Kiteboarding is a very popular thing to do in Nags Head. The Roanoke Sound, which is shallow and calm, is perfect for beginners to learn to the sport, and lessons are available. On windy days, you’ll see dozens of colorful kites flying over the sound as kiteboarders zip back and forth over the water. Experienced kiteboarders also enjoy kiteboarding on the ocean waves. In Nags Head, NC, kiteboarding is concentrated around milepost 16 on the sound.
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Nags Head Thing To Do
7517 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Whalebone Watersports Center, Nags Head
3933 S. Croatan Highway, The Bypass, MP 12.5, Jockey's Ridge Crossing, Nags Head
794 Sunset Boulevard, TimBuck II Shopping Village, Corolla
819 Ocean Trail, Monterey Plaza, Corolla
1216 Duck Road, Wee Winks Square, Duck
307 Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Manteo
24502 N.C. Highway 12, Waves Village, Rodanthe
39432 N.C. Highway 12, Island Shops, Avon
58848 Hatteras Landing, Hatteras Landing, Hatteras
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites boasts an impressive selection of kites, flags and spinners, toys, apparel, gifts and games on the Outer Banks. Kitty Hawk Kites specializes in kites, from the single-lines for kids to high-tech stunt varieties. The stores also sell fun outdoor goodies such as flags, toys, boomerangs and games. You’ll find a wide selection of Outer Banks gear, beach sportswear and footwear from Crocs, Chaco, Hey Dude, Southern Fried and Life is Good apparel, t-shirts, sweatshirts, outdoor clothing, sunglasses and more. Kitty Hawk Kites also offers a number of adventure activities including hang gliding, kayak and SUP tours, lessons and rentals, parasailing, Jet Skis, dolphin tours, wild horse tours, historic tours and much more. The brand-new Whalebone Watersports Center on the Nags Head Causeway offers kayak fishing, Jet Skis, pontoon boat rentals and more. At Kitty Hawk Kites' Waves Village Watersports in Rodanthe, you can learn kiteboarding; buy and rent kiteboarding gear; rent a kayak, surfboard or standup paddleboard or climb the adventure tower/ropes course. Kitty Hawk Kites Hang Gliding School at Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head offers private lessons, beginner lessons, advanced lessons and training packages for hang gliding, as well as retail merchandise and sand boards available for rent.
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites boasts an impressive selection of kites, flags and spinners, toys, apparel, gifts and games on the Outer Banks. Kitty Hawk Kites specializes in kites, from the single-lines for kids to high-tech stunt varieties. The stores also sell fun outdoor goodies such as...read more
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail...read more
Kitty Hawk Thing To Do
Aycock Brown Welcome Center in Kitty Hawk is an excellent stop for planning your Outer Banks vacation. If you’re arriving from the north by way of U.S. Highway 158, it will be a convenient stop about a mile on the right after you cross Wright Brothers Memorial Bridge onto the island. There is information on everything to see and do on the Outer Banks, with...read more
Nags Head Thing To Do
Get the ultimate vacation souvenir with a colorful hairwrap, some cornrows or a temporary tattoo. Beach Braids is the only Outer Banks shop offering natural henna tattoos in addition to Jagua tattoos, all 100% plant based and brown or blue/black in color. All three Beach Braids locations have a Mendhi artist on staff during peak season. This store also sells custom, handmade hemp jewelry. Appointments or...read more
Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills Thing To Do
A favorite local activity is 4WD cruising the beach when the season allows.
In Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills, you can drive on the beach from October 1 through April 30 as long as you have a permit from each town. Note: The two towns used to have reciprocal permits, but that is no longer the case.
In Kill Devil Hills, permits cost $25 for...read more
Duck Thing To Do
Being able to rent beach chairs and tents is a wonderful service, but having someone lug all that stuff to the beach and set it up for you then take it all down at the end of the day ... well, that's practically miraculous. Beach Masters rents super-sturdy tents (with a bar top!), beach chairs, coolers (with ice!), stereos and blenders, and they do all...read more
The Outer Banks is one of the few coastal places where you can actually drive on the beach. The beaches north of Corolla (aka Carova, home of the wild horses) and the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Hatteras and Ocracoke islands) are open to beach driving year-round, and the beaches of Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills are open in the off-season (permits are...read more
Kitty Hawk is an excellent town for biking. Along Woods Road and Kitty Hawk Road you’ll find the Pruitt Multi-Use Trail, a paved path that is separate from the roadway and is ideal for biking, walking or in-line skating. To extend your ride into neighboring Kill Devil Hills, turn off of Kitty Hawk Road onto Moore Shore Road to connect to Bay Drive, a quiet...read more
Kill Devil Hills Thing To Do
Bicyclists and skaters are a common site trekking along the town’s multiuse path, which runs along the Beach Road from Eighth Street (Kill Devil Hills/Nags Head line) to MP 21 (Old Oregon Inlet Road in South Nags Head). The path is for walking, jogging, bicycling and skating. The town designates this path as a tow-away, no parking zone for non-motorized activity only. Visitors can bring...read more
The Outer Banks is often referred to as a birder’s paradise. Maritime forest areas, such as Nags Head Woods, Kitty Hawk Woods and Buxton Woods, have great birding options, as do Jockey’s Ridge State Park and Run Hill State Park. Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge are excellent spots for birding.
Wings Over Water is an annual fall festival that...read more
Nags Head Thing To Do
Pronounced “body,” this horizontally striped lighthouse is on the soundside at the southern end of Bodie Island in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It re-opened from a major renovation project in April 2013, and visitors can climb to the top of the 156-foot-tall lighthouse from late April through Columbus Day in October. During the lighthouse climbing season, reservations to climb the lighthouse must be made at...read more
Nags Head Thing To Do
Liza Yowell offers massage therapy, natural skincare, cupping and energy work (Reiki and craniosacral therapy). She offers a variety of packages in skincare and massage and is a professional with years of experience working on the Outer Banks.read more
Photographers Brooke Mayo and Candace Owens are a dynamic duo in Outer Banks photography. Known for their ability to make photoshoots fun, they lend their creative touches to wedding photography, family portraits and photography of all styles. read more
Kill Devil Hills Thing To Do
Prepare to bug around the Outer Banks with the folks at Buggin’ Out to enjoy the scenery, and the convenience, of motoring throughout the area with the wind in your hair. Pick the buggy of your choice — whether it’s a four-seater option that’s great for the whole family or a two-seater that’s perfect for a more intimate cruise along the beach road at sunset....read more
