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.
It don't get no fresher or better around these parts. Also known as Nick's in the Sticks by locals.
We sure do miss Nick's in Blue Mountain Beach - good thing we can still take a little drive for the real thing.
An honest to goodness, family-friendly, fresh seafood dive on the bay west of Freeport in Basin Bayou.
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.
Chef Reese began his career at the age of 15 in the fine dining restaurants of nearby Destin, Florida. Ed left the Gulf Coast to pursue his degree at the acclaimed Culinary School at Johnson & Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina.
You probably know that Louis Louis in Santa Rosa Beach is the "sister" restaurant of the wildly popular Red Bar in Grayton Beach. It would be a mistake to think that if you have eaten at Red Bar, you have eaten at Louis Louis, if for no other reason than you would be missing a hell of a good meal at a very reasonable price.
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.
The Beaches of South Walton are highlighted in the September issue of National Geographic Traveler. The focus of the article is on the uniqueness of SoWal beach towns and how modern innovations of architecture, design, and engineering are blended admirably with retro elements.
Photo by Kurt Lischka
What is wrong with this picture? Looking for clues why SoWal was spared…
They were 84 days none of us will ever forget. From April 22 to July 15, an estimated 4.9 million barrels of light, sweet Louisiana crude spewed into the Gulf of Mexico, and it was feared to be only a matter of time before the sugar-white beaches of SoWal became a parking lot.
The news was everywhere and it was beyond bad. It was the apocalypse. Even Jim Cramer, the host the CNBC show “Mad Money,” had an opinion.
For a chocolate devotee, what’s not to love about a restaurant that puts that luscious flavor right in the name?
La Crema Tapas and Chocolate located in Rosemary Beach unites simple pleasures – small bites of intriguing foods and Spanish wines with scrumptious chocolate concoctions – and was based on an idea Kevin and Kim Neel discovered while traveling in Spain.
