Blog

We have known Kyle Martin for years and it has been amazing to follow along with his achievements.  Kyle is an amazing board rider and action sports industry veteran, he currently is the Global Product marketing senior manager at Vans...

Based in Southern California, Josh Cunliffe is a British editorial and documentary photographer. His work often explores the relationship between people and place with a goal to help his subjects feel seen. When he's not taking photos, he's spending time with...

Vitamin A has sustainability woven into the brand. When told there was no market for recycled fabrics in swimwear, founder Amahlia Stevens decided to create her own. She traveled throughout Italy, Canada, and California and eventually produced EcoLux™, the first...

  Slowtide and RVCA are excited to launch the collaborative creation of Slowtide x RVCA Towels as part of our Spring 2020 collections.  We partnered with RVCA ANP Artist, Johanna Olk, to create this USA-Made Tapestry Throw Blanket. Olk lends...

    We know that everyone works themselves to the brink of exhaustion. Schedules are packed and downtime is minimal. But self care is an integral part of the hustle. Taking time to unwind and recharge will allow you to...

Started in Sydney, Australia in 1997 by a fifteen year-old Hayden Cox, HaydenShapes blends technology and design to create a clean aesthetic and an innovative board. HaydenShapes is known for the use of Future Flex parabolic carbon fiber rail, patented...

   Gavin Dogan is a friend of Slowtide and the vivacious owner of General Admission in Venice Beach, CA. He spent three and a half years building his dream home just down the street from his shop. With modern touches...

Just down the road from the Slowtide headquarters is a kind of home-away-from-home. Hotel Joaquin is a boutique hotel situated on the Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, CA. Their “laid-back luxurious” feel emulates the city around them, taking from...

  Britt Merrick has been around shaping since the time he could walk. Getting a first-hand look at the craft through the lens of his father’s legendary work, Merrick was set to breach the industry. Now well into his career,...

Matt Titone is a creative through and through. A designer, illustrator, and photographer, you can find his influence in a number of different projects. Not to mention, he is a founding partner in Italic Studio & Indoek and the man behind...

In December we introduced our Shapers Series in which we partnered with twelve surfboard shapers to create exciting prints for this limited-edition line of Travel Towels. One of the shapers featured is the legendary Eric Arakawa. Arakawa was born and...

Max Callas is a human being living in Southern California, a friend to some of the family here at Slowtide, and an avid documenter of life as he sees it. "I have traveled more than some and less than others,...