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Surfing

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Hang Ten: Miami Beach Decides to Ignore 1964 Surfing Ban Again

    ​Back in 1964, the Miami Beach City Commission decided to be a total bummer and banned surfing and other similar water sports from all but two spots on Miami Beach. The ordinance, which could put offenders in jail for 30 days, had largely been ignored and all but forgotten until the city begin enf ... More >>

  • Music

    June 9, 2011

    Dick Dale and Laramie Dean at the Vagabond June 12

    ​Back in 1964, the Miami Beach City Commission decided to be a total bummer and banned surfing and other similar water sports from all but two spots on Miami Beach. The ordinance, which could put offenders in jail for 30 days, had largely been ignored and all but forgotten until the city begin enf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Dick Dale the King of Surf Guitar Talks Blowouts, Wipeouts, and Animal Screams

    ​Warning: Just five minutes with 74-year-old surf rocker Dick Dale and his infamous Fender Strat could cause spilled Mai Tais, random outbreaks of retro dance moves (e.g. the Swim or Splashin' Round), and lifelong hearing loss. But that doesn't mean Dick's a brutal dude. In fact, he's basically ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2010

    Weird Wives at Guest Lab

    ​Warning: Just five minutes with 74-year-old surf rocker Dick Dale and his infamous Fender Strat could cause spilled Mai Tais, random outbreaks of retro dance moves (e.g. the Swim or Splashin' Round), and lifelong hearing loss. But that doesn't mean Dick's a brutal dude. In fact, he's basically ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Concert Review: Surfer Blood, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Grand Central, June 12

    photo by Jacqueline Nusz​Poplife's Anniversary Party With Surfer Blood, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Hooray for Earth Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 12, 2010 Better than: Getting pains for being too pure of heart, or surfing in blood, or.... The Review: The hipsterati and then some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Surfer Blood vs. Grand Central Saturday Night: What Really Happened?

    Those that attended the Poplife Anniversary Party at Grand Central on Saturday, read the review, or just heard about it might be a bit confused by the comment Surfer Blood lead singer J.P. Pitts guitarist Thomas Fekete made mid-set. "Awesome venue, too bad it's run by a bunch of dicks," he said, bef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    MP3: Meet Hooray For Earth, Grand Central's Opening Act For the Pains of Being Pure at Heart This Saturday

    via dovecoterecords.com​While most of the big-deal shows rolling through town lately have tended towards the loud and brash, this Saturday at Grand Central marks an evening for gentler souls. In honor of Poplife's anniversary, the party returns to its Anglophilic indie-loving roots for a show head ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2010

    Surfing at Night

    via dovecoterecords.com​While most of the big-deal shows rolling through town lately have tended towards the loud and brash, this Saturday at Grand Central marks an evening for gentler souls. In honor of Poplife's anniversary, the party returns to its Anglophilic indie-loving roots for a show head ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Surfer Blood Members Exchange Kiss in NYLON TV Interview

    "Good morning NYLON TV, we're Surfer Blood." This clip is mostly amusing because singer JP Pitts is wearing one of those bomber hats with the huge, fuzzy earflaps.But there's also that slightly awkward moment when the guys say they "enjoy their own company" and then show us what they mean. Was there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Miami Free Times: The Rapture, Iggy Pop's Birthday, and Surfer Blood

    This week we deserve extra credit or at least a gold star. Instead of five free events for the week, we've supplied eight. Monday: Avoid the rain. Stay indoors by making an appointment to see Believe the Hype.Tuesday: Stop waiting around for the Rapture to occur. Go seek it out for yourself at the A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Surfer Blood Announce June Tour With the Pains of Being Pure at Heart

    Get used to it, lads​South Florida indie rock heroes Surfer Blood will be back in the area for their April 20 show at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach and a stop at Bal Harbour Resort & Spa in Miami on April 22, but then we lose them to European audiences for a while. As Gob Bluth would s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Pitchfork Captures Surfer Blood Playing "Floating Vibes" in a Sunoco Station

    Surfer Blood's "Floating Vibes" clip, filmed by Pitchfork and currently streaming here, could be an official video judging by its multiple camera angles and gratuitous product placement. No pajama shots like their last one, though. Read a liveblog of the thrilling action in the garage (did Weezer ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    The Second Best April Fool's Joke of the Day Involves Surfer Blood

    ​Gotta hand it to tastemaker and trendsetter Carles over at Hipster Runoff for declaring "Pitchfork gives MGMT's Congratulations a perfect 10.0" today, but there was something in the tone of Citylink's April Fool's Day gag, Jake Cline's "Surfer Blood bassist eats sandwich, inspires trend," that ke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    SF Weekly Expresses Concern About Surfer Blood's Education

    Photo by Shannon CottrellVery nearly a schoolteacher, J.P. Pitts​In this week's SF Weekly music section, the focus of their concert preview is that Surfer Blood frontman J.P. Pitts "was just a semester shy of a degree in secondary education from Florida Atlantic University when he decided to drop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    SXSW: Wristband-Covered Meatist Returns, Only 357 Days Til SXSW 2011

    Bradford's rainbow wrists​Last week and this week, we had the pleasure of following the adventures of our very own Meatist, Bradford Schmidt, during his first visit to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. In addition to providing us with coverage, he tweeted and blogged his face off. Get all of ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    SXSW: Surfer Blood Play VVM Party, Get New York Times Write-Up, Love Thee Oh Sees

