Video: You Landing Your Plane!

Ever wondered what it would be like to land a plane at Ocean Isle Beach’s Odell Williamson airport? Well this video will give an idea of what it is like!

Thirsti Thursdays Pool Parties

Thirsti Thursdays: Starting Sunday July 4th, 2010 and thereafter on every Thursday Night from 6:30-9:30pm Read more

Winds Selected As Top Resort!

The Winds has been selected as the #1 beach resort on list of Top 10 North Carolina Beach Resorts compiled by ResortsandLodges.com. We are very proud to be selected as the number one beach resort in the entire State of North Carolina!

Charlotte Television Features The Winds

Charlotte News 14 Television featured The Winds Resort Beach Club on their Thursday programing. Read more

Help Name This Year’s Sea Turtle!

Gloria Hillenburg AKA as The Turtle Lady says conditions are right for the sea turtles to come ashore at night to nest on Ocean Isle Beach. And once again The Winds is “adopting” a sea turtle nest.

Once again we need your help naming our Turtle! Read more

Free Summer Concerts

The Ocean Isle Property Owners Association is once more sponsoring its 10th Annual Concerts on the Coast.

The concerts are free every Friday which beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Museum of Coastal Carolina parking lot from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Event organizer Tobin Henry says that the concert series was started back in 2001 with justone band. The event will feature 14 bands and 15 concerts this year with a line up that includes The Craig Woolard Band, who will perform on two dates, and Bailout, a local band from Ocean Isle Beach.

New to the concert series this year is The Entertainers of Charlotte, Legends of Beach of Raleigh and Jim Quick & Coastline.

The concerts run from 6:30-8 p.m. every Friday from May 28-Sept.3 and draw anywhere from 500-1,500 people per show. There is a large area perfect for dancing right in front of the stage for anyone who feels like getting up and shaking their tailfeathers. Free parking is available at the Museum of Coastal Carolina.

Concertgoers can bring their own blankets or lawn chairs for seating.

Cool 105.3 radio will be on hand doing live remotes from the scene. Sunset Slush will be there again this year, and cash donations for local food pantries are appreciated.

Here is the schedule for the 10th annual Ocean Isle Beach NC Concerts on the Coast:

May 28: The Entertainers, beach/variety
June 4: Bailout, Classic Rock and more
June 11: The Imitations, beach/Motown
June 18: Legends of Beach, beach
June 25: The Attractions, ’60s/beach
July 2: Mark Roberts and Breeze, beach/variety
July 9: Craig Woolard Band, beach
July 16: Continental Divide, variety
July 23: Band of Oz, beach
July 30: GB4 Band, classic rock/blues
Aug. 6: Goldrush, variety
Aug. 13: The Holiday Band, beach/variety
Aug. 20: Jim Quick & Coastline, variety
Aug. 27: Craig Woolard Band, beach
Sept. 3: The Tams, beach/oldies

Beach Project Complete!

The Corps of Engineers has just completed the Ocean Isle Beach beach renourishment Read more

Learn To Surf!

Surf Lessons are going to be offered on the beach in front of The Winds Resort Beach Club starting May 24 Read more

Free Water Zumba Classes!

Zumba Fitness is sweeping the country like wildfire but what is Zumba? is like no other workout you will ever experience!

Zumba Fitness was created in the mid-90’s by Colombian native Alberto “Beto” Perez, a celebrity fitness trainer and choreographer for International pop superstars. Inspired by the traditional cumbia, salsa, samba and merengue music he grew up with, Beto paired his favorite pulsating Latin rhythms with the red-hot international dance steps his clients loved and Zumba® Fitness (Spanish slang for “to move fast and have fun”) was born!

Since Beto brought Zumba® Fitness to the US in 1999, it has become one of the fastest-growing, dance-based fitness crazes in the country, with people of all ages falling in love with its infectious music, easy-to-follow dance moves, and body-beautifying benefits.

When some participants of the popular new dance-exercise class called Zumba found all that aerobic dancing hard on the joints, their instructor found a way to accommodate them.

She took it to the pool. Now Water Zumba is offered at The Winds Resort Beach Club where it has become a splashing success.

The Winds Resort is working with the County Parks & Recreation Department to offer Water Zumba to the public along with guests of The Winds. The classes are open to the public but guests of The Winds can participate for free!

The program runs from May 4 —August 31, 2010 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 pm -6:30 pm at The Winds Resort Beach Club, 310 E 1st Street, Ocean Isle Beach, NC

The cost is $35 a month, $10 per session for Drop-Ins and guests of The Winds Resort are free

Water Zumba incorporates all the fun of Zumba – high-intensity dance movements – with the gentle support of the water.

Kick your legs forward. Pump your fists in the air. Wiggle your hips. Run in place. Jump. Crisscross your feet. Do a ski movement. Hop from side to side. Squat. Roll your shoulders. Now put it all together to the beat of music like reggae, salsa, meringue, or cumbia.

Shake it, baby! Shake it! Tired yet?
Zumba feels like you’re dancing and it’s a fun workout but a lot of people quit doing it on land because it is sometimes hard on the joints. Instructors improvised and started another class in the swimming pool.

Students of all fitness levels range in age from 12 to 87. They simply move at their own pace. Another bonus for the self-conscious: no one can see what your hip movements look like in the water.

While the Zumba craze has really taken off at fitness centers, there aren’t many teaching it in the water. Taking it to the water was a whole new experience.

This method of teaching allows students to observe the moves and the teacher to test the intensity of the workout in the pool.
While some students take the class to keep pressure off the joints, others just like the option of a different form of exercise.

“I took it the first day,” said Jamie Barber, 19, “It’s a lot of hip movement. It’s more like dancing. It gives you a good workout with the water resistance. The water is easier for those who can’t do it on land.”

She wanted to add a new dimension to her exercise regimen.
“Exercising in the water is better on your knees and joints. I like it because you can get a workout without getting hot and sweaty. Exercising in the water is also like using weights because you get that water resistance.”

For more information contact:

Ruthie McHugh
Fitness Coordinator at Brunswick County Parks & Rec.
910-253-2583

Work Resumes On Park

Work on the first park in southwestern Brunswick County’s, the five acre Ocean Isle Beach Park located on Old Georgetown Road, has resumed, and it could be open to visitors by late June according to county official.

Originally the county’s plan was to be finished with the park by last by October, but construction on the park came to a standstill when the contractor on the project, Weaver Co. Inc., of Conway, S.C., went bankrupt, leaving the park’s fate hanging in the balance.

Liberty Mutual, the bonding company for the project, took over with Boggs Paving Inc., of Myrtle Beach, chosen to finish the job.

Although most of the park’s amenities have already been completed, including eight tennis courts, playground equipment and a 300-seat amphitheater, the park is still lacking infrastructure.

The new contractor will be responsible for completing the 15% of work that remains to be finished, including paving, landscaping of the entire site and tying sewer into the Ocean Isle Beach sewer system. Boggs Paving recently began work at the park.

According to Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith a town staff member recently met with the new contractor about the park’s wastewater connection linking its restroom facilities to the Ocean Isle Beach treatment plant, an important step in the project. Smith said she was happy the project now has a completion date in sight.

I think it is certainly going to be an asset to this end of the county. It’s got wonderful tennis courts and a wonderful playground for children,” Smith said. “Of course, with the amphitheater and event space it should add some activities in our end of the county.”

The county received a $500,000 Parks and Recreation Trust grant for the $2.9 million project.

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