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NC Seafood Festival Takes Over Morehead

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6 On the Waterfront

The Crystal Coast Grand Prix blasts into Morehead City while the fall festivals and parties keep everyone busy.

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12 Carteret’s Catch

The state’s second largest festival, the NC Seafood Fest, brings folks to town to celebrate the bountiful harvest from the sea.

24 Down the Hatch

The craft beer industry stretches its reach into Carteret County.

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Making Waves

A writer tries his hand at one of the fastest growing sports on the coast - stand up paddle boarding.

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Carteret County’s catch and its commercial fishing industry will be center stage this October as the annual NC Seafood Festival hits the Morehead City waterfront.

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Grand Prix Takes to the Water

Grab your earplugs, the 7th annual Crystal Coast Grand Prix P1 super powerboat race visits Morehead City Sept. 14-16 for the USA National Championship, flying through a course by the NC State Port at Morehead City and amazing crowds with their speed in the water. The event is the last stop in the season for the racers and is sure to be a weekend packed with fun for participants and guests.

If there was one man to thank for the popular event, it would be Jeff McCann, owner of Jack’s Waterfront Bar, and his dedicated troupe of family and friends. A local boy, McCann grew up on the water, often having an impromptu race of his own before taking to the sport in earnest as an adult.

“My wife and I always knew this would be a great place for a race. The venue itself is amazing for the audience and the people from our community are just nice people,” said McCann.

The couple were eager to bring the sport to Morehead City, and also wanted to help generate revenue for Carteret County. His plan has been a rousing success, with the Crystal Coast Grand Prix producing more than $850,000 in revenue per year for the local businesses.

This year, racing takes place on Sunday, McCann said, with additional events on Friday evening and during the day on Saturday.

“We don’t really need to have two days of racing with the amount of racers we have.

If we had 50 boats or so, then yeah we would definitely need two days of racing,” McCann explained. “I think the most boats we’ve had is 26. But this year we have the

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Lookout Shootout Poker Run happening on Saturday.”

The poker run, which is popular among motorcyclists, sees boats racing to Oriental and New Bern before returning to Carteret County, gathering one card at each stop along the course in hopes of developing a winning poker hand. So far more than 40 participants have signed up to join in the fun.

“There are never any poker runs at a boat race and there are many parallels between poker players and boat racers,” he said. People participating in the poker run and other events are coming from as far as Texas, Maryland, Florida and even Canada.

Executive passes for the grand prix are $80 and include entry into both Friday and Saturday night racer/sponsor dinners from 6:30-8:30, complimentary beer, wine and dinner provided by one of our great local restaurants, live music and meet and greets.

Passes also include entry into the executive tent at the NC State Port, featuring cold beverages, a catered lunch by Floyd’s 1921 and some much needed shade. Fans, of course, are always welcome to watch at no coast from their personal watercraft or the waterfront. To purchase tickets, or to learn more about the poker run, email pamelahardy95@yahoo.com or visit Jack’s Waterfront Bar at the Morehead City waterfront.

The Festivals of Fall

The downtown streets of historic New Bern will come to life Oct. 13-14, attracting droves of visitors to one of the largest award-winning festivals the state has to offer.

MumFest is a two-day event, filling New Bern’s historic downtown with live entertain-

ment, food, vendors, amusement rides and more. From the waterfront at Union Point Park to the gardens of Tryon Palace, MumFest has something everyone can enjoy.

The festival, along with many other local events, has brought aggressive revitalization to the area, which has ultimately refashioned the scenic heart of New Bern into a major attraction.

New to MumFest this year is SeaFair, a 228-foot mega yacht and one of the 10 largest, privately owned yachts in the country.

The vessel has three decks of 28 galleries filled with art, jewelry and sculpture from artists all over the world. Groundbreaking in scale, ingenuity and style, the yacht will remain docked at the Hilton Marina for MumFest weekend.

This year’s MumFest will also include fun-filled exposure to the arts and artists of New Bern through the introduction of a new venue, the Art Zone. Area artists will provide live demonstrations on the street and in downtown galleries.

Additional entertainment includes the return of the YPG River Jam, with concerts

by The Soul Shakers, Band of Oz and The Switch, gravity-defying athletes are back with the King BMX Stunt Show, the annual Boat Show, magicians and street performers, amusement rides and much more.

Be on the lookout for the Pumpkin Patch on the corner of Middle and Pollock streets, the Silver Drummer Girl, who fools the audience into believing she is a statue until she is tipped and comes to life playing the snare drum, inspiring a unique reaction from every individual, and an entertaining show from comedian and circus act performer Alex Clark. For more information, visit mumfest.com.

As New Bern prepares for this celebra-

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tion of the mum, the small village of Swansboro is gearing up for its largest annual celebration – the Mullet Festival. Also planned for Oct. 13-14, this festival is not a tribute to the horrible and antiquated haircut from the 1980s. Instead, it pays homage to the bait fish that sometimes seconds as an actual meal.

What started as a community cookout, the Mullet Festival has continued for some 58 years, slowly evolving into an all-out event. The town of Swansboro is fairly small, with a population of about 1,700 people, but the Mullet Festival is not.

Per tradition, the event begins with the festival parade, with Boy Scout troops, elected officials, marching bands and area clubs making their way through the streets on colorful floats. With more than 100 vendors coming from as far away as Ohio and Virginia, there will be plenty of things to see and eat after the parade has ceased. Arts and crafts booths fill up the downtown sidewalks, giving unique shopping opportunities for those who are interested. Live music and entertainment run throughout the event, so people have plenty of entertainment to enjoy including the Rewind Band, The Attractions, Carl Newton & 5th Avenue, the Band of Oz and others.

