I have really been digging this little film. In this bit the boys ponder what public parks would look like without the Grindline/Dreamland influence, boring.The epilogue as got some serious pool hunting going down.

What it means to be Nordic. Sure style is important but The Arctic Challenge will always be about height.

MISSOULA has got itself one heck of a nice Grindline skatepark, just ask Chet Childress, Matt Mumford, Al Partanen, Omar Hassan and the rest of the boys from Independent.

High Times Editor-in-Chief Steven Hager has penned a piece on the history of surfing and smuggling for the July 2008 issue of the mag. The feature includes an interview with the legendary Capt. Zero by Dave Bienenstock. You can read an intro here but you will have to get the mag to read the article, [...]

This is what you sound like when you talk about Tom Curren. I know, it’s kind of embarrassing isn’t it.

A four part documentary about the oakley arctic challenge. Not just another energy drink sponsored rail jam.

Rob Machado and Pat O’Connell pondering the question, “Is surfing in a better place two years after Clark Foam’s closure?” on Pat’s show ‘Going Off’

Check out what Mike Vallely is up to these days as Firsthand follows him around on the Warped Tour with Revolution Mother and at home in Long Beach with the family. Trip out on the contrast between Mike’s work and home life, that has got to be difficult for him to pull off.

Brian Kim climbing ‘China Beach’ 5.14b on the Waimea Wall in Rumney NH.

All wildcard final at this years Billabong Pro Tahiti, Manoa Drollet vs Bruno Santos. I would have loved to see Manoa win this one, he deserves it. As for the rest of my Fantasy team, what the hell happened?. Kelly, Bede, Jeremy, Jamie, I’m talking to you.