October 16th, 2017

Somewhere in Nicaragua

Todays waves were firing. At least while I was down there shooting.

Hardly anyone out too!

Which is exactly why Hilario was smiling… OK, he’a always smiling, but him and I both couldn’t believe our eyes!!

If the northern part of the beach looked that good, I was frothing to see how the southern end looked. John Springfield here, looks like he was absolutely enjoying the wide open playing field down there.

Sure enough I got down there to see 8-10 wave sets unfolding.

The interval must be pretty short (since the waves were rolling in non-stop, back to back), but there was definitely plenty of swell to make it ridiculously fun!

Not quite low tide drained out, yet.

There were barrels all over the place.

Koji, setting up for a little tube time.

Nice one little buddy!

Like I said, barrels.

More barrels. Manny was out there killing it. Pretty much putting on a little clinic for a party of 6.

This is what you always WANT to see when you’re paddling out.

Conditions were super clean.

Light offshore, and really really warm today.

Mike Doan had to say adios to his son Gavin today. I sure hope Gavin got to taste a little bit of this before he had to fly out.

We had ohhhh, about dos Chicas out there today.

So I’d say we had a good 1/3 of the lineup of representation by the dama persuasion.

Just another fine day here in Southern Nicaragua.

The back and forth of the barrel-fest seriously had me feeling..

…. like I was watching a ping pong match!

I have to say, the score was always even. Izquierdas y derechos!

This next sequence, Manny will show you how to surf this wave to perfection, from take-off, driving through a throaty barrel, all the way through his perfectly impeccable roadhouse cutback. (keep in mind this is actually more like a 50 image sequence, so I had to narrow it down to a few shots!)Que Nota ~ Numero Uno.

Que Nota ~ Numero dos.

Que Nota ~ Numero tres.

Y Que Nota ~ Numero quatro, and that’s how it’s done my friends!

If you’re from the west coast of North America, particularly southern CA, you could agree that this eerily looks like a nice summer day on a juicy south swell in Oxnard, Ventura area. But it’s not and those aren’t a couple of offshore islands in the background either. This is Nicaragua and that’s Costa Rica in the far distance.

People were definitely surfing like they were from Ventura though!

My man Koji, with the “Uncle Josh” full committed, backside pig-dog takeoff. Yeah little charger!

I think as the tide was dropping there were a little less barrels…

…and a little more room for some hot-dogging.

Umm, ok I take that back. Must have been a little lul in-between sets.

First we had torrential flash flooding. Now it looks like now it’s snowing in Nica.  “Oh, the humanity!”

Who’s ready for them stern dry season offshore’s?? Just put your head down, paddle your a$$ off and make the drop, right?

oh ya, and pull in for the tube of your life, possibly.

Hey there, I wanted to throw a quick shout-out for a really cool cause and also something that’s really beneficial for probably anyone who was out surfing the last few days (think noodle arms) and possible next few who might really appreciate this feel good cause! Here’s a message about massage from my amiga chica Terra!“Hey guys and gals, this week , I will be setting up 3-5pm under the coconut tree beside Pili’s Kitchen providing mini massage sessions by donation to raise money for the Tropical Storm Nate Relief Fund. Come by! Warm hugs ,Terra

Well folks, it was a very good day of surfing. I hope you all enjoyed seeing this from afar and appreciated the little lift of surf imagery to keep the work week stoked! Stay tuned to see what else might be in store the rest of the week… so check back mañana! Adios por ahora mis amigos!! ~