Posts by WB Magazine
Get your Bike On!
It seems there’s no better way to ensure an onslaught of rain than to wish for a sunny day on the trails. Getting a new bike or having an old one fixed can also feel like a catalyst for a week long deluge of watery precipitation. For those who love to get out in the…
Read MoreCatching Waves for Charity
Mark your calendar! October 16th Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association’s Pro-Am Longboard Surf Contest Take the shoes off, grab a chair, and watch some of the best surfers on the East Coast compete for a $2,000 cash prize in the Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association’s (WBLA) upcoming Pro-Am Longboard Surf Contest, set to take place on Saturday,…
Read MoreUp Front
Growing up on the (then) wild oceanfront of North Florida, opposite the untamed Guana River Preserve, my siblings and I amused ourselves playing for hours on end in the high sand dunes, and on the wide, flat beach strand and ocean sloughs, body surfing, climbing the bent live oak trees, and trying to reach magnolia…
Read MoreDrum Fishing on Hutaff Island
HUTAFF ISLAND, Spring, 1970 The word “remote” didn’t come close to describing the island. There was no bridge, no ferry, no road, and no people. The only direct water passage was a shoal-studded, oyster-rock ribbon of water known as Elmore’s Inlet that withered to a ditch at low tide. A shallow draft, bateau-style boat running…
Read MoreRepairs Complete
Cape Fear River water flows into the cofferdam surrounding the Battleship North Carolina on July 20, 2021. The water had been pumped out since June 2020 while Atlantic Coast Industrial Marine Construction repaired and painted the ship’s hull.
Read MoreMelodic Dwelling
It’s a “you-had-me-at-hello” kind of home, a house that makes you want to stop and take a picture. That breezeway, those industrial accents, the front door with the chinchilla glass. Music to the eyes just might be the perfect description. Warm and inviting, yet oh so cool. The owners are pretty cool themselves. Beau Gunn…
Read MoreConserving A Natural Treasure
When George Hutaff bought his 2.5-mile long strip of sand and its many acres of saltmarsh in 1925, it was one of many uninhabited barrier islands on the Atlantic coast. While development accelerated on nearby beaches, Hutaff Island remained a pristine haven for sea turtles, coastal birds and rare plants, as well as for local…
Read MoreIn View
Live Music Returns Widespread Panic performs at the Live Oak Bank Pavilion in downtown Wilmington to a sold-out audience on July 16, 2021.
Read MoreDoggone Good!
Paws Place Dog Rescue, the no-kill shelter in Brunswick County, has a simple mission: the rescue, rehabilitation and adoption of dogs. But Paws Place is a private nonprofit and doesn’t have access to the resources that flow to other shelters. “Because we are a privately owned 501(c)(3), we do not get any funding from local,…
Read MoreOpen to Interpretation
While working on her BFA in studio art, Joan McLoughlin received a landscape assignment. As an avid gardener, it would have been easy to paint scenes of fauna and flora. She decided on another approach, one that would later reveal her interpretation of art and creation. “I did a person holding hand grenades. He had…
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