December 12th, 2009
Somewhere in Nicaragua
You heard it here first – By making the Quarterfinals of the Pipe contest, Mick Fanning is the new 2009 World Champ! Parko had a chance to win, but lost earlier today, making it automatic for Eugene. Congrats Mick! By the way, if you aren’t watching the contest,click hereand go check it out. Waves are 6 to 8 feet and perfect! Now, back to Nicaragua…It is Lucha Libre here with the Saturday surf report. Today we headed out to the beach expecting to ride some small but fun waves but when we first got there surprisily we saw some sweet waves coming in. It was running about chest to head high with some sporadic over head waves on sets here and there. The wind was offshore and the water is still pretty clear and chilly. Check it out!!!
We thought that the waves were going to be small, so Pancho Sanchez grabbed one of his big boards and made it out. When we arrived to the beach we found some head high waves coming in and he had no choice, he had to paddle out on the big panga because he didn’t bring his shortboard. Check him out looking good on this sick right hander. Hey buddy, next time you should try to do some backdoor barrels on that thing!
Lot’s of locals were out destroying every single wave they had. This is Rex “La Bestia” Calderon with a cool spray on this section. He’s just back from Hawaii and it looks like he got better surfing skills now.
Augusto “La Gaviota” Chamorro was one of the many local rippers we had out there taking advantage on the nice waves. Here we have a cool shot of him expanding his wings to make this round house look easy.
It was also a good day to say how much love you have for your boyfriend. I love you so much Blue!!!
Check it out, it’s our old friend Jairo! Good to see you are still taking photos at the beach! Hope you got some good ones.
On the last shot of the day we have Norwin “El Chulin” Estrella with a sick shot, looking into the barrel. That’s “La Gaviota” on the shoulder, hoping to be inside there. We hope to have some good waves tomorrow as well, never know. Hey Panchito, do not forget to bring your shortboard my friend!!!
RECENT REPORTS
Hey everyone! Welcome to Monday’s surf report from Panga Drops. The swell didn’t meet expectations today, but it was still really fun. The wind wasn’t bad so we can’t be too disappointed.
Happy Sunday everyone! Surf reports from 2025 are back! Today’s report is coming from Spot X. It looks like it is coming to life.
Hey amigos! I’ve got another flashback surf report for this Saturday (ongoing technical difficulties). Today in 2025 the waves weren’t so bad. It was really windy, but the direction was straight offshore. It wasn’t so different from this pic from 2024 that you see here.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Hi folks, we are Lucha Libre and Come Pan Panic with the Friday surf report from out here at Playa Maderas. Today we drove up El Burro to the beach hoping to score some small but fun waves and we did. It was running about waist to chest high with some sporadic shoulder high sets,..
Hi fellas, it’s “Lucha Libre” here reporting from out here at Maderas today. It’s running about chest to shoulder high on sets and the wind is offshore. We had another incredible day in Nicaragua, don’t you believe me? Take a look!!!
Hi this is Roberto with the surf report for today. It’s chest to head high on sets out here at Maderas today and the wind is offshore. The water is getting cold and clear but we didn’t go diving. Check out the line up.