NSM went to Iceland last week to test the new Patagonia Yulex coming this fall. A new plant-based material, FSC certified. Bad habits change aint easy but let’s face it, we need to adapt our behaviour. In 1972, when clean climbing became an issue in the US, Yvon Chouinard began manufacturing removable chocks… 2016 might be the beginning of the end of neopren.

Watch the photos from last week by Fredrik Kåhrström with Nils, Ratman, Samuel, Tom & more.

Fredrik Bergman & shaper Jimmy Yoshio Shibata somewhere in Sweden yesterday.

A Cold Water Surf Photography exhibit in Vancouver