    Photo by Shannon CottrellGetting sleepy, J.P.?​As promised, Surfer Blood got the Village Voice's SXSW showcase started right on Saturday. VV's Camille Dodero confirms that the guys from West Palm Beach are "the nicest kids ever," and posted some nifty snaps from the other acts, including the Pains ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Surfer Blood Enter Remix Chamber to Benefit Haiti

    ​Current NPR darlings Surfer Blood already got a co-sign from Brooklyn electro-house producer Drop the Lime when he spoke about the bands he spins when not spinning for cash in an interview last year. Now the DJ, who rolled through Miami last month, has taken his adoration to the next step by remi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Pop Culture Apocalypse

    ​Current NPR darlings Surfer Blood already got a co-sign from Brooklyn electro-house producer Drop the Lime when he spoke about the bands he spins when not spinning for cash in an interview last year. Now the DJ, who rolled through Miami last month, has taken his adoration to the next step by remi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    South Florida Voters and Winners in the Village Voice's New Pazz Jop Poll

    ​It's January, which means it's time for another edition of the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop poll of music critics. Yes, it's probably the latest, high-profile wrap-up of the best music of 2009, but it's also the biggest in sheer number of voices -- some 697 voters submitted ballots this ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Concert Review: Propaganda's Benefit For Haiti, January 18

    Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer BloodClick here to view photo from this show.Surfer Blood, Invisible Music (John Ralston), Sweet Bronco, Kill Now?! Propaganda, Lake WorthMonday, January 18, 2010 Better Than: Pat Robertson  The Review:Beauty often emerges from tragedy, and last night's Benef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    MP3 of the Day: Baroness Drummer (!) Remixes Surfer Blood's "Swim"

    Photo by Ian Witlen​The stoner metal hardliners ain't gonna like this one, but, shock, horror, Allen Blickle, drummer of the awesome Savannah quartet Baroness, has musical taste besides sludge and doom. (Drummers, because of their scarcity, always seem to be the musical oddballs in bands, though.) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Over the Weekend: Surfer Blood, SantaCon

    The temperature dropped the weekend, which finally gave us reason to take out our Cosby sweaters. But in case the cold kept you indoors, here is what you missed over the weekend:Surfer Blood at VagabondPhoto by Ian Witlen​West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood finally came home after being on the road to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Palm Beach's Surfer Blood Featured on RollingStone.com Hype Monitor

    Photo by Rebecca Smeyne Surfer Blood​Every day, RollingStone.com publishes news on the music industry as part of its Rock and Roll Daily blog. Each day averages about 25 stories. And yesterday, between "Led Zepplin II Turns 40" and "Lenny Kravitz: I Want to Work With Jack White," the site's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Surfer Blood Releasing Debut Astro Coast January 2010

    ​If you haven't been following the meteoric rise of West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood, it's definitely not too late to start. The band, who will be all over CMJ in New York this week, including the Brooklyn Vegan's showcase on October 22, make great indie-pop music, it's as simple as that.Well, its b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Celebrate the Final Days of Summer With the Death to the Sun Festival at Legion Park, September 26

    photo by Ian WitlenSurfer Blood​Before monotheism ruined the fun, humans worshiped a female god (hell, yeah!) and held huge, outdoor fuck parties to honor the beginnings and endings of seasons. Instead, we now scrunch into hard-backed pews to be lectured; spend our entire Friday nights in the dark ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Saturday Night: Mumpsy, Surfer Blood, and XOXO at Propaganda

    MumpsyThe Orlando InvasionMumpsy, with Surfer Blood and XOXO Saturday, June 14, 2009Propaganda, Lake Worth Better Than: Drinking freshly squeezed OJ with Japanese Tourists. The Review: O-town is famed for being the primary residence of the world's most renowned mouse, and for spewing out annoyingly ... More >>

  • Music

    February 14, 2008

    The Name Game

    Twenty years of identity crisis.

  • Calendar

    December 27, 2007

    All You Need Is Sex Wax

    Explore the art of surfboards at Ron Jon.

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    Who's Your Super Friend? Heroes Arrive for Basel

    Explore the art of surfboards at Ron Jon.

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2007

    Dogs Surf, too!

    Explore the art of surfboards at Ron Jon.

  • Home Entertainment

    October 4, 2007

    Party Pooper

    The Wii's latest pool game is a cue stick in the mud

  • Calendar

    April 5, 2007

    Go South, Young Cineaste

    The Wii's latest pool game is a cue stick in the mud

  • News

    February 1, 2007

    Real Men of Sports

    They surf, skate, swat, and sprint

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Jack Johnson

    They surf, skate, swat, and sprint

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2005

    The Aqua Boys

    They surf, skate, swat, and sprint

  • Dining

    July 5, 2001

    Rolo-ing with the Punches

    Casa Rolo’s Café

  • Recreation

    May 17, 2001

    Best Surf Spot

    Third Street

  • Best of Miami

    May 17, 2001

    Shanti Hall

    Personal Best

  • Bars and Clubs

    May 17, 2001

    Best Gay Bar

    The Laundry Bar

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    News of the Weird

    The Laundry Bar

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Surfer Dudes Unite

    Miami's newly politicized windsurfers pressure city hall to reopen Virginia Key beach

  • Culture

    August 25, 1993

    Peak Skills

    Miami's newly politicized windsurfers pressure city hall to reopen Virginia Key beach

  • Film

    September 18, 1991

    Ocean Specific

    Miami's newly politicized windsurfers pressure city hall to reopen Virginia Key beach

  • Film

    July 18, 1990

    Fit to Be Tide

    Miami's newly politicized windsurfers pressure city hall to reopen Virginia Key beach

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