Surfing for Autism: Nags Head’s Most Heartfelt Weekend on the Water

A surfer in a black wetsuit crouches low while riding a breaking wave, carving across the face of the ocean with white water splashing around.

Some Outer Banks events chase crowds. This one chases something better: pure joy on a kid’s face, mid-wave, for maybe the first time. Surfing for Autism takes over Jennette’s Pier every July, and if you’ve never watched it happen, you’re missing one of the most genuinely moving scenes on this entire coast. Here’s everything you … Read more

The Best Bar at the Carolina Coast Has Been Named. It’s Not Where You’d Expect.

Forget the rooftop bars in Charleston. Skip the Myrtle Beach strip. The best bar on the entire Carolina coast sits on a fishing pier in South Nags Head, and it has a 40-tap draft list to prove it. There’s a bar in South Nags Head where your feet don’t quite touch solid ground. You’re sitting … Read more