It’s important to note that due to the heavy volume of foot-traffic, there is no parking at the festival. As always, the event is free and will be held rain or shine. Come celebrate the rich culture and history of Swansboro.

For more information, visit www.swansborofestivals.com.

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The event runs from 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday, with an evening fly planned for 8pm Saturday evening.

Kites of all shapes and sizes catch the salty breeze and glide over the autumn beaches. Come early with camera in hand as there is much to see. As long as the wind cooperates, spectators see everything from colorful kites, team flying, extreme ascensions and drops and kites of all shapes and sizes, including dragons, facets/boxes, sky skimmers, art kites and more.

Workshops are planned for youngsters interested in building their own kite, with supplies provided by the event’s sponsor, Kite’s Unlimited. Kids are also given a chance to satisfy cravings for sweets with several candy drops over the two-day event. Admission is free. When they tire of the demonstrations and competitions planned throughout both days, kite enthusiasts are encouraged to participate if the wind and mood are right.

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Mary Rountree Moore. Moore said she tries to “capture the feeling of those fleeting moments of the sublime, the vast beauty of nature, which humbles us all.”

At 6:30pm on Saturday, Oct. 20 guests will be provided with gourmet food from an area restaurant and lively music to accompany Rountree’s featured art exhibit at the Higgins’ home. Tickets are $75 per person and available by calling 252-728-5225 or visiting www.beauforthistoricsite.org.

Moore’s work is nothing new to Tom and Eva Higgins; several pieces of her art already adorn the walls of the Higgins’s home overlooking Taylors Creek. Eva Higgins and Moore met in college and have been friends ever since. Higgins has loved all the phases Moore’s work has undergone, and believes her style has “evolved beautifully.”

Rountree’s artwork will be joined by the sounds of the Ginger Thompson Band as it promises to keep the perfect beat for the evening’s party, featuring beach music, R&B, pop and standards, sure to create the ideal mood for the popular fundraising event. WF

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Carteret’s Catch The NC Seafood Festival Takes Over the Morehead City Waterfront As the afterglow of summer hangs low in the backdrop, and the memories of beach days begin to fade for yet another year, there are still a few things on the horizon Carteret Countians look forward to before the cool weather settles in for a long winter break. Few will deny that the NC Seafood Festival is at the top of their fall to-do list.

Held during the mild climes of the first weekend of October, the Seafood Festival turns 26 with this year’s event, Oct. 5-7 – a ripe age by anyone’s standards. But practice, as they say, makes perfect, and with that maturity comes a smoothly conducted festival with a full slate of special events, entertainment, rides, vendors, educational opportunities and enough fun to keep the whole family busy all weekend long.

While it’s the music, the Ferris wheel and the chance to pick up wares from favorite arts and crafts vendors that keep visitors entertained, it’s that lure of the catch that brings them there – the ever-present aroma of seafood frying that calls residents and visitors to the waterfront in droves like a Siren’s song for the hungry.

“At the root of it all – that’s what it’s all about, that’s where we began. Our major goal, of course, is to raise awareness about the amazing bounty of seafood in Carteret County,” said Executive Director Stephanie McIntyre.

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that seafood into the hands, and ultimately the mouths, of consumers. The fun, she added, comes from finding various ways to accomplish that goal. Refreshing itself year after year, the Seafood Festival has continued to come up with creative new ways to bring the taste of the coast to the public – the most popular of which is the Chef’s Tent, which brings chefs from around the state to offer demonstrations and compete in a new category each year. This year – shrimp and grits will be the focus, said McIntyre, and it’s sure to bring out a great collection of competitors vying for bragging rights.

“Not only can the public watch cooking demonstrations, but we turn to them for help in picking the people’s choice winner each year,” she said.

If folks enjoy what they’re sampling throughout the festival, the seafood Open Aire Market returns this year, giving visitors the chance to take a little piece of Carteret County seafood home with them. The Local Fair with Coastal Flair includes representatives from area fishery organizations to provide information, including Brunswick Catch, Ocracoke Fresh and local Carteret Catch, as well as others. These organizations will also discuss the proper handling, cleaning and storing of fresh seafood. A variety of other entities, including Sea Grant, NC Coastal Federation and NOAA will discuss the sustainability of availability of the state’s most

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precious commodity.

While seafood may be the focus, those with a hankering can find just about every kind of traditional fair offering, from corn dogs and burgers to ice cream and funnel cakes, and some a little less ordinary, like alligator bites, dotted along Morehead City’s downtown waterfront.

The food offerings are joined by more than 150 vendors featuring the wares of local artisans. Photography, painting, glass blowing and molding, wood carvings, wall hangings and pottery are just a few of the arts and crafts you can expect to find along the streets in Morehead City during the festival. Other booths will offer Seafood Fest gear, including T-shirts and a popular annual poster.

It’s safe to say that the grassroots effort to raise awareness of the commercial seafood industry in North Carolina has exceeded all expectations. Recognized as the state’s second largest festival, the event has not only increased the visibility of Eastern North Carolina’s array of seafood, but it has provided a fundraising platform for nonprofit organizations throughout the region. Band and athletic boosters, Scout troops, churches, support groups and more are given an opportunity to sell their own, or festival merchandise, to raise money for their organizations. Since 1987, more than $1.8 million has been dispersed among participating groups.

“That may be one of our biggest successes,” McIntyre said. “We’re so proud that we’re able to help area groups year after year who come out and raise some money for their worthwhile causes. It’s a true community effort to put the festival on – and in the end it’s the community that benefits.

