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Sunset over Ocracoke Beach on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

Ocracoke Beach, North Carolina (Bill Russ/courtesy, North Carolina Tourism)

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Practical Advice

Seafood Watch: The Western Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world's oceans, continues to profile the seafood you should—and shouldn't—eat by indexing the most common fish off the western coast of the United States.
Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.
Sharks: Myths and Realities
Every summer, the ominous display of a dorsal fin sends crowds scurrying for the shore—and newspaper headlines exploding with warnings. Find out why that’s the wrong way to act.
Deep Focus
Learn the basics of underwater photography and you expand the experience of scuba diving and snorkeling. Our ten tips will help keep things crystal clear.
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Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter

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Gear

Check Out My Wood!
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How a carpentry-challenged nonsurfer built a classic wooden longboard with his own kook hands.
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Seal Line Urban Tote
The Perfect Wet/Dry Bag
Surfing
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Get dialed for summer's coolest sport
Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.

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Fitness

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Fittest Real Athletes – Kyle Daniels
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Win
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Wellness 2009
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Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
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Attractions

Pamlico Sound

Outer Banks

Description: Pamlico Sound is the largest lagoon along the East Coast of the United States, at 80 miles long and... Read More

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Canadian Hole, Avon

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina

Description: Canadian Hole is the Outer Banks' best windsurfing locale, on the sheltered Pamlico Sound side of... Read More

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Wright Brothers National Memorial

1401 National Park Drive
Manteo, North Carolina 27954

Description: The Wright Brothers National Memorial, dedicated in 1932, commemorates the first successful... Read More

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