Rad Pad Icon: William Morgan (1930-2016)

If you’ve lived in Jacksonville long enough, you’ve likely enjoyed (or at least humored) a sunny day cruise, dawdling along the oceanfront thoroughfare…

Rad Pad: Local Legend’s North Shore Surf Shack

Hanging from the foliage like ornaments on Christmas tree, a dozen or so small, multi-colored sculptures depicting a miniature wave rider stalling thro…

Rad Pad: A St. Augustine Tiny Home

From the moment we’re born we’re given a unique and important skill—the ability to look at just about any box-shaped edifice and think, this could be t…

Liner Notes: You May Find Yourself in a Beautiful House

For this month’s issue we spent some time shooting the late fall breeze with Dickie Rosborough on a paradisiacal spit of land on Jacksonville’s North S…

Portfolio: Florida as wild and strange, but also magical

When the round drawl of Walter Coker’s Alabama roots unfurls into the conversation, you listen—closely. In his stories, there’s a wealth of context tha…

Know Your Rights: New England-based Surf Photog, Brian Nevins

“Know Your Rights” is a semi-regular column featuring profiles of and conversations with local surfers whose love for the ocean fuels their passion, in…

Bound by Water: Florida’s Got a Thing for Boat Parades

Since Western colonization, aquatic cavalcades have skirted the coast of Florida. First, the Timucuan traversed the state in dugouts that few records b…

Liner Notes: What’s inside our Photo Annual/Holiday Gift Guide

First, from the desk of Captain Obvious: This issue is full of pictures. All good. Also, you may be aware that in each issue this page is typically…

When Surfer Magazine First Came to Town

The late 1980s was a boom time for the American economy. Reaganomics, Gordon Gekko, conspicuous consumption: As GDP climbed and crested in nearly every…

Do Good Profile: Environmental Lawyer, John November

John November recalls the day it all clicked together; that day when, bombarded by the infinite choices of youth, he set off on the path to leave the E…

Music Profile: Jazz Guitarist Taylor Roberts

Music is a journey with little time for sightseeing. If inspiration is fleeting, then it stands to reason that creativity can’t be too far behind. One …

Do Good Spotlight: New Town Success Zone

Sometimes the biggest impact can be made by the smallest footprint. Stories abound of good folks endeavoring to save the entire planet only to fall sho…

Do Good Spotlight: Lutheran Social Services

A few months ago, Natalie Holland arrived late at night to the Jacksonville International Airport to greet a family of six, just arriving from the Demo…

UPDATE: Watch North Florida Couple Sweeps the Suwannee

Last month local adventure guides Alex “Squatch” Tabone and Serena “Siren” Bass kicked off a river-bound journey worthy of earnest admiration. The Palm…

Bound By Water: “Florida’s Last, Best River”

”Bound By Water” is a monthly column focused on all things water in the state of Florida from fisheries to conservation to the people who affect it. Co…

Do Good. Not Bad: Inside our November Issue

I can still remember the elation in King David’s brown eyes. His nervous grip on my shoulder as I walked us further out to greet the incoming tide. …

Let’s Go to Cape Hatteras!

Tell me if you've ever heard the following: "Next time there's a swell, let's go to the outer banks!" For North Florida surfers, some form of tha…

Meeting of the Maestros: A North Florida music roundtable

For October's Arts & Music Issue, we sat down with local music promoters to talk about the state of Northeast Florida's music scene. What’s …

Wanna be in our 2018 Photo Annual?

Calling all Northeast Florida lenspeople. Don't miss your chance to be a part of Void Magazine's Photo Annual. Click here to find our handy submission …

Get Lit: Bridge Eight Presents “15 Views of Jacksonville”; JaxbyJax is this weekend

What’s the old adage about walking in another person’s shoes? Like any city full of unique individuals, there are going to be countless experiences and…

One-On-One with WWE Superstar Alicia Fox

Back in high school, I had a friend named Tori. As I remember her, she was a somewhat shy, wickedly funny, strikingly beautiful member of our school’s …

Fashion: Jaguars are Best Dressed in all of Ball Sports

Though their football title hopes may have been dashed by those insufferable cheaters, the New England Patriots, in the AFC Championship game on Sunday…

Armbar Insurance: Meet Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner and Self-Defense Instructor, Mattie Brown

Most people probably haven’t been in many fights, if any at all. And that’s a good thing. (To be clear, anything before middle school or involving sibl…

Rad Jobs — Logan Bowles, NFL Photographer

Making it as a professional photographer in the age of “everyone thinks they’re a professional photographer” is no simple feat. Actually surviving sole…

#1 in the 9-0-Future: What Does the Urban Core Look Like in 2023?

It’s one thing to compare Jacksonville’s downtown to the urban cores of other major cities and express frustration. Certainly, when compared to big cit…