March 23rd, 2021

Somewhere in Nicaragua

Although surfing is pretty much a forward moving and very much ahead of the cultural game for the most part of this thing called life.. Derek still takes time to reflect on the past for a split moment.

If I came across as todays waves as being somewhat marginal. Well I hope this wave/shot helps to cure the slight misconception that this place definitely has it’s moments out there!

Unless you surf, you’ll never know this exact feeling of pressure there is to pull off what seems like just a simple take off.  All eyes on the guy center stage!

What do you do when it’s 5:45 pm and the last bit of sunlight is just about to run out…. well….. you run out as fast as you can so you can grab the last few nuggets before it gets dark.

Lovers paradise. At least two completely different variations here.

5:54 and your paddle out and catching your first wave time is impeccable!

5:55 and your paddle out and catching your first wave time is impeccable! No the is not a duplicate photo or caption. It’s the two hermanos, Koji and Yuji catching two super sick drainers back to back just as the sun falls off in the far distance.

I can’t remember now, is it next month for tax season again???? Well here, EVERYONE pays taxes any given time if you wanna play at one of the best beach breaks in all of Nicaragua.

I don’t think Colin will be getting a refund on this one unfortunately.

Matter a fact, I think he might owe. OUCH!!!! Gotta give him props for showing up to H&R Block on a soft top though!!! Jaja

And not every picture perfect low tide drained out cover up comes as easily as you all might think, without consequence from time to time either.

Put some lime on the coconut haha! J/k D…. that was a pretty solid cylinder you pulled into! Glad your heads not in need of something more, like some stitches. Ice it and let’s try for round two mañana hermano!

At the end of every day, this is what all of us usually get to witness and see and at the same time be blessed more than most can imagine!!!!

On a very special and untimely sad notice, I would like to share a message regarding one of our very own amazing and talented Latina American water women and very talented upcoming surfer who was chosen and training to represent her home country of El Salvador for the Olympic Surf Team.It is with a heavy heart that the ISA has learned about the passing of El Salvador’s Katherine Diaz. Katherine embodied the joy and energy that make surfing so special and dear to us all, as a global ambassador of the sport. She excelled at the international competition level, representing her country with pride at both the ISA World Surfing Games and ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. We send our heartfelt condolences to Katherine’s family, the surfers of El Salvador, and to all those in the international surfing community whose lives she touched.We will never forget you ~ +++Con gran pesar, la ISA se enteró del fallecimiento de Katherine Díaz de El Salvador. Katherine representó la alegría y la energía que hacen que el surf sea tan especial y querido para todos nosotros. Fue una embajadora mundial de este deporte. También se destacó a nivel competitivo internacional, representando a su país con orgullo tanto en el ISA World Surfing Games como en el ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. Enviamos nuestras más sinceras condolencias a la familia de Katherine, a los surfistas de El Salvador, y a todos aquellos en la comunidad internacional de surf cuyas vidas ella tocó.Nunca te olvidaremos ~