Same ocean.
Different breed.

The ocean
made us.

Film first. Culture always.

Cold Water Kids — № 01 — Film — The Locals

№ 01

Film

The Locals

The Locals

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The Locals · Film

Tanya

We ask people shaped by the ocean the same question — surfers, divers, sailors, fishermen. What does the ocean mean to you?

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№ 02 — Vibe

Kabelvåg, Lofoten

Nopreynoplay

Surfer on a green wave below steep mountains

Cold water changes people.
Slower minds. Sharper senses.
A deeper appreciation
for what's real.

Dark mountain peak above a breaking wave, black and white
Photo — Max Emanuelson

A higher form
of normal

Cold Water Kids

The ocean made us.

Inside a breaking wave, deep green water
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Smiling surfer in a hood in cold water, mountains behind
02
Two surfers waiting on their boards at sunset
03
Surfer carving a wave in golden evening light
04
Surfer running along a wide beach with a board
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Wave breaking at dusk with snowy peaks on the horizon
06Photo — Max Emanuelson

№ 03

From the water

Real people.
Cold water.
Raw moments.

Documentary
over perfection.

Real places. Real people. Cold water.

Cold Water Kids — № 04 — Art — Original CWK artwork

№ 04

Art

Original CWK artwork

Two skeleton surfers with boards under mountains and a crescent moon, with hand-lettered Cold Water Kids Cold Water Kids The skeleton crew

Art from
the cold.

Original Cold Water Kids artwork: two skeleton surfers, the mountains and a crescent moon.

The skeleton,
in the wild. ↓

The CWK skeleton surfer painted on a red barn under snowy mountains
Still from the hero film

Symbols

Hand drawn. Keep it rough. Keep it real.

  1. Skeleton walking with a surfboard under its arm

    No. 1 Skeleton

  2. Mountains and a crescent moon above a breaking wave

    No. 2 Mountains

  3. Skeleton surfer riding inside a barrel wave

    No. 3 Barrel

  4. Stormsurfers ship emblem: No prey, no play. Aye aye matey!

    No. 4 Stormsurfers

  5. CWK tombstone with birds overhead

    No. 5 Tombstone

  6. Surfboard with a pine tree

    No. 6 Board

№ 06

Journal

New films · Artist releases · The collective

Location Lofoten

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Stay cold.

New films, artist releases and news from the collective. No noise.

Surfer in a red cap raising a fist, wearing a Cold Water Kids tee