Surf Girls: The Next Wave
Nicole LaPorte is a West Coast reporter for The Daily Beast. A former film reporter for Variety, she has also written for The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Observer, and W.
The women's surf tour has never been more glamorous and the new generation is getting recognition beyond their sport. So why are sponsors bailing? Plus: A gallery of teen stars.
At 18, Coco Ho is the princess of a Hawaiian surf dynasty: She is the daughter of surf legend Mike Ho, and sister of accomplished surfer Mason Ho. ...
Hawaii at 5-0
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The 50th state celebrates its 50th birthday today. From Magnum P.I. to Mauna Loa to Michelle Wie, VIEW OUR GALLERY of the Aloha State.
The Great American Summer
Rachel is a photographer and writer who recently left her blogging post at Photoshelter's Shoot! The Blog. Previous to that she worked as a photo editor at Nerve.com, Rolling Stone online, and Radar, among others. Her work can be seen at rachelhulin.com.
From Elizabeth Taylor's beach romps to Clark Gable's schooner adventures, VIEW A GALLERY of classic images from a bygone era when famous names knew how to relax. Grab your seersucker and come along.
Actress Rita Hayworth takes a bite out of a hamburger as she sunbathes in a white two-piece on the beach.
Wish You Were Here
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Can't get away for Memorial Day? From sun-scorched bikinis to daredevil surfers, VIEW OUR GALLERY of stunning beach photography.
Massimo Vitali Courtesy of M+B
While the rest of the world is shivering, the Kiwis are out rafting, surfing, kayaking, climbing, and biking under blue skies and brilliant sun. New Zealand is green, clean, and meant to be seen, and the austral summer is the prime time....
Richard Bangs has been a pioneer in digital media and commerce, and other frontiers. He co-founded the adventure-travel company Mountain Travel Sobek and spent 30 years as an explorer and communicator. His latest book is Quest for the Sublime.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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