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Title: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on December 23, 2013, 07:41:34 AM
Your apartment exists.  Saw it this morning.  Town is tiny, seems just about perfect.   Looks like about 5 breaks you can see from your place and I am sure there are many more a short boat ride away.  Small swell right now.   Yesterday was ok at low tide which of course means shallow and rocky. Feet beat to crap immediately.  Guess I better stop falling. Haven't been here for 24 hours yet so will give you another updated later on. 
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfinJ on December 23, 2013, 08:10:48 AM
Sounds beautiful, we're coming.  Where are you?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on December 23, 2013, 10:15:23 AM
I am staying at El Farro II.  Here till the 2nd.  linter gets here soon after for a much extended stay I believe.  Caught a couple this morning.  Really just killing time waiting for the tide to drop a bit. 
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on December 24, 2013, 03:48:18 AM
   Thanks for the report.  Given that my apt is on top of a restaurant, the fact that i might be able to see a few breaks from it will hopefully make up for the noise and me smelling like an enchilada for four months.  get any better waves yesterday?  let's hear more when you get a chance!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on December 24, 2013, 07:42:16 AM
Sign on the front says "strongest Margaritas in town".  Although things seem pretty tame. 

Waves are small again today.  Everyone says the swell is coming.  There are so few people out that you really get all the ones you want.  It looks like if there is any size there will be a ton of peaks so it still wouldn't be crowded.  I can see what looks like a decent right point off to the west.  Probably a 30 minute paddle.  Maybe longer. Here with the family so have been managing my water time.   Maybe will head there this afternoon.  Or tomorrow.  Any time I am not in a wetsuit is good.  I barely care about the quality.  Just happy sliding across the ocean.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on December 26, 2013, 03:59:01 AM
   strongest margaritas in town.  ugh.  otoh, i hear that the town rolls up pretty early in the night, like around ten.  if so, that's fine with me.
   so ... even though the waves have been small, they're still of a size you can ride and slide, right?
   i'm curious about the rocky bottom that beat your feet to crap at low tide.  are these pointy sharp rocks, round round rocks, coral-type rocks or what?  my feet are very sensitive, so i'm gathering i should bring a pair of booties.
   hope you're having fun and that some bigger waves have rolled in.  keep us posted.  and, what, no pics?  come on, put the family to work!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on December 26, 2013, 06:42:49 AM
I have had a bit of timeout but there are waves for sure.  Yesterday morning looked good. You know that story about a leash going tight and taking a bit of finger.  Let me tell you the clinic in town is excellent and so is the Amerimed hospital in PV. 

It is killing me to sit and watch but need to be smart for a few days.  Had some sure fun waves on the 24th.  Then took my parents out paddling. They are in there 7o's.  I had rented an Avanti which is a bit of a barge.   Sat just outside the shore pound waiting for a break.  Though we had it.  Got my mom off the board and away and a wave came.   No idea why I didn't just let go.   I guess I thought I could get the 2 boards back outside.  I know better and my finger will heal quickly.  It is just going to be a bit shorter. 

Going to go look at the right point in Friday.  Something to do.  It is a short boat ride or a longer paddle.  You will have a blast here.   Great set up.  And yes the town sea to pack it in early. 

Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on December 26, 2013, 04:31:16 PM
Linter,  I have spent the last ten years in the Punta Mita/Sayulita area surfing now SUSing, as I have a home in the area.  Never used to wear booties, but in the last two years the sea urchins have been making a concerted effort to attack humans.  Twice I have gotten stuck the first day in the water of an 8 week stay.  Now I wear booties, looks funky but no urchin spines and since it's usually a rock bottom, no torn up feet.  Gret area to spend time and SUP/SUS is no problemo.  Have fun!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on December 27, 2013, 01:59:08 AM
bob: sorry to hear about your finger ... but that means you'll have more time to take pix of the area and post them online, right?  glad to hear the breaks looks good.  any lefts in the immediate area?  i'll probably wind up in the clinic at some point, as i am pretty accident prone, so i'm happy to hear you had a good experience there.  did you really lose a bit of finger?  i want a pic of that too!

surfk9: thanks for the bootie talk.  i'll bring a pair and wear em.  last thing i need is an urchin spine stuck in my foot.  guess that'd be better than the loss of a finger tip but still ...
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on December 27, 2013, 06:10:49 PM
Re: urchin spines, last incident, the wife spent an hour trying ti get them out, then I soaked them in white vinegar each day.  Little dap with a q-tip works wonders.

