Tackiness, USA

You know those massive, neon lit, tacky souvenir stores in little beach towns? They go by irrelevant names like "Eagles" and "Wings" and even though you drive by and you can't bear to look, deep inside, you are still curious what exactly is in there. We halted our curiosity while in Long Beach, Oak Island, NC for Thanksgiving. Here is just a small taste of what we found.

A Tiki Hut:

Because, why not?

Leopard Shark fetuses in turquoise formaldehyde substance :

A souvenir? Shameful. Disgusting. Just terrible.

The array of Boogie Boards:

In this view there are favorites like Miller Lite, Confederate Flag with Eagle, 'Big Shark', creepy Skeletal Pirate and of course, Betty Boop.

The Black Panther, this one is my favorite:

I agree with Rob, this SubSkate could be pretty fun, cool even:

And lastly, I just may get my very own surf mat after all: