We have been locked in a Bermuda High all week with strong SW winds firing during the afternoon hours. Yesterday the wrap began to hit at Ramp 30 providing for some fun outer bar surf in strong SSW wind prompting sails under 5m size!There was a n…
The Red Bull Storm Chase has narrowed its short list of international destinations for the upcoming extreme wave/wind surfing window, and Hatteras has made the cut! The listing notes the “US East Coast” yet the marker is firmly planted on Cape Hatteras, and I have been in direct contact with the Chase organizers ironing out [...]
Cape Hatteras, NC – The official poster for the AWT Hatteras Wave Jam 2012! Sponsors to be added soon! Great job Keith M! In other windsurfing news, the OBX has been rocking with daily SW winds topping the upper 20s! The forecast is set to continue for most of this week. We are patiently awaiting [...]
By Christopher D. Roberson Nags Head, NC – Tethered by 65 ft. of flying lines while strapped to a five-foot board, their parachute-shaped kites whisk them across the surf. Then suddenly, they leap into the air, fly without wings and land like cats. They call themselves kiteboarders. Chris Moore, kiteboarding operations manager of Kitty Hawk [...]
Chapel Hill, NC – Summer in North Carolina. Time once again to think about boating, swimming, beach trips and … toxic algae blooms. Anyone who remembers North Carolina’s ’87 red tide or the Pfiesteria hysteria of the late 1990s knows just how serious a problem algae blooms can be. What many people don’t know [...]
Whether at the beach or in one’s backyard, follow these steps to enjoy the holiday. WILMINGTON, NC, June 27, 2012 — The Independence Day Holiday is just around the corner and many people will visit the beach, enjoy fireworks, or fire up the grill for a backyard barbecue. “The American Red Cross wants everyone [...]
OBX Outer Banks, NC – Yesterday, leftover swell from the recent string of NE wind remained on the east facing beaches providing some really fun summer time surf! The standard surfing crew had it in the morning when the swell was up and the tide was pushing near low with very light offshore W wind. [...]
OBX Outer Banks, NC – Now that the spell of NE winds have subsided on the OBX, we begin to look at the upcoming SW opportunities and wavesailing potential for the east facing beaches. However, one dark stain on opportunity to enjoy the best breaks on the islands is the current state of access ramp [...]
Day Three of the NNE spree took us to the south side as far as the south end of Ocracoke Island! The swell was considerably smaller than Friday’s south side wrap, but there remained some fun set waves and perfect side-off wind direction on the south side of Ocracoke. Ralph and I caught it down [...]
Beautiful Side Off at Billy Mitchell (Ramp 49)! Yesterday, the NE continued providing the famed “NE Wrap” of swell around Cape Point to allow surf to fill in on the south facing beaches of the OBX. Billy Mitchell Airfield (Ramp 49) has some excellent outside sandbars right now, and the setup yesterday provides for some [...]
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