Tremendous video of the Jacksonville area

[landfall]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNUK5HbgRmw

Take a bow TampaAerialMedia. I wonder if he reads here too, posters on this board will appreciate his humor. 

Honestly though, this video is a terrific showcase of our area and shows theres more to Jacksonville than just Downtown, whilst at the same time recognising its importance.

I know this isn't a photo but wasn't sure where else to put this.

[WarDamJagFan]

Solid.  There was another really cool video recently released by Stab Magazine in conjunction with Red Bull regarding Jacksonville - link below. Red Bull has a surf event on the First Coast every year and the first half of this video is a showcase of our area. While we all love to criticize Jax for its seemingly endless flaws due to worthless leadership, this is a refreshing reminder that it's also a pretty damn good spot to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWwOy0WpzwY&t=9s

[Adam White]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNUK5HbgRmw

Take a bow TampaAerialMedia. I wonder if he reads here too, posters on this board will appreciate his humor. 

Honestly though, this video is a terrific showcase of our area and shows theres more to Jacksonville than just Downtown, whilst at the same time recognising its importance.

I know this isn't a photo but wasn't sure where else to put this.

That thing sounds like it is narrated by a redneck computer.

[CityLife]

Solid.  There was another really cool video recently released by Stab Magazine in conjunction with Red Bull regarding Jacksonville - link below. Red Bull has a surf event on the First Coast every year and the first half of this video is a showcase of our area. While we all love to criticize Jax for its seemingly endless flaws due to worthless leadership, this is a refreshing reminder that it's also a pretty damn good spot to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWwOy0WpzwY&t=9s

That's a cool snapshot of Jax surf culture. Don't think it's ever been talked about much on these boards, but surfing is one of Jacksonville's best advantages. A fair amount of UNF's students go there (and stay) for the surfing in Jax. There are quite a few creatives and professionals that also come or stay because of surfing.

It's an advantage for Jax in Florida. The gulf has hardly any waves. Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale rarely get surf, and while West Palm Beach has by far the best surf break in the state (Reef Road), it happens to be next to the most expensive place to live in the state (Palm Beach) so there isn't a strong surf culture around it. Jupiter and Stuart are good surf/beach towns but don't get surf as frequently as Jax due to being blocked by the Bahamas. Vero up to New Smyrna is the best stretch of surfing in Florida, but all have limited job opportunities and culture. New Smyrna Beach is far and away the best surf town in Florida, but not for working professionals or creatives.

Long story short, Jax should do a better job of promoting the surf culture of the beaches. Especially as middle class professionals are fleeing Southern California in droves.   

[vicupstate]

^^ Great post CityLife. That is one of the frustrating things about JAX. Rather than try to stand apart and be different from the rest of the state (particularly South FL), we try to mimic those areas.  Try being something unique, rather than a pale imitation of somewhere else.     

[CityLife]

^^ Great post CityLife. That is one of the frustrating things about JAX. Rather than try to stand apart and be different from the rest of the state (particularly South FL), we try to mimic those areas.  Try being something unique, rather than a pale imitation of somewhere else.   

Agreed! I've said it before, but Jax's entire marketing strategy should be something along the lines of "Where Florida meets the South"

Jacksonville is closer ecologically to the lowcountry of South Carolina than it is to anything south of Vero Beach (where you can start growing Seagrape, Clusia, and numerous other tropical plants). Jax should capitalize on it's uniqueness of not truly being Florida and not truly being "The South" either.

Good thing Jax has a Tax Collector as President of it's tourism agency to try to figure these things out...

[vicupstate]

^^ Great post CityLife. That is one of the frustrating things about JAX. Rather than try to stand apart and be different from the rest of the state (particularly South FL), we try to mimic those areas.  Try being something unique, rather than a pale imitation of somewhere else.   

Agreed! I've said it before, but Jax's entire marketing strategy should be something along the lines of "Where Florida meets the South"

Jacksonville is closer ecologically to the lowcountry of South Carolina than it is to anything south of Vero Beach (where you can start growing Seagrape, Clusia, and numerous other tropical plants). Jax should capitalize on it's uniqueness of not truly being Florida and not truly being "The South" either.

Good thing Jax has a Tax Collector as President of it's tourism agency to try to figure these things out...

Spot on. We are of two minds on this. It could encompass SO MANY THINGS too. Everything from Flora/Fauna to food to architecture to recreation to waterfront that isn't Ocean waterfront.   

[Tacachale]

Solid.  There was another really cool video recently released by Stab Magazine in conjunction with Red Bull regarding Jacksonville - link below. Red Bull has a surf event on the First Coast every year and the first half of this video is a showcase of our area. While we all love to criticize Jax for its seemingly endless flaws due to worthless leadership, this is a refreshing reminder that it's also a pretty damn good spot to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWwOy0WpzwY&t=9s

That's a cool snapshot of Jax surf culture. Don't think it's ever been talked about much on these boards, but surfing is one of Jacksonville's best advantages. A fair amount of UNF's students go there (and stay) for the surfing in Jax. There are quite a few creatives and professionals that also come or stay because of surfing.

It's an advantage for Jax in Florida. The gulf has hardly any waves. Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale rarely get surf, and while West Palm Beach has by far the best surf break in the state (Reef Road), it happens to be next to the most expensive place to live in the state (Palm Beach) so there isn't a strong surf culture around it. Jupiter and Stuart are good surf/beach towns but don't get surf as frequently as Jax due to being blocked by the Bahamas. Vero up to New Smyrna is the best stretch of surfing in Florida, but all have limited job opportunities and culture. New Smyrna Beach is far and away the best surf town in Florida, but not for working professionals or creatives.

