Nope. Kiting is prohibited anywhere within the Pea Island NWR. Has always been but until the last few years, and 'kite in the wires episodes' enforcement was lax.Laughingman wrote:My understanding is.....Kiting has been banned 150m from the power lines across all of OBX. Kiting to or from the new inlet was completely legal provided you did not come within 150m of the lines at the boat launch. The area north of that boat launch is where kiting was banned... as was everything else except bird watching.FLandOBX wrote: And for everyone who thinks the new bridge will take away some huge area of existing kite access, kiteboarding has been prohibited in the Pea Island Refuge for years. It's just the Mirlo Beach soundfront houses that are losing immediate access, and that's not a large area at all.
And the area in front of the Mirlo beach is actually quite big considering the amount of usable sound access on OBX... losing 1.5km of houses with good launch is pretty significant imho.
As a homeowner in Frisco I am pleased with the design of the bridge. Rebuilding the dunes is a constant project between Oregon Inlet and Mirlo Beach. In spite of the almost Herculean efforts to keep the dunes and road intact it's a losing battle. Any good NE closes the road down. As has been said a few homes will most likely suffer because of it but the needs of the many outweigh the wants of the few. And besides causeways are really cool to drive on.