Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands
Oct 15th surf report
We see a lot of good surf out here. A lot of good surf! So when those of us that have spent years out here are raving about what a good day it was, it was probably a very good day. That was today. The waves were well over head to double over head plus, the conditins were great, and the crowd was super light and mellow. Hideaways is a great wave, but it’s not often when the barrels open up round and stay open the entire length of the wave. Today it was doing just that and it was a tube fest! It was like a surf movie with each set. Barrel, barrel, barrel, come out. Barrel, barrel, barrel, come out. Ridiclulous. Even Christie, long time owner of Wavepark a stones throw away from the break, was raving. Everyone was taking turns and giving waves away and hooting each other in. It was like it should be. Stoked. Attached are a few photos, but it was one of days were single shots do not tell the story. I’ll post some sequences soon.
Oct. 14th surf report.
Sorry for the lapse in surf reports! I’ve been a little under the weather as my bad luck season continues. My foot got stuck in a hole at Hideaways and was twisted around pretty good. That was followed by a week long throbbing, mind numbing toothache. But on the bright side, I had one good day before I got the cold that is going around. But hold off your sympathy until after you see some of the photos!
We were expecting a nice swell to start filling in the afternoon of the 14th, but it came in early. Our crew went to Hideaways with there shortboarts and they got more than they expected. Well over head waves, perfect conditions, and only a couple of other lucky guys out! The rest of us that didn’t go had a hard time watching the slide show, but we would be ready to go on the 15th when the swell was forecast to be bigger!
This is Fabrice. He hasn’t been surfing that long, but he lives in Tahiti and apparently does nothing but pull into barrels there because he already has mad skill in the tube! I’m pretty sure he got more tube time on this trip than anyone ever has on a 10 day trip. So many of his hundreds of photos look like empty wave shots because he is so deep! Impressive.
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