Long story short, Jax should do a better job of promoting the surf culture of the beaches. Especially as middle class professionals are fleeing Southern California in droves.

Excellent post. Surfing is very underrated in the Jax area. Most of the best surf in Florida is between Amelia Island and (roughly) Cape Canaveral, and in Jacksonville and Nassau, the beaches are actually accessible to most everyone. As you say, the good and/or more consistent spots further south tend to be some combination of very expensive and not terribly accessible. The surf sucks past West Palm Beach and in the entire Gulf Coast. It may not be California, but in the Southeast, there's no major metro with as much decent, accessible surf as Jacksonville. Definitely something we should own.

[acme54321]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNUK5HbgRmw

Take a bow TampaAerialMedia. I wonder if he reads here too, posters on this board will appreciate his humor. 

Honestly though, this video is a terrific showcase of our area and shows theres more to Jacksonville than just Downtown, whilst at the same time recognising its importance.

I know this isn't a photo but wasn't sure where else to put this.

That thing sounds like it is narrated by a redneck computer.

I thought I was the only one that noticed 

[Adam White]

Solid.  There was another really cool video recently released by Stab Magazine in conjunction with Red Bull regarding Jacksonville - link below. Red Bull has a surf event on the First Coast every year and the first half of this video is a showcase of our area. While we all love to criticize Jax for its seemingly endless flaws due to worthless leadership, this is a refreshing reminder that it's also a pretty damn good spot to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWwOy0WpzwY&t=9s

That's a cool snapshot of Jax surf culture. Don't think it's ever been talked about much on these boards, but surfing is one of Jacksonville's best advantages. A fair amount of UNF's students go there (and stay) for the surfing in Jax. There are quite a few creatives and professionals that also come or stay because of surfing.

It's an advantage for Jax in Florida. The gulf has hardly any waves. Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale rarely get surf, and while West Palm Beach has by far the best surf break in the state (Reef Road), it happens to be next to the most expensive place to live in the state (Palm Beach) so there isn't a strong surf culture around it. Jupiter and Stuart are good surf/beach towns but don't get surf as frequently as Jax due to being blocked by the Bahamas. Vero up to New Smyrna is the best stretch of surfing in Florida, but all have limited job opportunities and culture. New Smyrna Beach is far and away the best surf town in Florida, but not for working professionals or creatives.

Long story short, Jax should do a better job of promoting the surf culture of the beaches. Especially as middle class professionals are fleeing Southern California in droves.

Excellent post. Surfing is very underrated in the Jax area. Most of the best surf in Florida is between Amelia Island and (roughly) Cape Canaveral, and in Jacksonville and Nassau, the beaches are actually accessible to most everyone. As you say, the good and/or more consistent spots further south tend to be some combination of very expensive and not terribly accessible. The surf sucks past West Palm Beach and in the entire Gulf Coast. It may not be California, but in the Southeast, there's no major metro with as much decent, accessible surf as Jacksonville. Definitely something we should own.

And I know it's been said a billion times, but it's worth repeating - we have excellent beaches.

[Adam White]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNUK5HbgRmw

Take a bow TampaAerialMedia. I wonder if he reads here too, posters on this board will appreciate his humor. 

Honestly though, this video is a terrific showcase of our area and shows theres more to Jacksonville than just Downtown, whilst at the same time recognising its importance.

I know this isn't a photo but wasn't sure where else to put this.

That thing sounds like it is narrated by a redneck computer.

I thought I was the only one that noticed 

It's weird, isn't it? If it weren't for the accent, I'd honestly think this wasn't a human doing the narration. It may not be. The pacing and weird pronunciation make it sound like a machine. Maybe it is?

[jaxlongtimer]

Interesting that even out of towners have picked up on our "do nothing" leadership.  Just as interesting as the video are some of the comments below it. 

As we know, lots of great natural assets, but not-so-great unnatural ones running & ruining the place. 

[WarDamJagFan]

Solid.  There was another really cool video recently released by Stab Magazine in conjunction with Red Bull regarding Jacksonville - link below. Red Bull has a surf event on the First Coast every year and the first half of this video is a showcase of our area. While we all love to criticize Jax for its seemingly endless flaws due to worthless leadership, this is a refreshing reminder that it's also a pretty damn good spot to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWwOy0WpzwY&t=9s

That's a cool snapshot of Jax surf culture. Don't think it's ever been talked about much on these boards, but surfing is one of Jacksonville's best advantages. A fair amount of UNF's students go there (and stay) for the surfing in Jax. There are quite a few creatives and professionals that also come or stay because of surfing.

It's an advantage for Jax in Florida. The gulf has hardly any waves. Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale rarely get surf, and while West Palm Beach has by far the best surf break in the state (Reef Road), it happens to be next to the most expensive place to live in the state (Palm Beach) so there isn't a strong surf culture around it. Jupiter and Stuart are good surf/beach towns but don't get surf as frequently as Jax due to being blocked by the Bahamas. Vero up to New Smyrna is the best stretch of surfing in Florida, but all have limited job opportunities and culture. New Smyrna Beach is far and away the best surf town in Florida, but not for working professionals or creatives.

Long story short, Jax should do a better job of promoting the surf culture of the beaches. Especially as middle class professionals are fleeing Southern California in droves.

Yes.... and no. It getting more crowded in the lineup. Fewer kooks please!