Vans has introduced a new sneaker for the Fall 2011 Vans Vault line. Known as the Espadrille TH LX, the newly added shoe takes cues from the espadrille, a flat shoe that originates from the Pyrenees. Like its inspiration, the Espadrille TH LX features the same mid-sole — this time made of hemp — except […]

The Eternal Summers are a duo of hazy-minded musicians emerging from the forests of Roanoke, Virginia, eager to share their dream punk to whoever can bring their music to the world at hand. Comprised of singer/guitarist Yun and drummer Daniel Cundiff, the inverted White Stripes duo are both members of the Magic Twig Community, “a […]

Last summer we mentioned Deus ex Machina opening up a motorcycle and surf shop in Bali, and today they’ve release their first video taking you through a tour of the facility. And goddamn does it make me jealous. The extensive compound is a flaneur’s dream, a veritable workshop for ways to exercise all sorts  of […]

Who doesn’t like a good surf movie, especially when it combines a healthy dose of the culture of the areas surfed? Isolated is such a film, and maybe more. Executive Produced Ryan Phillippe (he of MacGruber and Way Of the Gun fame) and Geoff Clark, and produced by Matt Meyerson, Isolated tracks a handful of […]

You just have to love Seattle’s Blackbird boutique, which seems to always be stocked with the best curated items. Such as this Pendletone Loung Robe, a 100% virgin wool robe in a blue Beach Boys plaid fabric. The legendary Beach Boys wore Pendleton’s signature plaid shirts on the cover of their 1963 album Surfer Girl, […]

The Suzan are one of those bands that resist categorization like the Mujahideen resist foreign invaders. You start off with a quartet of punk-inspired Japanese girls, throw in some doo wop melodies, xylophone and tribal drums, and finish it off with surf guitar and a smattering of playful electronic lines — voila, The Suzan. The […]

The electronic giant Philips has teamed up with surf brand O’Neill to launch a line of headphones designed to withstand the rigors of an active lifestyle. And to make sure they were tough, the line of headphones were tested by O’Neill’s team riders (including 9-time Big Mountain Rider of the Year Jeremy Jones, big wave […]

We were excited for our compatriots over at Deus ex Machina when they opened up their Bali Motorcycle and Surf Shop, and were looking forward to their next project. They just dropped a new video called House of Simple Pleasures, and the title really just nails what it’s about: the Deus philosophy of living, which […]