That’s important to us.”

On the Playlist Headlining the festival this year are country music artists Gloriana, taking to the stage at 6pm on Saturday, Oct. 6.

The group’s first visit to Morehead City comes on the heels of the release of their second album, “A Thousand Miles Left Behind” and the blockbuster crossover hit “(Kissed You) (continued on page 15)

Entertainment Schedule Clam Jam Stage (Main) Friday, Oct. 5

Saturday, Oct. 6

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TBA Barefoot Wade 40 East Band Gloriana SwampDaWamp

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Sea-Cruz Jim Quick & the Coastline Band

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The Moon and You Time Sawyer Carolina Still

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Touch of Grace The Nelsons

SasSea’s Stage Saturday, Oct. 6 10am 11am Noon 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm

Crystal Coast School of the Arts Crystal Coast All Stars Carolina Strut Crystal Coast Gymnastics Lewis Tae Kwon Do Swansboro Dance Studio Ramires ATA Black Belt Academy Shay Marshburn The Cause

Sunday, Oct. 7 Noon 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm

Allison Cornett SasSea’s Pageant Masterpeace The Collisons Flash Mob

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Good Night.” Made up of brothers Tom and Mike Gossin, and partner Rachel Reinert, the trio won an American Music Award for Breakthrough Artist and an American Country Music Award for Top New Vocal Group in 2010. “‘A Thousand Miles Left Behind’ literally and figuratively describes our lives over the past three years,” Tom explained.

“It’s also a testament to how we’re constantly learning and growing with every experience on the road, because this album is really about just that — growth.”

“A lot of the songs on the album are written from the point of view of the person I would like to be,” said Mike. “Like on ‘(Kissed You) Good Night,’ my alter ego comes in and does what I’m afraid to do in real life. It’s ultimately a song about not ending up with regrets because the worst thing is to look back on something and think, ‘I wish I had done things differently.’”

Johnny Orr Band

SwampDaWamp The brothers are no strangers to Eastern North Carolina, having both attended UNC-Wilmington prior to leaving college to focus on their music. After hitting the road in 2009, the band has performed with Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, the Zac Brown Band and Brooks & Dunn.

Country music followers will be pleased to see the Johnny Orr Band kick off the festival at 5pm on Friday, Oct. 5, while Southern rock fans won’t want to miss SwampDaWamp at 8pm on Saturday, promising to bring the often forgotten genre back to the top of pop culture.

Additional performers throughout the weekend include the 40 East Band, Backseat Romeo, Millenia Funk’n Band, Slammin’ Dixie, Mommicked, Jim Quick & the Coastline Band and local favorites Scearce & Ketner and Barefoot Wade among others.

“Music is such an important part of the festival each year, and our committee members strive to bring fresh music to the stage every year,” said McIntyre. “They’re always on the lookout for something they think the public will enjoy. And we’re really excited about this year’s lineup.” (continued on page 17)

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Blessing the Fleet Without the commercial fishermen who work the waters of Eastern North Carolina, there would be no reason for a Seafood Festival. Fishermen who have lost their lives to make their living on the sea are honored each year with what many consider the most moving part of the annual festival, the Blessing of the Fleet.

“It’s such an important part of the Seafood Festival,” said McIntyre. “We simply wouldn’t be here doing what we are doing without them. It’s vital that we remember them and remember exactly where our seafood comes from – that someone is out there, sometimes in dangerous conditions, so we can enjoy a shrimp burger.”

The Sunday morning program, which is simulcast on 107 – the Talk Station, brings vessels in a parade past the NC State Port, while the names of those lost are read over a loud speaker. Fellowship, music and guest speakers round out the program.

“If someone has not attended, it’s definitely one of those things they should add to their list to do while they’re at the festival,” added McIntyre.

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Be sure to check out the Southern Outer Banks Boat Show and Outdoor Expo at the port on Saturday and Sunday, offering just about everything the outdoorsmen would love to find. New and used boats, fishing supplies, clothing outfitters, camping gear and so much more can be found under the cover of the NC State Port’s warehouse.

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Saturday, holding out its welcome sign to anyone who has ever wanted a behind-the-scenes look at one of the state’s two international hubs.

Downtown gallery 36° North will have Guy Harvey on hand from noon to 2pm on Saturday, greeting guests and signing autographs.

The Twin Bridges Road Race gets things started on Saturday morning, beginning at 8am at the Beaufort drawbridge.

Fireworks are slated for 9pm on Saturday, and the Little Miss SasSea and Prince Neptune pageant is planned for 1pm on Sunday on SasSea’s Stage.

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The entry fee is $15 per person.

Six fish qualify for bragging rights, including spot, flounder, sea mullet, pompano, hogfish and bluefish. All must be caught by rod and reel and must be weighed by pier personnel. Entry forms can be found at ncseafoodfestival.org.

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To keep the glow of the NC Seafood Festival shining just a few days longer, the board of directors is launching a new event this year, Toast to the Coast. For the week following the festival, Oct. 8-14, participating restaurants will offer threecourse prix fixe menus for $25.

Hopes are that visitors will extend their stay in Carteret County just a little longer and enjoy more of the great food found in the area. So far, more than a dozen of the area’s well-known restaurants are participating, including Clawson’s 1905, Chef’s 105, Piccata’s, Channel Marker, Ruddy Duck Tavern, Bistro-by-the-Sea, Island Grille, Mythos Green Taverna and many more. Themed evenings are beginning to take shape at many of the locations, including a Cajun night, tapas courses and more.

