Extreme Soundtracks Vol. 4: Nitro Circus’ Beaver Fleming

Extreme Soundtracks is a column profiling professional extreme sports athletes and the role music has played in their life. Created by twin sisters Stefanie and Suzanne Sanchez Beaver Fleming is a 24-year-old professional skateboarder, speaker, influencer, global explorer, and self-described “life-liver”. All the way from Tennessee, Beaver’s passion for skateboarding brought him to California at the […]

Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Miles Doughty Buys Famed Ocean Beach Bar and Venue

Slightly Stoopid co-founder and Ocean Beach native Miles Doughty has taken over ownership of Newport Avenue pillar, The Harp, along with local business owners and friends Steve Ashton, Tyson Greene, and Jeremy Diem. From booking bigger artists, to Premier League games, to brunch, Doughty and his partners have no shortage of dreams for this historical […]

Kyle Smith Gave Away 1,200 Tee Shirts Yesterday

Kyle Smith is known for doing things a little differently. He’s unsigned, unmanaged, uncensored on social media, and unapologetically himself through and through. It’s the reason he’s been able to cultivate his hyper-devoted fanbase over the past five years, and the reason he continues to be a true bad boy of the scene. In one […]

What’s in The Bag? With Logan Rex of Artikal Sound System

We’re back in the trailer with Logan Rex of Artikal Sound System as she empties her purse and shows us all of her everyday essentials from dog leashes to microdoses (LSD AND mushroom thankyouverymuch) to throat spray and everything in between. Buckle up, because there’s never a dull moment with this firecracker. Watch the full […]

Extreme Soundtracks Vol. 2: Makua Rothman

Extreme Soundtracks is a column profiling professional extreme sports athletes and the role music has played in their life. Created by twin sisters Stefanie and Suzanne Sanchez   TP: Can I just say that when I saw your post on Instagram about the World Surfing Federation regarding the current state of affairs of professional surfing! You […]

Extreme Soundtracks Vol. 1: Landon McNamara

Landon McNamara

Extreme Soundtracks is a new column profiling professional extreme sports athletes and the role music has played in their life. Created by twin sisters Stefanie and Suzanne Sanchez.   TP: Landon, thanks so much sitting down with The Pier today! Your life is remarkable, and with music and surfing being the epicenter of your every day, […]

Jakobs Castle Drops Dynamic New Single “Lights Out” Via Epitaph Records

Jakobs Castle is the eclectic passion project of 28-year-old Long Beach artist Jakob Nowell. Today he shares “Lights Out,” a song that combines ska-punk and alt-rock with hyperpop production into a sound he aptly coins “beach meets internet.” Check it out below! “’Lights Out’ is the best example of what Jakobs Castle is all about,” […]

Makua Rothman Releases New Single & Video for “The One And Only,” Describes Comeback From Injury

World champion surfer and musician Makua Rothman today releases his new single “The One And Only,” inspired by his remarkable comeback from potentially career-threatening injury. Recorded at Top Tomato Market in Venice, California with acclaimed producer Jimmy Messer, the new single is available now on digital platforms everywhere “I got injured earlier this year and […]