Extreme Sports

Boucher Brothers enrages SoBe surfers with no-bid board-renting contract

Boucher Bros. Expands Beach Monopoly With No-Bid Contract for Surf and Paddleboarding

​In early January, Miami Beach lifeguards suddenly began ordering surfers, paddleboarders, and kitesurfers to ditch their local haunts and move south of Third Street. City officials had supposedly just rediscovered an obscure 1964 law banning the sports from guarded beaches.But while the media foc ... More >>

Wheels in Motion

​In early January, Miami Beach lifeguards suddenly began ordering surfers, paddleboarders, and kitesurfers to ditch their local haunts and move south of Third Street. City officials had supposedly just rediscovered an obscure 1964 law banning the sports from guarded beaches.But while the media foc ... More >>

Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon: A New Times reporter attempts 26.2 miles for ten grand

​In early January, Miami Beach lifeguards suddenly began ordering surfers, paddleboarders, and kitesurfers to ditch their local haunts and move south of Third Street. City officials had supposedly just rediscovered an obscure 1964 law banning the sports from guarded beaches.But while the media foc ... More >>

George's on Sunset is name-crazy

​In early January, Miami Beach lifeguards suddenly began ordering surfers, paddleboarders, and kitesurfers to ditch their local haunts and move south of Third Street. City officials had supposedly just rediscovered an obscure 1964 law banning the sports from guarded beaches.But while the media foc ... More >>

Skateboards and Smiling Skulls

​In early January, Miami Beach lifeguards suddenly began ordering surfers, paddleboarders, and kitesurfers to ditch their local haunts and move south of Third Street. City officials had supposedly just rediscovered an obscure 1964 law banning the sports from guarded beaches.But while the media foc ... More >>

Humble Surfer Blood/Weird Wives Members Point Fans to Other Local Acts

​The past few months have produced something akin to Surfer Blood fatigue -- and Crossfade's up-to-the-minute coverage isn't exactly changing that -- at least among locals. But it's really not the group's fault. For a band that's barely old enough to drink, they've seemingly done everything right: ... More >>

Surfer Blood Side Project Weird Wives Gets Pitchfork, Stereogum Love

weirdwives.blogspot.comWeird Wives, the future of music in South Florida​Proof that Google Alerts work: We posted this item regarding Surfer Blood's noisier, sweatier side project Weird Wives on Tuesday morning. By about 5 p.m., Surfer Blood had linked to the story, and posted this Weird Wives EP ... More >>

Weird Wives is 3/5 of Surfer Blood, But Exponentially Noisier

Photo courtesy of Turbo FruitsWeird Wives: not for the feeble of heart or mind​What a wonderful morning to listen to the blistering thrash punk of Weird Wives. As confirmed by the Turbo Fruits, this West Palm Beach quartet has some familiar faces and an unmistakable afro in the mix. Surfer Bl ... More >>

Slideshow: Surfer Blood Defies Gravity at Bal Harbour Resort

Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer Blood's TJ Schwarz flying the friendly Bal Harbour skies​Surfer Blood headlined the Ten-in-One Music Festival on Thursday evening at the posh Village of Bal Harbour in Miami, and shooter Ian Witlen was there to take lots of photographs of the guys wearing shorts and not s ... More >>

Concert Review: Surfer Blood Returns to Respectable Street and (Almost) Nothing Gets Broken

Photo by Steve Rullman's iPhone​Surfer BloodWith Turbo Fruits, Love Handles, and the DewarsRespectable Street, West Palm BeachApril 20, 2010Before your faithful Broward-Palm Beach Crossfade contingent became a member of the New Times staff, he attended a fateful Surfer Blood show January 27 at Res ... More >>

A Compelling Visual: Surfer Blood Still Fishing for Compliments

See you at Cabela's, Surfer Blood​Broward-Palm Beach's Crossfade contingent is a big fan of the writing on the wall, even if he doesn't participate. Unclear if this was written by a member of Surfer Blood, or just someone who just wanted me to have an awesome day.Odds and ends from last week: Surf ... More >>

Pura Vida: Frozen Bowls of Açaí Berry Goodness

Photo by Beth Swanson​Pura Vida, located on the corner of Washington Ave and First Street in South Beach, adds a little tropical flair to healthy eating. The laid back ambiance of the place is well represented by the name, Pura Vida or pure life, which is the philosophy of Costa Rica that reminds ... More >>

