One thing these guys above are good at? Defending their non-hipster, hipster titles. One thing they're bad at? Taking a joke. Yesterday I had some fun putting up this fairly innocuous post about the rise of topless hipsters on the beaches of Ditch Plains in Montauk. I added in a deliberately low res photo as evidence. The folks in the photo (from INVEN.TORY- also in above photos) happened to see said post, and that's how we ended up here... More»

via hamptons.guestofaguest.com: Andy Kessler, a NYC skateboarding pioneer died Monday, August 10th from a heart attack after an allergic reaction to a wasp stin in Montauk.  Kessler, who was responsible for many of the skate parks in NYC including the Riverside Park which he helped design, had developed an interest in surfing over the last years, and his friends out east held a sunset "paddle out" in his honor. MORE>>