I would agree that thongs clearly are legal on Bird Island, but the legal issue is not quite as clear as you suggest (they never are - that's how lawyers make a living after all) and I would hesitate to say as clearly that "g-strings" are "legal" without being sure what is meant by "g-string" in a particular case. Just the "buttocks" are OK - but you have to be careful about collateral exposure. State v Fly is the key NC Supreme Court decision from 1998 (348 NC 556, 501 SE2d 656 for the inquiring minds out there) (not sure 1998 qualifies as "recent" but I am unaware of more recent SCt decision that defines "private parts" for 14-190.9)(BTW: Fly was convicted). From the opinion: "We have already concluded that the phrase "private parts" includes the external organs of sex and excretion."

My friends in Sunset tell me that apart from any "law" you would have to be acting like a jerk to get arrested for your state of dress on Bird.

I'd send a bill but I am not licensed in North Carolina.