El Salvador

Been in El Salvador for over a week now, its a beautiful place with lots of righthand pointbreaks which is what the country is famous for in the surfing world. Its kinda funny really, as people who know me realise that im not a huge fan of surfing on my backhand which is mostly correct! I've had so much fun however as the points are near perfect on a daily basis!

El Sunzal point

Also we are staying right in front of a lefthander which is apparently one of the only lefts in the country......of course, I couldnt resist!
The left out the front is known for its localism  and at the weekends friendly folk advise you to wait until all the local guys get out. This is where I went wrong, during the early hours of the previous saturday gone by (5th feb). I paddled out and..... well you can probably guess what happened. I got told to paddle in not in a pleasant way, but in a way which consisted in these words "fuck off gringo"! So there you have it. When and if you come to El Salvador always check if the spot your about to surf is free of angry locals. When they paddle in its usually empty so on my behalf there is no need to fret!

The locals are full on but can be easily avoided!

La Bocana my favourite wave in El Salvador (so far)!

Its been a while.....

Sorry I have taken so long to post another blog, I suppose you could say I have a life at the moment! Those 2 weeks at the Boom were pretty sick.... Since then we have continued our journey North through the Honduran border and into El Salvador. We have been staying at Hostel La Sombra wich is nr the famous breaks of El Sunzal and La Bocanna.

As we havent loaded up any of the shots from El Salvador yet, I am writing to say how amazing Nicaragua was! Here are some shots that will stick vividly in my memories. A truly unique and amazing surfing destination! p.s stay posted for the next blog on El Salvador! Thanks.

Anthony Our cab driver! He gave us a tour of Managua (the sketchy city), he was such a dude!

Janine on the Tona!

Foamy Nicaraguan closeout.

and a nice round pit thanks and gone!

A Video.

Thought I would spice things up! Considering I have only blogged/posted pictures of my travels, how about I publish some vids???!!!

Still need to work out how to get rid of the elements of noise in the background and turn it into music. Im rather crap when it comes to technology so be patient with me!

BOOM!

Our Accomodation

BOOM SLASH

BOOM pit (picture coutesy of Tash)

Janine and I continued are adventurous journey North from Costa Rica and arrived in the capital of Nicaragua (Managua) on the 12th of January. We had to catch 4 buses and a taxi to finally arrive at our current location.
We are having to use the cheapest form of transport which is mainly the local bus.
You can imagine what it's like.....slow, extremely sweaty packed to the rafters.......Nightmare! The story's and the memories will always remain priceless and well worthy of a reminding chuckle. After 3 hours of sweaty buses and a sketchy taxi ride we reached our first destination in North Nicaragua. Playa Aserradores also known as the "Boom Wavos". This is because of the loud crashing noises you can hear constantly from the hill!

BOOM CURL

After being here a week it has been pretty sick to say the least. We've had one solid swell which is apparently rare for this time of year and its been pumping every single day.

My sister and her boyfriend are out here too and it has been great to catch up, surf, hang out, go fishing and generally we're stoked to be in a beautiful uncrowded location!