The Fastest Cars in History || WheelHouse

Step on the gas with this video that dives deep on humankind's search for speed, highlighting the fastest cars through history with style and a bit of humor. 

 Might want to buckle up...

How does caffeine keep us awake? || Hanan Qasim

This super interesting video breaks down the science behind the world’s most widely used drug: caffeine.

 Hit play and enjoy the lesson.

Chairman Maf || PAINT (Full Album)

A combination of soulful melodies and far more than just a collection of beats.

Hit play. 

FUZI UV TPK || Short Film

Melbourne based photographers Ryan Cookson and Michael Danischewski have teamed up to produce a video portrait – FUZI UV TPK. 

 Throughout the 1990’s, French artist FUZI grew up in the suburbs of Paris on a diet of graffiti and gang culture as part of the prolific crew UV TPK. In the mid 90’s, he pioneered a childlike yet brutal style of graffiti known as ‘Ignorant Style’. 

 In the last few years, he has transitioned from graffiti to tattooing and developed an international following.

 With clients such as Os Gemeos, Diplo, Justice and Scarlett Johansson, he continues to travel around the globe, making his mark and exhibiting his work.

 Documented on a trip to Australia, FUZI gives an insight into his current working practice and an uncompromising look at his time in France during the mid 90's.

 

FUZI UV TPK from RC x MD on Vimeo.

solos || Short Film

A short by Colin Read. 

 An exploration of skateboarding, time, and death-defying backward hill-bombs. 

 This video will play with your senses--make sure you watch until the end!

solos from Colin Read on Vimeo.

Lucid Dreaming || Laurie Towner

Watch what happens when Laurie Towner meets the biggest swell to hit Fiji's Cloudbreak.

Have a peek below! 

Lucid Dreaming - Laurie Towner from needessentials1@gmail.com on Vimeo.

Saint & Donzix || Insomnio (Full BeatTape)

Hit play and enjoy.

Dear Monday || Short Film

Dear Monday.

 Two words that best describe an idea that Raphael Desharnais had been wanting to use as a premise for a short film for about a year.

 When his friend Antoine hired him to shoot commercial work in Utah back in April of this year, he figured this was a golden opportunity to do it.

 The location and timing were perfect to stay a few extra days and work on a fun personal project for which they had total creative freedom. 

 They traveled through the desert in an RV for 7 days, hiked, ran, rode, jumped, screamed and laughed from dawn to dusk; classic indie filmmaking. 

Hit play! 

Dear Monday from raphael desharnais on Vimeo.

Bombing With Guns || Graffiti Documentary

Tags And Throws follows legendary graffiti bomber Guns out on the streets of New York City and Puerto Rico. 

 Given an exclusive look into how one of the most dedicated graffiti bombers make his name famous. 

Check it out below. 

Gadget || Nightfall LP (Full Album)

Nightfall is the solo production album by Gadget which consists of thirteen instrumentals produced as a result of often being inspired by the cosy feeling of the night and the "bright lights in the big city" of London.

 Expect dark moods, funky breaks, hard hitting drums, uplifting melodies, spiritual and melancholic vibes, lot of Jazz and even some Reggae influences, but always heavily driven by Hip Hop. 

Enjoy. 

Everywhere Unseen || New Zealand

This is the first in an ongoing series where Monster Children take four photographers, send them out into the world, and see what they bring back.

 The idea is, while they're all travelling to the same destinations, each photographer will have a different take on his surroundings, providing us with four completely different points of view.

 For this first outing, they went to the South Island of New Zealand and met with Kiwi photographers Jake Mein, Nick Rapley, Jereme Aubertin, and Beth Eastell.

 Everyone loaded into the truck, cameras in hand, and for four days they travelled through the most remote areas of Te Waipounamu, stopping at Wanaka, The Catlins, Dunedin, and then back through Saint Bathans.

 So here it is, Everywhere Unseen in New Zealand.

Everywhere Unseen - New Zealand from Monster Children on Vimeo.

TEMPLE || A monochrome skateboarding quest

TEMPLE is a conceptual monochrome short film, following skateboarder Sammy Montano on a journey through the Balkans and its fallen monuments. 

 It was essential to transcribe them with respect according to David & Douglas vision, to spiritualize the expression of their magnificent forms, timeless aesthetics and monumental dimensions.

 Confronting them with skateboarding allowed David & Douglas to animate this notion of freedom and exploration. 

 Sammy Montano places himself as a central witness, being both the representation of this quest but also its outcome.

 It represents the doubt that animates each of us in the face of the unknown and this constantly renewed desire to take step in search of the answers to our deepest beliefs. 

 This film is a personal art project, a pure reverence and tribute to these monuments, better known as « Spomeniks » and their legacy. 

