Nicaragua Surf Report for Saturday, January 18, 2025

5:13 AM

PANGA DROPS

January 18th, 2025

PANGA DROPS

Hey everyone! Welcome to Saturday’s surf report from Panga Drops. The wind was slightly lighter than yesterday and the size pushed back up a bit too.

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5:13 AM

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Nicaragua Surf Report for Saturday, January 18, 2025

11:15 pm

Gaspard was on a tear this morning. I think he was averaging one wave every three to four minutes.

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11:16 pm

He ducked below the oncoming section just in time at the end of the right.

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11:17 pm

John doing his best Emilien impression haha! We have a long way to go.

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11:18 pm

Daniel caught a few keepers this morning too. I missed his rights, but got a couple of his lefts.

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11:19 pm

John showing some solid turning body mechanics to Gaspard.

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11:20 pm

Playing with fire over his heel-side rail here.

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11:21 pm

Wham! He slammed the whitewater hard with a big roundhouse. Who says you can't turn a Wavestorm?

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Nicaragua Surf Report for Saturday, January 18, 2025

11:22 pm

Garett cruising across a racey right.

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11:23 pm

Gaspard was the only catching head high waves haha! This was a solid sized left for him and it walled up all the way to the inside for him.

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11:24 pm

Is that Thor on a wave haha?

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11:25 pm

Zach setting up for a quick top turn on a middle peak set wave. The water color and lighting were great as the sun was out.

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Nicaragua Surf Report for Saturday, January 18, 2025

11:26 pm

Daniel bringing it back around town on an inside left. Staying in the pocket is essential on shortboards.

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Nicaragua Surf Report for Saturday, January 18, 2025

11:27 pm

Float the section!

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11:28 pm

Tomorrow should be similar with even lighter wind! See you guys tomorrow!

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