Get in the Hole

The World’s Greatest Secret Skate Drain

Photos and words by Brian Wilkes // @wilkes.foto

The cars are packed with gear. 

We’ve got a pretty solid crew. 

After a few hours we arrive. 

The hole.

We all hike in. 

Who’s gonna swim through the icy creek? 

One dude says he’ll go for it. 

He doesn’t want to get in and starts trying to scale the rocks. 

Yeah, you can’t go like that. Get in the water. 

All the people, boards, cameras, BBQ, and dogs make it across.

We’re good to go. 

It’s big. 

About 35 feet tall. 

It’s rough. 

And you start in the dark. 

But it’s fun. Really fun. 

Everyone gets their go at it. 

Mellow exploring. 

Jump in the cold water.

Hide in the hole to avoid the heat.

Keep skating. 

More good times. 

More laughs. 

More beers. 

All goes well. 

No one slams too hard. 

Almost no one tipped the boat. 

Except for that one time.

We made it. 

Gotta make it happen again.

JOLLYDAZE GIFT GUIDE // WEEK 2

It's the Jollydaze again and we're here to help with the Gift Giving. Here are a couple ideas of goods we think are good to give. We'll have more gift ideas every week in December, so keep checking in.

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Shelter Co. // shelter-co.com

Pitch a classic tent! I know there are more lightweight and efficient tents out there, but I also know you are a car camper. This stands 8’3” tall and is 13’ round, so bring it to your favorite fest and have a private dance party.

Meriwether Lite Tent // $695

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Vans // vans.com

It’s kinda like a family of crazy, high-tech, crooked-teeth barbarian smiles stomping across a snowy city-turned-frozen-dystopian-mountainscape and laughing their hairy butts off.

Pat Moore’s Infuse Boots and UltraRange Hi Gore-Tex MTE // $90, $160, and $369

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Arbor // arborcollective.com

Bamboo is known as a sustainable wood, but it’ll sustain your shred, too! 

Pocket Rocket Bamboo // $129.95

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Outerknown // outerknown.com

AAccording to Waterworld, we will wear fish skin clothing in the aquatic Mad Max future. Until then, let’s slow the rising tide and invest in pants made to the highest ecologically and socially clean standards. 

S.E.A. Ambassador Slim Fit // $128

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Reusable Cloth Bags

Future geology students will dig up the layer of plastic we’ve coated our planet in. Back in the classroom on the spaceship, they will ask why we wrapped our food in pollution. 

The teacher will answer, 

“They were lazy idiots.”

Sew your own or buy some. 

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Nau // nau.com

Smart is the new sexy. Smart sees the storm on the horizon and makes moves to be ready before it hits. Smart is insulated with recycled down and shelled by a recycled polyester plus organic cotton blend. 

Utility Down Shirt Jacket // $245

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Mizu // Mizulife.com

Hug a waterfall with your arms! Kiss a waterfall with your lips! Drink a waterfall with this bottle! It has a water filter built into it so you don’t have to worry about getting giardia from the dead deer floating upstream.

360 M9 EVERYDAY Kit // $45.95

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Morakniv // morakniv.se/en

Peter Pan survives in the wildness of Neverland armed with only a tiny knife like this one. Keep the children wild, but keep them safe with a solid finger guard and rounded tip.

The Scout Knife // $30

ROAMERS Giveaway

Twice a year, Roamers design seasonal products that they find to be unique in style and useful to the current seasonality. They manufacture a limited number of pieces with specialty fabrics and expert manufacturing techniques; this is where they express they passion for making apparel.

They call this limited edition line the Threadroom and the latest invention is flannel lined pants and jackets just in time for the cold weather.

Toss your name in the hat for a chance to win below!

Contest Details // Winners will be announced the first week of January and prizes will be shipped out then. Your email address will not go to anyone other than Stay Wild magazine and Roamers brand. We love you and hope you win.

New York Exploration Society

CREATIVE EXPLORERS

Story by
Molly Beauchemin // @mollybeauchemin

Photos by
Aundre Larrow // @aundre

Exploring with
Brooke Southcombe // @brookesouth
Manny Pangilinan // @mannyaloha

It was almost sunset when the Q train pulled up to the beach. 

The technicolor amusement park that is Coney Island revealed itself, gliding past the window in slow motion. It was like a scene from a Wes Anderson movie: the neon signage, the giant Ferris wheel, the streets lined with nautical graffiti in shades of pastel pink, orange, and yellow-- all of it was a perfect backdrop to the iconic Nathan’s Hot Dog sign that soon came into view. The train yielded to a stop and we jumped out of our car and onto the sun-streaked platform. Dodging the crowds on skateboard and on foot, we headed out to the beach in pursuit of cotton candy and adrenaline. 

This is what I love about New York City: you can ride a train just a few stops East and suddenly it feels like you’re exploring another planet. You can surf with a view of the Manhattan skyline. You can ride a rollercoaster in Brooklyn. 

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In a city like New York, neighborhoods are like ecosystems: people are the elemental force that is constantly shifting. When you’re surfing, the ocean is the biggest element you face. When you’re hiking, you are immersed in the forest, looking to the trees for communion and a sense of belonging. Here, in the Big Apple, the “concrete jungle where dreams are made,” people are the most powerful force of nature-- a collective of souls constantly creating and exploring new ways of being in a city that can barely contain them. It’s perfect for people who love adventure, because it’s impossible to get bored: there’s always another neighborhood to explore, a new person to talk to, and something unusual going on in the streets. 

We saw a bride and groom being photographed in the middle of a traffic stop. A man walked by with five identical huskies on a single leash. There are art galleries full of funhouse mirrors. There’s a dessert shop that sells nothing but cookie dough. This is New York, and yet it might as well be Mars. 

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We rode the Staten Island Ferry at sunset and remembered almost instantly that Manhattan is also an island—from the boat you can’t even see land, just a mass of buildings towering up above the surf. 8 million people live in skyscrapers all crammed onto this tiny island in the middle of the sea, and all it takes is a short boat ride to be humbled by that realization. Flying in a plane over New York City results in the same effect: you suddenly realize that humans built all of this, and that’s an incredible feat.  

Back at the Ace Hotel, guests from all over the world get free psychic readings in the lobby. In this way, even the foyer of a popular hotel can become a playground for exploration-- a place to try new things that one might not have ever done before. 

Adventure, like happiness, is a state of being. Real adventure lives in your heart; it’s about how you spend your time, whether that’s getting a psychic reading or befriending dogs in your neighborhood park. Adventure is about stepping out and trying something new, big or small, whether you’re in the desert or exploring Midtown West. 

We spent our time in Coney Island riding the Wonder Wheel to the top of the world and laughing through mouthfuls of pink and blue cotton candy. We stuck our feet in the water and drank coffee in the rain, exploring the city as it revealed itself to us. Later, we played tag on the Staten Island Ferry. We made art in the park and discovered an old-fashioned diner that sold Animal House-themed tater tots. Periodically, we remembered to look up at the canopy of buildings towering above us. There are so many adventures to be had in this place. New York City is a concrete jungle, and wild is a state of mind. 

THIS ADVENTURE WAS MADE WITH HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS AT NAU CLOTHING AND ACE HOTEL

NAU.COM // ACEHOTEL.COM