Re: lefts in the area.  Two close by relatively speaking.  Going further inside the bay from Playa Anclote (Punta Mita) you'll find La Lancha then Burros.  You could paddle to them but if you use the road go to the new Pemex about a mile down the road.  You'll see cars and a fenced area on the water side.  Guard at the gate will let you through IF you have surfboard/SUP.  Anybody with you also has to have a "surfing" apparatus.  Boogie boards work for the significant other.  For Burros go down the road to the Palladium Resort entrance, go in their road, park on the left side by the arroyo and walk down the arroyo.  Or take a water taxi from one of the surf shops, hit all the breaks and pick the best.  They will come back for you when you want them to.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfcowboy on December 27, 2013, 06:55:58 PM
You guys are killing me with this. I've been wanting to get down there for a few years.

I'm trying to get a group of buddies together for a trip this year.

Not to hijack, but how far is it from Punta de Mita to Sayulita?

Is PDM better surf than Sayulita? Sayulita looks like a better town for the wife/non-surfers. What's the 411?

Is it close enough to stay in S and shuttle boat or cab to PDM? Or should they be separate trips?

And yeah, how much finger loss we talking about here?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on December 27, 2013, 08:22:53 PM
I am far from an expert at this area.  Was in Sayulita today.  Totally different place.   I liked it but it was super hectic and crowded.  It is a short drive from Punta de Mita so you could stay at either.  Punta de Mita seems deserted in comparison so you can pick your scene and do either.

http://youtu.be/3yYtisICiQU (http://youtu.be/3yYtisICiQU)  This guy was impressive in a super crowded beach.  He had better waves but I only took the one video.  He was riding a very small carbon Starboard.  This was in Sayulita.

It was stormy this morning but there have been waves everyday in PdM.  Often small but still lots of fun.  If I hadn't done myself in I would have been to some of the other spots.  I will endeavor to take few more photos.  I keep leaving my camera at home.

There are a few shops in PdM but mostly rentals.  Found a pretty decent SUP shop in Sayulita today.  Good selection of boards, paddles and accessories.


Title: WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTO
Post by: PtBobSup on December 27, 2013, 08:48:42 PM
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9lYTO0b0sGc/Ur5WSCvrfPI/AAAAAAAAADo/ZyNLUZmWp_A/h120/IMG_0251.JPG)  West side of town.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vLH106rB3Ag/Ur5WaYQZ78I/AAAAAAAAAD4/j6652KoQjD4/h120/IMG_0264.JPG)  East side of town.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dUzpafXkFAQ/Ur5WIiUZ__I/AAAAAAAAADg/QhDQcws8iww/h120/IMG_0242.JPG)  House of Linter

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-h1HEnWIkVjo/Ur5WXJ6hdeI/AAAAAAAAADw/kO2dy7camVs/h120/IMG_0245.JPG)  The Finger!

Feel free to let me know how to post photo in a better way.  I have no idea.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: SlatchJim on December 27, 2013, 09:08:29 PM
When you flip someone the bird.... it's not actually supposed to...er flip.  ;D

You win Bob, that's graphic, and who can resist that thread header warning?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: cnski on December 27, 2013, 09:09:26 PM
WOW Bob!!!!!!!! I was under the impression that you had a chunk taken out of your finger or something but not an entire distal phalanx!! So sorry. Hope you heal quick and can get back in the water soon.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfcowboy on December 28, 2013, 09:30:35 AM
Bob, dude that finger is rough! Keep that clean and take care of it.

