Local Faves: Yield Design Co. founders offer a list of their favorite Florida makers
From their warehouse in the West King Street district near downtown St. Augustine Rachel Gant and Andrew Deming operate one of the hottest design firms…
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Legend Alert: Watch this cool video honoring three influential Florida surfers
A couple of weeks ago during a run of freak late April swell, as lines of long period swell ran across the then-well-packed sandbars, creating shoulder…
How to Make a Cool Zine
With some pens, paper, scissors and a little imagination, two good friends seek to change the world—and have some fun along the way—one zine at a time.…
Local Faves: Mother-Daughter Founders of Riverside’s Cultivate share their favorite local makers and products
When Mariah Salvat started the now-quite-popular vegetarian restaurant and cafe, Southern Roots, with her husband J.P. in 2015, the aim was always elev…
Know Your Rights: Wood Surfboard Shaper and Surf shop owner, Drew McCormick
“Know Your Rights” is a semi-regular column featuring profiles of and conversations with East Coast surfers whose love for the ocean fuels their passio…
#Vanbusiness: Ian Guthrie and his resplendent Chevy are reimagining a conventional business model
Ian Guthrie, 33, is from Memphis, Tennessee. Big Blue Betty Boo Boo is a 1990 Chevrolet P30 Step Van from Portland, Oregon. One year ago, Guthrie bough…
How to Make a Lamp out of Wood (and Steel)
A fountain of flying sparks coming off a table saw will make anyone take a few steps back. Those of us with the slightest sense of self-preservation wi…
Interview: Photographer Julien Roubinet Stopped by to talk New York-New Jersey surfing and “Ice Cream Headaches”
“If they get lucky, some people start out discovering something that makes them feel better than they ever felt before. If the feeling is strong, they …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…