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Tahiti

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    April 10, 2008

    Sea Monsters Off San Diego!

    What’s 105 miles off San Diego and 17 miles long, lurks just three feet below the surface at its highest point, earned San Clemente’s Mike Parsons a nifty $60,000 for about two minutes’ adrenalin-stoked work in January ’01, and generates waves so freakin’ huge they show up on radar? Itâ ... More >>

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    April 12, 2008

    Big Wave Riding Awards 2008

    What’s 105 miles off San Diego and 17 miles long, lurks just three feet below the surface at its highest point, earned San Clemente’s Mike Parsons a nifty $60,000 for about two minutes’ adrenalin-stoked work in January ’01, and generates waves so freakin’ huge they show up on radar? Itâ ... More >>

  • Music

    April 8, 1999

    Straight Outta Stanton

    Can the Pocket Clowns Save the World?

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    TONIGHT: Third Week of OC Music Award Showcases

    Yes, sir--it's the third week of the OC Music Award Showcases over at Detroit Bar (after next week, they move to Chain Reaction). Looks like it should be an interesting show, with a little quirkier line-up than last week's more straight-forward affair. Irvine's Faded Paper Figures open up; they cite ... More >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2008

    [Aural Reports] Life's a Hula-Dance Party for Aurora Napua Ka'awa

    Yes, sir--it's the third week of the OC Music Award Showcases over at Detroit Bar (after next week, they move to Chain Reaction). Looks like it should be an interesting show, with a little quirkier line-up than last week's more straight-forward affair. Irvine's Faded Paper Figures open up; they cite ... More >>

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Bored Competition

    The ocean stinks, but surfers are too busy to help clean it up

  • Features

    June 22, 2006

    Be the Board

    Pravdas Valentin Shmidov wants to teach you the true art of surfing

  • Features

    November 17, 2005

    All Mixed Up

    The 11 best music moments from The O.C.

  • Columns

    November 10, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    The 11 best music moments from The O.C.

  • Music

    October 14, 2004

    Mouse on Mars

    The 11 best music moments from The O.C.

  • Music

    September 16, 2004

    Masta Ace

    The 11 best music moments from The O.C.

  • Culture

    November 13, 2003

    Episode 9

    The 11 best music moments from The O.C.

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Is My Faberge Egg in the Trunk, Too?

    The 11 best music moments from The O.C.

  • Columns

    September 23, 1999

    Dump This!

    The 11 best music moments from The O.C.

  • Music

    May 7, 2009

    [Locals Only] Chasing Paper With Faded Paper Figures

    The 11 best music moments from The O.C.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Dueling Dishes: Thai Green Shrimp Curry

    For this week's challenge I picked two local Thai joints, both of which have two locations. The first contender: Urban Thai, in Aliso Viejo's Town Center mall (the other branch is in Corona). The menu has all the usual suspects, but it's the beer selection that intrigued me, as it included two ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    The Unsolved Murder of Joe Avila Is Only One of Many Loose Ends From OC's Coked-Out '80s

    For this week's challenge I picked two local Thai joints, both of which have two locations. The first contender: Urban Thai, in Aliso Viejo's Town Center mall (the other branch is in Corona). The menu has all the usual suspects, but it's the beer selection that intrigued me, as it included two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Kelly Slater and Raimana Van Bastolaer Hit IMAX

    Jeff Hornbaker​Nine-time world championship surfer Kelly Slater is gracing the giant IMAX screen with an educational and thrilling 3-D surf ride, in The Ultimate Wave Tahiti. The three year project directed by Stephen Low uses the same technology as box office mega hit Avatar to take its viewers t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Bride Flight Flies Away With Biggest Awards as 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival Wraps

    Bride Flight was a favorite among Newport Beach Film Festival jurors.​Bride Flight, a drama about three women aboard a KLM airliner that won the 1953 Air Race from London to New Zealand, nearly swept the biggest jury awards at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival, which ended its eight-day run Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Andy Irons' Widow Trying To Delay Release Of Autopsy Report

    ©ASP/RobertsonHis win in Tahiti was Andy Irons' last before passing away.​Controversy and questions have surrounded the tragic passing of world champion surfer Andy Irons, who was found dead in a Grapevine, Texas hotel room on Nov. 2, 2010.There was talk of drugs and foul play, or possibly a bad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    [UPDATED: Event Called Off] 'Eddie Would Go': With Monster Swell Scheduled to Hit, Big-Wave Surfing Event May Run Today

    Sharing a Waimea Bay monster.Update, 11 a.m.: Event manager Glen Moncata just made the call that today is "not an Eddie day." The decision was based on inconsistent sets and waves not quite the size that he and contest director George Downing deemed appropriate for making the event run-ready.Origina ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2011

    Big-Wave Surfing's Swell Guys

    The monster swells can be big business, but for one group of OC surfers, it's still all about the ride

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    [UPDATED: Surfer Died of Heart Attack at San Onofre] Waves, Waves and Even Bigger Waves: Massive Swell is Here and Growing

    Chasen Marshall/OC Weekly​UPDATE, SEPT. 7, 5:11 P.M.: According to a Orange County coroner's report, Russ Yamada died of a heart attack on Saturday afternoon, reports NBC Los Angeles. The 42-year-old Torrance resident had been surfing at a surf break called Old Man's in San Onofre State Park ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Kelly Slater Opts For the Dramatic, Winning on the Final Wave of the Hurley Pro

    Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyThe man still loves to win; Slater, moments after the final scores were recorded.​​"That was full Michael Jordan for three with half a second on the clock," replied the commentator, moments after the five judges had recorded their scores. It was every bit the accurate co ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2012

    Bobby Martinez's Rebel Cry

    Can the enfant terrible's harsh words and crisp moves reform the corporatized surf scene dominated by Orange County's action-sports industry?

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