Thank you for the pics. If you upload those to any service, Dropbox, for instance, you can just put the image link in with the toolbar button. ( mess around and preview and you'll get it. )

The Sayulita boys can surf. Hector Gonzales was at the C Street contest and ripped. I need to make an exploratory trip down there to get some in person info. Purely for research of course so my Wife and friends can have a better time when we go back. ;)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on December 28, 2013, 12:35:22 PM
damn, bob, i don't know what to say.  that's terrible.  hayzoos.  wow.  it's going to give me nightmares.

meanwhile, thanks for the pix.  wish i could tell you how to post em larger but it's beyond me.  can someone help him out?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on December 28, 2013, 02:13:23 PM
Took a boat to El Farro today.  Nice wave and nobody there.  Bunch of surfers around the corner but I thought the point was better.  They must have come from the other direction.  The boats will drop you for $20 and pick you up at an arranged time. You need more than 1 to get the deal but there seems to be lots of people doing the same thing.  I am sure you will have no problem.   And you can always paddle.  Really not that far. Took some pics and will try to sort out how to post them in a bigger size. 
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on December 28, 2013, 04:52:19 PM
Little mo info.  PDM to Sayulita is about 8 miles on the back road.  Sayulita is a good call for families as the beach is user friendly and lots of vacation rentals available, also lots of inexpensive places to eat.  It does get crowded and noisy.  The beach can get packed, lots of board rentals available, lots of beginners due to the surf/sup schools.  Caliber of local surf talent very high.  Locals have taken to SUS/SUP.  Fernando Stalla, Ryan Helm live there.  Past Mexico longboard and short board champions live there.  Going by boat out of Sayulita, if you have a crew, is great as you can check all the spots, get a nice boat ride and see whales and dolphins.  A car is good, there are more spots north, San Pancho, Chacala, Aticama, Punta Santa Cruz.  Two hours to Matanchen Bay/Las Islitas, Stoners Point and San Blas.  Keep this a secret, end of October into Nov before T-day, nobody around, weather can get great and souths can still show, or it can be hot as hell with no swell like this year.  August and Sept can be good if you can handle heat and humidity.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on December 28, 2013, 04:59:21 PM
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEX2xzeXlMOVBJVTA/edit?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEX2xzeXlMOVBJVTA/edit?usp=sharing)  Sign in front of Linter's abode.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEUHZQeGtrV2dTMEU/edit?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEUHZQeGtrV2dTMEU/edit?usp=sharing)  Water side of Linter's. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEVHRfY2dMMGJVcm8/edit?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEVHRfY2dMMGJVcm8/edit?usp=sharing)  West side of town

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLESGZKNy1ieWFOSWc/edit?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLESGZKNy1ieWFOSWc/edit?usp=sharing)  Nice little noseride on the West side of town.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEV3VfanlTT1hjQzg/edit?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEV3VfanlTT1hjQzg/edit?usp=sharing)  East side of town.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEU3VXYkE5QlBtTjA/edit?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLEU3VXYkE5QlBtTjA/edit?usp=sharing)  El Farro.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLETG9zWFg5MldFT0k/edit?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI0FvgSMlLETG9zWFg5MldFT0k/edit?usp=sharing)  Another El Farro

All I have is my phone to take pictures but you get the idea.
Title: I am just rambling about Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on December 28, 2013, 07:56:50 PM
Lived in Rincon de Gauyabitos area for 16 years. 1980 to 96. I have been in Cabo Since then.

 Surfed the whole coast from Mazatlan to Nexpa.  Way too much fun.

