<![CDATA[Gawker: Surfing]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: Surfing]]> http://gawker.com/tag/surfing http://gawker.com/tag/surfing <![CDATA[ Matt MacConaughey's Neighbors Fear His Awesome Influence ]]> Matthew-Mcconaughey-400A052207Awesome dude Matthew MacConaughey is a man of simple pleasures. He likes to smoke a little something, enjoy a frosty beverage, play some bongos, and ride some tasty waves. So why are his Malibu neighbors getting all, like, uptight and totally hassling bro in the press? His surf buddy fans already did them all the favor of clearing the beach of pesky paparazzi by handing the shutterbugs some righteous beatdowns. Well, it seems the no-fun-loving neighbors are worried about the children. Won't someone please, please think of the children?

They're concerned that their precious sun-kissed tots, who naturally adore the easy-going movie star, will be driven to drink after watching him lounging around the beach and having a few brews.

"Matt is rarely seen without a bottle or can of beer in his hand—he likes to unwind with friends. They surf and down beer after beer," says a tipster.

"The kids who play on the beach think Matt's cool because he's in movies. [The parents] don't want their sons and daughters watching Matt get tipsy. Matt thinks they are overreacting. He says he's a dad, too, and they should mind their own business." [Star]

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Gawker-5046421 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:17:48 EDT ian spiegelman http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5046421&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Shark Surfer ]]> Picture 4-13You see, they're not all bad. Once we all learn to be friends with our aquatic cousins we can harvest their colossal strength for the greater good of humanity.

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Gawker-5007785 Sun, 04 May 2008 14:45:52 EDT ian spiegelman http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5007785&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Genius of Point Break Finally Recognized By Government ]]> pointbreak.jpegWho among us could not be a changed person after seeing the 1991 beach-based thriller Point Break? Patrick Swayze as the surf gang leader Bodhi; Gary Busey as the world-weary cop Pappas; and Keanu Reeves as Johnny Utah, trying to do whatever he imagined an actor's job to be. The movie became an instant classic, of a sort, in 1991. It took 12 more years before the inevitable stage version of the show, "Point Break LIVE!," hit theatergoers like a surfboard to the face. And that show—in which an audience member is selected to play Johnny Utah each night, and "reads their entire script off cue cards in order to capture the rawness of a Keanu Reeves performance"—has put in five long years on stage before being awarded its own official day in a formal proclamation by San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom. As the immortal Bodhi said, "Goddamn! You are one radical son of a bitch [MAYOR NEWSOM]!" They should make it TWO days:


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Gawker-377936 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:52:03 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377936&view=rss&microfeed=true