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

Christina Scannapiego — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:09:30 +0000

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. (more…)

MY MORNING JACKET: EVIL URGES (ATO)

Christina Scannapiego — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:07:27 +0000

Remember when My Morning Jacket was just a straight-up great rock band? Well, those days are so over. They ended with 2005’s Z, when Jim James and company morphed their reverb-drenched Southern rock into a euphoric acid outing. As bizarre as all that was, Evil Urges out-weirds it. (more…)

THE SURF LODGE

Christina Scannapiego — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:55:40 +0000

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. (more…)

THERE IS SUCH THING AS A GOOD HANGOVER

Christina Scannapiego — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:45:37 +0000

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

THE ONE THING: Ray Ban Folding Wayfarer Sunglasses

Christina Scannapiego — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:30:23 +0000

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. (more…)

ROLE MODEL: CRYSTAL THORNBURG

Christina Scannapiego — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:12:48 +0000

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. (more…)

Holy Junior Pro, Batman

Christina Scannapiego — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:32:07 +0000

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. (more…)

SPEED RACER

Christina Scannapiego — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:17:13 +0000

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. (more…)

HIGHWAY TO SWELL

Christina Scannapiego — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:08:20 +0000

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. (more…)

Free Stallion, Free Spirit

Christina Scannapiego — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:46:09 +0000

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. (more…)