Available 8/31 – 9/6: Active Child “Playing House”

Working under the nom de plume Active Child, Los Angeles’ Pat Grossi fuses a number of musical styles – everything from ambient to hip-hop – to manifest his sultry, enchanting soundscapes. The lead single from Active Child’s forthcoming debut, You Are All I See (out now on Vagrant Records), is the addictive “Playing House,” on which swirling synths combine with crisp electronic drum samples, phased handclaps, and distorted R&B-tinged vocals from How to Dress Well to create a distinctly after-dark vibe.

Download Here

PC:
1. Right click link above
2. Save to your computer
3. Listen and enjoy

MAC:
1. Hold “Control” button and click link above
2. Select “Download Linked File”
3. Listen and enjoy

Last but definitely not least is San Francisco! Kassia Meador, Kelia Moniz, Rosy Hodge and Jenn Smith make their final stop on their Roxy California Trippin’ roadtrip. Fresh off a stop at Santa Cruz the girls headed north. About 90 minutes, 2 cups of coffee, and a couple replays of a Phoenix album later, the Roxy athletes pulled up to the famed bridge for a surf session. Just as they thought, the Golden Gate bridge surf was epic. It truly was the best way to wrap their road trip.

Love what you see in the videos? To get you ready for your very own Roxy-style road trip we are giving away a brand new 2011 Ford Fiesta! (Roxy logos not included). We are also throwing in a few of our favorite Roxy pieces such as jeans, a sweater, and some luggage!

All you have to do to win is WATCH the video, and >> GO TO THE ROXY CALIFORNIA TRIPPIN’ SWEEPSTAKES PAGE to answer the question correctly. There are NEW episodes every 2 weeks, so keep watching and keep answering to increase your chances to win!

Featured Track: “WaterParker”
Album: Feeling Today
Myspace: /BotanyMusic
Twitter: @BotanyMusic
Label: Western Vinyl

Botany is the catch-all title for the musical quests of Spencer Stephenson, a young Texan with a gift for turning recycled sounds into something entirely new and brilliant. Stephenson’s most recent release, Feeling Today (his first under the name Botany), is an EP-length collection of gracefully patchwork songs dedicated to his recently deceased mother, recorded in the house where she raised him. Delicate, bright, and joyful, the record acts as a celebration of life.

The kids I rode with at Perisher! Fun day!

I’ve been back in Australia for a week and a half and have managed to do a million and one things. I spent some solid time at Perisher with Jake and the local crew there, had some sunny spring days riding the newly named “Bright’s Pipe” and we even lucked out with a powder day in the gum trees. Fun times!

Powder day and snowboarding amongst the gum trees!

Went to Sydney to shoot the cover for Women’s Health magazine and to Melbourne for the autograph signings and the Chalet Girl movie premiere. Which I highly recommend!! But my favorite part of this whirlwind trip home was hanging out up at Mt. Hothem with the Roxy sales reps and getting to teach Sally Fitzgibbons how to snowboard. It was so much fun and she totally rips! Hopefully someone snagged some video clips so I can share them with you. Legend! Can’t wait for our surf trip so she can teach me a thing or two in return!

Sally and I after our shred session!

Cheers, Torah

Have you ever dreamed of modeling in exotic locations like Tahiti, Argentina and Fiji?  Spending every moment chasing waves or riding mountains? Now here’s your chance. Join ROXY, NEXT Models, Seventeen Magazine and Stila as we hunt for the NEXT ROXY girl.

Come visit us Sept 8th, 2011 during Fashion’s Night Out at the ROXY Soho store at 519 Broadway in New York City for your chance to meet ROXY pro athletes and models and chat with them about what being a ROXY girl is all about. NEXT casting agents and Seventeen magazine editors will be on hand to answer any questions.

Purchase any Stila Loves ROXY product and get a mini make-up session with a Stila global celebrity make-up artist before you have your casting session. Make purchases over $50 and take home an exclusive Stila Loves ROXY surf make-up palette.

Check out our casting on Fashion’s Night Out from 6pm – 9pm and you could be the NEXT ROXY girl. Start living your dream now.
If you can’t attend the event, be sure to tune into our Roxy Facebook page, as we will be sharing and tweeting live from the event. Tell us who you LIKE and maybe SHE may become the Next ROXY girl!

#roxyFNO #roxysurfsNY #FNO @Roxy

 UPDATE: the Vendor Village will only be open until tonight until 6pm, Aug. 25th due to weather. Please visit the ECSC website below for all information and updates on this event.

Come visit the Roxy booth in the vendor village at the 49th Annual Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships! The vendor village will be open Thursday Aug 25th  until Sunday Aug 28th between 10am-6pm.   

Stop by to score some free Roxy product at the Roxy tent!  Roxy will be hosting the game ’Skee Bean’ with tons of Roxy giveaways and FREE swag! Try your chances at scoring some of the many great prizes including: sunglasses, beach balls, pencil cases, lunch pales, Cds, necklaces, fanny packs, ‘I heart Surfer Boys’ tanks, and much more!  Grab a free cotton candy while you’re there too!  

