Stab magazine is prob's the best magazine in the business. They do what the other magazines don't. there last issue consisted with some of the best articles any surfer can read. They steer away from the political stuff of surfing like you will read in asl,waves,tracks and so on, this issue they did a big article with taj burrow and style. Surfer's style isn't just about boardshorts and a bin tang singlet. Most people in the sport are wearing tight jeans and what ever top they can find. Look at dion agius, He's wearing tight jeans with a globe designer t and a jacket be picked up at vinnes or a leather jacket. Taj is strutting his stuff with button up shirts and skinny jeans topped off with leather shoes. You look at any brand with artist/ skaters on there team for example RVCA, stussy, afends, volcom. there all designing this skate/stylish sorta ny city clothing that all the surfers are getting decked out in. Alot of the time team riders aren't even wearing there sponsor's gear because theres just no style in it or what they choose as there own style. all the riders are pushing there brands to produce something that no one else is doing. There are team riders going in to the HQ of there brands and sitting down with there designer and producing something that is in at the moment for example the leather jacket seems to be the latest craze on the streets and a couple brands bring em out and now everyone is strutting there stuff in them. Alot of people get criticized because of what they wear. You see all those footy heads in there shit little jay jay shirts and football shorts calling you gay because you like to dress how ever you do. All surfers are taking another look at there life as a surfer. All are taking after the skating scene. Just getting as much footage as possible and making movies. There all into art, taking photos, drawing all this weird shit on there boards and making them look good for example wade goodall is the kind of board art. the shit he pulls off on his boards blows away any artist's mind. The music scene is changing aswell, none of this jack johnson shit its all different. some are into crystal castles, HC, rap, all this new and improved type of music and there all putting it in there films. look at any surfer like, ellis ericson, dion agius, craig anderson, ozzie wright, mitch colborn. there all wearing gear that a melbourne fashion kid would wear and its what most of us surfers are doing. Ozzie wright is prob's the biggest part in the hole of changing surfing's fashion and music scene. His band Goons Of Doom is some of the best music to your ear's aorund and his fashion is so out there is radical, from sailor hat's to ripped jeans he's pulling it off.