Check it out below. 

TEMPLE - A monochrome skateboarding quest from David & Douglas on Vimeo.

Fear & Loading in Hong Kong || Short Film

Last Fall Jas Davis took a random trip to Hong Kong for fun and documented his time meeting and exploring with a lot of rad people.

 He made some amazing new friends and fell in love with the city's grittiness.

Have a peek below! 

FEAR & LOADING IN HONG KONG from Jas Davis on Vimeo.

Inside Wiz Khalifa's $4.6 Million L.A. House || Open Door

Architectural Digest has released the latest episode of its “Open Door” series, this time taking a look around Wiz Khalifa’s impressive $4.6 million home in the Sherman Oaks neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

 Khalifa talks about how he had his son in mind when renting the house, hoping to have a large space for him to run around in.

 He goes on to show us around the playroom (complete with gumball machine), heated pool, and more “adult” areas such as the weed bar and recording studio.

 Personal touches include accents of black and yellow in honour of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an art collection, and a range of old-school cars.

 All this doesn’t come cheap though, as Khalifa reveals the six-bed abode sets him back $16,000 a month.

 Check out the episode below.

Maple Syrup || Vacation (Full Album)

Go on and hit play.

Madagasikara || Short Film

A companion film for the 'Madagasikara' article in Carve surfing mag issue 188. 

 Starring Ben Skinner, Markie Lascelles, Leonor Fragoso and Valeria Peconi.

Check it out below. 

Madagasikara from Sharpy on Vimeo.

Breathe. || Short Film

"Breathe." is a short action film about track cycling.

 A short and intense cycling project.

Have a peek below! 

Breathe. from Beardfrost Productions on Vimeo.

Vans Europe Presents || Natural Born Cooler || Skate || Vans

Vans Europe proudly presents Natural Born Cooler.

 Directed by Paul Labadie and showcasing exclusive footage of the Vans European skateboard team who travelled across Luxembourg, Spain, Austria, Cyprus and Italy last year.

 Kris Vile, Chris Pfanner, Victor Pellegrin, Nassim Guammaz all deliver full parts and Vans introduce Albert Nyberg to the team. 

 The video also features the rest of the Vans European skate team including Ross McGouran, Josh Young, Alain Goikoetxea, Jonathan Thijs, Sam Partaix, Joseph Biais, Martino Cattaneo, Yeelen Moens, Flo Marfaing and Muki Rüstig.

 Natural Born Cooler delivers the very best of the Vans European skateboard team.

Hit play! 

9 Ways To Draw a Person || Short Film

By mixing abstraction, collage, drawing animation the author invites us into a spontaneous and unsystematic research of potential of the animation and leads us into the world of irrepressible imagination.

Check it out below! 

9 Ways To Draw a Person from Sasha Svirsky on Vimeo.

Spaze Windu || Escapism (Full Album)

Hit play and take a journey.

iPhone X || Memory || Apple

Apple has unveiled a new ad spot for its flagship iPhone X which showcases the smartphone’s Face ID capabilities.

 Directed by Ringan Ledwidge and shot by BAFTA award-nominated Hoyte Van Hoytema (Dunkirk, Interstellar, Her), it revolves around a man who has the difficult task of trying to remember his online banking password. After stressing, sweating, and being laughed at by a large crowd, he finally remembers that his iPhone X stores all that data securely and, in fact, his face is his password.

 Watch the ad below!

Hugo Pinheiro and Friends Tow Out || Alexandra Rinder & Isabela Sousa

Hugo Pinheiro invited two of the best Bodyboard girls in the world, Isabela Sousa and Alexandra Rinder for a tow out session.

 Video by: Miguel Nunes Photos: Nuno Fontinha 

Have a peek below!!!

A Coastal Reverie || Short Film

Montaña de Oro State Park encompasses roughly 8,000 acres of fog shrouded coastal hills and coastal bluffs that abut the rocky shorelines of south Estero Bay on Central California’s coast. It’s undeveloped coastline and undulating, rhythmic singletrack offer a quick and easy dream-like getaway for various local and visiting trail user groups. It’s evident enough that the trails here didn’t build themselves, nor did the access to them come easily granted – especially for mountain bikers. The Central Coast Concerned Mountain Bikers have been instrumental on both fronts. 

 The Central Coast Concerned Mountain Bikers (CCCMB) is a group of volunteer trail enthusiasts from the Central Coast of California that formally organized in 1989 to help build and maintain multi-use trails in the region, as well as to protect and advocate for mountain bike trail access. Since their inception CCCMB has helped build over 40 miles of new trails and serves as the primary maintenance organization for an extended network of over 100 miles of trails. Together with California State Parks, CCCMB is designing and building a new two-mile trail at Montaña de Oro to enhance connectivity between existing trails, and to improve the user experience for mountain bikers and other trail users.

