THE (UN)AUTHORIZED VHS BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF POINT BREAK. Story ByED SOLT The legendary surf movie Point Break returns to theaters nationwide for special showings August 16 and 19, 35 years after its original release. Starring a young Keanu Reeves and the wavy-headed icon Patrick Swayze, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and produced in part by her then-husband …
ARTIST GREG SIMKINS IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED MAKER OF WORLDS. BUT HIS WORK IS DRAWN FROM THE FANTASTICAL REALMS OF THE SOUTH BAY Words ByRACHEL REEVES Photos ByBRENT BROZA Greg Simkins, the artist internationally known as CRAOLA, lives two blocks from the house he grew up in. Down the street are his middle school, his …
A three decade friendship between a surfer and a photographer in work and words Words ByMIKE BALZER AND MARK McDERMOTT Mike Balzer met Greg Browning in 1988 when he was a 29-year-old up-and-coming photographer and Browning was a 14-year-old surfer whose fast and fearless style was turning heads on local beaches. Body Glove had given …
Of all the corners of the globe where the spirit of the 60s sprouted like a wildflower superbloom, it was in Brazil, against the desert backdrop of military dictatorship and political brutality, that one of the most vibrant and culturally rich musical genres was born from a revolutionary art movement known as Tropicália. Traditional Brazilian …
HAWAIIAN-STYLE BEACH FOOD,LARGE PORTIONS, AND ANGIEROMERO’S WELCOMING SMILEKEEP 54 YEARS OF TRADITIONALIVE AND WELLWords ByALEX KHATCHADOURIAN If you grew up in and around the South Bay, or consider yourself a local, then you surely have a Beach Hut memory. It’s likely some version of how you used to wolf down a loco moco and side …
Words ByJEFF VINCENT Photos ByJESSIE LEE CEDERBLOM The entrepreneur’s path is scary. Look over one shoulder, and it’s seemingly clear cut: interviews, positions, ladders. Over the other shoulder, and it appears to be smooth sailing: a paycheck that already exists, just waiting to be clocked in for. In reality, there’s no easy way through, and …
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TYLER HATZIKIAN JOINS THE CONSTELLATION OF SOUTH BAY LEGENDS Words ByED SOLT In 1993, a Loyola Marymount film student named Jason Baffa took advantage of a South Bay rarity, afternoon offshore winds. North across the bay, Malibu was on fire. The fall sky was surreal, dirty red and hazy, but the waves were glassy and …