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It’s Craft Beer, Not Crap Beer – the slogan taunts from ladies apparel dangling overhead in one of the small rooms that makes up Harrika’s Brew Haus near the Swansboro/Cedar Point line on Hwy 24.

The former antique store now houses one of the largest craft beer selections this side of Asheville, the official hub of North Carolina’s market. With more than 700 types of beer available, and four on tap, the renovated home is a kaleidoscope of colorful labels and playful, sometimes saucy, names.

It’s safe to say craft beer is officially trending in North Carolina. According to the NC Brewers Guild, the state features the highest number of craft breweries in the South, with more than 50 in operation from Weeping Radish Farm in Grandy on the Outer Banks to the Nantahala Brewing Company in Bryson City in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Throughout the country, the Brewers Association is reporting that the craft brew industry provides an estimated 103,585 jobs, a figure which includes serving staff in brewpubs. In 2011, the association put an estimated $8.7 billion price tag on the industry nationally, up from $7.6 billion in 2010. Those figures include more than 50 breweries in North Carolina, which has the highest number of craft outfits in the South.

This all comes as no surprise to Erika Worden, owner of Harrika’s, which celebrates its 5th anniversary this October.

Weeping Radish, the oldest brewery in the state, is owned by German transplant Uli Bennewitz. He approached the NC Senate to make it possible for breweries to sell their product directly to the consumer before setting up shop in 1986. Previously, a distributor was required to make the sale, stopping breweries from having a pub or store on site and making it challenging for small craft operations to survive. The change roused a small surge in the state’s craft beer market that flattened out by the mid-1990s.

Then, said Worden, came 2005 and state legislation that raised the allowable alcohol limit of beers sold in North Carolina from 6 percent to 12 percent.

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when the state increased the alcohol content. It really opened the door for so many options. So much more is available to us now that wasn’t available before and brewers were able to cellar or age their beer, where it wasn’t heard of before,” said Worden. “It really changed the game across the playing field.”

Worden was slightly ahead of the curve along the Crystal Coast. Since opening in 2007, she has seen business increase as the popularity of craft beers continues to climb. The former wine rep started out with beer only, but slowly evolved into offering all things brewed and their accompanying items, from mugs to coffee and hardto-find teas. Taps were installed, wine and beer by the glass were made available and a large back patio with space for live entertainment became the focal point of the Brew Haus. Small snacks, such as cheese plates, are available on site, but Worden welcomes guests to bring their dinner with them.

“The patio has really become a community gathering place. We have open mike from 6-9 each Friday night and people are more than welcome to grab a pizza and sit out there and enjoy a full evening,” she said.

The store, pub and umbrella-draped yard are spotted with paintings and sculptures from local artists, creating a cozy retreat that recently gained the attention of Draft Magazine, which named the site one of the Top 100 Best Beer Bars in the country. Harrika’s was joined by three bars in Raleigh and one in Asheville as the only ones named in the state on the annual list.

“It was really a big honor,” Worden said. “It’s great that it brings awareness to what we’re doing and to North Carolina and its craft beer environment.”

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earthy, the words to describe beer today are similar to those which have long been used to describe a glass of wine. And tasting beer has come a long way from shot-gunning cans of Bud on the back porch of a frat party.

Connoisseurs can be seen sniffing, swirling, sipping, and yes, even spitting as they take in the flavor of a new brew. In turn, brewers are giving beer lovers someAmiee Scott of Island Grille thing new to taste each year – from to-find European options. From dark and full-bodied to light and citrusy, the goal, fruit infused ales to beer aged in whiskey said Worden, is to have something in stock casks, the options are bountiful.

In many ways, beer is easier to for just about everyone. And one look at the store illustrates that she has certainly pair with food than its grape-based tried to fulfill that goal. Every nook and counterpart, said Amiee Scott, cranny of the former house is filled with manager of the Island Grille, Atracks of brightly labeled dark brown bot- lantic Beach. On the second Suntles. And the site’s 20-page keg list, listing day of each month, folks will find everything from Abita Amber to Yuengling, Scott pairing food and beer during further punctuates her desire to bring mi- the restaurant’s featured beer luncheons. Usually closed for lunch, crobrew to Eastern North Carolina.

Beer itself is (almost) as old as time. the site offers four courses with Recorded in the written history of ancient pairings for $25 for those interested Egypt, beer is the third most commonly in learning more about the variety of consumed beverage in the world, topped beer on the market.

“Like wine, each beer has certain only by water and tea. The first written rec- ipe was found in southern Mesopotamia, attributes that makes it ideal for ceretched on stone tablets believed to be from tain flavors in foods,” said Scott. “The about 2050 BC. The Benedictine Weihen- sweetness of a Riesling makes it ideal stephan Brewery in Bavaria, Germany, has for pairing with something that has a traced its roots to year 768. The brewery little spice and a stout or a porter goes was licensed in 1040 and is recognized as great with chocolate cake.

“It’s a smaller spectrum than wine. the oldest working brewery in the world.

It’s basically a simple recipe – a source There are so many varietals that it’s of starch, like malted barley, blended with hard to keep up with wine,” she added. hops, yeast and water. The flavor itself is “Plus, beer is less intimidating, it’s more modified by the strain of the yeast, the type mainstream. Everyone loves to have a and amount of hops and the amount of beer on a hot summer day. It doesn’t malt, among other things. Beer brewed in take a special education to know what different areas naturally has a different fla- you like and that’s really the most imporvor. Water around the world contains dif- tant thing of all.”

