Justin DeShields and Bryan Morales have us pretty well-prepared so far for a trip to Baja (Gear and Diversions), but today we get into the down and dirty details. Did you know there's a plant down there that feels as good as toilet paper? This is the kind of information you can only get from experts. That and much more with How to Travel Baja: Part 3, Health.
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In 1967, Timothy Leary told us to turn on, tune in and drop out. In 1979, Pink Floyd told us we don't need no education. Today, Lindsay Henwood revisits these sentiments, though presumably without the influence of LSD. In her essay, Wandering Education, she re-introduces us to the idea that there is so much that can be learned from exploring and interacting with the big world that...
Nord by Nordwest: The evolution of surf in Germany's North Sea
By Natalie Jacobs
Last year marked the first annual Nord by Nordwest Surf Skate Film Festival in Hamburg, Germany. To familiarize us with the area, film fest founder Jens Steffenhagen, gave KTV blog readers a brief history of surfing the cold, choppy waters of the North Sea. This year, in preparation for the second and...
Able Brown has lived in all four corners of the U.S., never straying out of earshot from the ocean. His quirky paintings have circulated many a blog, but he’s also spent the last 16 years snapping photos. He’ll use anything he has on hand, from Contax G2s to underwater toy cameras. An eccentric nature and body-surfing enthusiast, Brown compares his photographs to a collection...
Our creative director has lived in his van off and on for the past seven years. Inspired by guys like Glen Horn and Jay Nelson, Cyrus decided to convert his ex-electrician's van into a proper home on wheels. He has since moved out of his beach apartment and is hitting the road. The trailer to his new fantasy surf film which he describes as "an inner-worldly adventure to...
While the focus of the content on Korduroy mainly revolves around independent surf culture and creativity, when the opportunity comes along to follow a unique and inspiring story, we try to take full advantage. So when writer Jeff DiNunzio came to us with the idea of following ASP World Tour rookie Glenn Hall on his journey through his first year in the 'big dance' as one of the oldest rookies...
If you live in a coastal region, it's likely that you see cars toting surfboards all around town. If you don't, not to worry, Kevin Butler has you covered. When he sees a rad car with a surfboard, he shoots pictures, gets the make, model and owner details, and then draws an illustration of the rig and posts it up on his Tumblr blog -- http://radcarswithradsurfboards.tumblr.com/. What...
This fun clip by our friend Ian Durkin follows The Worble crew on a DIY skate adventure through some of the natural and manmade features in Vermont. Rad!
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TOM WEGENER - A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUELegendary filmmaker, Jack McCoy, shared this special webisode with us from his upcoming film, A Deeper Shade of Blue, featuring surfboard shaper Tom Wegener.
OUTSIDE INSPIRATION BY MARIO SÁNCHEZ CAMPANARIOMario Sanchez Campanario is a 23-year-old artist with roots in nearly every part of Spain, although he grew up in...
This week, we're cleaning out the queue and bringing you a massive Web Surfing roundup. Make some guacamole and crack open a beer, you're going to want to stay a while.
Anything SingReef has three films slated to premiere this year (the second is Cy's so stay tuned for details on that). Here we have a trailer for the first film, Anything Sing made in conjunction with What...