Saturday 27 February 2010
E-mail from Giant's Foot - my comments in CAPS
Hey Alan!
How's it going?! IF!!!! Hope you're keeping warm!! There is no jeep rental right near us but you can rent vehicles in San Juan del Sur which is closer to us than Granada...about an hour away. DIEGO YOU WANNA CHECK INTO THIS?
What are you planning to do afterward, sightsee or surf? And how much time will you have? If you want to surf still, the best surf is around us and Las Salinas is actually part of our immediate area. You could take a bus there in about 15 minutes WHAT!!!? 15 MINS!!!! and our boats can actually access surf there GOD THIS IS SO GNARLY. So, if you want to spend the rest of your days in the Las Salinas area, I wouldn't even bother spending the money on a car, you could totally do it all by bus, taxi, and of course there's always the Nica national pastime of hitchhiking! WE ARE SOOOO GOING TO GET KIDNAPPED. JOKING ASIDE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT HITCH HIKING TOO. If you wanted to try out completely different waves, there are areas in the north of Nicaragua that you could drive to. I STILL LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING OUR OWN 4X4 NO? AND SURFING JUST US 3 LIKE WE ARE USED TO . Of course if you wanted to sightsee, you could hit up Granada, Ometepe, Leon, etc., depending on what your interests are. I'd avoid Managua, it's pretty much a hole. ALEX YOU ARE AN A HOLE.
For sleeping, it will most likely be 2 of you sharing a room (don't worry, there are 2 beds!) and 1 of you in a second room. THAT'S ME IN THE 2ND ROOM THEN, SLEEPING FROM ABOUT 630pm.
Hope this helped!! Looking forward to meeting you guys! IF!!!!!!!!
Elisa
Thursday 25 February 2010
Board Meeting 3
Board Meeting number 3 was held at Diego's pad.
Photos 1 to 3:
Diego showing off his new boards (and old one) while also showing off the menu for the greatest take away curry place on earth.
We went to the 24/7 and picked up beers, plenty of ice and 3 lottery tickets we assume will end up paying for our Nicaraguan adventure.
Alex launches another firework to celebrate the arrival of the take away curry (or just another gnarly air from Modern Collective). He was as excited as Pat O' Connell nose riding a dolphin for the first time (see Drive Thru Caribbean).
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Wednesday 24 February 2010
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Monday 22 February 2010
Sunday 21 February 2010
Diego full of gracia
Diego!
I know that you are already going to be 'boards mule' for Alex and I (bringing our Al Merrick surfboards back from Bdos) but can you also take a few tings back for nuestra madre?
Saturday 20 February 2010
Yes! I've started setting up THE DOMINATOR!
The tail pad took me ages.
The board came with about 20 'don't put wax in the vent' stickers which refused to come off at first.
I got 4 skegs with the board... all glow in the dark white/light green.
The board looks awesome but is fatter than I thought it would be...
Yes!!!!
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Duppies perfection
Holly crap this is the best thing EVER!
Thursday 18 February 2010
Hope to lose a finger Monday
Party party looked very inviting this morning. Get those fireworks ready!
Location : 20 Charlotte St, Paddington, Greater London W1T 2,
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Wednesday 17 February 2010
Tuesday 16 February 2010
Alan is now the proud owner of...
This gnarly little inflatable beast.
It arrives 'end Feb' in the UK. So have pre-ordered the thing.
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My second board for the trip
My original choice, the Rusty Piranha 5'10" Quad was sold out, so I got this one instead:
RUSTY 5'10 MOD QUAD SURFBOARD
Alan's new board!
A Firewire Dominator at 5'8''. EVEN shorter than ME!
Plus the board has vents that let out air when the going gets hot.
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Second meeting postponed!
Due to Crappy Pant's Senior, the 2nd meeting will be pushed back until Wednesday 17th Feb.
Diagram of Alan's lower intestine (right) compared to normal intestine (left)
Monday 15 February 2010
Sunday 14 February 2010
Saturday 13 February 2010
Diego has booked us into a Best Western hotel next to the airport for the first night (we land in Managua too late to get down to the coast that day).
God I am getting excited! Can't wait to sip a Macua by the pool at what looks like a Nicaraguan Bert's Bar!
Friday 12 February 2010
WE ARE GOING SURFING!
Headache done! Managua here we come!
Airline tickets (Continental to Texas!) booked ya rass!
A gnarly photo Alex found
This is apparently 5 minutes away from where we will be staying.
I could weep with happiness.
Sunday 7 February 2010
Agenda
No one appreciated Alan's typed up agenda.
Not even the agenda line on 'maps, malaria and militancy.'
We agreed that we would have just ONE meeting and then book everything so that we WOULD GO SURFING.
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Alex's new board for the trip?
Alex what do you think of this bad boy?
Forget putting the skegs in man... just ride it like that.
No leash, no baggies, no skegs... the way they used to do it in Hawaii back in the day.
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Watching the Volcom Pipe Pro (on Curry Club's wi-fi)
JOB wins. But there was also a mysterious ghost at the awards ceremony (see photo).
As the presentations were made and Chris Cote went on about something strange we wondered if they (Volcom) ever thought 3 guys in scarves in a curry house with 3 Indian waiters were watching the action live on a laptop about 10,000 miles away.
Unlikely.
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Board meeting at the Strand Continental Hotel
Diego and Alex looking very excited just before the first Nicaragua surf trip planning session.
The meeting was held in the members bar of the Strand Continental Hotel's Curry Club (that's where Indiana Jones would have gone) and the beer was freezing...
... but not as cold as the room.
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