On the other end of the surf spectrum comes photographer Cole Barash’s new book Talk Story which turns the lens on the Waterman culture of Hawaii’s North Shore especially as its personified by John John Florence. We doubt these dudes are too stoked on wave pools. See more photos at WeAreTheGoodLife.

The Frends crew’s Frendly Gathering went down this year on a perfect last weekend in June. Photographer Craig Wetherby of TheGoodLife! made the trip from Brooklyn to Vermont to capture the festivities of what is becoming one of the raddest festivals going. Check out a couple more shots after the jump and then hit WeAreTheGoodLife for a complete gallery featuring Danny Davis, Jack Mitrani, Danny Kass and more!

Photographer Matt Alberts has delved into 1800’s era wet collodion photography for his latest work, The Lifers Project. From using deadly chemicals to traveling the country in an RV shooting people who have given their life to skateboarding, its a dope project all the way around. Get to know it on dose.

Snowboard photographer Dean Blotto Gray recently took to the top of Stowe Mountain in Vermont to document the making of a new local VT skate film by Shem Roose. Kyle Burroughs and Stefan Echo got super DIY on the mountaintop making for some sick imagery. Check out more at WeAreTheGoodLife.com

NYC based snowboard videographer Eddie Grams, known for his work with Variety Pack, Videograss, and Network A, is also a talented photographer and has just joined the creative consortium TheGoodLife! His first image, taken in Kingston, Jamaica earlier this year is indicative of his style. See more at wearethegoodlife.com.

Lifetime skateboarder and the founder of EuropeSkate.com, Jonathan Young recently left his corporate job in Germany to create the United Skateboard Photography Project. The USPP is a non profit website and soon to be published book that aims to connect the world’s skate photographers to share their work and give back to the community. We’re proud to announce that Radcollector senior columnist and SHUT Skates VP Michael Cohen has been asked to join the project. That’s his photo of BB Bastidas in NYC above. Read his welcome interview here.

Snowboard photographer Adam Moran is one of the hardest working dudes in the business. Following the riders that chase the snow takes him from continent to continent on what seems like a never ending quest but he damn sure gets some amazing shots. Check out the best of his work from 2013 above.

To create the campaign that accompanies Santigold’s recent sock pack with Stance, photographer Craig Wetherby and filmmaker David Shadi Perez travelled to Jamaica to shoot the artist in some irie settings. Check out more photography plus Shadi’s video at WeAreTheGoodLife.

Photographers Craig Wetherby and Dean Blotto Gray had arguably the best access anyone could have at the Burton US Open of Snowboarding in Vail last week. From private runs with Jake Burton to unreal shots of Terje Haakonsen and Danny Davis poaching the pipe, the pair caught what are easily the most iconic images of the event. That’s Louie Vito above showing off his TheGoodLife! tatoo by Oliver Peck, hit the jump to see a massive Haakon/Davis double method by Craig Wetherby. Full photo recap can be found at WeAreTheGoodLife.

Although she’s not as naked as she normally is, Emily Ratajkowski’s new shoot for Terry Richardson still came out pretty good. And by pretty good we mean fucking awesome. Check out the full shoot here.