Monster Children

Foals have just released a video for their track Bad Habit. This nice little clip is directed by Nabil who also produced the video for Late Night.

Coming this November, The Wolf of Wall Street is Martin Scorsese’s latest film depicting the true story of Jordan Belfort’s high profile lifestyle including women, drugs, partying, fast cars and more money than he knew what to do with. “The year I turned 26, I made $49 million, which really pissed me off because it was three shy of $1 million a week”.

Electric want you to design a limited piece in their inaugural snow helmet line - The Mashman.

Competition closes July 15th. Full competition details here. Get sketchin'.

This issue of Monster Children–this 39th issue of Monster Children–is absolutely without doubt the best thing that ever happened in the history of the printed word. Team Average 2, a group of pro surfers and skaters (including Natas no less) stuffed in a van and sent on a shred-mission through the place they shot Lord of the Rings (NZ, brew); we take a sneak peak at Adidas’s 15 Years of Gonz touring exhibition, with original made-for-Monster Children artworks by Gonz himself; Girl Skateboards co-founder Megan Baltimore shares never seen before photos and journal entries from the early days of the company; we catch up with artist Anthony Lister, meet photographer Mike Brodie, and we wave to Dane and Craig from the beach. You'll want to buy all three covers for this issue!

Nixon Surf Challenge headed all the way north to Iceland for an incredible adventure just below the Arctic Circle earlier this year. Here's what went down, Vincent Duvignac was voted Best Overall and no surprises Chippa Wilson took out best trick award. This'll make you thank the gods for warmer waters...

T.C.S.S team rider and shaping jedi Thomas 'Doc' Bexon's journey through the Duct Tape in Noosa this year. Well worth a watch!

Following the release of the 48-20 Chrono, a piece inspired by speed and torque-measuring instruments. Wow, genius! Nixon has announced they will be releasing a limited-edition 48-20 Multi LTD. They’re only releasing 482 of these globally. You’ll want to follow Nixon to get one of these around your wrist…

Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away this morning near his Southern California Home. He was 49. Hanneman was in hospital when he suffered liver failure. Give Reign in Blood a burn for Jeff. 

Singer-guitarist Ben Harper is helping to raise money for the family of Australian pro skateboarder Lewis Marnell, whose untimely death in January at the age of 30 left his family in dire financial straights. A lifelong skateboarding enthusiast and friend to skaters around the world, Harper has reunited with the Innocent Criminals for the first time since 2007 to re-record the song “Jah Work” from his 1997 album, “The Will to Live.” The song is now available here, with all proceeds going to the Lewis Marnell family memorial fund.

The delectable Molly Steele sat down with Dion Agius and asked him some of the most hard-hitting questions to ever be asked in the history of surf journalism. Dion has a new Globe shoe out calledLos Angered, so Molly asked him how many grapes he can fit in his mouth. Check that shit out!

Filmmaker Thomas Campbell recently collaborated with Shawn Stussy on his newest project, S/Double surfboards, to produce this fine collection.

Check out our latest Thomas Campbell Tee Shirt on sale here.

Into the Thicket- a short film from our friends at SITKA chronicles the journey of a few skateboarders' treck into the forests of Vancouver Island to skate a ramp constructed using the surrounding environment and few other materials.

You won't regret watching this!

If you didn’t already know Alex Knost, Ellis Ericson & Ford Archbold just spent some time in Central America and this is the third of four clips RVCA are releasing from the trip. The fourth and final installation will be released next week on the 22^nd- watch this space!

Alex Knost, Ellis Ericson & Ford Archbold just spent some time in Central America and this is the second of four clips RVCA are releasing from the trip. After you watch this one 50 times check back next Monday 15th for next next installation.

From their humble roots to global gentleman’s grooming- Uppercut Deluxe give you a little insight into how it all started.

“A hard beginning maketh a good ending.” – Willy O’Shea

Looking to kill 8mins of your hump day? This is the first ‘short’ surf film from the crew at Epokhe shot by Kai Neville. Dion Aguis and Mitch Coleborn welcome newcomer Creed McTaggart to the family.

This ain't laid back- Pama Davies bursts his Bondi bubble and serves it up to Noosa and a few other breaks along the way. 

Ease back into the week with this clip from Rhythm rider Jack Lynch. 

Last week we spent some time strolling the streets with legendary street artist Futura who was in Melbourne as a part of his whirlwind global tour for the launch of the Hennessy V.S. Futura limited edition bottle.

There was a live-paint session at Thursday's launch party and we scored a customized bottle for ourselves, where the over-excited crowd completely ravaged the place of anything resembling the collaboration.

Futura’s signature atom design will appear on 360,000 individually numbered Henessey bottles worldwide. Ours was empty before we got back home.

Adidas newest team rider, Mark Suciu's feature has just dropped! It is Adidas Skateboarding's latest piece entitled, "Philidelphia with Mark Suciu," as it follows Mark absolutely destroying Philly and hitting some iconic spots with a fresh new approach. It was filmed over a couple of trips to Philadelphia during the fall of 2012 and winter 2013. Nice debut!