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" One of the world&amp;#039;s best-known surfers, the Malibu-based athlete is renowned as a fearless tackler of big waves and healthy living. WHERE DOES L.A. RANK AMONG SURF TOWNS? It&amp;#039;s one of the top 10, with others like Cape Town, Waikiki, and Biarritz. The places I travel to are more remote: Tahiti, Fiji, and Chile. WHERE DO THE LOCALS SURF? Surfrider in Malibu is one of the best breaks in the world, and definitely the most popular. Be ready to be out there with 100 of your closest friends. IS THERE EVER A BAD TIME TO SURF IN L.A.? Usually when there&amp;#039;s a great forecast, it&amp;#039;s not a great time to surf. We want waves\u2014we&amp;#039;re not worried about sun. WHERE&amp;#039;S THE BEST SURF SHOP? The guys at Becker in Malibu know what they&amp;#039;re talking about.\u2028Where do you go to be alone? I look for solitude in the ocean or the mountains, particularly the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains ARE THERE RESTAURANTS WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR ORDER? At Coogie&amp;#039;s Caf\u00E9 in Malibu there&amp;#039;s actually a &amp;quot;Laird special&amp;quot;: every vegetable in the place scrambled with eggs. HEALTHY LIVING AND EATING IS A PRIORITY FOR YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF L.A.&amp;#039;S FOOD SCENE? When it comes to food, everyone&amp;#039;s all &amp;quot;New York, New York,&amp;quot; but L.A.&amp;#039;s got a lot going on. There are always cool restaurants popping up. Just recently, Malibu Farm, a restaurant at the Malibu Pier, opened. It&amp;#039;s all farmer&amp;#039;s market vegetables. WHAT&amp;#039;S L.A.&amp;#039;S BEST-KEPT SECRET? There aren&amp;#039;t too many secrets in L.A...but the amount of people that actually use the beaches is very limited, considering how many millions live here. People come on the busiest days of the summer, and they don&amp;#039;t realize that the other 11 months of the year there&amp;#039;s no one around. Read more of our L.A. portfolio here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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