Bryan Elkus

Author: Bryan Elkus

  • Triple Session Day

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    It was a fun day in Cape Hatteras, NC today. I started the morning off North of town for a longboard session with Zack. The surf was a far bit smaller than the previous night but still some serious barrels were reeling in.

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    Work was very busy today trying to get some things fixed, but made it out for a great skate session at Slezy’s house with Brandon, Joel, Nick and Jason. After work I cruised back out to the surf for a quick session on my 6’8 JS. It was smaller but still a couple fun waves coming through.

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  • REAL Postcard Promotion

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    Real recently released two new postcard promotions. One the Local’s Only Sale and the Time 2 Book. The Local’s Only Postcard has a image of the REAL Flagship Store retail floor on it to promote the massive amount of apparel that is in stock.

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    The Time2 Book Postcard is to remind people that spring is near and that its time to book a trip to Cape Hatteras, NC and book a lesson at discounted rates.

  • Kite Point Kiteboarding Session

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    Real hosted a Demo Daze and Party Nights this weekend. I meet up with the crew at Kite Point for a session and to check out all the new 2010 Kiteboarding gear. There is a lot of really good-looking gear out there this year. I took a quick session on the Slingshot 10m RPM and the 138cm Liquid Force Influence.  I really liked the board and can’t wait to get it in a 142.  The RPM is a great kite and relaunches impressively well, the load and pop on it is a bit different than my 09 Havocs, so it took a little getting use too.    After a great morning of kiting we wrapped the day up with a fun skate session.

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  • The Ecuador & Galapagos Trip

    After 11 days in the Galapagos and 2 days in the Ecuador mainland, I have seen amazing creatures and landscapes. It was a terrific trip. We combed many of the Islands in the Galapagos, hiked, swam and snorkeled. Check out all the action:

    Ecuador Quito Day 1
    Galapagos : San Cristobal
    Galapagos : Espanola Island
    Galapagos : Santa Cruz & Rabida Islands
    Galapagos : Bachas Beach & Cerro Brujo
    Galapagos : Bartholomew & James Island
    Galapagos : Fernandina Island
    Galapagos : North Seymour & Santa Cruz Islands
    Ecuador : Otovalo Region

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    See All the Photos HERE.

  • Ecuador : Otovalo Region

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    We meet up with our guide Oz again early in the morning in Quito. From there we drove about two hours into the mountains to visit the Otovalo region. The first stop was to a place were they made figurines out of dough. After that we headed deeper into the mountain. We headed into the town and stopped at a great food and craft markets. It was an amazing experience and quite a sight to see.

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    After a great lunch we headed to a real shaman. She performed a ceremony on my dad, which was pretty unique to watch. It was something straight out of a National Geographic magazine. After she balances our energy with, herbs, scents, fire and alcohol we hit the road and went to a place were they made the famous weavings of Otovalo. The owner demonstrated how they made the different types of weavings. Then we headed back to Quito for dinner and a red eye back to the States.

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  • Galapagos : North Seymour & Santa Cruz Islands

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    We started the hiking out hiking around North Seymour Island. After seeing a bunch of sea lions, very large birds, and perfect waves, we headed back to the boat to get the snorkeling gear. We snorkeled down current for about an hour seeing all kinds of sea life. It was the best day of snorkeling we had. It was warm, clear and plenty of things to see.

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    After lunch we headed back out but this time we headed to the highlands of Santa Cruz Island? We drove 45 minutes up into the hills to try and find giant turtles in the wild. After some searching we found 2-3 of these massive creatures. We also got to see a tunnel created by a lava flow. It looked like someone took a massive tunneled and just started drilling to nowhere.

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  • Galapagos : Fernandina Island

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    We started the morning with a hike around Fernandia Island. We saw a bunch of iguanas, sea lions and birds. The landscape was very rocky and volcanic. After a long walk around the island we headed back to the boat.

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    After lunch we headed out to snorkel off the Coast of Isabella Island. There were hundreds of sea turtles in the area, but unfortunately, it was pretty hazy in the water due to the swell stirring up the sediment. It was very cool to swim with some 5-8 turtles at once! Then we got back in the dingy and motored around the island checking out the coastline.

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  • Galapagos : Bartholomew & James Island

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    Well today was probably the most demanding day thus far. It started with a long hike up to a lighthouse atop Bartholomew Island. There were some 350+ stairs and walkways traversing the mountain to the top.

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    After an amazing view of the surrounding islands we made our way down to the shore again. It was time for a swim. We grabbed our snorkeling gear and hit the water. I finally saw a white tip shark along with tons of other fish swimming by the volcanic island.

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    After lunch we went to Port Egas on James Island. There we walked for a while until we were again at the shore of volcanic rock. There we saw both regular and fur Sea Lions, crabs and Iguanas. It was a great hike around the shore on the way back.

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  • Galapagos : Bachas Beach & Cerro Brujo

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    Most of the cruise headed out today, which left only us on the excursion. We took a dingy over too Bachas Beach, Santa Cruz. We checked out some flamingos that were feeding in a pond. The white sandy beach was lined with sea turtle nests. We caught our first glimpse of a sea turtle in the ocean. There were some beautiful great blue herons and some large crabs on the beach.

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    We motored over to Santa Cruz to meet up with the cruise ship, had lunch and waited for the new guests to arrive. Grabbing the gear we headed out to Cerro Brujo to take a look around. This island was much different than the others. It almost looked like Hawaii a little. We saw a bunch of land iguanas. One even walked up to us on the trail, which was pretty neat seeing as how they are the size of a small dog.

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    As the sun was setting, we finished our hike with terrific light as I took pictures, we loaded the dingy and headed back to the boat for dinner.

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