The best distillation of Cape Hatteras that I've even known is found in two videotapes made in the 1990's by the Hatteras artist (and most excellent windsurfer) Mark Skelton. They are titled "Kooks of Hazard", and "Kooks of Hazard Part Two".
They are unlike other windsurfing videos.
Below is an excerpt from The Kooks of Hazard Part Two. Set to the song "Nerves" by Possum Dixon, it's a taste of Hatteras when the waves are bigger and the winds stronger than is good for your health.
I commend your taste, sir. A fine piece of... art. :)
Posted by: James | December 10, 2007 at 10:20 AM
Definitely a classic! The good ole days before kiteboarding when all the local crew windsurfed here! Ty always ruled on those back loops!
Posted by: Bill | December 10, 2007 at 12:20 PM
I've been thinking about this for a while...does anyone know if anyone has documented the history of Outer Banks windsurfing?
Posted by: Mac | December 10, 2007 at 07:35 PM
Nice to go back a bit in time. You start remembering things that you hadn't thought about all these years. Great bit of footage.
Posted by: Bunty | December 11, 2007 at 08:59 AM
Wow, good stuff. I wish I was into this 15 or 20? years ago? Wait, I was! but that was with a longboard in Tampa. Now I am back into shorrt baording and in Raligh and hope to get to the coast sometimes. I am ready for some small waves, and in a few years hope to to make a 2010 version of the same video.
Posted by: Erik S. | December 12, 2007 at 10:30 PM