Growing up in Vermont, about 30 ferent minerals, as does the soil in which hops are grown. During the brewing pro- minutes from a brewery, Scott said she cess each step can be modified a variety of has never had a Bud Light or a Miller ways to alter the end result, giving brew- Light – instead craft beers were the beers ers a variety of ways to finesse the desired of choice among her peers growing up.

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“I truly just love beer,” she said, a broad smile upon her face. “I can honestly say that every beer on the list is there because it’s a beer we would drink ourselves – it’s all stuff we really enjoy.”

The beer education has been passed to the staff, she said, who can assist with suggestions and pairing ideas for diners in the small oceanfront hideaway.

The domestics are there – the Millers and Budweisers – paired with craft beers from both North Carolina and around the globe. Mother Earth Brewing in Kinston, The Duck-Rabbit in Farmville and Foothills Brewery in Winston-Salem are represented on the menu. As are Rogue out of Newport, Ore., Stone from San Diego, Calif., Bells Brewing of Comstock, Mich. and Well’s from Bedford, England.

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The sun is beginning to reach its midday peak as Lamar Hudgens sits in his shop, Barrier Island Kayaks in Swansboro and plays his Washburn acoustic guitar. The highest ranking kayak instructor on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and one of the highest ranking kayak instructors in the country, Hudgens is no stranger to the kayak or the paddle.

Hudgens is also an avid stand-up paddle boarder, a water sport that is a cross between kayaking and surfing. Stand-up paddle boarding (SUP) provides a unique way to exercise core muscles and experience the scenic waterways, and has been rapidly growing in popularity across the country.

With miles of quiet marshes and thriving estuaries just out the back door, Hudgens’ location provides some of the best sights for a leisurely paddle. Gliding across the sea, the shallow waters are home to thousands of coastal seabirds and marine life, including bottlenose dolphins, which are commonly spotted around the area.

With backgrounds in surfing and skateboarding, I have been interested in this new sport for years, but never had an opportunity to ride a paddle board. This was an experience I will never forget.

With Hudgens tending to customers and pupils, I was placed in the very capable hands of his daughter, Sahra Hudgens. I’ll let you visit their shop and ask her who was better on the water; let’s just say I ended up wet, and she might as well have worn a designer dress and heels.

Sahra helped me lower my YOLO SUP into the shallow waters directly behind their shop and gave me a quick rundown on how to hold the paddle, how to stand up and how to locate the most important place on the board, the “sweet spot.” This term

is used by everyone at BIK, and is the location where your body has the best center of gravity and allows for the best balance while paddling. I easily found my balance as we mounted our boards and began to paddle while still on our knees.

While on my knees, I figured it was as good a time as any to hop up and really give this sport a true effort. So I rose to my feet and found my sweet spot, which was in the middle and slightly towards the back of my board. This left the nose of my board slightly out of the water and I found balancing to be extremely simple once in position. I reached forward with my arms shaped like a V while holding the paddle and used my entire body to pull the paddle through the water toward me from the nose of my board. Off we went!

“Wow! This is truly amazing. I have never experienced the water quite like this,” I said as we began to cross the Intracoastal Waterway heading towards Huggins Island, directly behind the shop. I have been in, on and under the ocean’s waters for over a decade, but this experience allowed me a completely different perspective.

While standing on our boards, we could see deep into the water and in all directions. There was nothing holding us to our boards and we weren’t confined to anything except the open ocean. A feeling of peace and freedom washed over me as we made our way around a small island and into an area rarely seen by many. If I looked straight ahead, I actually felt like I was walking on water and the only thing we could see for miles was open ocean waterways and pristine, untouched islands and estuaries.

Sahra, and the family canine companion Chester, were in front of me gliding over the water like a lily pad across a pond. I, a little more unstable, trailed behind taking in everything from the salty air to the beautiful islands. We even had some fun with the recreational boaters as we tried to stay afloat when their wakes reached our boards, knocking us about. This is where I got wet and Sahra got smart.

Instead of going to my knees, and lowering my center of gravity for better balance through the wake, I forgot everything she had previously told me and began to wobble, which turned into flailing before I fell to the side and popped up to see Sahra smiling from ear to ear. “You thought you weren’t going to get wet didn’t you,” she asked as her and Chester sat calmly on her board and waited for me to climb back onto mine.

After regaining my composure and making it back to my feet on top of the board, we began to paddle again as Sahra showed

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She explained Huggins Island’s freshwater hole, allowing for the dense thicket of trees and immense variety of wildlife on a small island in the ocean. She told me about the many close encounters she has had while being a guide or just having fun on her paddleboard. “Last month a pod of about 25 dolphins came up right beside my board and started to swim with me. There were three little baby dolphins and all of them were coming up right beside me for air, blowing out of their blowholes,” she said. “I was out here by myself, but I still got so excited. I hadn’t ever seen anything like that before.”

I saw some of the waterfowl known to reside in our coastal wildlife areas, crabs crawling along the beaches and fish swimming underneath my board. As we rounded a small island and headed back toward the shop, I couldn’t help but think of the hustle and bustle of daily life I was about to throw myself back into. The traffic, the tourists, money, bills, politics and everything that comes along with being a responsible, tax paying adult fades away while paddle boarding. You become free and the spirit of the ocean is as close to you as you will ever find it to be.

We crossed the Intracoastal again and neared the launching/ training site behind the shop. As I saw cars begin to come into focus and people populating the sidewalks and stores, I didn’t want to leave the ocean or dismount my board. I just wanted to stay out there and relax. I was still a little wet from my previous topple into the ocean and Sahra was still completely dry, aside from some droplets flung on her by Chester’s sporadic shaking.

