Tales

The first time I met Richard de Ruijter was somewhere back around 2005. I worked in a snowboard and surf shop in Utrecht city and Richard was a regular customer. Always full of energy and enthusiasm with enough stories to…

Recently surf enthousiasts Jeroen van der Kolk and Wilrik Wels made a statement. A message to address an underrated threat to ocean life. They shaped a remarkable “cigarette surfboard” that contains 8000 cigarette butts, embedded in a cartboard core. It’s…

I can keep watching these videos over and over again. Insane smooth mountainbike riding through the intense green coastal rainforest of British Columbia. The Coastal Crew is a group of local mountain bikers from the West Coast of Canada. They…

Holland. Our beautiful little country. Ask anyone worldwide about it and you hear words like cheese, windmills, tulips and weed. Not too many people start about surfing. Over the years surfing became popular in Holland just like everywhere else on…

Seaweed. In general people think it’s the grose slimy stuff that lies on the beach or wraps around your arms and legs while you’re taking a swim in the ocean. Other people love it when they think about sushi. There’s…

“I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues” is one of the many quotes of Dr. Seuss‘ famous creature the Lorax. Well, if the Lorax was to speak for a Bristlecone Pine he would need to take…

Gentemstick is a Japanese snowboard brand which is founded in 1998. It’s based in Niseko, Japan. The land of the rising sun yet also the land with tons of perfect fresh powder snow every year. The founder is Taro Tamai,…

A lot of people won’t agree with me but I think the T3 is the raddest Volkswagen design to date. Its simple and straight-lined shape gives this van the typical can-on-wheels look. I guess you either love or hate it.…