July 26th, 2009
Somewhere in Nicaragua
What’s up folks? It’s Pancho here with the Sunday report. The swell has dropped down to a manageable size today and the waves were FIRING all day long. We had offshore winds and head-high waves with the occasional overhead set still coming through. Barrels were the order of the day. This is our very own, Carlos Caliente pulling into one of his many shacks.
We were out taking shots all morning long so let us know if you were out there – we probably got some shots of you! This is Gorgeous George, back from another long absence on NSR, pulling into a nice, tight, little one.
Hot Carl was the man today and got tons of killer waves. Here he is on the best right hander I saw all day. He didn’t make it out, but he sure traveled for a while. Look how round that thing is!
This is Olli, an NSR regular, charging on a nice right.
And this is Olli a couple of minutes later, getting ready to go find another surfboard. What’s up Olli? You break more surfboards than anybody we know!
I think lots of people were stoked the swell dopped in size today because there were a lot of heads in the water. I think I counted over 50 at one point. It was spread out though and there were plenty of waves for everybody. We don’t know this guy, but we liked his shorts.
How about this guy, pulling in under the fang with his dress shirt on. What’s up dude, we got some good pics of you today!
Isn’t this the same guy! Dress shirt going right this time. Told you we had some good pics!
Here’s another backsider looking for the barrel. Nice form dude! Are these waves firing today or what?
This dude was catching lots of the best waves and CHARGING! We’ve got tons of good photos but thought this one was interesting.
This is actually the first of a barrel sequence – yes, he makes it out. We had so many shots to put up today I didn’t feel like posting the whole sequence…sick drop though.
Who’s this? We don’t know either, but he sure got some nice waves. Check out this one setting up perfectly for him.
It wasn’t all barrels today…maybe only about 80%. This guy managed to do a really nice turn on the other 20% so we’re posting it. Nice turn dude.
Every time you looked up the beach, you would see some guy like this dropping in on another perfect wave. It was silly I tell you, just plain silly.
The beach was photogenic and the photog’s were out in force. Guaranteed there are a couple of boyfriends/husbands checking their video footage tonight.
NSR would like to give a shout out to our friend Rutledge who is visiting us from J’ville. He booked this trip months ago but happened to time it with the best swell of the year so far. It was good to surf with you man – come back anytime!
Whoa, we still have more pics to post. Here’s another guy we don’t know taking another killer wave.
Damn, this one is pretty. We have a nice sequence of this one too.
It wasn’t all peaches and cream today, there were some great wipeouts too. Check out this guy doing a face plant! If it’s any consolation, the shots leading up to this one are pretty good, we just liked your wipeout.
One more wave, one more guy.
Oh yes, I got a couple myself too. This one was a growler but after the last couple of days, it didn’t seem so bad.
So that’s about all today – I think you get the idea. If you are planning a trip down this week you are stoked. The waves should be like this for the next 5 days or so – then it looks like another good swell after that! Gotta love this time of year in Nicaragua. If you want to come down, hit us up.And remember, if you surfed today, we probably have photos of you.
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