She didn’t let me forget my fall as we rounded out our paddle by saying, “Shew, I need to jump in the water. I’m burning up.” The water had already cooled me off, but we know that wasn’t really something I chose. However, I could have probably done a better job of playing it off.

We dismounted our boards and proceeded to pull them out of the water as her father approached me with a smile. I told him how much fun I had, and that I was now addicted. He told me about the versatility of the sport and how almost anyone can ride. Anyone from young children to senior citizens are taking their boards to the seas, lakes and rivers for everything from exercise to riding waves to racing professionally. SUP even has professional and amateur wave riding competitions along the coasts, which are gaining popularity fast, and races that take place all across the world.

One major difference SUP has with surfing, but in common with kayaking or canoeing, is that it does not require a wave. In SUP, a person can paddle on the open ocean, in harbors, on lakes and rivers or any large body of water, making it the fastest growing paddle sport in the country.

Lamar also explained the many have taken this water sport to the same waves surfers are riding every day. This is the part I had always wanted to try. A person can paddle out past the breaking waves on their stomachs with paddle resting comfortably beside them, stand up on their boards and paddle into swells that turn into breaking waves. This allows paddle boarders to catch waves easier because they are already standing up. They can also catch waves earlier and further out than those on regular surfboards because of the large size and buoyancy of standup paddle boards.

Anyone looking for an amazing way to experience our coastal waterways, a new way to exercise or just a new and challenging sport should give it a whirl. I know the feelings from this experience could not be found anywhere else in life, and I will be the new owner of a SUP in the near future. Grab the family and take a leisurely paddle through the estuaries, or hone your skills on a shorter paddle board to be ready for the next big hurricane swell.

Whatever floats your boat; or board, I should say. WF

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Decoys of waterfowl were originally used for subsistence for those living in coastal regions of North America, and archeological evidence suggests that Native Americans made them first. Early European settlers quickly adopted the practice and began creating their own decoys of ducks and geese, carving impersonations out of wood to lure waterfowl closer to the hunters’ guns.

The traditional wooden decoy is celebrated every year on Harkers Island during the first full weekend of December with the Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild’s Decoy Festival, an event that began as an idea by natives Wayne Davis and David Lawrence more than 25 years ago. Like many people throughout Down East, the two men were decoy carvers and had traveled to decoy shows in North Carolina and Virginia, amongst others. Seven men gathered at Davis’s home on Aug. 11, 1987 for a birthday celebration and fell upon the conversation of starting a guild. They came up with a plan to get in touch with the local carvers and collectors from the area and come together for a meeting.

The group they ultimately formed will present its annual Decoy Festival for the 25th time on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1-2, at Harkers Island Elementary School, bringing together carvers from up and down the Eastern seaboard for two days of contests, auctions, demonstrations, food and fun.

Spanning generations, the act of decoy making has evolved from a means to help acquire food to a sport, and now art. The history of decoy carving is no more evident, or more treasured, than on the Mid-Atlantic coast. Birds traveling along the Atlantic 42 |

Flyway migrate f r o m N e w Jersey through northern Maryland to the banks of the Chesapeake. The migration continues further south through Virginia to Currituck Sound in northeastern North Carolina and along the Outer Banks to Core Sound.

When the winters are especially harsh, the birds continue down to South Carolina.

Early on, carving decoys was a common and necessary skill, just like planting a garden or laying out a boat. The carvers would take advantage of rainy days and down time to create their decoys, often using juniper scraps from boat builders or debris that had washed ashore as the medium for their work and basing their decoy patterns on the knowledge and memories that came from hunting the birds for most of their lives.

The younger generations learned from these masters by watching them carve and discussing techniques.

When the season came, the hunters would set out rigs of the floating, wooden decoys attached to anchors early in the morning. This tricked the fowl overhead into thinking the area was fertile feeding ground and a safe landing area. The hunters would wait for the migrating birds to land amongst the decoys and shoot them from duck blinds and sink boxes nearby, gathering food for their families.

In the late 1800s, this practice was transformed when increasing numbers of northern hunters began to travel to the region in search of its fabled abundance of waterfowl. The southern hunters, who were once carving for themselves and for subsistence, found themselves acting as guides, caretakers and decoy providers for the northern hunters. Hunting, and the activities surrounding it, had now become a source of income and enjoyment.

The original founders of the Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild included Wayne Davis, David Lawrence, Gregory Lupton, Curt Salter, Norman Hancock, Carl Huff, and James Gordon Salter. Davis was voted president of the fledgling group, Lupton was voted vice president and Lawrence became secretary/treasurer. Before the first official meeting on Sept. 16, 1987, the group added two local carvers, Roy Willis and Gerald Davis, to create the original board of directors.

At the first meeting, a group of about 30 decoy carvers and collectors from Carteret County gathered in the library of Harkers Island Elementary School. Plans for monthly meetings (continued on page 45)

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The festival celebrates its 25th year this December and the folks at the Guild are excited about this year’s events. Most activities surrounding the Decoy Festival are held at Harkers Island Elementary School, where contributors, exhibitors and festival goers pack the gymnasium and classrooms. As a special tribute the exhibitors that have been participating in the event since its inception will get special recognition from the Guild, including Gail Corwin, the group’s secretary.

“Unfortunately, in 25 or 26 years, you lose people. And we have. But over the years there have been hundreds of members. Right now I think we have about 250 members on the books,” said Corwin. “Some of them are members we only see once or twice a year, and some are regular contributors who come and carve every Thursday.”

The festival has been a large part of the Harkers Island community for more than two decades. The guild wants to keep the carving tradition alive by getting children interested in carving and providing an outlet for retirees and those wanting a meaningful hobby.

