It’s ten o’clock in the morning on the first Sunday in March. Scenic 30A is closed to traffic. There’s not a parking place to be found in Seaside.
Three thousands folks are milling around the Post Office. A band is playing in the amphitheatre. Folks are eating Jim N’ Nick’s Bar-B-Q and drinking beer for breakfast.
As you may know, the 2010 Snapper Season will reopen in the Gulf on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting Friday, October 1 through Sunday, November 21.
This is an effort by the Feds and the State of Florida to make up for the shortest Federally-imposed Snapper Season ever – 45 days – that was shortened even more by the oil spill. The reopened season is an effort to bring fishermen and visitors back to the beaches this fall.
The Seaside Yolo celebration was chock full of SUP-inspired activities designed to treat both participants and spectators.
This year's event was expanded to include both a recreation class three-mile race and an elite class seven-mile race as the headlining events on September 18th.
Tom and Jeff believe you only live once. What could be more satisfying than sharing that philosophy with millions? But they don't just tell it, they prove it.
When Jeff Archer and Tom Losee created YOLO Board in 2006, they shared a goal to introduce stand up paddle boarding (SUP) to South Walton.
(Sharks?!? see video below)
A major part of their strategy was to create events that were new and exciting.
September 7, 2010 by admin
Our latest segment highlighting coastal dune lakes in SoWal features YOLO (stand up paddle boarding) and Walco Eco Tours on Western Lake.
Production by Elam Stoltzfus of Live Oak Production Group continues on a full-length documentary about coastal dune lakes for an international PBS audience.
If you promise to keep it to yourself, I’ll share a longtime secret spot where many locals go to escape the Summer SoWal craziness for a few days. Just two hours east, past the hustle and bustle of Panama City, you’ll find a quiet and quaint area between Port St. Joe and Apalachicola.
The water’s not as clear and the sand’s not as white but there’s something striking about the landscape, and endearing about the people of what’s commonly referred to as the Forgotten Coast of Florida.
There are tourists and then there are tourists - no matter where you travel. In Firenze or Milano, the shoes are usually a dead giveaway. The natives are wearing soft leather loafers. The Americans are often decidedly less stylish.
In Seaside, the tell-tale signs are often times even more revealing. Anyone in a bathing suit and flip flops is here to have fun.
The men in black and women decked out head to toe in an equally monochromatic manner of dress are likely on a mission, or more specifically, an architectural pilgrimage.
The 2010 YOLO Board Race Series is underway. The second of the five-race series featured men's, and women's divisions on Western Lake at WaterColor's BoatHouse. Races are ongoing from May to August at various area locations.
Race paddlers vie for the champion title “2010 YOLO Board Cup Series” to be awarded after the final race in August.
