Louder Than Words
More than the cigarette-and-inadvertent-gunslinger stare, there’s a quiet and almost dangerous quality to Nathan Fletcher. As someone that’s been in the media’s spotlight frtom the moment he first stood up on a surfboard and, by all means, comes from one of surfing’s most enigmatic and sometimes controversial families, it’s hard to come to grips with the idea that most of us simply don’t know much about Nathan Fletcher. Soft-spoken and hard charging, his steely glare and nonchalant attitude have kept him mysterious to the masses. Unknown. After decades of sitting in the dark, we made the attempt to sit down and talk to Nathan, bring him in to the light. It wasn’t easy, and true to reputation, his actions have always spoken louder than his words. This is Nathan Fletcher.

Raging with a Conscience

Bikinis For A Good Cause At Billabong’s Design for Humanity
Bikinis, women, and a worthy cause—is there a better way to spend an evening? We think not. In their fourth annual Design for Humanity event, Billabong took over the NY Street Backlot at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, formulating a makeshift Brooklyn rager for the surf industry in So Cal. If the sight of scantily clad 10s parading through the hippest-albeit-pseudo city in the world doesn’t spark something inside of you, then maybe the fact that the fashion show benefits The Invisible Children Foundation, a nonprofit group that seeks to put an end to the use of child soldiers in northern Uganda, will set you at ease.