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Nicaragua Surf Report for Thursday, July 05, 2018
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July 5th, 2018
OUTER REEF

I went up the hill to get a different/better view of the wave and found this window between the trees… look at that beautiful monster!

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Blue water, offshore winds, and according to Surfline.com, 5-6 feet at 14 sec… Nicaragua perfection!

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All the “regulars” of the Reef were out there today… here is Auggie with a nice bottom turn and all his attention on the lip to see if he can get barrel.

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The wave didn’t collaborate much with him though, right when he was in position the wave slowed down and barely covered him for a little bit.

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Here comes Gray, another regular of the Reef, with a big vertical drop.

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Sadly, the nose went down and so did Gray… gnarly wipe out buddy!

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Gladly, the jet sky went fast to check on him, but looked like Gray was fine and ready for another bomb.

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I didn’t bring the bigger lens so I couldn’t tell who most of the people were, here is an unknown surfer going down on one of the bigger waves of the day.

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Then after reaching the bottom, he took his time to turn towards the face, waiting for that lip to break.

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He went back to the face right on time to get some nice, big barrel… perfect execution.

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You don’t see much turns on this wave but Auggie knows the Reef very well and he is confident enough to get loose with some turns here and there.

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Can you see why surfers use helmets here? Look at that boil section, a mistake here could cost you a lot of pain!

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Going right it’s usually a mellower take off but, you sometimes even the right gets hollow, at least on the breaking section.

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Here is Auggie again, this time instead of going straight down and do a bottom turn, he went for a higher line, slowing down using his body and hand.

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As you can see, this strategy worked much better, it put him right in the bowl!

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He got completely barreled and managed to stay there for a few seconds… you can still see the tip of his board in there, until the wave clamped on him. Well done Auggie!

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This other surfer did the same thing as Bryan on this other wave…

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He took a higher line that kept him closer to the lip.

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…And managed to get some cover under the lip too.

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The Reef might work tomorrow again, we will definitely check it out and hopefully you will see more of this insane/amazing wave that breaks only a few days per year. Saludos!

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