“I think the festival is very important. It’s not only been good for the carving community, it’s been good for the community as a whole,” explained Corwin.

“One really important thing is that we have kept this festival pure. As a group, we have been very careful to keep it at its roots,” said Corwin. When it comes to artwork and carving, the decoy guild does not deal with anything that does not have a feather. “At our festival, it is decoys and decoy related art.”

The festival brings people in from all parts of the country, including exhibitors from Delaware, Maryland and Florida.

The competition is held during both days of the festival and the guild accepts mail-ins from competitors, some coming from as far away as California.

“It is a very well-known and respected competition, as well as the festival itself. We are sanctioned under the International Wildfowl Carvers Association,” said Corwin. This sanctioning is a big deal in the decoy carving world, and the 2012 IWCA Working Decoy Championship will be held at the Core Sound Decoy Festival in Harkers Island. “Things this year will be just a little bigger and a little brighter,” she said.

Additional events include a live bird exhibit, archery demonstrations, retriever demonstrations, a head carving competition, a loon calling competition and the decoy championships.

Every year, the festival has a different featured carver and this year the guild is honoring Jack Cox of Currituck as its featured carver and the featured bird is a ringneck.

“The competition decoys are not just pretty birds on the shelf, they are judged while you actually have them floating in a tank so you get to see them as they would look on the water,” said Corwin.

Have some clam chowder, grab a shrimp burger or treat yourself to some delectable banana pudding. Corwin puts it simply: “It is just a really great family outing.” WF

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“As things started to change and the development really took hold in the mid to late 1960s, the Emerald Isle bridge opened in 1971 and things just started to change,” said Miller. “That’s why when I went off to school, I got interested in environmental issues and started advocating.”

Alongside his professors, he worked with environmental groups like the NC Land Use Congress, a loosely knit group that promotes better planning and management in the state.

A grant from the organization allowed Miller to bring eight grassroots organizations together to form the NC Coastal Federation.

“The idea was not to replace any of these preexisting organizations, but to tie them together and have a broader focus and a more coordinated effort,” said Miller. He said the issue at that time was there were statewide groups that had a full-time staff but weren’t really covering the coast with their projects, and the coastal groups were not staffed, made up of only passionate volunteers. “The concept of having a full-time staff on the coast was the neatest thing,” he said.

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Soon after its formation in 1982, the federation was faced with a battle that would either make or break its future. Miller and the federation brought together scientists, fishermen and environmentalists to oppose a proposal to strip-mine 120,000 acres of peat bogs between Albemarle and Pam(continued on page 50)

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The federation received a $20,000 grant in 1982 from the Mary Babcock Foundation allowing Miller and his army of volunteers to fight against the strip-mining of the peat bogs, and eventually wind up victorious.

“If it weren’t for that first grant, who knows where we would be. I was in the job market when that grant came through, and I would have taken a job somewhere soon had we not received that grant money,” said Miller. “The federation was fortunate in the beginning with the peat mining issue. It would have never gotten off the ground; that win laid the foundation for all of that land to be preserved.”

The federation has since grown to a permanent staff of 22, including scientists, educators, lobbyists and other professionals. More than 10,000 members, roughly 3,000 volunteers and 100 partnering agencies assist with conducting NCCF projects.

The group relies heavily on the work of these volunteers, especially in projects involving conservation, restoration and education. People throughout the area come together and devote their time and efforts to assist with NCCF projects. According to Miller, the volunteers put in thousands of hours each year, which the federal government matches monetarily.

“With many of our projects, the volunteers’ time is matched by federal dollars. The federal government actually puts a value to each hour volunteered,” he said.

Miller explained why groups like the NCCF have to be formed in the first place, and how factors such as urbanization have severely affected the environment. The reasoning he gives is hydrology, which is the way water on earth and in the atmosphere is dispersed, circulated and distributed.

“Whether it is urbanization or agriculture, if we start trying to limit the natural way water moves through the system, or if we elevate our rivers and destroy our wetlands, those are very fundamental things that have changed the health of the coastal areas,” said Miller.

The federation works towards either maintaining or restoring the hydrology of the area. A project it is presently undertaking is restoring 6,000 acres of farmland, most of which has been ditched and drained, and turning it back into wetlands; it is taking degraded land and bringing it back to life …

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“What we are trying to overcome is the lack of forethought as we use the land around us,” said Miller. “If we do a good job of planning and developing so that we maintain good environmental quality, we are going to be pretty resilient in the future.”

This resiliency helps prepare the coast for future environmental changes, whether it is severe hurricanes or further urbanization. The staff, volunteers and members of the federation work together to further resiliency and preservation of NC’s coastal areas. According to Miller, the more people who get involved, the more the public benefits from decisions.

“A great example is when there was a proposal in Morehead City to put in a sulfur smelter at the port,” said Miller.

“When that became known, people got involved and the proposal didn’t go anywhere.

“We can’t sustain that level of public engagement on every issue, but I think it is critical for people to take the time to understand what their leaders are doing in terms of decisions, because ultimately the ones in office hold the real power,” he said. Miller wants people to understand that everyone has something they can contribute to help the federation’s purpose. “Everybody has different talents and skills, and we can usually find a match for those talents with one of our projects. Whether it is coming out for a day and helping with restoration projects, helping with writing an article or news story, writing letters to our public leaders, etc., there are many different ways for anyone to become involved,” explained Miller. “There is always more that we can do.”

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International Vulture Awareness Day. Meet vultures in person and find out more about these intelligent animals with fun activities, crafts and programs at the aquarium. Details: 252-247-4003 or www.ncaquariums.com.

