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>> NEW HAMPSHIRE’S COAST LINE PROVES IT, LESS IS MORE, MORE TO APPRECIATE.
THE MOST SPECTACULAR LIGHT IS AFTER A STORM.
>> MORE TO ENJOY.
>> IT IS ONE OF THE FEW SPOTS ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD WHERE YOU CAN RIDE ALONG THE SEA.
>> MORE THAN YOUR AVERAGE WILDLIFE.
>> 14 WALES.
>> IT IS A HEALTHY SEASHORE.
>> WITH ONE EXCEPTION.
>> THEY EAT ANYTHING INSIDE.
YET THIS PLAY COULD BECOME PROFITABLE.
>> THIS COULD BECOME THE FUTURE OF THE CRAB INDUSTRY.
>> THE MAIN STREETS AND BACK ROADS OF COST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEXT ON "CHRONICLE." ♪ >> IT IS NOT VERY BIG COMPARED TO MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE, AND
WHEN PEOPLE DO COME HERE, THEY ARE INTEREST THAT IT IS PRISTINE.
>> IT IS NEED TO, THE CAMARADERIE, HOW PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
IT IS A GREAT PLACE.
>> WE WALK ALONG THE COAST AND SOMEONE PULLS UP AND SAYS, HOW DO LIVE AND WORK HERE?
THIS IS AMAZING.
>> IT IS AS WET, GREEN, AND ATLANTIC TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
THE SEASHORE IS SMALLER.
AT 17 MILES, THE SMALLEST IN NORTH AMERICA.
THEY MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
>> DO THEY EVER.
THERE ARE STILL WORKING SHELL AND GROUNDFISH, AND THERE ARE FEW PRETTIER DRIVES.
THE EASTERN EDGE OF ROCKING HAM COUNTY, IT STARTS IN SEABROOK AND IN 20 MILES PORTSMOUTH IN THE MAIN BORDER.
WE FOCUSED OUR TRAVELS ON THE THREE CENTER SEA COAST TOWNS OF HAMPTON, NORTHAMPTON, AND RYAN.
-- RYAE.
>> IT HAS THE MOST SEACOAST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THEY FIND IT TO BE A MAGICAL PLACE.
I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
BOB MAGRATH HAS SEEN MORE OF THE SEACOAST THAN MOST FOLKS.
HE HAS SPENT YEARS DOCUMENTING IT IN PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF TWO BOOKS IN 2013 AND 2015.
THE COAST MAY BE SMALL, BUT THE WATER AND ITS FABLED LIFE IS A BIG PART.
>> IT CHANGES A LOT, MINUTE TO MINUTE.
THE MOST SPECTACULAR LIGHT IS AFTER A STORM.
>> IT LOOKS CLOSER.
THAT IS STAR ISLAND.
>> IT IS.
THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTER OUT THERE, VERY SIMPLE, OLD-SCHOOL.
>> THERE ARE ALSO FREQUENT REMINDERS THAT THERE ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT VIEWS.
>> YOU THINK OF RYE AND A TOWN ON THE WATER, BUT TOWN HALL IS CLASSIC NEW ENGLAND SCENE.
>> CURRIER AND IVES.
IT IS STILL HERE.
>> IN FACT, R TOWN HALL IS THE SITE OF HIS FAVORITE PHOTO.
>> THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF GIRL SCOUTS SALUTING DURING A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN RYE.
IT IS JUST AN EMOTIONAL SHOT, TOTALLY CANDID.
>> HE TITLED THIS PICTURE "SURFING USA." IT IS CERTAINLY SURFING NEW HAMPSHIRE, AS ODD AS THAT MAY PHRASE MAY SOUND.
>> THERE ARE WAVES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THERE IS SERVED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> IN THE LATE 1980’S, THIS MAN TOOK OVER CINNAMON RAINBOWS, A SURF SHOP.
LIKE THE SURF SCENE ITSELF, THE STORE HAS BECOME A HELP OF THE LOCAL SURFING COMMUNITY, SOMETHING THAT STILL COMES AS A SURPRISE TO MANY VISITORS.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP ON A SUNNY DAY AND THE WAVES ARE GOOD AND THERE ARE 200 PEOPLE SURFING AND THEY ARE LIK , WHOA.
>> GRANTED, THE COAST DOES LEND ITSELF TO SOME DECENT SURFING.
>> WHEN THE SURF GETS BIG, WE HAVE SOME POINT BREAKS THAT WILL HOLD BIG WAYS.
WE HAVE GREAT SAND BOTTOM BEACHES FOR BEGINNERS, SO AN AMAZING STRETCH OF COASTLINE.
>> ON THIS EARLY AFTERNOON, THEY AND YOUNG FRIEND SAMPLED SPRING SURF FOR US.
ALL GEOGRAPHY JOKES ASIDE, ONE YOUNG SURFER ACTUALLY IS FROM HAWAII.
>> THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> YOU MAKE DO HERE.
>> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPOTS THAT THE BOYS KNOW.
>> THREE SPECIAL TIMES OF THE YEAR, THE CINNAMON RAINBOWS COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR SURFING WITH SMILES, WHEN DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS HELP KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS HAVE A SPECIAL DAY
IN THE WATER.
>> IT IS ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT OF OU SUMMER.
FOR SOME KIDS IT IS GETTING IN THE WATER AND SITTING ON A BOARD . FOR OTHER KIDS, IT IS WRITING ON WAYS.
IT IS SERVING WITH SMILES.
IT IS NOT JUST KIDS.
IT IS ALL OF US.
IT IS AMAZING.
>> NO, IT IS NOT HAWAII, BUT IT TAKES A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF PASSION TO SERVE YEAR ROUND HERE, WHICH THEY DO, NO BIG SURPRISE FOR A COMMUNITY THAT IS STILL A SURPRISE TO BEGIN WITH.
>> IT IS PRETTY SPECIAL.
>> IT IS NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> YEAH, IT IS NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> UP NEXT, NEW HAMPSHIRE