Woke up before daylight to check the surf. Larry's roster alarm went off and I thought I was in Hawaii. We didn't have internet so we had no idea about the tides. The tide in the morning was a 10 foot high and was breaking over the river sandbar. We went back to sleep and needed it. When we woke up, we decided to walk to the surf shop to exchange Larry's board from a short board to a long board. Larry went the wrong way around a puddle and stepped into ankle deep mud. Once we got to the shop we were lucky that there was a guy there even though it was closed. Larry forgot his credit card and couldn't check a long board out because it required a larger deposit on his credit card.
It turned out to be a good thing because the waves were not good for long boarding. The wave were head high and blowing strong offshore. There were so many barrels in the lineup. I pulled into a few rights backside and got worked. I should have ridden my bigger board to get into waves earlier. I tweaked my ribs on one wipeout. I can see how Nicaragua is so good with offshore winds all day.
The internet came back up and we caught up with emails. In the afternoon we went out and caught some good waves in front of the tree stump. One of the local kids (Miguel, I learned later), Snaked me on a good wave. I called out to him that I had it and he looked back and dropped in on me anyway. I kept going and had to catch him from running into my board. He was so upset that he cussed me out and told me "this is my country!" He proceeded to snake me on the next way I took and told me to meet him on the beach. A 19 year kid that spoke no English was so pissed. I think most of the aggression was to show off for his friends. I surfed for another hour and Miguel met me on the beach to confront me. I told him that I had " no problema" and he slapped my board and pushed my shoulder. I just kept walking to out beach club and ignored the aggression. I explained the incident to the locals at our bar and I think one of them told the boys to come over and make amends. We talked it out with a translator and I bought the 3 local teenagers hotdogs and everything was good. I am glad we worked it out. 2 weeks with locals hating you is no bueno.
Matt Rhorer showed up at 4:00 PM with no sleep for 26 hours. Let the party start!!! Matt caught some immediate waves as Larry body surfed the shore break at high tide. I took photos of Larry bodysurfing and the sunset.
Dinner was the best ever... Chicken and pasta with rum cocktails. We had a bet about how tall Laird Hamilton was and Larry bet a shot of rum (we were watching a surf video with Laird Hamilton tow-in surfing at Jaws). I won the bet and Larry ended up falling while trying to sit down later that night.
It turned out to be a good thing because the waves were not good for long boarding. The wave were head high and blowing strong offshore. There were so many barrels in the lineup. I pulled into a few rights backside and got worked. I should have ridden my bigger board to get into waves earlier. I tweaked my ribs on one wipeout. I can see how Nicaragua is so good with offshore winds all day.
The internet came back up and we caught up with emails. In the afternoon we went out and caught some good waves in front of the tree stump. One of the local kids (Miguel, I learned later), Snaked me on a good wave. I called out to him that I had it and he looked back and dropped in on me anyway. I kept going and had to catch him from running into my board. He was so upset that he cussed me out and told me "this is my country!" He proceeded to snake me on the next way I took and told me to meet him on the beach. A 19 year kid that spoke no English was so pissed. I think most of the aggression was to show off for his friends. I surfed for another hour and Miguel met me on the beach to confront me. I told him that I had " no problema" and he slapped my board and pushed my shoulder. I just kept walking to out beach club and ignored the aggression. I explained the incident to the locals at our bar and I think one of them told the boys to come over and make amends. We talked it out with a translator and I bought the 3 local teenagers hotdogs and everything was good. I am glad we worked it out. 2 weeks with locals hating you is no bueno.
Matt Rhorer showed up at 4:00 PM with no sleep for 26 hours. Let the party start!!! Matt caught some immediate waves as Larry body surfed the shore break at high tide. I took photos of Larry bodysurfing and the sunset.
Dinner was the best ever... Chicken and pasta with rum cocktails. We had a bet about how tall Laird Hamilton was and Larry bet a shot of rum (we were watching a surf video with Laird Hamilton tow-in surfing at Jaws). I won the bet and Larry ended up falling while trying to sit down later that night.
glad to hear you're "making friends" hahahaha
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