Friends. Buddies. Amigos. Pals. Doesn’t matter what you call them, but things are always more fun when they’re around. We were still feeling the high from South Africa but craving the next good time with another rad crew. So we spun the globe and it landed on Australia. Mikey Wright, Mathieu Crepel, Austen Sweetin, Atsushi Ishikawa, Matt Hoy, Zach Miller and Bryan Fox packed their snowboards, skateboards, and surfboards and slid into a week-long adventure featuring mountains, waves, meat pies and most of all, mateship. Your invitation to join us through it all comes in the form of the latest episode of Radical Times; Radical Times with Mates. Grab a mate, kick back and let’s get rad.
Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
Imagine going back to the pre-smart phone age for a second and channeling the vibes of an O.G surf trip. Keep it basic, dial in the swell, load the wagon and listen to some punk. Visit the bakery as often as possible, sleep in a weird motel, talk about babes and psych on your favourite surfers. Sometimes it’s nice to keep it real on #TheSearch.
Starring the visitors from Central California, Noah Wegrich, Pat Curren, and Wilem Banks, while hosted by New Zealand regulars Johnny Hicks and Elliot Paerata-Reid
Entrepreneurialism; Along with being perhaps the most annoying word to pronounce and spell, entrepreneurialism has also become this generation’s most desirable pursuit. The allure of striking gold with a prospective preneur has led to an exodus of switched-on folks turning their backs on traditional, “boring” career paths. Why work for the proverbial Man when you can pave your own way, right?
Surfing; While surfing’s groovy, counterculture origins are rapidly being replaced by mainstream jock glory, its incepting aura still remains. Flipping the bird at the Man is … More
“You only tell the truth in the dark” is an inspirational short movie directed by Sebastien Zanella – Desillusion Magazine – illustrating a vision of surfing rarely seen, an ode to solitude, introspection and waves pursuit, miles away from the usual « sea, sex & surf » clichés.
With just a van, a few boards and a camera, William Aliotti and Sebastian Zanella embarked on a 3000km solo surf exploration road trip along the Chilean coastline, travelling across the dusty Atacama desert, ghost towns and fishermen villages from Santiago all the way to Arica.
The loneliness atmosphere expressed here is a romantic, pastoral attitude which inspires us to leave culture and technology behind, and to rediscover nature through surfing, an exploration beyond social conventions.
In his ultimate pursuit of luck, William entered The Arica Pro 2016 and found himself winning it in historical surf conditions, leaving South America with his first ever international contest win and $10,000 richer.