 Mita used to be golden.  I parked my VW Van on the hill and lived in a hammock under a tree at the point.. Used to surf a with a few locals, but most days had the place to myself. Back then it was always a pleasure to see someone pulling up, yea, I had company in the lineup.... In 82 and 83 I camped there the two years without leaving the point....An Australian buddy Mark lived there for 12 years before me and he raised his two girls in hut just off the beach..He was the one that hacked the road into Burros and other surf spots.. When surfing the point, we used to walk out on the coral heads, and we would break through them from time to time, so we were always bleeding while surfing there..Two surfers actually got killed by sharks in the 80s on the point.. It truly was magical place... One wave after another, everyday, week after week, month after month... Perfect teardrop barrels and then freight train down the line, around the big rock and then another freight train..Didnt surf the cove much, but could get good on a a nice south.   Big slab south a quarter mile out and way south of the point in open water, never surfed it, but looked great.  One good guy was Carlos... I heard he moved into PV and fixes boards.  I wonder if he is still there?

 In 95 or so, they built a wall and cut off Mita completely.  It broke my heart and I left and never went back.

 Next best wave in the area is Chacala. Perfect left point. Used my panga to get there and me and my buddies had the point to ourselves with perfect lefts for years..After about 8 years of surfing it, We started to see other people surfing it, and then a big palapa was built in the cove...  Stoners, Magical on a good swell... Mantachen, had some fun days there, but mostly went for the banana bread.

There was always some great talent out of Sayulita..Chuy was hot when I was there...Crazy good surfer.  Two brothers lived there and their mother was Tia Adrina ( she owned the first bed and breakfast in town). I forgot their names but good surfers and great guys... I personally didnt like the wave much, pretty mushy... Plenty of other good spots to surf.

When I got tired of surfing head high waves in Nayarit,  I headed south to Pesquales, Apiza, Tecla and Nexpa, and when I got my fill of being pounded, molested by the local cops and robbed, I headed home.

Sorry, just all this talk about Mita just got my memories rambling.  Writing them made me relive them for a little while..

I guess everything is new to someone and seeing things for the first time, they go, wow, what a great place... I saw it when there was no one around but a few gypsy/hippies living the surf life, and it was the best time ever...

Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfcowboy on December 28, 2013, 08:13:09 PM
Baja, thank you. Post of the year right there. So glad I hijacked y'all's thread.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on December 29, 2013, 05:28:54 AM
baja: great great stuff.  guess i won't be seeing it at its prime but, like you say, it'll be new to me and just fine because of that.

bob: thanks for the additional photos.  will be there on friday.  hope my apt isn't going to end up being a disaster.  just don't know what i think about strongest margaritas on the beach.  sounds like a lot of late-night noise to me.  we shall see!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on December 29, 2013, 03:37:49 PM
Baja,  Chuy, if it's the same guy, is still there, bigger, older, less sober, still brilliant on a board when he gets in the water.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on December 29, 2013, 04:42:02 PM
Wow, You tell him Grant from Rincon says hello. I had a golden retriever "bear" with me and for 15 years he never left my side... Maybe he will remember me..  Yea, the guy was awesome in any wave...

Is Tia Adriana still alive? Her boys.  One names is Rex.  I think its Rex's wife that died in the car wreak and he was left to raise the girls by himself..

I have ben in Cabo since 96 and I am in love with the place.  It has grown way too big, but I am raising my family here, and Cabo has lots of pluses.  The weather, and waves are great, and the fishing is world class, but I do miss the wildness of the mainland sometimes...  It seems like another lifetime, man am I getting old....
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on December 30, 2013, 04:41:41 PM
Baja,  I'll be heading back down end of Jan and will see if Adriana is still around.  There is an Adriana, older woman, who runs the restaurant at Captain Pablo's.  Hopefully I'll remember to to check, senior moments and brain farts coming more often as time progresses.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supthecreek on December 30, 2013, 04:59:16 PM
Baja…. ramblings are the best… ramble on ;D
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on December 31, 2013, 05:32:03 AM
Here is her story.

 http://www.casitassayulita.com/tiaadrianassrory (http://www.casitassayulita.com/tiaadrianassrory)  

I guess she is still alive... Super nice lady.  Her other son was Greg. Very laid back and cool guy, and very good surfer...I bought my first egg from him in the early 90's.  The board was so different than what I was used to.... Before that my boards were paper thin and under 6', this thing was thin but rounded tail and nose wider outline and was around 7.6"  Wow, it was my first step into riding a more all around fun shape...  

