Surf's up, but the ride isn't fantastic
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'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' will probably reap a fresh fortune. And as summer franchise superhero flicks go, it's mostly tolerable.
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It's an interesting read, but not a revelatory one.
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The advance bookings are no great shakes, but there's enough buzz.
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Feel like a fish out of water? You may not be too far off.
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Move over, Florida and Hawaii. Your beaches are no longer the best.
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Hollywood had one of its best summers in recent history, but the studios are not quite popping the Champagne.
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The best stocks aren't always the most exciting businesses.
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A prototype surfboard includes a notebook that allows surfers to check the latest wave and weather reports, navigate the Web and check e-mail between rides. [Missing Links]
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It's up; it's down. It takes off like a rocket, but later sinks like a stone.
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Surf cams, which help advertise lesser-known beaches, are gaining popularity, but many hard core-surfers blame them for leading crowds to once-secluded spots.
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A perilous spot for surfers off the coast of Southern California had been surfed only a handful of times in the past decade. Four of the most experienced big-wave surfers in the world were not fazed.
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More than bronzed slackers in board shorts, big wave surfers study oceanography and weather patterns to help them ride waves that can be more than 50 feet high.
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Surfing has become a status sport, and vacation packages, instruction, equipment and real estate are big business.
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Though the album has its moments, it's not entirely enticing.
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The stock is revived, but the business remains iffy.
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By Anna Jeys  IT wasn't exactly the right weather as rain threatened to put a damp-ener on the launch of Birmingham's latest beach.
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Quarterly results suggest conditions may not be as grim as initially thought for the cruise company.