We've just added some glossy new photo prints to the What Youth Shop for you. In there today you'll find Ozzie Wright in Indonesia shot by our very own Nathan Lawrence, the ever-stylish Dylan Rieder shot by Mark Oblow in Hawaii and one of our favorite images of all-time and the cover image of our third issue: Nathan Fletcher shot by Mark Oblow.

The images are blown up to 18" x 24" on 110-pound semi-gloss paper stock and are now available to order in the What Youth Shop. Scroll through above to sample the selection then click over to the shop to order. [...]

PHOTOS: Straley

There's a little film we're in the processing of beautifying for your viewing pleasure. The film is called Anything Sing and it's set in Morocco, Mexico, Bali, Australia, Hawaii and California. Here today are photos from our recent mission to Morocco with Luke Davis, Nick Rozsa, Ford Archbold and Beau Foster. The waves were pumping, the breakfasts were sketchy and filled with bees but the rest of the trip was a classic fucked up mission: driving, searching, laughing and ripping. Have a glimpse here and start getting psyched for the new film, we'll be touring it around all of April and it will premiere right here at What Youth on May 1st.

Click the magnifying glass in the lower right corner, expand to full screen and start dreaming of the footage. [...]

Seeing's how a lot of our friends are in Australia and we were offered access to one of the Gold Coast's loosest venues, we had no other option but  to invite all of our Australian friends to celebrate the release of our 3rd issue Friday night in Coolangatta during the Quiksilver Pro. If you're in the area, please come get weird with us. We promise anything but your typical industry gala. And were not sure what that means, but that's what we promise. Come early though, it's Friday, we're excited  and we're getting this thing going at 6 p.m.

And for those of you in America, we've got a special treat for you upon our return. Stay tuned. [...]

In this episode of Fairly Normal, we spend some time with our friend Chippa Wilson at his home in Cabarita Beach. You'll see us eat some nachos and get to the bottom of why skaters think we're pussies, then spontaneously hop a plane to a lonely desert and come to grips with the epic reality that Chippa is somehow (and all at once) humble, badass and truly deserving of being labeled one of the best surfers in the world. Hit [...]

PHOTO: Ferré

"Can I just style the movie?" Luke Davis asks us as we review footage high above Coolangatta yesterday afternoon. "I'm thinking combat boots..." Luke is in Australia filming for Reef and What Youth's rapidly approaching film, Anything Sing, but he's more interested in talking to us about what's going on behind the scenes. He's put in the hard work and is now chipping away at some final clips after having just finished battling a severe case of pneumonia, which left him with a serious bag of antibiotics.

Luke sits around his computer tweaking with beats he's been messing with between surfs. He has a huge tattoo on his thigh that I don't remember him having. And several others. Who is the fuck is Luke Davis now? I thought he was an OC kid obsessed with Rihanna, but he's turning out to be much more. Kai is thinking the same thing. Luke is reminiscing on a recent trip to Morocco with Nate Lawrence and Victor Pakpour when he launches into an assault on Moroccan breakfast:"One hunk of bread, one hardboiled egg...covered in bees. And you'll go to prison if you drink a beer in public."

By the end of our afternoon with Luke we had a completely different vision of a kid we thought we'd had a pretty good idea about since he was 12, but between his very candid and pointed theory about the surf world, surfboards, music, tattoos, the industry and women, we quickly realized we've had him all wrong. Combine that with his solid forehand arc and we've got a recipe for a fucking sick dude we're psyched to introduce you to. Stay tuned for more as we build to the release of Anything Sing and the premiere tour all along the west coast next month. —Travis [...]

PHOTOS: Blake Myers

Change is something Chippa Wilson knows a thing or two about. Consider that less than five years ago he was a full time laborer, putting in the long hours on the job site, still a relatively unknown surfer outside of his hometown on the Gold Coast of Australia, and you'll understand why he's so good in transition. And while it's been a sometimes shocking and change-filled couple years, it's sure has been good to Chippa in the long run. Now he joins the newly renovated team at Fox and opens yet another page in his fairy tale surf journey.

"I'm so excited to get through the sponsor change and join the Fox team," he told me last week during the filming of our new upcoming series This Is Us. "They have gone through a major renovation and the team of people working there are so good, man." And another part that excites Chippa the most is that he's already being put to work on designing a line of clothes for Fox. "I'm really excited to work on a line of clothes. They've been getting me psyched and I already have a lot of references and I think it's going to be good, man."

After the jump is imagery from our time with Chippa at home and on the road in rural Australia. Click here for more photos and check out the video on Wednesday. [...]