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Ready, Set, Go!

May 15, 2010 | SUPs

As we take care of our customers we’re slowly getting ready for the season. May weather has been pretty cooperative and hopefully that will hold through Memorial Weekend. Yesterday was great! 85 degrees, sun, good breeze. Just got some Michael Dolsey SUPs and can’t wait to try them out. He’s got a pretty cool set-up. He has a warehouse in Norfolk, he travels oversees in the winter to make sure his boards are being manufactured just right, then he spends about 1/2 the year in Costa Rica trying out the boards that he makes. That’s my kind of R and D. His boards are very affordable and I don’t have to pay to get them shipped across country. In fact, the sales rep, Ainslee, was nice enough to drive them down herself and drop them off. Thanks!

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February 10 Wind Storm

February 10, 2010 | Uncategorized

While some of you were still digging out of the snow, the Outer Banks was watching the tide come in on the sound side (hoy toyd on the sound soyd). Look at my youtube link at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vz_s0ASbA8. If you look carefully you’ll notice the parking lot at Miller’s Waterfront Restaurant is entirely under water. Down here we don’t get a lot of snow days but we will call off school if we get flooding or winds so high it’s a danger to cross a bridge while driving a school bus. And if you miss school altogether you get to make it up on a Saturday. So it’s pay now or pay later.

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Things To Do Before the Window Closes

October 29, 2009 | Uncategorized

We’ve experienced some nice days recently on the Outer Banks and it’s actually been killing me to choose what to do. Should I catch up on paperwork? Nah. Should I go surfing with the pulled muscle in my back? Maybe. Should I go for a bike ride and take it easy on the back muscle? Maybe. Should I plan to go striper fishing on Friday at Mann’s Harbor Bridge because the fishing report says they’re slayin’ ’em there? Good chance. It’s been a long time since I’ve caught a striped bass and with my kids having Friday off from school it might be a good time to take them out there and give it a try. Besides, for every person on the boat we can keep 2 fish. But the kids have other redeeming qualities as well, just give me some more time to think of them. I rode by … Continued

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