August 16th, 2018
PLAYA COLORADO
What’s up NSR fans? Are you ready for an awesome day of surfing full of barrels in Nicaragua? Careful, even if it’s still beautiful, it’s still not for everyone… this is serious stuff!
Today we got for all of you, massive waves from Popoyo Outer Reef, massive barrels from Colorado, and even some wedgy barrels from Santana! You are welcome!
We started the day at the Pipeline of Central America, the famous and very dangerous Popoyo Outer Reef… check out Hot Carl at full throttle on this one.
And here goes Manu (I think it’s him, correct me if I’m wrong by sending me an email with the Subject: You are wrong, that’s… *insert name here*, thanks) getting the best shade ever.
Eric “Only Rights” Nicholson went left today, he almost ate sh*t on the drop on this one but he managed to control it, Way To Go neighbor!
Surfari Charters crew came to check on the waves… they were fishing, taking photos and videos, probably even drinking some beers for breakfast. SUBU!
Unknown surfer on a beautiful one.
I met Kit Traverso on the parking lot right after the session, really nice guy and super stoked about the waves he got today… look at him on that gnarly drop!
Look at that gnarly bottom turn right under the lip!
He even got a little shower from the lip on his way to the barrel.
He was right on the spot to stand tall and salute the gods… but the shower just one second before distracted him enough to lose his focus, making him look like he started praying right away.
It would have been the barrel of the day, next time Kit!
I think this is Auggie… you know what, next time all the surfers should report to the photographers before getting in the water saying something like “Auggie, black helmet, black rashguard with green sleeves”.Look at the guy right in front of the impact zone, he got worked on the last wave.
Thanks for the jet sky crew that is always taking care of all the surfers out there.
Look at those lines spreading all the way to the horizon, great swell, don’t you think?
Hey, look at Eric going left again! Nice job!
Only Manu Resano takes off that deep here at the Outer Reef, I think that’s him.
It’s always risky because of the big chances of getting eaten by that freaking lip.
He always manages to make it under the guillotine but a lot of times he gets clamped by the wave after that.
Today’s “Ride of the Day” Award goes to Hot Carl with this perfectly executed ride. Setting himself on a high line.
Getting barreled at full speed.
Getting even more speed to pass the little section in front of him.
Disappearing almost completely behind the curtain.
And of course, coming out without any complications. Awesome my friend!
As I said at the beginning, after Outer Reef we went South for a different kind of barrels.
I went to Colorado right after lunch, and this is the first wave I saw.
Once he was inside he just relaxed and enjoyed the ride.
What a perfect wave, right?
After around 5 hours of surfing between Popoyo and Colorado, Gray was about to go crazy with the amount of amazing rides he had today.
Winning today’s “Ride Of The Day” Award was not enough for Hot Carl.
And that’s exactly what he did… super deep barrels wave after wave.
Believe me when I say “SUPER DEEP BARRELS”, where is he?
Hot Carl was on fire today!
And for everyone!
Even JJ made an appearance today… look at his style, standing close to the nose but keeping his body kinda up right.
And getting barreled.
And coming out like nothing happened.
Another surprise… Brian Donovan showing us a different style, his feet stand on a normal position, around the middle of the board, but his body is leaning forward.
And guess what, he also got fully barreled.
To finish today’s surf report, I went at the end of the day to Santana, this is what I found…
Wedgy barrels at first peak, and only two people on the whole beach.
Here is Mario Martinez with a big drop directly to the barrel.
Slowing down so he can get deeper.
And deeper he got.
And just like JJ and Brian… coming out like nothing happened.
I hope you enjoyed today’s surf report with these three breaks that are just a few minutes away between each other. If you have the energy you could have epic sessions on each spot (and a few more) in just one day!Cheers!!
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
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