Surf Action Update: 

Thursday morning at The East Coast Surfing Championships was welcomed with warm, offshore winds and an increase if surf (great news for the contest!) The weather is hot and humid as Hurricane Irene is on it’s way, but as of now, the heats are still running today. 

The surf is expected to pick up and is already cleaner and bigger than yesterday. 

Currently in the water are the boys heats ripping waste high sections, and coming up this afternoon are the pro women’s heats at 5:30pm EST. Roxy team rider Chelsea Tuach from Barbados will be surfing this evening, and Alison Bowman, who is hanging out in the Roxy tent today, will be competing this Friday! 

Stay tuned for a recap of the pro womens. 

Available 8/24 – 8/31: Zola Jesus “Vessel”

In the last three years, Nika Roza Danilova has gone from being an experimental teenage noisemaker to the internationally celebrated musician known as Zola Jesus. The diminutive, remarkably intelligent Danilova – she completed high school and college in a combined six years – was raised amid desolate Wisconsin environs to ultimately emerge as one of this year’s leading lights in electronic pop, as authoritative publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, The Guardian, NME, and The New York Times have championed her dark, yet increasingly grandiose music. Following a recent contribution to the new M83 album, Zola Jesus’ upcoming release, Conatus, represents another leap forward for the 22-year-old Danilova – get a taste of it with “Vessel,” the droning lead single lightly colored with industrial sonics.
Download Here

PC:
1. Right click link above
2. Save to your computer
3. Listen and enjoy

MAC:
1. Hold “Control” button and click link above
2. Select “Download Linked File”
3. Listen and enjoy

Roxy Surf Camp at the Quiksilver Pro 2011
September 3-10, 2011

Learn to surf with Roxy at the Quiksilver Pro, New York next month! Roxy Surf Camp will run all week from 10am-12pm, 12:pm-2pm, and 2pm-4pm, and will be open to 35 students per lesson. The camp will be reserved for VIP only on September 7-9. The surf camp will be held daily down by the beach near the contest site.

Roxy pro surfers Kassia Meador, Rosy Hodge, Bruna Schmitz, Kelia Moniz, Lisa Andersen, Monyca Byrne-Wickey, and Sally Fitzgibbons will even be there giving a few lessons or two!

Roxy Surf Camp, in partnership with Skudin Surf, is offered to girls of all ages, and surfers- be sure to check out your photos online following the lesson!
Come out for a day of fun with the Roxy Team, and get stoked on surfing! Registration will run all day, first come, first served. SEA you there!

PICTURES from:

Surf Camp 9/3/11

Surf Camp 9/4/11

Surf Camp 9/5/11

Surf Camp 9/6/11

Surf Camp 9/8/11

Surf Camp 9/9/11

Keep up with us via #roxysurfsNY @roxy or LIKE our Facebook for updates! We will also load daily albums to this blog post right here!

For more information on Roxy @ the QuikPro2011 and how to get there, click here.

Featured Track: “Surgeon”
Album: Strange Mercy
Myspace: /stvincent
Facebook: /st-vincent
Twitter: @st_vincent

Her delicate features may make her seem like a featherweight singer-songwriter upon initial glance, but St. Vincent’s Annie Clark is certainly anything but. The songs on St. Vincent’s third album, Strange Mercy – due in September on 4AD – have been stripped back to their bare essentials, with sparse arrangements that allow Clark to play them on her own, if necessary. The Texas-bred multi-instrumentalist worked this time around with John Congleton, known in indie circles for his powerful collaborations with Black Mountain and Explosions in the Sky, and the partnership drove Clark to push boundaries during the recording process as she sought new musical directions and different sounds throughout.

Over the weekend our girl Kjersti Buaas won 2nd place in the slopestyle event and 6th place in the halfpipe at the first stop of the Global Open series in New Zealand.  This contest marks the beginning of the new 2011/12  winter competition season, so Kjersti is off to a great start!  Here’s a few words from Kjersti about the event:

“My best run in the slopestyle event consisted of: 360 tap, 50-50 to backside boardslide, 50-50 to bs. 180 off the pole jam, cab 540 indy, fs. 720 mute and a fs 360 stalefish. The course and weather stayed perfect, actually the best conditions I have ever ridden here.

The next  morning in the halfpipe event I tried some good old air-to-fakies in practice, but I was mainly focusing on pacing my energy, since I was running on fumes. The finals started and the first contest run that went down made everybody on the top go; wooohhhh! Spanish rider Queralt Castellet dropped in and did the biggest bs. 900 I have ever seen from a girl and set the standard for the rest of the day.

I was inspired by the American mafia, Kelly, Gretchen, Elena and Hannah, that did not disappoint! fs and bs 900′s, cab 720 and huge airs went down left and right. I aso surprised myself and landed a good run, witch earned me 6th place out of 8th riders in the finals. I also won the creative use of space award, for my air-to-fakie on the first hit, something that I feel very honored to win.

Big thanks to my sponsors, Roxy, Monster, DNB Nor and KAB for the amazing support. Special thanks to “coach of the week”, One Life team captain Chanelle Sladics for holding it down!  -KJ”

To hear more about Kjersti’s trip to New Zealand hop over to her blog.