The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, March 18, 1995               TAG: 9503180233
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

LIFE IS SWELL

ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photo]

DREW C. WILSON

Staff

Bodyboarder Chris Bean, 26, of Kill Devil Hills, ducks under the

cascading lip of an Atlantic swell Friday off Kitty Hawk. For two

days, long lines of near-perfect swells have broken over the Outer

Banks.

by CNB