We Picked up a Drifter: That time Rob Machado stopped by Void HQ
For surfers of different generations, San Diego’s Rob Machado brings to mind different visions. Surfers of Gen X likely remember Machado as a standout …
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A Neat Surfboard: Mini Pig Fastback Pintail by COS
Clean Ocean Surfboards patriarch Tony Iannorone’s shapes are revered on the East Coast. His longboards, especially, have found an audience among the tr…
Who Da Groms: Meet these Eastern Surfing Association standouts
The 2019 ESA season is in the books. Here are a few grommets to keep your eyes on next go 'round! Solon McLaughlin Age: 15 Sponsors: Sunrise…
Watch: Justin Quintal in “All Day, All Night, All Right (Coast)”
North Florida surfer Justin Quintal suffers from a rare and incurable condition. Unlike more common, more treatable abnormalities, such as F.O.M.O., Qu…
Beach Street Photographer: Coastline culture through the lens of Sean Kelly Conway
After speaking with Sean Kelly Conway, I am no longer convinced that he is a photographer. Yes, in a traditional sense, he makes a business of creating…
World Champ: Justin Quintal is officially the best longboarder in the world
Of all the surf towns in the world, few can claim a world champ as their own. But thanks to surfer Justin Quintal, Jacksonville is on the map. Of co…
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…
Waves of Healing: Surfing is therapeutic for children with Autism
The first time I saw surfing change the lives of children with special needs, I was standing with a surfboard on the sands of Jacksonville Beach. W…
Night Riders: Balaram Stack launches into stars, wins $5K
If one were to un-can the neon, energy-supplying liquid that is Red Bull and then somehow distill it into a happening of some kind, the nocturnal tow-a…
Code Red: Take 10 seconds to watch Cody Thompson combo the $%*# out of this wave
Where are you right now? What are you doing? You been shredding? Never mind, we don't care. Sure, sure, you may have snuck under the lip of a chill…
People’s Choice Award: Vote for your fave Night Rider
A beach party. Night surfing. Big boosts. Jet skis! If the Red Bull Night Riders contest wasn't lit enough already, the folks who are bringing back the…
You Should be in NSB this Weekend for the Florida Surf Film Fest
Held each year at the gorgeous Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna, with juries composed of some of the most influential minds in surf and surf …
Portfolio: Walter Coker’s Florida is 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…
Who Da Groms: We let these eight year old surfers interview each other
And now… a conversation between two of the youngest ESA North Florida competitors, Coral Sasser (8) and Ansley West (8). Coral: Who is your favorite…
A Neat Surfboard: The Apprentice Model by Sean Piper
Despite the prevalence of Big Surfboard—with their global supply chains, suspect technological claims (flex patterns, etc.), and multimillion dollar ma…
Surf News: Void Pro/Am to offer equal pay in 2020
Void Magazine today announced that in 2020 its annual community surfing event will offer equal prize money to all men's and women's professional divisi…
Dodging Dorian: Here’s how Northeast Florida Hurricaned
What a stressful week! Faced with the most meandering storm in recent memory, North Floridians had a lot of time to get anxious, prepare, loosen up, g…
Check out this gorgeous midlength
The future is primitive; or so it seems. Vinyl records. Artisan this. Artisan that. And, of course, every shape and configuration from every surfing e…
Justin Quintal outclasses the field in Spain!
One could say North Florida log master Justin Quintal is on a tear. In a matter of months, the 29-year old Vans team rider has racked up a WSL longboa…
Listen: Surf Journalist Melissa Ross talks Void Pro/Am
On Thursday morning, Void Prez Tye Wallace, Editor Matthew Shaw, and Void readers' #1 Surfer in the 904, Kayla Durden went to WJCT studios to talk Voi…
IT’S ON: Potential Surf Alert for this weekend’s Void Pro/Am!?
Just in: The tropics are officially hot! That's no exclusive. But how about this: We're oh so close to sounding the alarm on a potential SURF ALE…
A Neat Surfboard: Savage Motes Model
So you’ve just arrived at the Jacksonville Beach Pier. Having viewed the morning photo report via Voidlive.com, and witnessed a stalky shortboarder b…
Pier Review: Jacksonville Beach Pier will close for 2 years for repairs
Anglers (especially those who are boat-less) despair. The so-dubbed Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier will close in the fall and will remain closed for …
Watch: Justin Quintal goes for 5th US Open win!
Justin Quintal is in the finals again at Huntington Beach. Northeast Florida's most famous surf-export has won the Vans Duct Tape Invitational--the mo…
(Maybe)Breaking News: Would you like to surf a tropical wave?
Though the epic flat spell of 2019 may have been briefly interrupted on Saturday--when Northeast Floridians enjoyed a day of fun-but-marginal-by-most-…