November 21st, 2022

Somewhere in Nicaragua

Jordan (aka Jvo) getting in on some of the in-between bigger BOMB sets that were coming in about every 15-20 min. But after he surfed all morning up at thee reef where it was easily double overhead and double the size of the beachie.

Dan nabbing one on the opposite side lefts, taking off on a nice midday emerald green wall just waiting for him to pull up into that green machine!

DeLo (Chris) putting on a little pig dogging clinic for da amigo Conrad as he paddled back out. Look C-rad, I’m gettng shacked too!!! Jajaja

The tide was coming off of high only about an hour prior to me coming down, so it was pretty full (of water that is) but the crowd however was thinning like a mid aged balding man! Seriously tho, right as I walked up I must have seen at least 3/4 of the only few people that were out taking their last waves in. This guy was hitting that time stamp pretty darn close to the actual time I shot this epically positioned straight up and down vertical crack off that lip.

Conrad the last of the group from the earlier shots (I was shooting with them a few of the days while they were here). Check this super sick perfectly round and faassssst right that he was gettin slotted in way up at the north peak, pretty much where he surfed when he was surfing PC and killing it every session!

C-Rad and all the boys were scoring and surfing seriously anywhere between 6-8 hours each day, for the duration of their week stay here. Sadly they have to bounce out tomorrow, but they definitely scored with this late season magic swell we got.

Kev – Zinger, on a serious beast of a wave.

Taking this wave running all the way down the line and owning it like a champ!

The RM rights were where you wanted to be if you really wanted the BIGGEST barrels out there today (BUT ONLY if you were willing to pay your Nica taxes for this swell – because it was BIG and SQAURE and beautiful to watch, but the end section wasn’t for the faint of heart NOR the place to be if you can’t hold your breath for very long) but you were certainly going to get the shot, like Ciarin here.

Coming out of one of these was pretty slim, but Ciarin made one and did a fine job putting on the finishing touches!

And that’s when he got out and the only one left out there was Derek. All by himself out there to catch any wave he wanted. . . but he only wanted the biggest and the best! So here ya go surf fanatics! Enjoy this nice little parting sequence of the day.

I was talking with D on the beach a little earlier and he said, “Hmmmm – those rights, you see any of them makable”, since I was down there shooting a little before he got down there. Here he is taking off on one of maybe his 4th or 5th one…. well, let’s see.

Definitely got into that thing as he usually does with such ease on his years of experience and his custom made Fowler surfboards.

How’s your bottom turn signature? Derek’s is all Soul with a touch of A-game perfection, but 100% confidence (really no matter the size) You should see some of his surfing at places like Nias and other crazy notoriously scary when it gets big places!

Soul arching and sling shot right up into the pocket!

Perfectly positioned and ready for some green room time.

If you’ve paddled out or over to this little section, then you know how sick D’s view is right here and what awaits him for getting to play with one of the heaviest places that breaks all along our mile long stretch of beach (from cliff to cliff). I think he’s probably now officially packed more epic closeouts here than anyone I’ve seen or shot over the last 11 years living here. And for the record, it’s not just a closeout every time either. Depending on the swell angle, I’ve seen people get the waves of their lives right in this exact location.

Same goes for the lefts over on the other side (which you will notice, how sad that we have one of the best swells grace our shores but only Derek was out there to take any waves for his liking. He’s a regular footer, so there were A LOT of empty lefts all the way up until I had to leave due to a little rain that was heading our way.

So with that. . . I was out. Hopefully tomorrow will be another good day of waves (crossing fingers that the swell will still be hanging around at least for another day), but either way, life is always good, especially when we get waves like this. I hope you enjoyed todays highlights and i hope to see you all again mañana ~Remember, even if you didn’t make the highlights you can always look at the link here for all theDaily Surf Shotsfrom each day, there might be a good chance you’re in there!AND don’t forget to follow us and always check out our current happenings on our daily Instagram stories hereNSRor my photography hereNica Surf Shots