silvana wins movistar: "i feel great!" sally gets second: "another bridesmaid." go surfing in lima's lima here.

what was forever free is now $15 ... scott bass with the op-ed at surfermag.com. ... photo by steve thrailkill / surfer

exhale down & inhale up, y'all ... it's time to get athletix with roxy's own shellie davis ...

2009 sports illustrated swimsuit covergal bar refaeli showing she's a 10 in 2010--from the leaked photos of the 2010 s.i. swimsuit shoot. twittered m.j. day: "Good morning! lets talk about butts! I love a ruched butt in a bikini, don't you? I also love Bar! This adorable suit by Lulifama." and last, but not least, here's "a bit of bar" ON A BOAT!!! ... photos from sports illustrated

here's a look at brooklyn decker and friends ON A BOAT (sort of) from the leaked photos of the 2010 sports illustrated swimsuit shoot. and wait!! we do have an m.j. day sighting, the sports illustrated swimsuit associate editor amiga who provided most of these twitpics from her twitterpage. as m.j. twittered here: "the commute to work can be tough...." hahaha ... rub it in. and as she twittered for the pic below: "a little recap for all my faithful followers...a little Brooklyn gorgeousness...." ... photos from sports illustrated

you saw unknown rookie #1 ... now meet unknown rookie #2 from the leaked photos of the 2010 sports illustrated swimsuit shoot. mark bechtel twittered: "rookie #2, replete with the requisite air of mystery" ... photo by mark bechtel / sports illustrated

m.j. day and mark bechtel at sports illustrated wouldn't twitter her identity, but at least they gave us some niiiice mysterious shots of rookie #1 from the 2010 sports illustrated swimsuit shoot from the undisclosed location. twittered m.j.: "This is a BIT PG-13, but Rookie #1 wants you to see that a 1 piece swimsuit by Beach Bunny Swimwear can definitely be sexy! Just can't jog in it....lol" and this too from the shot below: "why we love Rookie #1! Making the most out of a grey sky!" ... photos by m.j. day / sports illustrated

treehugger had a cool blog on the top 5 super-cheap green beach resorts all over the world, like this spot in thailand at the chumphon cabana resort & diving center ... all five spots only cost $45-$65 a night in u.s. dollars.

retief goosen shot a 64 at the at&t pebble beach national pro-am friday. his two-round score of 132 gives goosen a two-stroke lead over dustin johnson at spyglass hill golf course ... ... photo by jeff chiu / associated press

caladesi island will be the place-to-be next week when everyone invades tampa for the super bowl february 1. caladesi was voted 2008 america's best beach by dr. beach himself, stephen leatherman, in his annual rankings ...

when it comes to surf films, only three made more than $13 million domestically. there's the 2007 cartoon "surf's up" ($59 million), the 1991 patrick swayze/keanu reeves movie "point break" ($43) and kate bosworth's "blue crush" ($40 mil) ... so happy happy birthday to the queen of beach box-office!!! ... hope u had a great time celebrating your 26th in australia. favorite five kate boz movies ... 1. "blue crush" (2002) 2. "the horse whisperer (1998) 3. "wonderland" (2003) 4. "win a date with tad hamilton!" (2004) 5. "remember the titans" (1998)

bauer griffin online got its hands on barack-at-the-beach photos and now the internet is going crazy. even got eonline breaking down his fitness (how'd he get that six-pack???). the president-elect barack obama is in hawaii for christmas, and when he and his fam were in kailua, a photog named chris got some good shots with the secret service's blessing. try the link to bauer griffin for more shots, but be prepared to wait.

a young timmy duncan at home in saint croix in the island of the caribbean sea of the virgin islands.

obamaloha! the president-elect gets down in his home state.