Let's Have A Perfect One Please Santa !!

Yes once again Santa's coming to visit and we're hoping that he's going to bring some A++ surf. It's not that there hasn't been any waves but whilst last winter it was a flurry of the finest cava, some rather nice cocktails and just the odd day of rough old vino tinto, this season has so far been a flood of tinto, a couple of cuba libres and just a glass or two of cava ....... so Santa please can we have some of la crema ???

But of course I'm making the mistake of suggesting there's been no good surf, as always if you've got the time and the desire you'll generally find pretty good quality surf with a bit of effort ! Here's a couple of pics from days that didn't require too much effort !

La Derecha looking sweet .... earlier in the day it was super offshore with bumpy barrels and just a few of us ... sorry no shots !

This is from where the la San Cristia part of the wave joins La Derecha proper. Looks like one of the boys about to get a little pit.

Ah ! The sunny days and warm water of autumn.

I think my orange shorts make my 8'6" go faster.

I was stoked to hear from Los Lovers, Nicole Boronat  and Stephane Etienne just recently. Nicole and Stephane live on the sister island of Fuerteventura and are the most complete waterman and waterwoman couple I know. They're a joy to surf with and last spring came over to Lanzarote with Fred Bonef to hook up with Russell Groves and get a few waves. I got to have a couple of sessions with them and especially remember a sneaky one that Stephane, Fred and I got at a normally busy right-hander here on La Isla Del Fuego. Nicole send me a link for a nice little video they put together of their trip :

http://vimeo.com/33179730

Also check out their website :

http://www.stephaneetienne-nicoleboronat.com/


Talking of websites and the like it's been interesting to have a look at Andrew Cotton's blog about his and partner Al Mennie's recent exploits at Nazaré. As you may or may not know the guys were instrumental in Garrett McNamarra's 90 ft wave, which is being touted as the biggest ever ridden. The boys also backed it up with an extremely credible 2nd place finish at the North Canyon Tow Trials just days after. It's odd how the 90 ft wave made a huge impact everywhere but in the surf media isn't it ? But then what do I know ? I just reckon the boys make some of our show pony 'mini-pro' look a little less shiny ! Check out the real story from the horses' mouths :

http://www.almennie.com/

http://andrewcottonsurfer.blogspot.com/

Well that's all for now folks, hoping to get back to you with a Gusto Organic fueled mission to a secret spot here on Lanzarote soon ..... we'll just have to see how things go !

Felices fiestas,

Rob.