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Review: Soul Surfer

Cheese instead of heart
What are Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, and Craig T. Nelson doing in this movie?
By ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | April 07, 2011

A first-time surfer takes to the waves
I've written first-hand about trapeze lessons, smelt fishing, and cruise vacations (oh, my!), but as I headed toward surf lessons at Scarborough's Higgins Beach one morning in May, I had more butterflies in my stomach than usual.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 19, 2010

At the Cable Car: The wind-lashed and sea-worn

Surf’s Up
On a recent Sunday, the usual grad school crowd at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence gave way to something different — the wind-lashed faces and sea-worn hands of Rhode Island’s oft-ignored surfing community.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER | May 12, 2010

Photos: Vanna and Our Last Night in Bangor

Vanna and Our Last Night, live at Bangor Skatepark, May 1, 2010
Photos of the two bands performing during the Skate Against Drugs 2010 Tour
By ANDREW FOSTER | May 03, 2010

Ride that wave

Are Surfer Blood the only band from Florida?
Like a killer wave or a lousy metaphor, success can really sneak up on you.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | February 23, 2010

Review: The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D

Big waves, little ripples
There’s nothing more envy-inducing during a Boston winter night than watching a pack of surfers hit the pristine beaches of Tahiti. But beyond the warmth and beauty of the island, this film fails to deliver a cohesive message.
By LISA SPINELLI | February 17, 2010

Photos: Mayhem Fest 2009

Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Killswitch Engage and more live at Comcast Center, August 4, 2009
Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Killswitch Engage, Black Dahlia Murder, All That Remains, Cannibal Corpse, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium and Behemoth live.
By REVEREND AARON PEPELIS AND JOE HARRINGTON | August 11, 2009

The Intelligence | Fake Surfers

In the Red (2009)
With more and more blasted lo-fi nerd bait polluting the record bins and stolen-music blogs these days, it's gotten increasingly difficult to sort out the real deal from the hangers-on.
By MARTIN PAVLINIC | May 19, 2009

Review: Skate 2

Chairman of the board
Skate 2 is legit
By MITCH KRPATA | January 29, 2009

The pile-up

A blizzard of new games
No longer is there an off-season or even a chance to catch our breath after the fall deluge.
By MITCH KRPATA | December 31, 2008

Technically improved

Ski and snowboard gear refined, not redefined
Snow sports shred the space-time continuum this winter, with new styles that push technological boundaries for form and function.
By CLEA SIMON | November 18, 2008

Skatepark design picked

Results
Results
By JEFF INGLIS | October 01, 2008

Beautiful Losers (2008)

An energized portrait of Alleged Gallery artists
A documentary, directed with Joshua Leonard, about an energized group portrait whose accessibility is abetted by the artists’ collectively keen sense of humor.
By BETSY SHERMAN | October 06, 2009

Vote for your favorite design online

Skatepark rolls forward
Slowly but surely, the city’s skaters (and bikers) are moving closer to getting the skatepark they need.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 17, 2008

Roller-skate skinny

Struggling Chez Vous keeps it on the wheel
Sometime between the advent of rollerblades and the invention of those irksome Heelys, America forgot about roller-skating.
By CHRIS FARAONE | September 16, 2008

Monsters unleashed

7L + Esoteric at the Middle East Downstairs, June 13, 2008
The best moments came when Eso ran down his action-figure collection — from Silver Surfer to Storm Shadow — while wearing an X-Wing commander helmet.
By DAVID BOFFA | June 19, 2008

Fringe festival

Galleries off the beaten path
Off the beaten path, the fringes of Boston's gallery scene are seeing new development, and even expansion.
By GREG COOK | June 10, 2008

Smoking the terrain with a heavily radical nose-wheelie

In which we try to understand the skateboarding subculture
This article originally appeared in the May 30, 1978 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By D.C. Denison | June 02, 2008

Ignoring the void

Surfwise leaves the ties that bind knotty and frayed
A deceptively conventional, open-minded documentary.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | May 21, 2008

Oddballs and noisemakers

Looking back 20 years to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa and the beginning of the Best Music Poll
Twenty years ago, the American Top 40 was nothing like Boston’s live music scene.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | May 07, 2008

Jump to it

Politics and other mistakes
Tax reform is the Evel Knievel of political issues. It gives us the most pleasure when it crashes and burns.
By AL DIAMON | March 19, 2008

Memory laps

Van Sant takes time for a ride in Paranoid Park
The memory plays tricks, but not enough to change the past.
By PETER KEOUGH | December 16, 2008

Hot for teacher

Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes joins the School of Rock
Jack Black may have popularized the notion of a fantasy school of rock, but for 3200 students at 40 schools around the country, the School of Rock is very real.
By JIM SULLIVAN | February 12, 2008

Steep

Reckless and soulful
“Mountains have the last say,” explains his stoic wife. “Sometimes they swallow you up.”
By GERALD PEARY | January 16, 2008

Merry Christmas . . . not

Passive-aggressive gifts for the asshole who has everything
A holiday gift should say something about the giver.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 10, 2007

The other side of the mountain

New winter-sport challenges for snow-klutzes and hotshots
If you don’t ski or snowboard, winter is the longest, loneliest season.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | December 10, 2007

Evel dead

Balls and pucks
Evel Knievel certainly wasn’t the first person to become a superstar by risking life and limb to entertain the masses.
By RICK WORMWOOD | December 05, 2007

Insane fun

New England resorts embrace extreme skiing and riding
You don't have to go to the Rockies or the Alps or jump out of a helicopter skis-first to get a chilling thrill this winter.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | November 14, 2007

If looks could thrill

Graphic design meets boards and twin tips
The world of snow sports merges with the world of art in completely unique way.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | November 14, 2007