Blazing hot sun and fierce wind howling offshore all day long today. The swell had been dropping the last couple of days, so Phil, the good doctor Andrew Illig, and myself all headed south to my favorite little reef hidden away in a tiny beautiful little cove that has no name. The waves there were a bit bigger and pretty fun, you just needed to remain mindful of the rocks. The water was super clear and turtles were swimming everywhere around us. Nice rights peeling across a rocky shelf, rippable. As the tide dropped it got a little sketchy, with sections of reef coming closer and closer to the surface. We surfed for over three hours until the tide was too low, but even still there were waves coming through. I am totally fried, but of course very stoked!
Today was day #2 of looking for a boa constrictor. I took Holly, Otis, Happy, Maria, Pira, and Eddie, all in my Dodge, all of us cruising along the back road from Portegolpe to Hatillo, for over two hours hoping that one would cross the road, or that we could find one near the roots of the mango trees or down by one of the creeks. But no such luck. My boys sure seemed to enjoy sitting in the bed of the truck, though, and I’m sure they’ll remember the evening as the day daddy took them snake hunting. And I enjoyed it too, except that my truck is making an awful sound from the brakes or the suspension somewhere, I think… just a reminder that the roads down here are awful. I was also reminded that, when you’re deep in Ticoville, the liquor stores rarely sell Bamboos but they always seem to have Rock Ice.
Just now I got off of the phone with Evan Luck, the DJ from 99.5 Radio 2. I always laugh when I talk to Evan, because I’m talking to the same voice that has brought us so many classic 80s hits I’ve heard on the radio for so many years now… Evan is a good guy, and he wants to host a monthly show live from Witch’s Rock Surf Camp starting next month. There are still a lot of details to work out, but they are getting worked out. Hopefully soon I’ll have something concrete to announce, in the meantime I’m still doing the WRSC surf reports every Monday/Wednesday/Friday on Radio 2 at about 6:50pm.