January 17th, 2024
Somewhere in Nicaragua
Hey everyone! Wednesday morning’s surf report from Panga Drops and French Fries coming your way. As of yesterday evening, the wind was forecasted to be crazy today, but the waves were really clean and rippable. Windguru better recalibrate!
This guy in the barrel, along with Dave Lovekin, were the stars of today’s report. The waves were still fairly small today so he did well to tuck into this barrel.
Here’s the barrel rider from the previous photo chucking some whitewater slush on rail.
He’s at it again on this little right. His body mechanics are really solid here. He’s on a small board in small waves, so he’s doing well here at staying relatively compact / low, while still being light over his board / feet. Maintaining and generating speed is the name of the game for performance shortboards in small waves.
Chop-hop!
The easier and more straightforward play when the waves are small is to grab a long board. Big board, big reward!
Dave Lovekin surfing top to bottom all the way from the outside peak of French Fries.
It takes more patience to sit outside and wait for the bigger waves at French Fries, but it can be worth it, as you can then link together two to four turns like Dave did on this long right.
Although the rights are much better than the lefts at French Fries, you can often have a peak to yourself if you decide to sit further North and target the lefts.
Clean Panga Drops is so fun to surf because the face is smooth and wide open for you to carve across. Paint your line!
That wraps up today’s action from Pangas / French Fries. The waves were quite a bit better than I expected this morning. Tomorrow we’re forecasted to have larger swell and crazy wind, but we’ll see about the wind as it didn’t really manifest this morning. Have a good Wednesday and see you tomorrow.
RECENT REPORTS
Happy Friday everyone! Welcome to this morning’s surf report from Panga Drops. The waves were slightly bigger today and the wind wasn’t too bad. There were some fun waves.
Howdy folks! Welcome to Thursday’s surf report from Panga Drops. The wind was supposed to be ripping hard today, but it was actually very light this morning. The only downside was that the tide was low at that time.
Hey everyone! Welcome to Wednesday’s surf report from Pangas, specifically French Fries right. The wind was ripping pretty hard around mid-day, but it mellowed out slightly in the evening and the direction improved some. It was golden hour!
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Good afternoon chicos! It was another nice clear warm sunny day here in the land of waves O’ plenty! Took todays report in the late afternoon and the conditions were super pristine and a lot of beach goers walking the beach, playing with their kids and super consistant fun waves for everyone who came out for..
Howdy Monday warriors! You all ready for another week of fun in the sun in Nica-Land? Today’s midday super sesh was pretty epic! With only 2 people out when I got down there, but that perfect tide mark is what the peeps were betting on, and sure enough…. the people came out of the wood work..
Happy Sunday Funday friends! We have some nice new swell (or original – mixed mixed in with some new ones) & it was a super fun early morning out there! Check it out !