Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, January 31, 2025

4:29 AM

PANGA DROPS

January 31st, 2025

PANGA DROPS

Hi everyone! Welcome to Friday’s surf report from Panga Drops. The waves were very mellow today, but it was still fun on the right gear. The wind was fairly calm all day, which was a blessing.

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4:29 AM

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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, January 31, 2025

10:32 pm

Taylor had a good board for this morning's conditions. He was riding what looked like a fish.

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10:33 pm

John paddled out on the Ricky Carroll and swooped through a few smooth carves.

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10:34 pm

John doing a good job rotating hard around his right hip. All about that torque.

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10:35 pm

This fella from the boat set himself up nicely for this carve. The chink in the armor is his trailing arm's position. The infamous counter-rotation.

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10:36 pm

I don't know this fella from Rancho's name, but he did a good job staying busy out there. His wave count was pretty high.

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10:37 pm

John ripping off Jonathan Little. Float the turn.

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10:38 pm

Playing with fire in the flats haha.

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10:39 pm

All about staying low and hugging the whitewater when you're surfing small middle-peak Pangas.

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10:40 pm

The highly coveted critical section. These are rare treasures when it's small at main-peak.

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10:41 pm

Taylor keeping it smooth and doing a good job of using his right hand as a pointer and an anchor point.

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10:42 pm

If you have the speed, then put it to work! Nice slash Taylor.

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10:43 pm

Senor Rojo wasn't picky. Rights or lefts, he took whatever came his way!

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10:44 pm

A manufactured hang-five from John. We are all training to approach Emilien, Elise, and Pepe! The wind is going to toy with us for the next few days, but hopefully there are still some decent windows. See y'all tomorrow.

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