May 18th, 2020

Somewhere in Nicaragua

Manny on one of the bombs that I saw right as I walked up. If you glance back at the first photo, that’s him taking off and knifing it under the lip.

He drove through this thing, getting completely shacked and then came flying out with the spit. That’s how I knew… IT WAS ON!!!

Here’s a really good perspective to see how much water was moving around out there today. Kai dropping into a solid one!

Kai’s got no hesitation whatsoever on going on anything out there. That’s why he makes this wave look so easy.

Only a very small handful of surfers out there the entire day. Otherwise the lineup pretty much looked like this most of today.

Jenner was one of the select few who timed it right and caught todays magic hour.

Aside from the rips and dodging real big sets when paddling back out, punting this end section was maybe the easiest part of surfing out there this afternoon.

Chris linking up on a nice one while the homie Ricky gets the front row seats view and capture.

Cruising past the portrait section, now it’s time for some sick barrel section.

Chris is an absolute tube specialist, and that claim doesn’t come much too easy especially if you’ve ever seen some of the secret spots he’s dialed in all up and down this coast.

XXL or small.

You’ll more times than not see him doing this…. getting spit out of most barrels he paddles into.

The job of filming and photography is 100% essential. Just ask any surfer.

There were hardly any lefts coming in. I was surprised to see someone cracking one off the top like this way down the line. Sick one Matt!

You all know whenever there is heavy waves, there are always some heavy wipeouts. Poor Hayden getting hung up on one of the best waves of the day. However in his defense, although he completely airdropped the entire face of this wave, he pretty much stuck the landing, but got annihilated by that massive wall of water that detonated on him. Good try amigo…. Good try!

I know you’re curious to see how the wave looked after he got steam rolled.….. well, here ya go. OUCH!!!

Kai on more playful sized perfect little barrel.

Same size but different angle of just how magical that little window was for them.

Another one coming out with that spit! Noting feels better!!

Well, maybe wrapping it up with a big wrap around like this. Yeah…. all that combined feels the BEST!

I saved the best sequence and longest wave I saw out there today for you’re closing viewing pleasure. Mateo dropping in nicely to a good sized set wave.

and setting it up for a really really long and multilayered barrel.

I wish I had the angle from way down the beach into the barrel on this one. It looks really square and super hollow.

One of the few frames to select from where you can still see him.

Here you can start to see how far he drove in this thing coming up on the shallow water section over the sand.

Still going…..

There’s still more of this thing… it wound’t stop!

Finally with the clean exit and one hell of a drainer for today! Nice one buddy! Bravo!

Ok all of you surf fanatics… have you been enjoying all of this incredible swell we’ve been having and sharing with you??? I’m on reporting duties again tomorrow, so let’s see if we can have a three-peat with one more day of epic waves shall we? I’ll see you back here again tomorrow. Chao for now ~