Shore Things

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Shore Things is a 1996 PBS television documentary by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh. The show profiles American beaches, the things they are known for, and other notable facts.

The beaches and other things featured are:

• Daytona Beach, Florida — cars allowed on sand
• Stephen Leatherman — "Dr. Beach"
• Venice, Los Angeles, California — canals; artists
• Ocean City, New Jersey — boardwalk; salt water taffy; dry town
• Ocean City, Maryland — crabs
• Outer Banks — fishing
• Punalu'u, Hawai'i — 'oama (or 'owama) fishing
• Calabash, North Carolina — seafood
• Rehoboth Beach, Delaware — gay beach
• Cape Cod — horseshoe crabs; Cape Cod National Seashore
• Nantucket, Massachusetts — sailing
• Lucy the Elephant — Margate City, New Jersey
• Ocean Beach, San Diego, California — dog beach
• Kailua, Hawaii — a "simple" beach