September 15th, 2008
Somewhere in Nicaragua
Lance and crew routinely slay the Sails but has just started to fish for Marlin this year. After raising one a couple of months ago, it didn’t take them too long to land one. I asked Capt. Moss what he would do if he ever caught the elusive Bob Marlin, implying that it’s customary to tag and release such a spectacular sea creature and he told me “No way man, the first one I catch is coming with me in the boat!” Well, it took 5 guys to pull this thing over the side and into the boat. Check it out!
You could only imagine the spectacle when the Va Pue pulled up to the awards ceremony, which was well underway by the time they made it back to port. A 7.5 hour fight with Bob made them too late for the weigh-in but it didn’t matter. The crowd cheered as they viewed what is undoubtedly the biggest fish ever brought in during a SJDS fishing tourney. Congrats to Lance and Jimmy. You guys crushed it again.For the full story from Capt. Moss himself, click on the image and go to the Surfari Charter Captains Log.
The waves were super fun like a skatepark out there today. They were wedging up really fast and then holding up down the line. It was perfect for busting airs or in this case, busting the “air drop”.
Here is our good buddy Mr. Brown setting up for yet another long barrel ride on a nice sized set wave. Today the sand bars were a little fickle and the waves were not very hollow, but as usual Mr. Brown found plenty that were to his liking.
We wanted to post this picture of the new generation of Nicaraguan surfers that we have coming up in the ranks. We wanted to introduce them to you, from left to right we have Carlos who is the oldest of the group at 11 years old, next is Edwin and he is 9 years old, and last but not least we have Jackson and he is 10 years old. Their future looks very bright.
We caught a good shot of Edwin doing his thing on a sweet little left. As you can see he already has a style that is way ahead of his years. That is what having good waves all of the time will do for your surfing.
Check out this gringo in the white shirt about to get a nice little cover up on this wedging Left hander! (click on the image if you want to see the whole sequence).
Here goes one more gringo out in front of a perfect little right hand tube. That one looks nice and buttery!
Today is our Independence Day here in Nicaragua, so we wanted to leave you with this shot of the beach scene. Not only were there a lot of people surfing we also had quite a few people playing some volleyball and soccer on the beach. We will be back tomorrow. Please check back with us.
RECENT REPORTS
Hey amigos! Welcome to Monday’s early afternoon solo-session at French Fries. Lesther pretty much had the lineup to himself out there.
Hey everyone! Welcome to Sunday evening’s surf report from French Fries. The surf was smaller today, but it was cleaner and hitting the sandbar better. So better waves than yesterday even though it was smaller.
Hey everyone! Welcome to Saturday evening’s surf report from Panga Drops / French Fries. The wind was light, there was still some size, but it was jumbled up out there.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Hi guys, it’s “Lucha Libre” with the surf report for today. Today we have a new swell in the watter, it’s chest to head high on sets and the wind is offshore. Check it out.
Check it out – NSR is roving all over Nicaragua to give you more surf pictures than you’re ever going to need. This is Pancho, doing the remote report again, sore arms and all. We’ve still got fun swell in the water today – overhead on sets, offshore winds, the usual. Here’s a shot of..
We’ve got PUMPING swell in the water again today. It’s solid double overhead on sets with offshore winds all day long. We took out the Dirty Sanchez to get into some and this is what we found…the view from the boat.