Thursday, October 17, 2013

Mentawai Friendships

One day after a 3 hour surf session, Chris Cordell decided to go for a paddle with one of the locals canoe.  He tried to stand up but took a spill and had to bail the water out of the boat.  Luckily the local kid offloaded all his coconuts before Chris went out on the canoe.  Chris is a math teacher in Hawaii and was fun to have on the boat and spent a lot of time surfing.  

Ht's was fun 2-4 ft with a couple nice inside ones.  It was super fun surfing with the local kids there.

We troll during boat rides from one spot to another and here Anton (boat crew in middle) hand lined this nice bull mahi which provided our group a huge slab of sashimi.

Sunsets are spectacular and with no city lights the stars are even for awesome.  A lot of time is spent here on the upper deck where we hang out.

This trip Macaronies was one of the hot spots again and with waves like this everyone was happy the joined this years Red Sea Mentawai trip.

As with every trip, its really about relationships.  Many of our surfers did not know everyone going but after the trip we all became much closer as new friends were made that will last for eternity.  

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