Kite surfing obx3/1/2024 ![]() You can kite in the Pamlico Sound to the west National Wildlife Area where kiteboarding is not permitted. South from the Bonner Bridge you drive through 10+ miles of the Pea Island Many miles north and south of the Tri-Villages Area you get shallow water and In the not too distant future when hundreds of kiters want to access the waterįrom the same few spots and control at access points may become necessary. Well known public access spots are already crowded in good wind. Somewhat from the desirability area in general. Limited public access to the water detracts Shallow flat water of OBX make it ideal for kiteboarding. To kiteboard, and one of, if not the, best place, to learn to kiteboard in the Short Hatteras Island is a kiteboarding dream, the best place on the east coast The junction of the Labrador current with the Gulf Stream just east of Out to sea so to speak, Hatteras Island, experiences wind that settles downįrom its heights, flows right over the water, smooths out and becomes lessīeautiful expression of Boyle’s Law the result is more wind and better quality It bounces off trees, houses, hills, and mostly stays a hundred feet above your Is the other thing that makes Hatteras Island a special place to Of shallow water and so accessible to a huge proportion of the US population. Places with shallow water for a few hundred feet, but none with as big an area Your kite, and walk back upwind to your board. When you fall, you simply stand up, re-launch Learning to kiteboard, shallow water is a godsend. The water of the Pamlico Sound is shallow, not over your head, for a ![]() What makes OBX in general and Hatteras Island in particular such a special That is not far behind Real in terms of size and also has a great kiteboarding Kitty Hawk Kites has a kiteboarding school In the world Real also has a great kiteboarding gear shop, and restaurant. This point, probably the busiest and most world renowned kiteboarding school, Tri-Villages area is the center of kiteboarding activity on Hatteras Hatteras town is a center sport fishing andįeatures the ferry to the island of Ocracoke. Shop, Orange Blossom, and the only lumber yard on the island. Where the island turns from south back the west. Buxton is at the elbow of Hatteras Island Avon has more restaurantsĪnd the only full sized grocery store on the island. Together make up the Tri-Villages area and the towns are Towns on Hatteras Island from north to south are Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon,īuxton, Frisco, and Hatteras town, town to distinguish it from the whole Sound between the island and the mainland. On the contrary sits as much as 30 miles out to sea with the expansive Pamlico Mainland, think Miami Beach and Jacksonville Beach. ![]() Mainland, easily seen, frequently with small bridges connecting them to the Almost all of them are quite close to the Widest and frequently less than a mile wide.Ĭoast of the United States is decorated with hundreds of barrier islands. The island is a ribbon of sand that stretchesĤ0 miles south from the Bonner Bridge and then jogs off 10 miles to the west to Refer to OBX they usually mean the most prominent island, Hatteras Island. ![]() North to south along most the east coast of North Carolina. The Outer Banks, frequently referred toĪs OBX, actually refers to a series of islands and shoreline stretching from It has miles of shallow water on the Pamlico Sound and miles of wave action on the Atlantic Ocean side. It has what we believe are the two largest kiteboarding schools in the US, perhaps the world. It is the best place to learn in the whole country. It is the best place to kite on the East Coast of the United States. The Outer Banks is a challenging place to write about from a kiteboarding perspective. The New Bonner Bridge, Gateway to Hatteras Island
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