Da Cat!

Da Cat!

I’ve a cat, well one lives with me and my daughter, it’s a pain in the ass, with fleeting moments of joy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m an animal lover but cats do what cats want to do. The closest it gets to surfing is when it pees on my wetsuit in one of its many territorial pissings. The idea of taking it to the beach, or in the freaking sea, gives me the heebie-jeebies, like trying to give a bath to a wild bear and it taking your head off with one quick swipe.

Make of this edit what you will, I’m fairly sure the cat would go full Wolverine on his human servants if it wasn’t down with this kinda malarky. The dude seems to not only be down with swimming, but also keen on londboarding, Da Cat lives, the world if mad and the internet loves cats.

The Skelton Brothers

The Skelton Brothers

How cold is too cold, cold enough to freeze not only your ass, but your beard off. The Skelton brothers and frozen beards hit up Lake Erie for their first successful ice bearding session! Hipsters beware, the chances of said beards snapping off when frozen is fairly high. Click in for surfings ZZ Top tribute session.

Lake Erie

Vans Introduces the Circle Vee

Vans Introduces the Circle Vee

Vans reaches milestone in broader sustainability goals by tapping into renewable materials and knitted uppers that reduce waste

Vans, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, is excited to ​introduce the Vans Circle Vee™, an all-new silhouette that taps into renewable materials that regrow as they are used and a reduced-waste approach — because every little bit helps.

For the Circle Vee, Vans looked at every detail that goes into making a shoe and adjusted where possible. The one-piece knitted natural upper has a classic Vans DNA look and feel and was designed to reduce waste in production compared to Vans’ traditional cut and sew uppers. The upper is stitched directly onto the outsole and is made of 48% organic cotton, 47% hemp, and 5% nylon, while the laces are made from 100% jute natural fibres.

The Circle Vee boasts a brand new EcoCush™ drop in footbed and provides all-day comfort and support with a moulded heel cup and arch shape. The silhouette also ushers in Vans’ EcoWaffle™ outsole made from an all-new rubber compound that utilises natural rubber instead of petroleum-derived synthetic rubber and is obtained from sources that follow proven ethical and sustainable practices that minimise harm and have positive benefits within the natural and social ecosystems in which they operate. This new rubber compound was developed and engineered to maintain the grip and durability for which Vans is known. The Circle Vee is available in natural/gum and dawn blue/gum colour ways.

Vans is committed to taking steps toward a more sustainable future and putting in the effort with the little things. All the small, thoughtful choices made daily—like riding a bike, picking up trash, refurbishing old boards, or hang drying clothes—add up to a big move in the right direction for the ocean and surfers everywhere. With the Circle Vee, Vans is proud to be doing our part.

To support and protect the world’s oceans, Vans will be donating $1 for every Circle Vee product sold—with a minimum of $25,000 donated—to the Tides Foundation to support ocean conservancy.

The Vans Circle Vee is available now at Vans retailers and at Vans.eu. For more information about Vans’ sustainability efforts, visit Vans.eu/Sustainability.

Narnia

Narnia

I’ve been getting text messages and instagram posts rammed down my throat by relatives living in NZ, it’s been freaking pumping. Narnia and its mystical worlds are very much alive in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, New Zealand shows its magical powers in this insane edit.

Atlantic Overdrive

Atlantic Overdrive

Two friends, photographer Michal Pelka and surfer Roy van Eijk chase down a promising swell along the Atlantic coast in December 2021, in an effort to briefly escape incoming Northern European winter.

SumBeys

SumBeys

Three weeks of waves into 2022 and the boys are making the most of it already. A fun surf edit featuring some rare waves from around Britain featuring Ben Avery, Joe Bracegirdle, Alec Hume, Ollie Grayling, Sandy Kerr and Gabe Davies made by Christian Jones.