A lesser-known activity that’s available at Jockey’s Ridge State Park is sandboarding. The dunes are recognized as being one of the best spots to fly a kite on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and considered by many to be the number one place to learn how …
Friday was the first day of the 33rd Annual Francis Rogallo Kite Festival and the weather was a little bit iffy. Gusty winds, a little bit over cast . . . kite were still flying above the dunes, but the stunt kite demos from Prism …
It’s likely that few North Carolinians can recall the circumstances that lead to Jockey’s Ridge becoming a state park on May 31, 1975. The rolling sand dunes – spotted with vegetation – were on the verge of becoming a residential development until a woman by the …