Before Sayulita ever got popular, it had an awesome woodsmith.. People used to come from all over Nayarit and Jalisco to buy his furniture and huge wood doors.  He used a lot of huanacaxtle wood, which was dark, heavy and termite proof, it smelled great also.

best food in town back then was the pizza place overlooking the break..The food was so-so, but at least you didnt get sick, and back then that was a real concern... For that very reason, when I went out to eat,  I ate a lot of grilled chicken, rice and beans...

Thanks for the encouragement guys.  Remembering all this has brought a big smile to my face..

I had a super fun session at cerritos today on my new 10' board... The waves were a few feet overhead and down the line.  When I was out in the lineup I was thinking about the two different places I have lived ( Cabo and Rincon), and that both are magical and yet very different, and how blessed I am to be living most of my life exactly where I want to be and doing exactly what I want to do...

Today was the last day in the water for a while.. I am flying up to Wyoming tomorrow to bring a car down for a guest... So now its snow and cold for me, and the long drive home.

Have a super New Year.



Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: SUP Sports ® on December 31, 2013, 12:28:02 PM
It's not like Cabo and the Baja hasn't changed in the last 30 or so years...so many spots are unrecognizable...
Attached pic is the overlook at Acapulquito...

So many spots in Mainland Mex have drastically changed, too...stoked I got to surf and experience them back in the wild west days...Puerto...Petacalco...Zihuat...Lazaros...Ticla...Nexpa...Pasquales...Punta Mita...etc...

http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/puerto-escondido (http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/puerto-escondido)

http://blog.surfingsports.com/2012/03/mexico-surf-adventure.html (http://blog.surfingsports.com/2012/03/mexico-surf-adventure.html)

http://surfingsports.com/wardog_mexico_surf/index.html (http://surfingsports.com/wardog_mexico_surf/index.html)

http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/baja-camping (http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/baja-camping)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Zooport on December 31, 2013, 09:47:25 PM
I prone surfed that area in 2008.  I highly recommend taking a 45 minute drive up to Chacala.  Awesome left there.  Perfect for SUSing.  You go to the little harbor and there are several locals there waiting in small boats to take you to the break and wait for you for a fee.  

Funny story:  On my last day there, I was with two other guys checking the surf in Sayulita.  Saw another American surfer there and asked him if he got any good rides.  Looked OK to me.  He said the surf was fine, but he got out of the water because there was a dead cow floating around in the lineup.  He pointed it out to me, and yep, there it was.  Hmmm, decided not to surf there that day.  
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 01, 2014, 03:05:53 AM
  Thanks for the Chacala tip.  I'm a goofy foot and will be searching out lefts.  Hope I can find some fellow SUPers in the area to split the panga cost with.  Am leaving tomorrow, with my wardog board in tow.  ala ponobill's suggestion, my first goal is to slip the skycap at airport a $50 tip and see if that'll get my board shipped for free.  if that fails, i'll be out $250 instead of $200 and have a new oops-type story to tell.  wish me luck.
   thanks, all, for the advice here.  very helpful.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 01, 2014, 06:53:08 AM
What time do you get in on Thursday.  We are here all day.  Be nice to say hello.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 01, 2014, 07:42:43 AM
that'd be great.  i think i ought to get to my apt around 4pm, give or take.  feel free to stop by.  i want to get a better look at that finger of yours!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supthecreek on January 01, 2014, 02:00:58 PM
Erik.... have a blast. keep us in the loop, and we'll be needing a report on those margarita's.

I hope your flight  gets out ahead of the little storm we're having tomorrow ;)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on January 01, 2014, 03:31:37 PM
Linter,

Burros and La Lancha both have lefts.  Sayulita has a quick little left just north of the river, just paddle down from the main peak.  San Pancho(San Francisco) 5 minutes north of Sayulita has a good left if the sand is still on the cobbles.  It was good when I left in mid Dec.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 02, 2014, 04:07:09 AM
It's not like Cabo and the Baja hasn't changed in the last 30 or so years...so many spots are unrecognizable...
Attached pic is the overlook at Acapulquito...

