Penn Badgley had only one day in Miami before heading to a movie premiere in NYC. So naturally the Gossip Girl cutie, 24, made sure to take full advantage of our beautiful beaches.

“I’ve been up in the mountains snowboarding so I had a goggle tan that I had to get rid of.”

We chatted with Badgley – who recentlly split with GG costar Blake Lively – at the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY Lounge inside the Open Players Party, where he talked about his new movie and his love-hate relationship with a sport he’s grown to admire.

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