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Kitty Hawk is a long way from Hawaii, but we have world class surfers here in the Outer Banks.  Rob Brown, a local surfer from the Hatteras area, is gaining a lot of notoriety for his surfing prowess.  Rob was recently interviewed by ESPN Surfing ... 

One of his sponsors, Zoo York, has rented a house for Brown and his fellow teammates in Hawaii for the winter. 
He has been photographed quite a bit on his travels and is starting to gain a lot of media attention from powerful
names such as Surfing Magazine and ESM.

Rob expresses his desire to surf on his own and explains that he doesn’t particularly like surfing in contests. 
The fact that the Hatteras Island native misses surfing his home breaks while in Hawaii says a lot about the OBX surf. 
Another example of the world-class surf on the Outer Banks. 

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The Outer Banks has a long history of great surf and great surfers.  Two of today’s professional surfers, Noah Snyder and Jessie Hines, refined their techniques as OBX groms.  But a surf culture is more than just the guys paddling in the water.  In addition to the support of Mother Nature, a local surf culture requires the support of local businesses, and Whalebone Surf Shop has made countless contributions to the thriving Outer Banks surf scene.  Every surf town needs a quality surf shop and Whalebone fits this description well. 

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“When it comes to surfing, the Outer Banks stands as North Carolina’s most valuable commodity.”  Surfline.com, one of the foremost online resources for surfers, does a fantastic job of highlighting the Outer Banks as a gorgeous beach environment and a world-class beach break. 

When Mother Nature blesses OBX with the perfect natural elements (wind direction and swell), the Outer Banks is perfectly situated to capitalize on the driving waves:  short continental shelf allows waves to reach the beach without being knocked down, curving group of islands allows waves to form in a variety of spots depending on the swell direction and wind direction, beach break that creates shifting sand bars and new breaks on a regular basis.