So many spots in Mainland Mex have drastically changed, too...stoked I got to surf and experience them back in the wild west days...Puerto...Petacalco...Zihuat...Lazaros...Ticla...Nexpa...Pasquales...Punta Mita...etc...

http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/puerto-escondido (http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/puerto-


escondido)

http://blog.surfingsports.com/2012/03/mexico-surf-adventure.html (http://blog.surfingsports.com/2012/03/mexico-surf-adventure.html)

http://surfingsports.com/wardog_mexico_surf/index.html (http://surfingsports.com/wardog_mexico_surf/index.html)

http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/baja-camping (http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/baja-camping)

First time in Cabo was 1980, and I used to only surf zippers.  Only a few Gringos out back then, not locals at all..  I loved the pictures.  Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: SUP Sports ® on January 02, 2014, 09:01:51 AM
The Baja was wide open back in the day...even, the tip area...

We camped on the beach under that palm tree at Playa Bledito...the family on the hill had a fresh water well...now, the area has been wiped with huge resorts...

The dirt road to Pescadero took some time...perfect waves...and, nobody around...let alone secret spots...
Ahhh...the good old days before the internet...;-)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 02, 2014, 09:38:53 AM
I do miss Baja the way it was.. Hell, I miss everything the way it was.  Figure now, I will go with the flow and just finish out the ride enjoying what I do have...
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: southwesterly on January 02, 2014, 10:36:50 AM
Linter, Yes there are good lefts close by.
This one is within a 2 hour drive.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: headmount on January 02, 2014, 10:43:43 AM
Looks good.  Dream wave

Did you guys know that the gov has a right to seize any cell phones or computers within 200 miles of the border?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: southwesterly on January 02, 2014, 10:50:28 AM
Looks good.  Dream wave

Did you guys know that the gov has a right to seize any cell phones or computers within 200 miles of the border?

Did you know that the Mexican government really doesn't care if they are within that 200 miles?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 02, 2014, 03:21:33 PM
Hey Erik. Sorry I missed you today.  Enjoy Punta.  Watch the low tide.  I got out again today after 8 days on the beach.  It was was great but I hit the reef and off for a few more stitches.  Getting all the bad over with this trip.  Should be good for the year.  The clinic truly is excellent.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: headmount on January 02, 2014, 04:00:44 PM
Looks good.  Dream wave

Did you guys know that the gov has a right to seize any cell phones or computers within 200 miles of the border?

Did you know that the Mexican government really doesn't care if they are within that 200 miles?

US gov
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: southwesterly on January 02, 2014, 08:31:20 PM
Sorry Headmount, I was being a smartass.

Is that really true? If so, LA is only 135 miles away.
That's a population of 3.9 million plus all of San Diego.
That's a lot of computers and cell phones.
Doesn't seem very constitutional.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 03, 2014, 03:16:40 AM
Hey Erik. Sorry I missed you today.  Enjoy Punta.  Watch the low tide.  I got out again today after 8 days on the beach.  It was was great but I hit the reef and off for a few more stitches.  Getting all the bad over with this trip.  Should be good for the year.  The clinic truly is excellent.

   Bob:  Where is the clinic located?  I am sure I will be needing it soon.
   Arrived yesterday, after managing to escape the NE snowstorm.  Am now situated in my little apt and drifted off last night to the sound of a Mexican guitar from the restaurant down below and the magpie chatter of silverware and dishes.  Now it is 5 am and I'm waiting for dawn, listening to drunkards singing next door and hoping with first light that there's at least a little something to ponder on the horizon.
    Can we see pictures of your reef wound?  How did it happen?  Are you wearing booties now?
    Will report back shortly after surf session, unless i have to go to the clinic first :D.
   
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supthecreek on January 03, 2014, 05:58:43 AM
Erik... glad you made a clean escape.... it's not too bad... just a good, solid snowstorm.

