You-Fall-You-Die
Some more “You-Fall-You-Die” photos from our Hippy Hunter contingent in Joshua Tree. This ain’t for regular folk. Matus Sobolic and Matt Lloyd got this psycho monkey business down to a science.
Bula Bula…
Bula Bula… that’s what Napolitano’s email always says when he sends us pics from Tavarua. I’m not sure what the whole ‘bula’ thing means, but I’m guessing it has something to do with the fact that he gets barreled more than me or you. Photos by Scott Winer.
Cliff Jumpers
Posted a new cliff jumping section in our Archive. This ain’t for the faint of heart. Our compadre David Meyers and his crew of Hippy Hunters have been cliff jumping and documenting the experience.
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Hello Desmond
Wanted to throw a little congratulations out to our longtime HippyTree friend and supporter Ryan Heltzel and his wife Anya. They recently brought new life into this world by the name of Desmond Xavier Nartker Drake… yes that is some HippyTree mumble jumble coming from a dad who used to live in the old Hermosa Beach HippyTree compound with us… check out the 2007 Hippy dud he is sporting.
Burlap yo!
Burlap yo! According to Wikipedia, hessian or burlap as they call it in America is made from vegetable fibers. It was a popular material for camouflage on combat helmets back in Word War 2… learn something new everyday. We decided to use it for some screen printed banners. Pretty cool eh. We have a hat in our Winter Collection called the Pueblo made out of burlap too. Check it out here.
Gettin Tubular
Couple tubular shots of the local HippyTree Tribe. Yeah, it ain’t Andy Irons or Mick Fanning… but come on now, this is HippyTree. We still run this company out of a bunch of garages. We’re just stoked to see some of our banditos getting a little tube time and reppin’ the Tree.
Jon Howard scoring a little nug in Manhattan Beach. Photo by Lahr
Sam MacLennan finding some shelter in Zuma.
Spyder Storefront
Little storefront we rigged a while back at Spyder Surf Shop in Hermosa Beach. Spyder is fully stocked with the new winter line… so do yourself a favor and get some holiday shopping done before all the new duds are swooped up. And don’t forget to check out spydersurf.com for a full selection of HippyTree duds available online… or visit our retailers section and find a Tree dealer near you.
TLM Bandito
Couple shots of Natedog from TLM hanging some artwork for a show that went down in LA a couple of months ago… yeah I know, running a little late on postings this month. Natedog has been backin’ the Tree since day one (check out the shirt he is wearing). Thought it would be appropriate to give our fellow art bandito a little love.
Animal Insanity
Couple spin-offs of our “animal insanity” project sent in from some fans and familia. Thanks for the support dudes.
Jason Napolitano took this shot on Tavarua Island.
Zach Smith sent this in via fan mail from Hastings, Nebraska.
Hello Cooper
Congratulations goes out to our good friend and longtime HippyTree supporter Jessica Oddi. Jess just brought some new life into this world by the name of Cooper No’eau Kamakani Oddi. Yep that’s a mouthful of Hawaiian and New Zealander blood you are trying to pronounce there. Sounds like a future HippyTree shredder to me.
Redwood Flashback
Received this email and photos from Grant Henarie the other day. “Hey last week I was in northern California visiting the Redwood Trees and saw a few of the Hippy Trees just hanging around. Thought I would take pictures of them and send them to you guys. I wish I would of had one of my shirts to get a picture of me wearing it there.” Crazy that these trees are still hanging. We took this trip 2 years ago in November of 2007. Click here to check out some photos from the trip.
