Windsurfing Shops on the of By Bruce Powers Revised November 2010

All Google map links and shop links verified as of November 2010

(1) Ocean Air Watersports ( Formerly Windsurfing Hatteras) 10 % WET discount offered.

Address: Highway 12, Avon NV, 27915. Phone 252-995-5000, Call for hours of operation.

Points of contact: Brian, Stuart, or Mark

Google map location: http://maps.google.com/maps? f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=oceanair+watersports+avon+nc&sll=35.335846, - 75.50697&sspn=0.01045,0.019205&g=kinakeet+drive+avon+nc&ie=UTF8&hq=oceanai r+watersports&hnear=Avon,+Kinnakeet,+Dare,+North+Carolina&ll=35.371065,- 75.500021&spn=0.040033,0.076818&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A

Typical beginner boards available, call for current inventory: Mistral Entrance (220L), Malibu (180L), Prodigy (255L), and Explosion (153L) boards.

Privately owned by Brian Klauser as of 2010, a large selection of boards, sails, and windsurfing hardware.

Website: http://www.oceanairsports.com/

(2) Wind-NC ( Formerly Sailworld Hatteras ) 10 % WET discount offered.

Address: 41074 Highway 12, Avon NC 27915. Phone: 252-995-4400. Call for hours of operation.

Location : The Hatteras Island Boardsports building next to Nino's Pizza & Village Video and across from Avon Pier.

Mailing address: 41074 Highway 12, Avon NC 27915

Point of contact: Andy McKinney [email protected]

Wind-NC is a Windsurf and Stand Up Paddleboard Specialty Shop, offering rentals, lessons and sales.

1 Google Map Location: http://maps.google.com/maps? f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wind+North+Carolina, +41074+Hwy+12,+Avon,+NC+27915&sll=37.0625,- 95.677068&sspn=27.976484,50.273438&ie=UTF8&hq=Wind+North+Carolina, +41074+Hwy+12,&hnear=North+Carolina+27915&ll=35.367776,- 75.522423&spn=0.105266,0.196381&t=h&z=12

Beginner boards available: See website for inventory below. Wind-NC does offer 20 % off on accessories ( extensions, mast bases, etc.) to complete a full price board and sail purchase.

Website: http://www.wind-nc.com

(3) Avon Sail House 10% WET Discount offered .

Owner operated since 1999. Point of contact: Margaret

Located at the North end of Avon, Ocean side, Hwy 12 @ Kinnakeet Dr North. (directly across the highway from Ocean Air)

Google Map Location: This link is the same link as the Ocean Air link. Avon Sail house is directly across highway 12 from Ocean Air: http://maps.google.com/maps? f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=oceanair+watersports+avon+nc&sll=35.335846, - 75.50697&sspn=0.01045,0.019205&g=kinakeet+drive+avon+nc&ie=UTF8&hq=oceanai r+watersports&hnear=Avon,+Kinnakeet,+Dare,+North+Carolina&ll=35.371065,- 75.500021&spn=0.040033,0.076818&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A

Open Spring and Fall windy seasons on Hatteras Island (late March – early June; late September through end of Nov).

Online store open all year round on website: http://www.avonsailhouse.com

Inventory is updated daily

Inquiries: 252-995-7954; 541-806-4117

Products sold in the shop are that which we sail: the best for durability and performance.

2 -- Quatro boards: sizes 64 liters to 150 liters: high-performance, excellent durability, easy to sail; these boards will take your sailing to the next level.

Demos are available: $50/24 hours. Purchase price less demo fee.

--Goya Sails: designed for performance and durability by Jason Diffin, former designer of Simmer Sails. Demo rigs available.

--Chinook Sailing Products (hardware): designed and fabricated in the Columbia River Gorge

--No Limitz masts: designed and fabricated in the Columbia River Gorge

(4) Ride Hatteras 10 % WET discount offered.

Address: 40168 NC Highway 12 Avon, NC 27915 Phone (252) 995-6755 Call for hours of operation

Point of Contact: Charlie Meyers, Owner

Google Map Location: http://maps.google.com/maps? f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ride+hatteras+avon+nc&sll=35.371065,- 75.500021&sspn=0.040033,0.076818&ie=UTF8&hq=ride+hatteras&hnear=Avon, +Kinnakeet,+Dare,+North+Carolina&ll=35.361826,- 75.498948&spn=0.020019,0.038409&t=h&z=15

Website: http://www.ridehatteras.com check website for inventory.

Beginner boards available: Many windsurfing accessories available. Decent amount of used boards usually available.

(5) Kitty Hawk Watersports

Located in Nags Head at Milepost 16 near "Windmill Point". This is the only windsurf shop north of Hatteras Island. The shallow water and reliable southwest winds in the summer on the make this a good place to learn. This shop would be a good shop to contact if you are in a rental house north of Hatteras Island and want windsurf lessons.

Address: 6920 S. Highway, Nags Head NC 27959. Phone 252-441-2756.

Point of Contact: John

3 Website: http://kittyhawkwatersports.com

Google Map Location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6920+S. +Croatan+Highway,+Nags+Head+NC+27959&sll=35.361826,- 75.498948&sspn=0.020019,0.038409&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=6920+S+Croatan+Hwy, +Nags+Head,+Dare,+North+Carolina+27959&ll=35.914044,- 75.601966&spn=0.010375,0.019205&t=h&z=16

Waterfront location with pre-rigged sails ready. Windsurfing lessons and on board site rentals available. Shops also does stand up paddleboard rentals and tours as of 2010. Some boards and a small amount of windsurfing related hardware available for sale. NO WET discount offered.

(6) Fox Watersports

Address: Highway 12, PO Box 608, Buxton, NC 27920, Phone 252-995-4372, Call for hours of operation

Points of contact: Richard, Art, Freddy, or Jeff.

Google map location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Fox+Watersports, +NC&sll=37.0625,- 95.677068&sspn=29.496064,56.337891&ie=UTF8&hq=Fox+Watersports,&hnear=Nort h+Carolina&ll=35.297194,-75.527573&spn=0.111523,0.22007&z=12&iwloc=A

Website: http://www.foxwatersports.com

Beginner boards available - none. Fox is still a prominent shop on Hatteras Island and has more high end gear to appeal to the intermediate to advanced sailor. Many windsurfing accessories available. NO WET discount offered.

(7) Hatteras Island Sail Shop, a.k.a. "Barton's"

Address: Highway 12 Waves, NC 27982 Look for a Dairy Queen on Highway 12 in Waves; the entrance to Barton’s is just south of the Dairy Queen. (252) 987-2292, Call for hours of operation

Website: http://www.hiss-waves.com/

Beginner boards available -none. Very little windsurfing gear inventory as well the last time I checked in 2006. This shop shifted over in 2007 to kiteboarding and rental accommodations, but is listed here as a good site to launch from as long as you don't

4 mind competing with kiters! Barton's is also the host shop for ABK Boardsports windsurfing camps when they come to Hatteras Island. NO WET discount offered.

Google Map Location: http://maps.google.com/maps? f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hatteras+Island+Sail+Shop,+Waves, +NC&sll=37.0625,- 95.677068&sspn=41.411029,78.662109&ie=UTF8&hq=Hatteras+Island+Surf+Shop&hn ear=Hatteras+Island+Surf+Shop,+25410+Nc+12+Hwy, +North+Carolina+27982&t=h&ll=35.573609,-75.46777&spn=0.001737,0.003439&z=18

The above location is different from the 25127 Lela Court, Waves, NC address also listed in Google maps for the Hatteras Island Sail Shop.

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