MAY 2023 | #89 ISSUE

In this month’s issue, our front and back cover story is with 8X SUP World Champion, Professional Big Wave Surfer and Waterman, Kai Lenny. We talk with him while he is in Bali to hear about his passion for watersports, his phenomenal career, how he approaches it, his partnerships with Hurley, Red Bull and Go Pro and upcoming projects. We also have a fun interview with 5X World Surf League Women's Champion + Team USA Surfing Gold Medalist, Carissa Moore who was previously a cover earlier this year for the FEB ISSUE #86. We catch up with as she hits the back half of her season coming off her recent win of Margaret River! We talk about the season, how she takes time for herself and her latest collection, Hurley X Moore Aloha. We also caught up with Chef Matthew Kenney who is known as a superstar who has elevated raw vegan, vegan and plant-based meals through restaurants that he has around the world. We talk about how he got into culinary, being a classically trained French chef, how he has applied this to plant-based cuisines, his company Ntidote and a number of his projects that he has coming up! You can also listen to this episode now on Athleisure Kitchen wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. We love this time of year as it's all about festival season and catching your favorite artists. We sat down with EDM DJ/Producer Ferry Corsten who's preparing to drop his album later this year and recently released his single, Connect. We talk about his passion for music, how he creates his music, his music aliases and more. Continuing with music, we took some time to talk to Tom Russell, founder of Governors Ball. We talk about how he got into the festival industry, what led to this NY festival, the move to their new home at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, food/beverage available at this year's event, and After Dark! We will also have a recap in next month's issue and interviews from artists from this festival. We're back for our 7th year as media sponsors for NYC Pride! This month, we talked with Sandra Perez, Executive Director of Heritage of Pride who puts on NYC Pride. We talk about the history behind Pride in NY, how she came to it, highlighting events that are in schedule for this year from Pride Island headlined by Christina Aguilera to The March, how they support the community, Pride Give Back program, and their focus on extending their events throughout the year! Next month, we will recap events that took place during Pride!

This month’s 9PLAYLIST comes from last month's APR ISSUE #88 EDM DJ/Producer John Newman and Carissa Moore. This month's 9DRIP comes from guitarist, rapper, singer/songwriter Jesse McFaddin. Our 9LIST STORI3S comes from The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise contestant, Danielle Lombard. Our 63MIX ROUTIN3S comes from LChef Matthew Kenney as well as Kai Lenny.

Our monthly feature, The Art of the Snack shares a must-visit to Archer & Goat in NYC. This month’s Athleisure List comes from Filthy Flats and ROOF at Park Soho. As always, we have our monthly roundups of some of our favorite finds.