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What Lowcountry beach is best for you?
As the weather warms up, Charleston's shorelines are beginning to beckon. With so many accessible beaches and coastal getaways, deciding where to keep cool can seem harder than it should. Whether...
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The folks at Air & Earth want to teach you to kiteboard
When Elea Faucheron started working for Air & Earth nine years ago, she was a kiteboard novice. She had grown up in the mountains of North Carolina and was hardly acquainted with the kind of water...
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From IOP to Kiawah, the Lowcountry's resorts will treat you just fine
Sometimes you've got to treat yourself. Between the job, the commute, and the kids, you need to be pampered. Fortunately, you can do that at one of the Lowcountry's fine resorts. Read on.
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Kite enthusiasts soar at Charleston's beaches
When I meet 65-year-old Larry Owens on the Isle of Palms, he's flying 12 kites at once. Each one is attached to another, forming a long chain. Owens looks back over his shoulder and says, "Every kid...
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Tacos and wraps reign supreme when it comes to seaside fare
We love greasy food as much as the next Johnny Bellybuster — things like double-chili cheeseburgers and scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, and topped hashbrowns — but the time and place to eat...
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The Explorers Club searches for that classic beach sound
Jason Brewer's mother liked the Beatles just fine, but she didn't want to listen to them in her car. "We got this Beach Boys cassette, Endless Summer," Brewer says. "And when she put it on in the car,...
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A quick locals-only guide to finding beach house rentals
Whether you were born in Charleston or moved to the Holy City later in life, you're lucky to be here now. There's a reason we recently made headlines as the eighth fastest-growing metro area in the...
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The Thomas Brothers set their sights on the Folly surfing scene
As we walk through the tropical paradise that is the Thomas brothers' Folly Beach backyard, Bryant, the youngest, asks me, "Do you want to do the interview in the hot tub?" I get the sense he is only...
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Julie Wheat, a.k.a., Cavortress unveils her latest beachwear line
A former school district administrator with a passion for vintage fashion, Julie Wheat became a full-time designer shortly after landing a job at the Art Institute in 2010. Since then she's taken her...
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Folly Beach surfers hit the Washout in search of a swell time
Under a clear, crisp sky that's still a shade of grayish blue, the soft wind brushes over your ears with a faint whisper, while the sun remains hidden beneath the horizon. The waves hiss in the...
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When and where to take your furry friends
Folly Beach Dogs aren't allowed on the beach at Folly between May 1 and Sept. 30 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. During all other hours, they can run on the sand and frolic in the surf, but they must be leashed....
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Are Bellyaks the next big thing on the water?
"I breathe plastics," says Adam Masters. "It's in my genetic code." The Asheville-based creator of the Bellyak — a strange-looking face-first kayak that you ride on your belly — could just as easily...
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A quick-and-easy guide to staying active at the beach
As any visitor to the Lowcountry's beaches knows, you're missing out if all you do is lie on a towel all day reading Fifty Shades of Grey for the 50th time. There are plenty of real-life aerobic...
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If you need a beer run
It's no longer legal to drink alcohol on any of Charleston's beaches. That doesn't mean people don't do it or that you'll be caught if you're discreet, but we're certainly not going to tell you to...
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Old-timers and newbies cast their lines off the Folly Beach Fishing Pier
There's no telling what you'll catch when you go fishing off the pier at Folly Beach. Sometimes it's an ordinary whiting, and other times it's a gorgeous, and delicious, king mackerel or a prized red...
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Gearing up for a sober summer on Folly Beach
Thanks to a few drunken meatheads who got all liquored up, picked a stupid fight with the cops, and more or less started a riot last July 4th, booze is now banned on Folly Beach. Within a week after...
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Making sense of the Windjammer's annual Hazelnut Hang
Mumford & Sons could open for Shovels & Rope, Jay-Z could rhyme a verse on the new Righchus — er, Matt Monday — track, and Ben Bridwell could dethrone Joe Riley as the mayor of Charleston. But...
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The only guide to Folly, IOP, and Sullivan’s that you will ever need
Charleston is home to three great beaches, and each one has its own vibe. And sadly, now that the Folly Beach booze ban is in effect thanks to a couple of knuckleheaded bros, you can’t legally drink...
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