July 18th, 2008
Somewhere in Nicaragua
Welcome to the Friday surf report. This is Roberto “Lucha Libre” and Mateo “Pledge” with the bad news. Unfortunately the wind was affected by the tropical development in the Caribbean. So today the waves were around a couple of feet overhead, but it didn’t matter because the wind was onshore. There were only a total of three people surfing in the water today. Check out what was going on at the beach.
Since the outside waves were no good, it was perfect to do some surf lessons on the inside. Here you can see all the people out there learning how to surf. There is a lot of surf schools to choose from here in San Juan del Sur, but the best one is done right out of NSR, if you are interested in learning you should check us out.
The first surfing shot of “the washing machine” goes to our buddy “El Cunado.” He was pretty stoked to find this shoulder and give it a solid backside swack.
The second surfing shot goes to Augusto “La Gaviota” Chamorro. His speed was helping him out a lot today to get around all of the sections that were caused by the bad wind. Here he is finding the end and giving it a solid hack.
As you can see there is some solid swell in the water, but the wind was just killing it. Tomorrow looks like it has plenty of potential to be super good. There is plenty of swell showing on the forecast and the wind is projected to be offshore. Keep your fingers crossed and check back!
The next surf shot is Marc “El Afortunado” Sandknop bottom turning on a hollow right. You might be wondering why his nickname means “lucky”, well he is 39 years old and he has a girlfriend who is 22 years old. And she is gorgeous! Good work buddy.
This is Pete “Picapiedras” Dolan making a bottom turn on a good sized of right. He may be the oldest guy of the group, but he says he feels like the youngest.
This is Nate “El Chiqui Chiqui” Weber getting the best barrel of the day. This guy really loved the waves down here in Nicaragua, but not nearly as much as the Chiquis!!!
This is Clark “El Ortega” Acuna with the last surfing shot of the day. Unfortunately he was sick most of the surf trip, but this day he was feeling good enough to paddle out there and catch some fun waves.
RECENT REPORTS
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Happy 4th of July! The size of the surf dropped notably today. There were still good sets, but patience was key (again). Hard to believe there were no takers on this one!
Hey amigos! Welcome to Thursday’s surf report from Playa Colorado. I saw some of the biggest sets of the year today. There were epic moments, but it was still a bit slow between the high quality waves.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Hi, it is Lucha here with the small surf report for today. We do not have change about size waves, it is waist high on set and the wind is offshore out here at Maderas. Check out the lineup.
Today didn’t disappoint. This wave is pretty sick – 300 meter rides were not uncommon, 2 barrel sections, light crowds and overhead sets. This is Hot Carl, getting the lead out.
OK, never a dull moment. Back to today’s report. We’ve got offshore winds and super fun waves. We found this new wave, we’re not going to name where it is, but you can drive there through Rancho Santana. Ha, Ha, Ha!