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Surfing Is Big in Portland Right Now. Here Are a Few Helpful Tips to Know Before Diving in.

Take it from someone who dove in without a clue: Surf lessons are key.

Trevor Noah, PB&J Munchies and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland March 21-27

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An Obsessive’s Tips for Playing Johnny Utah in "Point Break Live"

Before the show, audience members take the stage for a group audition with “Bigelow,” who chooses her leading man, assigns him a cue-card-toting assistant, and squeezes him into a wetsuit.

Mountain Dew and Bromance: Point Break Reviewed

Whatever your attachments to the 1991 surfing/bank-robbing/buddy cop/romance/skydiving/surfing/zen meditation Patrick Swayze/Keanu Reeves classic Point Break—one thing you could never call it is dull.

AP Film Studies: Point Broken

“Oh my God…you haven’t see this movie? It’s the best movie ever.” I have loved the 1991 film Point Break unironically since 1992, when I squirreled myself away with a copy on VHS and risked being grounded to behold the wonders of Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze skydiving, surfing, robbing banks, swearing, and spouting Zen philosophy.

AP Film Studies: Made In Oregon

Whenever conversation turns to Oregon film, it invariably goes in two directions: either to Gus Van Sant or The Goonies. Just flip through this very newspaper. Hell, this weekend, Astoria has a go,Movie Reviews & Stories

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