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...breaker for a very long time. Then, about a year ago, a sentimental American vet in Hong Kong persuaded a couple of sports promoters to pitch a world-class surfing competition back in the very sea he had assaulted in 1969. Last week it happened. From Australia, Brazil, Tahiti, the U.S. and one or two other points came young hard bodies packing their tools in padded sarcophagi. The boards were put on a bus in Ho Chi Minh City, bound for Danang -- except that two bridges washed out midway. The mostly monosyllabic surfers (How do you like it here? ''Awesome...
...will look like a very nondescript location. You know, I haven’t even thought about my birthday. You’ll see—after twenty-five or so, birthdays (laughs)... Yeah, it depends on how Pangea day goes. Maybe I’ll go to Tahiti or something, someplace were there is no media or television, or any kind of link to the outside world...
...uninitiated eye, the exuberant and technically brilliant prints that walked down spring runways at Dries Van Noten, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana might evoke a trip to the lush gardens of Giverny or Tahiti. Or they could appear to be the result of a completely different kind of psychedelic trip. But to those in the know?designers, fabric-mill owners and trend spotters?the plethora of prints this season summons something much closer to home: Ratti, the fabric and printmaking house based in Como, Italy...
...band's MySpace profile that attracted the attention of Minty Fresh, a Chicago-based record label that is home to college-friendly bands like the Cardigans, Liz Phair, Veruca Salt and Tahiti 80. "The band's music possesses a charm, melodicism and style that we fell in love with immediately," says label head Jim Powers, who signed White Shoes and re-released their self-titled 2005 debut album in the U.S. in September. What American listeners will make of White Shoes' fey and shimmering songs - mostly recorded in Indonesian, with one or two in English - remains to be seen however...
...also enjoys its proximity to China's pearl farms, and the absence of import taxes. Annual trade shows now not only bring buyers from around the globe for China's freshwater jewels, but also auctions for the products of the world's largest saltwater producers, Australia's Paspaley and Tahiti's Robert Wang. Hong Kong is now the world's fourth largest exporter of fine jewelry behind Italy, the U.S. and India, totaling nearly $4 billion in 2005. "Hong Kong has made itself into the perfect compliment to China's dominance in pearl production," says Sonny Hung, spokesman...