If you’re ready to add a little adventure to your Outer Banks vacation, be sure to check out Kitty Hawk Kayak and Surf School. With activities for the entire family, you’ll find plenty of exciting things to do outside to enjoy the beautiful nature of the Outer Banks. 

The Outer Banks offers some of the best surf breaks on the East Coast, so if you’ve ever wanted to hang ten, your vacation in the Outer Banks is your chance to do it! Just about anyone can learn to surf, it’s an exhilarating activity for kids and adults of all ages, sizes and athletic ability. The experienced surf instructors of Kitty Hawk Kayaks will take you to the sand bars of Corolla, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head to get you paddling for the waves in beginner friendly areas.

Stand up paddle boarding (SUP) is a craze that has taken off over the past several years and Kitty Hawk Kayaks offers you a chance to experience what all the fuss is about. Learn to catch waves or just paddle around on the calm sound waters. Kitty Hawk Kayaks will deliver a rental SUP right to your door!

Kayaking is another excellent way to experience the nature of the Outer Banks. Enjoy eco tours of the Outer Banks visiting national seashores, wildlife refuges, state parks, coastal reserves and Nature Conservancy lands. Kitty Hawk Kayaks offers 15 different tours that will have you appreciating the wildlife and landscape of this unique region.

Call for reservations and begin your Outer Banks adventure today. Activities are available seasonally.


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Brew Thru

Brew Thru

No trip to the Outer Banks is complete without cruising through Brew Thru, the Outer Banks’ original drive thru convenience store. Whether you’re looking for a refreshing cold beverage of Coke, Pepsi and other soft drinks on the go, stocking up your cooler with refreshments to enjoy at the beach or piling up on beer and wine for a party, Brew Thru is a fun and unique experience all vacationers need to see for themselves.

Drive-Through Beer & Gear

Brew Thru is Your One-Stop Shop at the Beach

The year was 1977, and Dana and Becky Lawrentz were chatting with friends over brews in their hometown of Akron, Ohio. They got to talking about a gas station convenience store in the area that had built a makeshift drive-through. Everyone agreed it would be pretty great if you could actually drive through a convenience store and pick up everything you needed without getting out of the car. But what would you call a place like that?

Well, you’d call it a Brew Thru.

It was an idea they couldn’t shake, so the Lawrentzes moved to the Outer Banks and built the first Brew Thru with the help of a partner. The idea was that people could come buy everything they would need for their trip to the beach—beer, wine, soft drinks, snacks, ice—without getting out of the car. That same year, a t-shirt salesman visiting the store and talked them into adding t-shirts to their product line—and 44 years later there are now more than five million Brew Thru t-shirts out in the wild.

The Lawrentzes’ daughter Brandy and her husband Philip Foreman purchased the business from them in 2002, and they now operate five locations across the Outer Banks.“We love being the one-stop shop for folks on the way to their beach house,” Foreman says. “Our car tenders are the friendliest people at the beach. We’re here to greet you, get you everything you need for your trip, load it up in the trunk for you, and have you leaving with a smile on your face.”

The store is quite expansive, featuring more than 100 brands of beer, dozens of wines and even a vast selection of cigars—not to mention all the snacks, t-shirts and other gear. To make ordering a little easier, customers in line get a menu—fondly known as the Summer-y—that outlines everything available at the store. These Summer-ies are also available in many of the beach rentals, which allows vacationers to decide what they want before driving through.

For customers who would like to get out and stretch their legs, there’s the Brew Thru Shop in Kill Devil Hills, where you can find their world famous t-shirts and other gifts. New t-shirt designs are created each year, making a yearly Brew Thru t-shirt a favorite of locals and annual visitors to the Outer Banks.

The Foremans both grew up in the Outer Banks, and they love that Brandy’s parents’ vision for a friendly and convenient place for people to grab their brews and other beach stay essentials is continuing to flourish.

“Our family has been welcoming people to the Outer Banks since 1977,” Foreman says. “We love this beautiful place, and we want everybody to get to enjoy it.”

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