Spark Notes: The weather and more conspire against the reignited Idea Festival
Unfortunately, the odds were against One Spark this past weekend, as everything from the weather to conflicting events across town—i.e. Springing the B…
Unfortunately, the odds were against One Spark this past weekend, as everything from the weather to conflicting events across town—i.e. Springing the B…
French longboard maestro Nathan Sadoun is just 19-years old. Yet the young Marseillais has already developed a refined style, evident in his steezy nos…
Last summer, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Jaguars Owner Shad Khan, City Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa and Jags President Mark Lamping took …
Off Mayport Road and W. Third Street in Atlantic Beach, dug into a pile of rocks in a conspicuous corner of the new outdoor skateboard training facilit…
More than two days after it occurred, a performance by the most famous pop-musician on the planet is still reverberating across the country. One of th…
“That’s far enough slug,” the guy said with an apparent level of seriousness behind a sly grin. With only three heads in the water that morning, paddl…
If no one is there to witness the Miami Marlins lose, does it count against their record? Well, while barely 6,000 fans attended the team's 1-4 drubbin…
Darren Mongcupa, the owner and mastermind behind local brand Mahina Swimwear, is traveling down her very own yellow brick road to success. She initiall…
Wanna be like North Florida's Trenton Phillips? First you'll need a cool nickname--"Tarpits" is taken, so think of another. Then, once you've secure…
Since the late-80s, the unimpeachably cool Seattle-based record label Sub Pop has kept its proverbial finger on the pulse of independent music. After s…
Back in 2004 at the Fiji Pro, a surfer from Satellite Beach, Florida set the highest two-wave grand final score in pro surfing by scoring 19.9 out of 2…
Nearly a dozen years ago, the death of beaches' local, Matt “Rasta” Gray, at just 21-years of age, left an enormous void in the hearts of his friends a…
A few weeks ago, I jumped on Volcom’s tour bus--a somewhat reliable 1983 Wanderlodge--with an idiosyncratic crew of locals (Wayne Satterwhite, Daniel T…
After a last gas winter swell last week and some leftovers are hanging around. Spring always sends us through a bit of a whirlwind, until Mother Nature…
With the summer doldrums upon us, it's important to keep some perspective. We Northeast Florida surfers have had a #blessed winter. See for yourself, h…
When Tom Coughlin moved to Jacksonville in 1995 to coach the Jacksonville Jaguars, he created something even bigger than his team: The Tom Coughlin Jay…
On July 1, just as hounds of locals and tourists, alike, descend upon the beaches of Northeast Florida for the Fourth of July, a new bill, signed into …
Paryse Lambert, Owner of popular Jacksonville food truck, Full of Crepe, opened a brick and mortar restaurant in Riverside last month. The new eatery, …
Karaoke is a beloved pastime of countless nations across the globe. Though it originated in Japan, where it is still much more popular than in the West…
Though the raucous, rock n' roll trio Minorcan may currently reside in North Carolina, at least four of the band’s six feet will forever feel comfortab…
Making it as a professional photographer in the age of “everyone thinks they’re a professional photographer” is no simple feat. Actually surviving sole…
The late 1980s was a boom time for the American economy. Reaganomics, Gordon Gekko, conspicuous consumption: As GDP climbed and crested in nearly every…
For those of you that enjoy watching golf, the Players Championship is the mecca of golf tournaments. The course is designed not to favor just one styl…
Anticipating the potential for disagreement and vitriol surrounding the potential reuse and redevelopment of the former, Kmart-anchored center at 500 A…
If you're not already familiar with the newest art movement in Jacksonville, you will be soon enough. The folks behind the Phoenix Arts District, prima…