June 30th, 2018

Somewhere in Nicaragua

The morning started out with some beautiful barrels, lighting, offshore winds. Pretty much everything that makes this place so special all of the time.

Barry loves to dawn patrol.

Let me rephrase, Barry loves to get shacked while surfing dawn patrol. Yah, that’s much better!

My amigo and one of the guys I was out shooting with this morning, Eduardo de Meo, setting up for nice little cover up.

Ohhhh, but wait, isn’t this the same shot, but different angle you ask? Why yes it is!!

Jasco making himself into a human sushi roll. You are what you eat!!! BTW, the best sushi in Nicaragua (IMHO) You should definitely try “Jaco’s” when you come here! You won’t be disappointed, promise!

Ok, so I’ll let you in on a little secret. Yes, that’s me in the water shooting. How is it I’m getting all these amazing double angles??

This is my other amigo, Rafael de Lucca, getting super shacked, while flying the international bird in a deep barrel. Don’t worry, it’s a surfer thing. Kinda like a “shaka”, but not.

Hsiang Chu, one of the other rippers today in my crew taking off on a absolute gem!

“Chu, giving me the “O” face!

and of course a proper “shaka” after one of his many waves today.

Last but not least of the crew, Lucas Tamiazzo, AKA “Rasta”, bout to pop up and drop in on a nice nugget left.

Here he is with the sick land angle, which I missed from the water.

Rasta is so stoked to be here with 3 of his best friends for the first time in Nica-Land. Bienvenido amigos! looking forward to getting many more shots with you this trip.

I pretty much swam all day, so there was photo ops all up and down the beach. Here my buddy Esteban getting shacked off his melon. Can you say ridiculously shacked?

Eduardo, taking off on a gnarly, mutant, icky looking beach break monster.

I’d say the water angle makes it look a little tamer? What do you think? All I can say is, I got my a$$ handed to me when this white water hit me. haha!

Rafael was determined to get as barreled as much as possible today, since I was in the water swimming.

Sometimes you line up easily and sometimes, not. Let’s just say, shooting water isn’t a beginner way to start out with your surf photography.

Luckily for me I was shooting with some guys who surf well, which makes a big difference with your scoring ratio of good to not-so-good photos.

Eduardo, cracking a sick one off the lip, shot of course by my mystery photog from the beach.

Lesther, cracking a sick one off the lip from my perspective.

There were a lot of my good friends out in the lineup today. One of them being my buddy Rob Dull. Ya amigo, lets get some more shots like these when the next juicy swell comes in later next week.

Marcos is pretty big dude. So head to toe, you can see the sets were throwing out some nice size waves today.

This unknown surfer was taking a lot of barrels and getting really deep. Wonder if he knows he’s on one of the most widely viewed surf reports of the day today?

Speaking of people who like to get barreled and know a thing or two about the longest running surf report in Nicaragua. Say hello to the man, the myth, the legend. Hola, Pancho! Good to see you out in the lineup today!

Unknown guy, dreamy, glassy prefect wave. Looks like a cover of Surfers Journal or something.

Enough barrels, how about a commercial break with a turn already.

Mike is back and literally jumped right into something like this. “Feels so good to be back”, I believe were the first words I heard from him out there today.

Ohhh, the ocean giveth and the ocean taketh. She’s a unforgiving lady, for sure at times. But she can be your best friend for life if you treat her right!

My new buddies, Chu, Rasta, Rafael and Eduardo. Good times today. Have fun touring around the country for the next few days and I’ll see you when you get back next week!

My new buddies, Chu, Rasta, Rafael and Eduardo. Good times today. Have fun touring around the country for the next few days and I’ll see you when you get back next week!Ok, see here’s that weird “ground hog day” double angle thing again? Alright, here’s the skinny…. I’d like to give a huge shout out and gigantic thanks for my partner in crime, Claudia for helping me out each and every day. She’s been a huge support with my work and especially helping with shooting the surf. If you see her out there throw her a shaka! You can’t miss her contagious smile a mile away! Every story has two sides to it, sometimes it’s like a breath of fresh air to see a different perspective from time to time! Remember, a surfer or not, always keep the Aloha alive!! 😉

Where would you rather be??? See ya next time… or tomorrow. Dulces sueños ~