Editor’s Note: The act of making things is a deeply human endeavor
Aren’t we Millennials a precious bunch? Putting birds on this. Pickling that. Crafting. Artisinal(-ing?). It’s all quite cute. And, sure, quite mockabl…
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Go: Generations of local Punkers and HC-Bands Shred for Mitch Gerganous Benefit
If you’ve had an ear to the ground, so to speak, or perked toward Northeast Florida’s punk and hardcore scene at all over the last three decades, you'v…
Local Music Spotlight: LPT gets down in Gainesville; Boytoy releases “Night Leaf” and heads to Europe
BOYTOY Night Leaf Papercup Music When Boytoy released their 2014 debut EP featuring the single, “Blazed,” they penned a strong contender for the 4…
Go: Artist-in-Residence, Luisa Posada Bleier fills Space 42 with whimsical, colorful sculptures and more
For the past few months, artist Luisa Posada Bleier has been hammering, drilling, sawing, and splattering paint in a small room she refers to as her "c…
Interview: Karina Petroni on island life, sensory overload, and falling in love with surfing all over again
Standing on the boardwalk at 6th Ave. North in Jacksonville Beach, former internationally ranked competitive surf-star Karina Petroni is suddenly overw…
From the Lineup: Freaky Fun Late April Swell Gallery
After showing off all winter, the mighty Atlantic proved she still had a few tricks up her sleeve—much to the amusement of local surfers—sending a some…
Go: Local lensmen combine the tangible with the digital for photography exhibition “As of Now”
Our insatiable appetites for Social Media have made the majority of us, in a way, amateur photojournalists, doggedly capturing our daily highlights in …
Interview: La Luz’s Lena Simon on music, a Grammy nomination, and relocating to Jacksonville
Twenty eight year old musician Lena Simon has had a busy 2018, thus far. Buoyed by the success of 2015’s Weirdo Shrine, Simon’s band, the surfy, irrepr…
Go: Downtown DIY art venue The Space Gallery transforms one last time for “Other Places”
Over course of a nearly a dozen shows in less than a year and a half, Downtown Jax DIY art venue The Space Gallery has been in a constant state of tran…
Spark Notes: The weather and more conspired 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…
Interview: French Log-Sytlist Nathan Sadoun likes North Florida, Loves Baconators
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…
OPINION: Bring Us a Wave Pool!
Last summer, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Jaguars Owner Shad Khan, City Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa and Jags President Mark Lamping took …
Yardcore: Part Training Facility, Part Fantasy Factory, Atlantic Beach’s The Skate Yard Mirrors the Evolution of Skateboarding
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…
Queen B’s Historic Coachella Performance had Jacksonville Connection
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…
Localism Is not a Dirty Word
“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…
Batting Above Average: The Jumbo Shrimp are More Popular than the Miami Marlins
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…
From Hobby to Booming Business — The Story Behind Mahina Swimwear
Darren Mongcupa, the owner and mastermind behind local brand Mahina Swimwear, is traveling down her very own yellow brick road to success. She initiall…
Watch–Get Tarpitted with Trenton Phillips in “Pegasus”
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…
Interview: Synthy Jax musician Yuno just inked a deal with Sub Pop
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…
Interview–Damien Hobgood Talks Retirement, New Line of Safety/Treatment Products
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…
Go: Matt Gray Memorial Doc at The Skate Yard
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…
Ozzie, Burch, and the Volcom Crew Rage for a Reason in NEFL
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…
Weekend Update – Some fun waves hanging around!
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…
2018 Surfboard Guide: Dial-in your Quiver
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…
The Jay Fund–Tom Coughlin is back in Duval, his charitable foundation never left.
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…