July 15th, 2006
Somewhere in Nicaragua
First of all, I’d like to give a big shout out to Roberto and TEAM NICARAGUA down in Costa Rica. Great job in the Contest – You guys Rock!!! (great job to Roberto too for the coverage) Anyway, we wish we were there, but we’re not – we’re still in California, getting ready to jump down into Mexico and begin our adventure. This is Hot Carl, packing it up in Redondo Bch. Damn, that’s a lot of stuff.
Nine hours and two fill-ups later, we arrived in Sierra Vista, a small Arizona town just north of the Mexico Border. The trip had obvious effects on Hot Carl (or maybe it was the price of gas and the realization that we still have about 3000 miles to go).
Imagine our surprise when the good city of Sierra Vista welcomed NSR with open arms. That just goes to show you the power of the internet. The “Mad Tea” wasn’t bad either! Mexico manana…stay tuned.
Back in CR, the TEAM NICARAGUA did a good job in this tournament and we got the second place in CENTRO AMERICA as a best surfing team. We scored so many points to get the second place and we beat Panama, Guatemala and Salvador, thanks so much to everybody who help us to do this a reality. NICE TROPHY NO!! It’s still overhead on sets and the wind is onshore.
You know Roque was the only Nica who made it to the quater finals and he get $ 300. Nice job buddy.
Today was my better day in CR, I saw many chicks all day long and my camera was working pretty hard.
Today we have free surfing heats, It’s crazy everybody was flying all over the place. We have Jimmy Rotherhan, Gilber Brown, Luis Vindas among others.
This is Vindas who won this event.
Here is another chick.
This is Jimy with a nice spray.
Jason Torrez, he won the Juniors contest and he gets second place in the open.
The NICA TEAM was hanging out.
Did I say many chicks?
They are enjoying their trophy ‘because this is the first time they go to a tournament like this one and they are so proud because they did it good and hopfully Nicaragua will have better oportunities in the future. Check back tomorrow.
RECENT REPORTS
Hey everyone! Welcome to Saturday morning’s surf report from Panga Drops. The waves were very small today, but the morning window was favorable with the tide. Good for cruisin’!
Hey everyone! Welcome to Friday’s surf report from Panga Drops. The conditions were very similar to yesterday, possibly a little bigger on the sets.
Hi everyone! Welcome to Thursday’s surf report from Panga Drops. The waves were much smaller today, but was still fun on the sets. The crowd was light and the weather was beautiful!
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Today we’ve got pumping swell and offshore winds. Let’s call it double overhead sets. I wanted to get pictures of somebody else, but as it turns out I surfed all morning, all by myself. Damn!