Surf Shop
The original Hatteras Island Surf Shop opened in Waves, NC in 1971. The building which was torn down about 10 years ago was located just south of the “new” shop, which is now the parking lot for Hatteras Realty. The shop was formerly a general store and the Waves, NC Post Office, and had been abandoned for a half dozen years before we moved in. We ran the store in the summers while in college, 10 to 12 weeks a year, after school the season went from May to October. This photo by photographer Michael Halminski (whose Gallery is just down the street) was shot in the fall in the mid 70’s. That’s me, Barton Decker in the photo surrounded by a lot of WRV’s, we were their first and only dealer at the time. Throughout the years we have carried many brands of boards including but not limited to, Plastic Fantastic, Dick Brewer, Tim Nolte, Infinity, Hollow Wave, Surf Craft Hawaii, Spectrum, Ocean Avenue,Waveline, Aloha, Weber, Mar Bravo, Stewart and many more.
Sail Shop
Since the mid 1980’s the current sailing site in Waves has been our site. In the 80’s it was known as Emily’s from the large restaurant on the site. We had an equipment shed on the southside and Hobies on the beach, all the other gear was at the surf shop down the road. In the winter of 1995/96 we built the current sail shop on the north side of the property. There was a huge grass rigging area and beach and no other houses or buildings around. The site became super popular with both windsurfers and the early kiters rivaling the Canadian Hole for numbers in the spring and the fall.
