up against the wall, covered in paint that our art director Scott Chenoweth has begun spraying for Craig. We'll be unveiling those later this month. After Craig left our office, the jet lag caught up with him on his way up north. He fell asleep at 3 in the afternoon. Stay tuned for updates throughout the editing process from the Reynolds compound as they make the film.  [...]

One of the most entertaining things there is to do on this planet is ask Andrew Doheny questions. Any kind of questions. Your answer will be delivered and plucked from his mind the same way a Lotto ball is: completely at random.  Whatever pops up is what you get. There's nothing tricky, he's not playing any games, his agent isn't off camera. Andrew Doheny decides for himself. And that is a beautiful thing.

In today's episode of Off Beat we popcorn-question Andrew for an afternoon in between surfs around his house. The results are pure and hanging with him was nothing short of rad. [...]