The Critical Slide Society
We've channeled the adventurous, the free-living, the laid-back nomadic surfer. FreedomSliders is built around subtle military tones, functional detailing, vintage washed-in colours & traditional shapes.
With Jerome Forrest, Eden Saul, The Friendly Pirate, Kai Ellice-Flint. Shot and Edited by Flamingo Amigos Music by Third Eye Stimuli
This Sam Coombes, one of the the co-founders of TCSS. The guy in the background is Bodhi, perhaps you have seen him.
Critical Sliders
The Critical Slide Society (TCSS) was founded in 2009 in a sleepy seaside village on the Central Coast of NSW Australia. Launched by a couple of surfers and artists, Jim Mitchell and Sam Coombes, the founders had the vision of an authentic, creative label as a platform that celebrates an emerging alternative movement within surf culture: one that’s less about the winner’s podium and more about the simple joy of a deeply engaged surfing life.
TCSS works with artists, photographers, designers, filmmakers, surfers from across the globe, all of whom share a similar outlook inspiration. TCSS prides itself on its unique approach its detail orientated design. The brand won Best Boardshort two years running TCSS apparel goods are now stocked in some of the most respected retail stores around the world.