Feel the Sea
Our Surfskates
A LOVESTORY
There used to be a beautiful playfulness in surfing at a time when all the craze started and which sadly got a little lost along the way — with our range of surfskate longboards we are hoping to contribute to the revival of the longboard style also in surfskating. With every product we sell 1% of our revenue is donated to the 50 Reef Initiative.
TAVARUA & THE REEF
Our two longboard decks Tavarua and The Reef offer you a ride straight from the 60s — one you would have found on those shoulder-high waves with tails of rainbow mist blowing off their backs — shaped by the Santa Ana breeze in southern California.
RETRO RIDE
Our Youth Lagoon surfskate longboards are made for cross-steps, nose rides and smooth turns while surfing concrete — ride in retro style like you would on your classic single fin longboard.
High Performance
SHAPE
With a width of 10.5" almost from nose to tail our longboard shape offers you enough space to cross-step up and down the full length of the board while maintaining total control of your ride. Despite a massive wheelbase of over 25" the width of the deck is putting so much leverage on any truck that the board is capable of offering spontaneous tigh turns and maneuvers to find your line.
A low concave with hardly any rocker and our cork top even improve the possibilites of hang tens, pirouettes and traveling up and down the board with graceful, simultaneously fluid footsteps.
MAWI & BERAWA
Our Tavarua print is a reminiscence to the classic longboards of the very early 1960s which were back then popping up on the coasts of Southern California. The Reef is a playful take on our endangered friends who live down below the water surface and help shaping the waves we love.
MINDFUL PRODUCTION
While we produce our eco-friendly surfskates entirely in Germany we believe that there are also ways of producing mindfully with any type of supply chain — with our longboards we created a product with exceptional longevity and also donate to the 50 Reef Initiative with every sale we make.
Construction
MATERIALS & FINISHING
Our longboards are lightweight but highly robust surfskate decks with extra longevity and just the right amount of flex to pump and carve.
Instead of using standard Canadian maple all of our longboard decks are produced from seven layers of regionally sourced premium maple. By sourcing premium materials locally we are reducing our carbon foot print, avoiding unnessecary transportation, and still producing products at a quality that matches industry standards. The print and cork top on our decks are water resistant and can easily be wiped clean with a brush or washcloth.
Cork Top
GRIPTAPE
Whether you are looking for an even more sensitive response of your board, for an enhanced training of your footwork or for a cruise around town in style — nothing else than a barefoot session will bring you closer to the true surfing experience.
Our longboards feature a highly durable cork top instead of classic griptape. The soft and grippy cork surface offers a perfectly comfortable and secure stance for skating barefooted. It can easily be cleaned with a wet brush or cloth.
North Shore
WHEELS
With our North Shore Wheels we not only put focus on grip and traction but also on controllable slides. A solid 50mm contact patch, high rebound and 3.5mm offset core offer you enough grip to pump these beauties to the max while staying confident in super tight maneuvers.
Our 78A Urethane formula and radiused edges create a smooth transition between grip and slip offering maximum control and predictable hook-ups during slides and snaps . With a diameter of 70mm you will not only effortlessly reach higher top speeds but also experience a maximum life span at minimal costs.
Quality Work & Materials
BY YOUTH LAGOON
Youth Lagoon was founded with the awareness that every business also has a responsibility to promote the importance of social equity and ecological sustainability. We believe that respecting the men and women who make our products and to always doing the best to limit effectively our impact on the environment is natural and fundamental for a modern society and economy.
Our longterm aim is to produce entirely in Europe. We take care that products from Youth Lagoon which at this time cannot be sourced and produced regionally are always made under certified, fair working conditions, with the highest possible quality.
The Reef
ARTWORK
A large part of our precious marine life but also many of the world’s most beautiful waves rely on the existence of coral reefs. With our special edition artwork "The Reef" we not only celebrate the beauty of coral reefs but also want to create awareness about their disappearance due to global warming.
Youth Lagoon donates 1% of the order value made from any sale to the 50 Reefs Initiative — an organisation which aims to identify an optimum portfolio of reefs for targeting coral reef conservation. If you are interested in the beauty and endangerment of coral reefs you can watch Chasing Coral free of charge on YouTube — a Netflix Original documentary produced by Jeff Orlowski.
German Standards
HIGH QUALITY
The production of our longboard decks, North Shore wheels and skateboard bearings is fully handled by an industry leading German skateboard manufacurer.
An important part of our business model is to keep as many elements of the supply chain in Germany or Europe — not only to create products with an outstanding quality and longevity but also to assure that sourcing and working conditions are meeting German standards while producing outside of Europe. Our eco-friendly line of surfskate decks is already entirely 'Made in Germany'.
1% for 50 Reefs
CONSERVING NATURE
It is harder than one might think to create and sell products without leaving a foot print on our eco-system — we are just at the beginning. To drive change with every product sold in our shop we decided to fund selected organisations who are changing the future of conserving nature.
This year we have decided to donate 1% revenue (about 10% of our profit) to the 50 Reefs Initiative. 50 Reefs is helping to identify and preserve coral reefs which have a chance of surviving global warming.
Trucks
CONFIGURATIONS
Depending on your personal preference and style you can configurate our decks with your own setup. We offer a wide range of surfskate trucks and wheels from 2Hex, Alva, Arbor, Blood Orange, Carver, Landyachtz, Roundhouse, Orangatang and of course YOW.
2HEX SURFSKATE TRUCK
After having skated almost every surfskate truck on the market up and down we decided to offer the 2Hex Surfskate Pump Truck with our own surfskate completes. With an adjustable spring, soft cone bushings and optimized rotational angles on the front truck, the 2Hex Pump Truck combines some of the best features from Carver and YOW at a very reasonable price. If you are new surfskating this adjustable system will help you progress from absolute beginner to an intermediate level without blowing your budget.
Mounted on our shortboards the 2Hex Pump Truck offers aggressive maneuvaribility while keeping maximum stability and control; on our wider longboards the truck simulates a more natural flow similar to your single fin longboard.
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OUR CORPORATRE RESPONSIBILITY
What a time to be alive. And what a time to start doing things differently. As a fashion brand we do recognize our societal responsibility. Therefore we are giving equal value to aesthetics and quality as to ecological sustainbilty and ethical conduct.
