We had a very lazy morning, which was a great change of pace. After hanging around all morning, the crew decided to pack up the trucks and head out to a kite spot for an afternoon session. The wind was lighter than usual as we were on 12 and 10m kites.
The waves were very playful and great for the clients. Everyone got out and had a blast. I headed out for a quick session then Jason and josh headed out and were ripping in the waist high waves.
We meet up with Josh the night before in Mancora. The next morning Josh, Gary, Julien and I headed to a town south of Lobitos to get Gary’s truck outfitted with some new tires for the following adventures. We spent the morning around this town checking out the happening and tasting the local foods.
Then we headed to Lobitos for a surf check where we found a nearly empty lineup. Josh and Julien headed out for a paddle and we soon found out that the current was the culprit. Josh battled through the current to catch a couple waves before heading in.
After packing up the gear we met up with the rest of the crew and headed back to Mancora for an early evening and dinner.
Today was well a very crazy day. We started to load the trucks at 8:30am and later arrived an hour later at Labitos to a warm local welcome (being very sarcastic). One of the great downsides to surfing is the localism that comes along with it.
We got a great dose of it this morning, and probably rightfully so pulling up in two packed out vehicles, though only a handful of people were surfing. We still scored a couple fun waves before the wind picked up and we packed it up and headed out. I also scored a two fun waves (thanks to Ronald for shooting!)
Coincidently, we had a flat tire on one of the trucks before leaving lobitos. We fixed the flat tire, then we were on the road to the kite spot. After we made it about half way there, the second truck blew a tire and the trailer’s tire also went! That’s three tires in one day! We got it sorted out to make it to a gas station then emptied the trailer and stacked all the board bags on the two trucks 4-5 coffin bags high! We later made it to the kitespot to find a great wave though it was closing out. It was significantly bigger than the previous days. The crew scored a couple great waves before the sunset and we headed back to Mancora.
We headed to Lobitos as the waves were small and hoped that there wouldn’t be a huge lineup. We made it in time for everyone to get a few good waves before the wind picked up. It was about shoulder high and peeled like only a peru waves can.
Then we packed up the trucks in a dust storm and headed back north to the kite spot. Everyone got out lit on 10m kites. We rode until around 6pm when the wind started to die out a bit and everyone was exhausted. The waves were fun but still very small.
We woke up early again but there were no waves so we just hungout and waited for breakfast. After a great meal we packed up the Trucks and headed out to the kite spot. By the time we arrived the wind was cranking. We pumped up 10ms and headed out to session.
The waves were very small but playful. The clients had a great time in the waves learning how to bottom and top turn like the pro. Jason held a mini clinic to help everyone out. The rest of the day was spent on the beach and kiting.
We started off day two exactly how you should in peru, with a nice walk on the beach to the point for a surf session with your buddies. A small crew of us headed out for an early morning surf. The wave was waist high and very mellow, which was a great confidence booster. We grabbed a quick bite to eat and packed the cars for the days kiting excursion.
We arrived to a building light breeze and clouds. After the clouds cleared the wind picked up a bit. It was a perfect 12m day. The waves were a bit smaller than yesterday but still plenty fun. Jason headed out to be the guinea pig. All was good and everyone pumped up. I headed out a while later and had one of the most fun kite surfing session I’ve had in a long time. The waist high waves were hacked by the whole crew. We left just in time to return to mancora for sunset and another amazing dinner.
After almost 30 hours of trains planes and automobiles we made it to Mancora Peru. It took 3 flights a two 2+hour drives but we made it and better yet so did the gear. Slezy and I did the first part of the trip by ourselves meeting up with most of the crew in the Lima airport for some papa jons pizza and drinks at 2am while we waited for our last flight to Puria and then the final drive to the resort.
After hanging out at the resort for a little we packed up and headed out for a kiteboarding session. The waves were very fun and playful. Everyone got out and rode today and had an amazing time! I even got to score a couple waves too. After countless hours of travel then a great kite session a fantastic dinner pretty much took everyone out. It was a long but great day and its good to be back in Peru!
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It has been a very busy couple weeks since the Hood River Trip. I’ve been making movies and backing up my photo/video libraries. We went to an amazing concert in Virgina Beach for my Birthday. I havn’t allowed too much time for photos lately. So the next couple days I’m going to try and get back into it as I get prepped for our trip to Peru on Friday. Tonight i had a quick walk to the beach at sunset.
It is going to be a 3 week trip to Northern Peru. I will be traveling with some of the REAL Crew, including pro kiteboarder Jason Slezak and pro surfer/kiteboarder Josh Mulcoy. I’m looking forward to trying out some new stuff while I’m down there. There should be sporadic updates coming through so stay tuned!
Kitesurf Magazine in the UK released their 2010 July/August issue recently. This time international man of mystery James Boulding took home the cover with a great hit on the new LF Wallride in Cape Hatteras, NC during the 2010 Liquid Force Photo Shoot.
I was really excited to hear that James made the 2010 Triple-S Invitational and even more excited he would be coming a few weeks before to shoot with the LF Crew. I had seen a few of James’ videos online and knew his style would fit in with the rest of the crew. He showed up and worked hard every day we were out shooting or building, so it was great to see all his hard work pay off with a cover shot! Congrats James!!!