JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After greater than twenty years of introducing Jacksonville residents to the thrill of paddling, windsurfing and wakeboarding, All Wet Sports is closing its doorways.
(*24*) Andy Fraden introduced the closure, citing rising development prices and extended delays because the driving components behind the choice.
“It is with great sadness we are announcing after 24+ years of bringing smiles to our customers, introducing thousands to the fun you can have on Jacksonville’s waterways — be it kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, dragon boating, windsurfing and wakeboarding — All Wet Sports will be closing,” Fraden wrote.
Over the years, All Wet Sports hosted wakeboard tournaments and taught numerous locals find out how to windsurf and paddleboard on the St. Johns River and its tributaries.
Fraden famous the enterprise had been working towards an answer with the property’s new possession to have a viable new constructing constructed earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
“Before COVID we had it worked out, and then COVID happened and all costs escalated and had numerous delays,” Fraden wrote. “The cost is now beyond our scope.”
The store plans to promote all stock and fixtures over the following a number of months. There remains to be a chance {that a} kayak rental enterprise may return to the situation as soon as a brand new restaurant is constructed for the present property proprietor.
“It has been a fun 24+ years introducing everyone to the wonderful excitement you can have on our river and tributaries,” Fraden wrote.
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