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22-Oct. 6: 6th Annual Flounder Surf Fishing Tournament. Free registration. All flounder must be caught on foot (surf, pier, inlet or sound) from Fort Macon to Emerald Isle. Sponsored by the Emerald Isle Park and Recreation Dept. and The Reel Outdoors. Details: 252354-6350.

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Sat. 29: National Estuaries Day. 10am-2pm. The NC Maritime Museum and the Rachel Carson Reserve team up for a day of activities dedicated to our local estuary. Learn about the creatures that make their homes where the rivers meet the sea and assist in a maritime debris clean up at Town Marsh. Free. Details: 252-728-7317 or www. ncmaritimemuseum.org

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5-7: 26th NC Seafood Festival. Features live music, rides, arts and crafts, demonstrations and more. Details: ncseafoodfestival.org.

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Sat. 6: Ports & Pilots. 10am-Noon. See the big ships up close with this guided behind-the-scenes tour of the NC State Port, Morehead City, with the NC Maritime Museum. Cost is $10. Details: 252-7287317 or www.ncmaritimemuseums.org.

Sun. 7: Blessing of the Fleet. 10am. This touching ceremony associated with the NC Seafood Festival sees the area’s fishing fleet parade best the deck at the NC State Port at Morehead City in honor of their peers who have lost their lives. Free.

13-14: Traditional Boat Building Carpentry. 9am-4:30pm. Learn traditional boat building techniques in this hands-on workshop offered by the NC Maritime Museum. Details: 252-728-7317 or www.ncmaritimemuseums.com.

58th Mullet Festival. One of the area’s oldest festivals brings a street carnival atmosphere to the historic streets of downtown Swansboro. Details: 910-326-7370.

Mon. 15: Rachel Carson Reserve Hike. 10:30am-1:30pm. Experience Outer Banks heritage and wildlife with this guided tour of the Reserve offered by the NC Maritime Museum. Details: 252-728-7317 or www.ncmaritimemuseums.org.

17, 31: Brown Bag Gam. Noon. Pack a snack and meet at the NC Maritime Museum for a lunch hour program on topics of maritime history, culture and the natural environment. Details: 252-728-7317 or www.ncmaritimemuseums.org.

Thur. 18: Kayak Local Waters. 10am-3pm. Gain some basic instruction and enjoy an invigorating paddle through the salt marsh that is Gallants Channel with the NC Maritime Museum. Cost is $40, $20 with your own kayak. Age 12 and up. Details: 252-728-7317 or www. ncmaritimemuseums.com.

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20-Dec. 1: 10th annual Gordie McAdams Speckled Trout Surf Fishing Tournament. Free registration. All trout must be caught on foot (surf, pier, inlet or sound) from Fort Macon to Emerald Isle. Details: 252-354-6350.

Sat. 20: Fall Fundraising Party. 6:30pm. The gala Fall Fundraising Party for the Beaufort Historical Association has long been a favorite end of season bash. Tickets are $75 per person. Details: 252728-5225.

Fall in the Water Meet. 11am-4pm. The Traditional Small Craft Association hosts this gathering at the NC Maritime Museum’s Gallants Channel docks. Details: 252-728-2762.

27-28: 20th Carolina Kite Fest. Sponsored annually by Kites Unlimited in the Atlantic Station shopping center and held on the beach at the Atlantic Beach Circle. Free.

Sat. 27: Horse Sighting Trip. 11:15am. Meet at the Cape Pointe Marina, 1390 Island Rd., for this tour of Shackleford Banks’ to see wild horses. Details: 252-728-2250, ext. 3001.

Wed. 31: Moonlight Kayak Adventure. 6:30-9:30pm. Explore the local waterways in a moonlight kayak tour with an experienced local guide. Details: 252-728-7317 or ncmaritimemuseums.org.

november Sat. 3: Boatshop Bash. 6:30pm. Friend of the NC Maritime Museum host this annual fundraising party at the Watercraft Center. Details: 252-728-7317 or www.ncmaritimemuseums.org.

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7, 14, 28: Brown Bag Gam. Noon. Pack a snack and meet at the NC Maritime Museum for a lunch hour program on topics of maritime history, culture and the natural environment. Details: 252-728-7317 or www.ncmaritimemuseums.org.

8, 27: Kayak Local Waters. Gain some basic instruction and enjoy an invigorating paddle through the salt marsh that is Gallants Channel with the NC Maritime Museum. Runs from noon-4pm on Nov. 8 and 10am-2pm on Nov. 27. Cost is $40, $20 with your own kayak. Age 12 and up. Details: 252-728-7317 or www.ncmaritimemuseums.com.

17-18: Contemporary Boatbuilding Carpentry. 9am-5pm. Learn skills essential for building round-bottomed boats. Details: 252-7287317 or www.ncmaritimemuseums.com.

Sat. 17: Horse Watching Trip. 8:45am. Meet in downtown Beaufort across the Maritime Museum and catch a ferry over to Shackleford Island to walk along its shores to spot wild horses. Details: 252-7282250, ext. 3001.

Jumble Sale. 9am-3pm. There’s no admission to visit this annual Beaufort Historical Association event featuring a collection of area artisans. Look for handmade crafts, art, antiques, pre-loved treasures, jewelry and more as the historic site turns into a virtual community marketplace. Details: 252-728-5225.

Kayak Fishing. 9am-2pm. Learn the basics of saltwater trout

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Sat. 24: Emerald Isle Christmas Parade. 3pm. Sponsored by the Emerald Isle Business Association and the town of Emerald Isle.

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