Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands. August 7th surf report The swell has increased overnight. Me and a couple of the guys went to give Kandui’s a look. There were some screaming barrels coming through, but the tide was still a little low so we headed back for some breakfast, then loaded up the boat and went for another look. The tide had come up some and the swell was even bigger. The wind had increased, though, and turned a little more south. A few of the guys paddled out to see if it was doable, but it wasn’t. Too lumpy. So we headed off again, this time to Hideaways. The swell was pumping into there as well with sets going easy double overhead and bigger sets rolled in more often as the day wore on. We surfed for hours and I’m sure Nate and Duke got tons of good video and still shots. It’s great being in the water with guys that can surf as well as our current Surftech group does. Lots of good surfing going on. In the afternoon, the tide was too low to surf Hideaways so we headed for E-Bay. It was double overhead there as well, and they got a window of good conditions late in the afternoon that made the journey there worth wild. Some of the guys surfed the spot just up the beach from E-Bay. It’s rarely surfed, and for good reason, but our guys have the talent to pull it off and so escaped with only one broken board and, I’m sure, a lot of good memories. They surfed until dark. We are expecting the surf to fade a little tomorrow, but still be solid.
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands. August 6th surf report The winds were blowing again this morning out of the southeast. We headed for Hideaways, hoping the swell had increased overnight. It was a little bigger than yesterday and it was handling the winds well so we went out. We stayed out for a few hours and the swell was slowly increasing the whole time we were out. It was at least 3 feet overhead. Everyone got some good waves before coming home to a nice shrimp lunch. The winds go even stronger in the afternoon so we spent the rest of the day having a photo shoot on “Snake Island”, a little sand mound with a half a dozen palm trees on it near the resort. And, of coarse, it has plenty of sea snakes too! It was fun and I’m sure Nate got some good pictures of all the shapers and team riders we have here right now. Coming to a mag near you, no doubt. We are expecting a bombing swell to hit tomorrow.
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