You can read more here. 

A Coastal Reverie from Zangs Films on Vimeo.

Culture Shifters || Jake Burghart (Director of Photography @ VICE)

"Jake Burghart started with VICE 13 years ago. He was 23. 'When I first started I was like, yeah these guys are cool,' he tells Stab. 'I didn't have a job and was just happy to have one. Since then, it's all been one big wild ride.' Jake's travelled to 69 different countries and is the gentleman behind the camera for VICE's most notable pieces. He also happens to be handy on a surfboard, which made him the ideal candidate for our Culture Shifters series with House Beer. Jake gave us a rare glimpse into life behind the scenes of North Korea, The Democratic Republic of Congo, The White House with Obama, who after the interview, asked them, 'If they want to go get some craft beers, because that's what bearded hipsters do, right?' " - Stab Magazine

Culture Shifters: Jake Burghart (Director of Photography @ Vice) from Mike Pagan on Vimeo.

Java island from above 4K || Short Film

This short film was made during a week spent in Java, Indonesia, while Anton Ganzha was driving his motorbike in east and central Java.

Have a peek below! 

Java island from above 4K from AntonGanja on Vimeo.

[stzzzy] || beats to sleep to (lofi hiphop mix)

Hit play and enjoy.

Inside the Van Life of Pro Snowboarder John Jackson. || Vertical Video

Red Bull has released a short new (vertical) video giving us a little look around pro snowboarder John Jackson’s custom home-on-wheels.

 The van has been kitted out with everything Jackson needs to enjoy life to the fullest – including roof storage for fire wood, an oven, a bed, a place to keep all his fishing rods and snowboards, and an awning outside to make the most of the beautiful views.

 The best part – he can travel the world constantly in search of the best powder.

 “The Raff Raff lets me travel around and live how I wanna live and get to my favourite spots and go snowboarding,” he says. “What more can you ask for? Going out and being in the wilderness and doing what you love, and then coming back to your home in the parking lot. There’s nothing better than that.”

 Watch the video below.

BETAMAXIMUM PALACE || Palace Skateboards

Coming straight off its tennis-inspired collaboration with adidas and following from its London-based PALASONIC video released last year, skateboard and streetwear label Palace have unveiled a brand new skate video called BETAMAXIMUM.

 The signature lo-fi Palace styled video titled is mostly filmed in various spots of the U.S and Hawaii and includes Palace regulars such as Lucian Clarke, Danny Brady, Lucas Puig and Benny Fairfax and more…

 Check it out below.

BETAMAXIMUM PALACE from PALACE on Vimeo.

ENTRE CIEL ET TERRE || La Palma in 4K astrolapse

Filmmaker Adrien Mauduit  describes La Palma in the Canary islands as one of “few regions in the world where the skies meet the Earth with almost no distinction between the two.”

 For this reason, the title of his most recent time-lapse film of La Palma is ‘ENTRE CIEL ET TERRE’ which translates literally to mean ‘Between the sky and Earth.’

 Recorded with the “Canon 6D Baader modified, the Sony a7s, the Sony a7rII and a variety of bright lenses ranging from 14mm to 300mm,” this short film by Mauduit captures the beauty of the dark night sky from the mountain tops of La Palma.

 Mauduit claims his intent was “to give the audience sort of a confusion as to where they are because that’s precisely the feeling you get when you look up at the stars from the mountains.”

 The awe-inspiring range of colors Mauduit captures were made possible with his intentional use of an astro-modified camera which “enable [him] to almost get the full range of colors a DSLR can pick up on single frames from nebulae.” 

Maudit describes his inclusion of the Tajinaste flower around the 1:40 mark, as inspired by its “majestic and prehistoric” character. As he relayed, “It really adds something special to the special atmosphere I wanted to convey, especially when the milky way galaxy and the sea of clouds move in the background!”

 Hit play!

ENTRE CIEL ET TERRE - La Palma in 4K astrolapse from Adrien Mauduit Films on Vimeo.

Gucci Hallucination Animations || Short Film

Gucci’s Hallucination Campaign for their Spring Summer Collection is a surreal but stylish take on classic paintings.

 Done in collaboration with Spanish artist Ignasi Monreal, the campaign features a rollout of both clothing and accompanying images inspired by surreal Pre-Raphaelite paintings and artists put together here in this compilation of animations, the images ooze the kind of high-brow style and class that Gucci has come to be known for, whilst still inject enough fun and creativity into the campaign to keep anyone transfixed by the images on screen.

Have a peek below.

Gucci Hallucination Animations from The Line on Vimeo.

smuv || sundays (Full BeatTape)

Just because it's Sunday...