![]() And obviously, the word kook is old surfing slang, but it's not used specifically to refer to rich people in the Outer Banks. "That's a full on Hollywood thing," he says. Meanwhile, rich people are called Kooks, which is a repurposed use of an old surfing term.Īs Nultemeier tells me, the term "Pogue" isn't anything people in the Outer Banks use. often refers to he and his friends as Pogues, the term is also used around town as a catchall for people from his side of the marsh (it's confusing). The natural habitat of the Pogues." It's a name that he says comes from the term pogies, slang for the Menhaden fish. "Home of the working class, who make a living busing tables, washing yachts, running charters. "This is the south side, or the cut," he explains in the first episode, as it shows a more rundown part of town. and his friends refer to themselves as the Pogues. It's almost like, 'oh well, why even name it that?' I guess that's the big hangup that people have." Pogues and Kooks It should have been called South Carolina Beaches or something. And then the show portrays a completely different area. "But there's a lot of very headstrong locals here that, I guess they were excited to see a mainstream Netflix show that was potentially going to show how amazing this area is, because we're all very, very proud of living here. People need to get over it," he tells me. But, when it finally premiered, some were disappointed. In the weeks before the show debuted, Nultemeier says the locals were excited to see their town on a big Netflix show. With the bridges to Outer Banks closed to anyone but locals during the coronavirus outbreak, the beaches are still open and empty-making it prime surfing time for residents like Nultemeier.Īnd when they're not enjoying the empty beaches, the Outer Banks locals have been watching Netflix's latest streaming hit along with the rest of the country. A lifelong surfer, Nultemeier was out on the ocean the morning we talked. The show is as much about a stark class divide as much as it is about boats, treasure, teens, and surfing.Ĭurious to know what the real Outer Banks is like, I called up local surfer Brent Nultemeier, who co-owns,, a popular website that follows the local surf report and culture ("If you can’t get to the beach then we can bring the beach to you," Nultemeier tells me). They're in a bitter rivalry with the rich kids in town, who are known as Kooks. (Chase Stokes), the heartthrob ringleader of a group of kids from the less-affluent side of town who call themselves Pogues. In the show, it's depicted as a community with a big divide between the upper and lower class, where teens spend their days joyriding on boats and drinking beer and following treasure maps. But while streaming the first few episodes I found myself curious about the real Outer Banks culture. It's fun, and certainly a welcome way to pass the time in quarantine. marsh, as they embark on a dangerous hunt for a storied lost treasure. The show follows some teens from the wrong side of the. ![]()
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