Story by Nick McGregor
Photo by Jimmicane

Qualifying for the World Championship Tour is one of the toughest accomplishments in professional surfing. And there’s only one way on the Association of Surfing Professionals’ premier tour: finishing in the top 15 of the World Qualifying Series by accumulating points from a series of 40 contests spread across […]

Story by Erin Fitzpatrick
Photo by Daron Dean
1. You will need about a week for the whole project and a place to work where you can make a mess. The materials you will need: old newspapers or brown paper bags, liquid starch, flour, a balloon, small piece of cardboard, string, stuff to fill the piñata […]

By Chad Smith and Katie Sanders
Question: Is there anything more American than baseball?
Answer: Yes. Baseball that allows you to bean baserunners to get them out is considerably more American, not to mention more fun.
Ahh, kickball, this country’s true pastime.
The elementary school game combines the best aspects of baseball (head-first slides at home), soccer (kicking […]

Story by Ant Perrucci
Photo by Paige Denkin
Steve Marrazzo was hanging out in what his grandkids call “Grandpa’s house.”
“That’s ‘Grandma’s house,’” Marrazzo said, pointing across the backyard to his home. “This is ‘Grandpa’s house,’” he said on the front stoop of his studio/shed.
Marrazzo, also known as Uncle Steve-O, is the owner of Simple Gestures on […]

PORTUGAL. THE MAN
THE SATANIC SATANIST
Equal Vision Records, 2009
By Nick McGregor
Over the course of four albums, Portland, Oregon-by-way-of-Wasilla, Alaska indie rockers Portugal. The Man have waffled between an experimental approach (hinted at by their befuddling name) and a straightforward indie pop sound, flecked with touches of psychedelia and blues. The band’s 2005 album Church Mouth, […]

Well, almost everything. We didn’t figure out how to solve world hunger. Or why High School Musical is popular. But come on — Irish car comb cupcakes are pretty sweet, right?
Check out how to bake like a champion, how to build a pinata, how to make sock puppets, even how to punch somebody in the […]