SXSW: Surfer Blood Apparently Did Some Awesome Things Today

​Unleash South Florida's buzz band of the moment, Surfer Blood, on Austin, Texas, and the music enthusiasts will follow. Above, we see that New York Times' Ben Sisario is spending just as much time observing the feverish thumb-typing around him as he is the band. We have compiled several notable m ... More >>

Surfer Blood Tweets From Austin, Joins mtvU's Freshman 5

​Twitter confirms that Baywatch fans Surfer Blood have safely arrived in Austin, Texas, for a week of playing for college students and, apparently, enterprising hairdressers at SXSW. Plus, the South Florida studs have joined the esteemed company of B.o.B, Two Door Cinema Club, Anarbor, and Mayer H ... More >>

South by South Florida: Surfer Blood Head to SXSW Next Week, Cover Guided by Voices

Surfer Blood, seen above covering Guided by Voices' "Game of Pricks," has quickly become huge. Not Kings of Leon huge, not headlining a North American arena tour huge, or the biggest thing to hit Europe since, well, the euro huge. At least not yet. Stick with huge for a band from West Palm Beach tha ... More >>

Surfer Blood to Play With Superchunk at Village Voice Media's SXSW Showcase

Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer Blood​Zach Baron, at our sister paper the Village Voice, called Surfer Blood's million-show spate at this past fall's CMJ a "coronation." By now, with the glowing reviews for Astro Coast, and rumors it's entered both the Billboard Heatseekers and Top 200 charts, that seem ... More >>

Wake Up!

Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer Blood​Zach Baron, at our sister paper the Village Voice, called Surfer Blood's million-show spate at this past fall's CMJ a "coronation." By now, with the glowing reviews for Astro Coast, and rumors it's entered both the Billboard Heatseekers and Top 200 charts, that seem ... More >>

Strap ’Em On

And hit the streets for the Great Eskate

Wednesday's Loose Alleycat Bike Race Ends at PS14

Joel Meinholz from the M.I.A. skateshop, Chocolate Sundays, and lately Thursdays at the News Café, has been spreading his skateboard wings. Now he's flying with the other trendy folks who are getting busy with high-danger, two-wheeled, (wo)man-powered fun. This Wednesday marks the latest local even ... More >>

Miami's Adrenalina Wants PacSun

Joel Meinholz from the M.I.A. skateshop, Chocolate Sundays, and lately Thursdays at the News Café, has been spreading his skateboard wings. Now he's flying with the other trendy folks who are getting busy with high-danger, two-wheeled, (wo)man-powered fun. This Wednesday marks the latest local even ... More >>

It Always Goes Down Smooth

A day of edgy hipster fun, thanks to Fujifilm and Colt 45.

Salvia Sucks

A newly illegal drug takes us on a short, bumpy trip.

By the People, for the People

Two funky art exhibits reveal what the streets are feeling

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Fishing for Inspiration

Aesop Rock's cure for writer's block includes a comic book collabo

Let's Go Surfin' Now

Aesop Rock's cure for writer's block includes a comic book collabo

We’re So Board

Aesop Rock's cure for writer's block includes a comic book collabo

He Likes Big Butts

Good behavior in a retail crisis, skater classics, painterly drama, and a newspaper that’s purely frivolous: The Bitch digs it all

Selected Calendar Events for the Week of September 1, 2005

Good behavior in a retail crisis, skater classics, painterly drama, and a newspaper that’s purely frivolous: The Bitch digs it all

BEST SKATE SHOP

M.I.A. Skate Shop

BEST TERROR ALERT

October 26, 2004

Miami International Airport

BEST PLACE DURING A HURRICANE (THAT REALLY DOESN'T SHOW UP)

Miami Beach around First Street

Sk8ter Biz

Miami Beach around First Street

Miami Lance-O

Reggae has an unlikely local champion in this radio personality, label owner, and beach rat

Hog Days

Locals love hot pig

Wild Wild Walk

Discovering nature's bountiful trails

BEST PLACE TO ROLLERBLADE

Control Skate Park

BEST OLD SPORT TO BRING BACK

Skimboarding

Biker Chicks

Girls ride dirt-filled power trip

BEST SKATE SHOP

Control Skateboarding

Lounge Wizard

DJ Ursula 1000 swings home triumphant

BEST SKATE SHOP

Fritz's Skate & Bike Shop

Best Place To Mountain Bike

Oleta River State Recreation Area

Best Place To Rollerblade

North Bay Road, from Twentieth Street toward La Gorce Island

Water, Water Everywhere

North Bay Road, from Twentieth Street toward La Gorce Island

Life's a Beach, Then You Die

North Bay Road, from Twentieth Street toward La Gorce Island