HECUBA: FROM ALIENS TO AUDIO — SIR, THE RELEASE OF THE DUO’S NEW EP

by Marissa Tinloy

Hecuba the band originated on the set of a film: young Alabama choir-boy meets Tunisian songstress while conceptualizing an alien abduction. Jon Beasley was casting and Isabelle Albuquerque was slated to be the leading lady destined for a journey to outer space. That was Brooklyn in 2003. Read more

TIMEZONE PHOTO GALLERY: ABIGAIL CHAPIN ROCKS FOAM’S FAVORITE SCARF

Tie One On

Abigail Chapin of the sororal supergroup The Chapin Sisters shows us how no accessory is as versatile–or indispensible–as a scarf.

Photos by Theodora Allen

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GIRLS THAT SKATE ARE BADASS

Huntington Beach’s Own Lauren Perkins Wins the Gold Medal and $5,000 in the S3 Supergirl Jam Street Contest

The S3 Supergirl Jam concluded last weekend in Huntington Beach, Calif. with hometown hero, Lauren Perkins, winning the Skateboard Street Contest and a check for $5,000, and snowboarder Laurie Currier of Wrightwood, Calif. dominating the competition to win both the Snowboard Rail Jam and the “Best Trick” award Read more

THE WAY WE WORE: US OPEN

Aside from the surf, sun and sand, this year’s US Open blew us away with the fans’ uber amount of creative energy. Literally, there was style for miles. Photographer Nicki Hunt went snap happy to show us the beach fashions that turned the boardwalk into a catwalk.  Read more

U.S. OPEN FINAL DAY

WHAT?

Malia Manuel is 14. When I think about what I was doing at 14-years-old—decorating mix tape covers and barely working at the ice cream shop—well, it wasn’t winning the U.S. Open of Surfing, that’s for sure. Read more

U.S. OPEN DAY TWO! (the chicks)

Damn!!! Melanie lost in the quarterfinals against little Coco Ho. But still, Coco Ho and Malia Manuel—um, who’s 14 years old—are both in the finals. Read more

U.S. OPEN DAY ONE! (um, for the girls)

OK, I have to come right out and say it: Best part of the event for me, so far, has been Melanie Bartels’ surprise appearance. Read more

THE SURF LODGE

Montauk, New York’s hottest new spot
By Kate Williams

Even boogie boarders are welcome at The Surf Lodge, Montauk’s newest boutique hotel and restaurant. Read more

THERE IS SUCH THING AS A GOOD HANGOVER

RVCA cordially invites you to the premier of “The Hangover of a Pop Culture.” Read more

THE ONE THING: Ray Ban Folding Wayfarer Sunglasses

by Kate Williams

In the past year, Ray-Ban Wayfarer shades have staged one hell of a comeback, even showing up on the likes of style-setters Sienna Miller and Mary-Kate Olsen. Read more

ROLE MODEL: CRYSTAL THORNBURG

Surfer and adventurer, Crystal Thornburg, inspires by example

By Alendandra Willinger
Photo: Linny Morris Cunningham

There are a lot of reasons to love Crystal Moonshine Thornburg. Yes, the Hawaiian native blows us all away when she’s on the longboard. Read more

Holy Junior Pro, Batman

As one of the featured events during a week full of fun- in-the-sun during the GO211 Live festival and U.S. Open of Surfing at the famed Huntington Beach Pier, the Women’s Junior Pro returns to the surfing world’s competition line-up with a new
title sponsor. Read more

SPEED RACER

All Around Athlete Darlene Addison is Addicted to the Rush

By Christina Scannapiego

Darlene Addison runs at lunch. Her fellow ER nurses think she’s completely psycho, but even so, she devours her meal and uses the remainder of her lunch hour to go running. This tidbit tells you a lot about the type of person she is. “The older I get, the more stuff I want to do and I can hardly fit it all in,” she says, clearly feeling an urgency few do at the tender age of thirty-one. Read more

HIGHWAY TO SWELL

Fox Surf Team Journeys Through the East Coast This Summer on the Highway Swell Tour

Fox’s Highway to Swell tour kicks off July 7 in New Jersey, and heads down south towards Florida on this two week tour of the East Coast. Read more

Free Stallion, Free Spirit

>by Marshall Heyman

We’ve heard of model-slash-actress and actress-slash-singer, but California’s own AMBER TAMBLYN is the first actress-slash-poet we’ve ever met. We dispatched MARSHALL HEYMAN to try and figure out what makes Tamblyn tick.

When the actress Amber Tamblyn walks into the Rose Café in Venice Beach for an early breakfast, the hostess gives her a big hug. Read more

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