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Surfing and psychedelics are, historically, inseparable. From the acid parties of The Brotherhood of Eternal Love to the shortboard revolution of the 1960s to the surreal, vibrant art of Rick Griffin and Drew Brophy, psychedelics have always been widely accepted by the surf community.
Psychedelics – including LSD and psilocybin (mushrooms) – did not receive a similarly warm embrace by producers in Hollywood. Independent surf films and mainstream media reflect experimental drug use in drastically different lights: think the themes of harmony and oneness found in … More
Sports can have a way of changing someone’s life for the better.
For a local family, BMX (Bicycle Motocross) has been a way to get their boys up and active. But for one of the kids, it’s helped him communicate and socialize in a way his parents didn’t see coming.
At just nine- and six-years old, the Phillips boys are stacking up the BMX trophies.
“I have so many I’m giving them back to the track,” Jake Phillips said.
“I have to put some outside,” Luke Phillips recalled about his BMX trophy collection … More