Cocoa Beach

Assault Rifles Are Big Business in Florida as Federal Ban Looms

How to Save Florida's Economy: Make Everything a Nudist Colony!

Like many small business owner on Florida, Paul Hodges has been struggling over the past few years. His Cocoa Beach motel, the Fawlty Towers, has seen its profits plummet. So, he's come up with a new plan to jolt his bottom line. Starting tomorrow the Fawlty Towers will now be a nudist colony. Nudit ... More >>

Mugshots Friday: The Women of Cocoa Beach

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that ... More >>

Circumcision activists square off against thousands of years of tradition

Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation uses hunting trips to heal vets

The Silky Jazz of Sybil Gage at the Van Dyke Tonight

​Sybil Gage is one of those rare chanteuses in the world of jazz who is capable of evoking some decidedly un-jazz feelings. Often compared to greats like Nina and Ella, Gage shares more with Janis Joplin, Eartha Kitt, Grace Slick, and Corinne Bailey-Rae than one would suspect. Her live engagemen ... More >>

DreamWorks, In Your Face with Monsters vs. Aliens

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

Letters from the Issue of November 13, 2008

"I see it as a return to what journalism once was: small papers covering local areas with strong ideological slants."

Head Spins: Deejay Smeejay

A lounge-loving throwback.

Sham Marriage Hell

Bigamy charges and dozens of people busted after fake weddings: It must be South Florida.

Golden Boy on a Board

Don't hate him because he's purty. Hate him because you want his job!

Santos

Ollie rides again

The man who changed skateboarding forever skates in Hollywood -- Florida,

As the Shu Flies

About keeping rock simple

The Old Man and the Spree

Maybe it takes an ego as big as the ocean to think you can swim underwater from Havana to Miami. Especially if you're 75 years old.

Club Coup

Reverb

Catch a Wave...If You Can

South Beach surfing has its ups and downs -- mostly downs -- but for a dedicated posse of locals it still can be swell