December 22nd, 2017
Somewhere in Nicaragua
Happy TGIF Everybody!!! Guess what came a little early today….??? That’s right, our annual Christmas swell arrived a little early today and the lucky few who knew, were on it!! Check it out.
This is kind of becoming a tradition here in Nica-Land. One last epic swell to close off the year… and not a bad early X-mas present either!!
Hang on there… John G see’s something out the back!
Ohhhh, that’s just Lesther pulling into the set-wave of the day…
And getting shacked off of his Holiday NutCracker!
The tight SJDS crew even knows about this select holiday secret and made their way to this gem wave knowing they’d score.
I say tight SJDS crew, because that’s my buddy Jersson Barboza dropping in on Rex, two of Nicaragua’s finest surfers from the city in the bay of the Emerald Coast.
The only difference here is Jersson doesn’t go straight after burning their buddies like some other people in recent surf news. (haha inside WSL joke).
Jersson spends most of his time behind the lens like me, but as you can see, he’s very skilled in putting the board to the test as well.
El Jefe, Jamie K nicely bottom turning into what looks like a solid top to bottom wave that we’d normally have in June.
The scene at the BC was throbbing with a lot of life tonight. Many people in town for the Holidays and spreading Christmas cheer with happy hour ally oops.
Greg and Leah (pictured here) and the kiddos are back in town. Always good to see my amigos back from the snowy cold weather of Whistler, CA. P.s. How’s that black betty working out for ya Leah??
I checked the surf periodically throughout the day, starting much earlier and by midday seeing some early little front runners after a nice lunch break at Pili’s to seeing this by the time I made it back down with my camera by late afternoon. If things are looking this good now… I think it’s safe to say, it might be pretty freaking EPIC mañana!
Jairo, aka “Come Pan” one of the original photogs from Nica, NSR & esp the all around SJDS Crew, locking in to some tight shots with his 600mil. I scoped some of his water shots he got a littler earlier and they were pretty mental.
There were a few little lully moments in between those nice bigger sets, but the locals know exactly what to do in those moments.
Phi Lou is a consummate perfectionist at anything he does. Here he is perfecting his pig dog. Wait til tomorrow grasshopper and you will definitely have plenty more juice to toy with!
Black betty only speaks Spanish and she says “Buenas olas hoy … hasta luego!!”
Some of the finest conditions with an early Christmas swell… these are just a few of my favorite things!
Gotta give a big Fat Feliz cumpleaños to this guy.. Happy Birthday DJ~!
RECENT REPORTS
Hey everyone! Welcome to Friday’s surf report from Colorados. It was another small, but fun day of waves. Looks like the last mellow day for a good eight to nine days. Finley managed to find a couple of tubitos.
Hey everyone! Welcome to Thursday’s surf report from Playa Colorado. The surf was still fairly small today. There were moments where it pulsed and moments where it lulled out. Still clean and good for turns.
Hey amigos! Josh back behind the lens for the next few days. The small “gap” days are here! Funnily enough there were still some mini-drainers at Colorados this Wednesday morning.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Hello all and welcome to the surf report for southern Nicargua! This is Parker uploading today’s morning shots. Check out the sick waves!!
What’s up hermanos? Welcome to the NSR surf report with Parker. The swell has stayed the same size and will stay in this size for a few days. Check out our morning shots!
Hello, have a good day. We have good day of surf here in Nicaragua. A lot of good waves during all day. The water is cold now, I see some locals shaking after surf an hour. Check it out.