Rough Stuff Messes Up Contest By Rockin' Fig and Dave, \o7 Rockin' Fig is Rick Fignetti, a Huntington Beach surfer/shop owner. Times staff writer David Reyes has reported on U.S. surf teams competing in Bali and Brazil. \f7
'Last Temptation': Revelations on an Old Story By Mark Chalon Smith, \o7 Mark Chalon Smith \f7 i\o7 s a free-lance writer who regularly writes about film for The Times Orange County Edition. and \f7
Merci Bocuse--Cooking God to Grace O.C. By Benjamin Epstein, \f7 and \o7 Benjamin Epstein is a free-lance writer who regularly contributes to The Times Orange County. Information for this column can be faxed to (714) 966-7790, or write: Newsbites/OC Live!, The Times Orange County, 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
TRIED & TRUE : A Trip Through the Gasp Chamber By Patrick Mott, \o7 Patrick Mott is a free-lance writer who regularly contributes to The Times Orange County Edition. This column is one in an occasional series of first-person accounts of leisure activities in and around Orange County. \f7
'Scudbuster' Simulations Are Poor Substitute for Reality By Michael Schrage, Michael Schrage is a writer, consultant and research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He writes this column independently for The Times