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A look from Insight’s Holiday 2011 line.

Hello sample sale season for the holidays! For those in the shredders all way south, Blackbox Distribution is cleaning (ware)house in Carlsbad. They will be selling samples, overstock, and limited styles plus footwear, bikinis, skateboards and surfboards from their brands: Insight, Fallen footwear, Zero, Mystery, Slave.

Happy hunting… and testing out the toys.

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2777 Loker Ave West Ste-A

Jesse Faen formerly of Insight is now working with VSTR, a new steezy men's brand that's under the big umbrella of Quiksilver, but supposedly operates completely autonomously. VSTR set up rack during the last L.A. market to show buyers and chatter about the brand has been kept quiet. Now the new VSTR website offers a little taste of what’s to come.

YEAR ZERO TRAILER from GLOBE on Vimeo.

We have an unconditional love for anything prefaced by “post-apocalyptic,” especially when it’s the headline of a mood board. Globe, showing at Agenda starting tomorrow, will be premiering its newest surf flick “0000” (as in Year Zero) on opening night. The inspiration: “post apocalyptic.” The boardshorts: “like that pair of boardies you’d pull out of a trash.”

photo via usopenofsurfing.com

The US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif., had lots of stuff happening: outdoor concerts; a runway walk-off competition; brands doling out freebies; and big-name pro riders, whose aerial achievements have been documented on the cover of skater, surfer and bmx biker magazines and who could be seen live in the flesh.

photo by John Eckmier

The Orange County diffusion of the hipster species (same cool-kid style, but add crunchy sun-bleached hair and deep tan as requisite accessories) caravanned en masse to the Cooper Design Space in downtown Los Angeles and mingled with L.A.’s scruffy East Side hipster set for Volcom’s Swim 2011 fashion show, held last night.

Full disclosure: I’m totally knocking off The New York Times. They featured this website, Shortomatic.com, where you can put any image onto a boardshort. Imagine all the indecencies that those dirty-minded surfers are thinking of when they have carte blanche on crotch and rear printing real estate.

Mark your calendars - May 28, Space15Twenty, 7-10 p.m., urban beach bash. Gonz! is back and ready to party.  And, since founder Rick Klotz said the collection is inspired by an "all-encompassing party vibe," we're guessing that means good times and a great way to kick off your weekend.

 The RVCA Artist Network showcased the many artsy poses of Erin Wasson. 

Agenda drew a crowd of street/surf/skate brands and buyers to Huntington Beach, Calif., January 8-9. Held at the Hyatt Regency on Pacific Coast Highway, the show also benefitted from rad waves right across the street. (I say that not from any personal experience - the only time I've ever "surfed" I kicked some coral and sent my board flying into a stranger's cranium. I'm only reporting what I heard.)