Goin' Back to Cali : US Made Sierra Designs, 60 /40.

I know that it's not even the Fourth of July yet, but let's talk about a particular favorite topic here on SECRET FORTS; parkas. And one in particular, Sierra Designs. Thanks to the diligence of some very good friends, you'll no longer need to try to figure out how you're gonna get your hands on a Sierra Designs US Made 60/40 short parka.

Moving Pictures : The Rig Out IV Film, The Stream.

With The Rig Out Issue IV at the printers presently, I'm pleased to present the team's accompanying film. According to the press release, 'This time out, the wanderlust of stylist Glenn Kitson and photographer Antony Crook had grown even stronger...

The Map : Wallabout Bay and The Brooklyn Navy Yard.

A look back at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. Along my bike route between Greenpoint and Red Hook. "At its peak, during World War II, the yard employed 70,000 people, 24 hours a day."

The Board : Full Blown Summer.

Your pictorial guide to a proper, stylish, adventurous and perhaps dangerous summer.

Out & About / Here & There.

Johnny and the Quest for the Perfect Wave.

"Religion? You might say I smoke my pot religiously."

Greetings From Old Far Rockaway.

Shelf Life : WORKWEAR 2, MONO.

Head to Toe : Get Lost.

Flahutes and Roleurs : The Rapha Continental Film.

“The greater the suffering, the greater the pleasure. That is nature’s payback to riders for the homage they pay her by suffering. Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses; people have become woolly mice. They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a one-hour bicycle ride. ‘Good for you’. Instead of expressing their gratitude for the rain by getting wet, people walk around with umbrellas. Nature is an old lady with few friends these days, and those who wish to make use of her charms, she rewards passionately.” The ethos of glory through suffering from Tim Krabbe's seminal book, "The Rider". Read it then re-read it. Fall asleep it under your pillow. Get up early and go for a ride.

Field Test : Apolis + Katin Surf Trunks.

The other day, the fellas at Apolis closed up shop for a day spent saying hello to summer, surfing the southern swells off the Malibu coast. The official mission, to field test their Apolis + Katin surf trunk.

FOBs.