Josh Acut of LaxAllStars.com dove headfirst this week into the question of gay athletes in lacrosse. He related an eye-opening story about talking to a group of college students about lacrosse’s “Grow The Game” initiative. What he came up against was lacrosse’s dominant “bro culture”: This week, I was talking at a school with an [...]
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New Web site for gay surfers
It may sound funny, given the hang-loose mentality of most surfers, but I’ve been told by those in the know that the surf world is very homophobic. So it’s great to see a resource like Gaysurfers.net pop up. The site (which you must register for to access) features ways to meet other gay surfers and [...]
Weekend Hot Jock: Surfer Richard Christie
The Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing is going on in Huntington Beach, Calif., this weekend and contributing photographer Brent sent us a couple of New Zealand surfer Richard Christie. Christie is 20, 6-1 and 182 pounds, and is a hot newcomer on the circuit. He described his surfing strength as “having the ability to surf [...]
Gay Aussie surf camp
Australian accents, really hot bodies, gay guys and the beach. Um, where can I sign up? Samesame.com.au has launched a new Web series of gay guys learning how to surf. And even if you don’t learn to surf from it, there’s nearly as much eye candy as the Minnesota Vikings locker room. Plus, each week [...]
‘Shelter’ sees decent box office receipts
The gay movie featuring a couple of surfers who fall in love, Shelter, finished last weekend making $28,210 on six screens, according to Boxoffiemojo.com. But according to John Cleland in the marketing department at here!, the film actually grossed around $31,000 on seven screens because some tracking numbers don’t count a theater in New York [...]