Just a thought....
I think I would avoid PtBob... sounds a little too familiar with the clinic... :D

baja said:
"I do miss Baja the way it was.. Hell, I miss everything the way it was.  Figure now, I will go with the flow and just finish out the ride enjoying what I do have..."
                                         
                                        Man... I felt that one.

But... in a way... we get to relive that feeling all over again.... cuz THIS is the
"early days" of SUP ;)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 03, 2014, 07:41:36 AM
hey creek:

everyone always misses the way it was and used to be.  i try not to bother with that, since it's pointless and there's nothing you can do about it; plus, imho, it's kind of dull, always pining for the past and getting all melancholy about it.  not that i haven't done it myself; but the older i get, the more of that shit i have to listen to from friends and, brother, after a while, it gets pretty g.d. tedious.

onward, i say!

meanwhile, it's flat here today.  i took a paddle at dawn anyway -- was the only person in the water other than men on boats -- and actually caught a few freak 6" rollers.  basically went straight.  it was fun, though, and fish were popping up all around.  tomorrow i might break out the fishing pole and give that a go.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 03, 2014, 08:10:53 AM
You will have to wait until about 1 for the tide to get a bit lower or head out to El Farro.  It is out to your right.   There always seemed to be people leaving with boards in front of the el Coral Hotel. 

It really was a run of bad luck but I could just sit in bar drinking.  Sometimes there is a price to pay if you re going to do stuff. 

Clinic is across the street from you just on the east side of the army barracks.

Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supthecreek on January 03, 2014, 08:39:56 AM
Erik... I agree... I get up everyday excited about everything... when I read baja's comment, I just flashed back to the VERY rustic surf trips, in a very desolate land of amazing pointbreaks... sleeping in the back of a pickup truck, drinking cheap wine and sitting by a fire on a lonely cliff after a perfect day of 6' glass.... I FELT that memory.. and it was good :)

Pt... charge on... I was just jazzing you ;)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 03, 2014, 08:44:20 AM
Linter, Yes there are good lefts close by.
This one is within a 2 hour drive.

Looks like Tecla.. That guy on the wave is soooo stoked...
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 03, 2014, 08:51:12 AM
as it happens, my downstairs neighbor's boyfriend is a surf instructor here and actually one of the best surfers in town.  haven't met him yet, but i'm hoping he'll tell me what's what, if not show me. 

bob: i was hoping the incoming tide would produce a bump this morning but maybe the outgoing will do it.  am sitting tight ...

creek: i hear ya!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 03, 2014, 09:00:36 AM
Creek,

I still have empty perfect surf spots where I dont see a soul, it just takes me a couple of hours to get to them.. Big slab, pointbreaks, and beachbreaks, just great fun.. Actually I just saw someone was taking SUP trips to one of my favorite surf/fishing spots... It was bound to happen, just look on google earth and go.. If you guys are ever in Cabo, give me a shout, we will go for a surf.

Mita has great snorkeling when the surf is down, but the point or cove always had something, no matter how small.  The waves have to wrap to get into Banderas bay.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: southwesterly on January 03, 2014, 10:13:28 AM
Linter, Yes there are good lefts close by.
This one is within a 2 hour drive.

Looks like Tecla.. That guy on the wave is soooo stoked...

Bingo.
And the guy on the wave was as stoked as we were rolling up to the first morning of a three day swell.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 03, 2014, 10:27:05 AM
Spent many months surfing that wave... It is as fun as it looks, and the pullout overview does get the blood pumping.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 03, 2014, 03:13:22 PM
Creek "Pt... charge on... I was just jazzing you"  I have been laughing at myself for years.   I have hurt myself doing all kinds of fun things.  This is just another.  The jokes about the finger started about 15 minutes after the incident.  Best thing was at the hospital where the doctor is taking out the rest of the bone above the knuckle and the Darth Vader theme starts.  I comment that it is fairly ominous and he says it his wife calling.  Loved it.  Guy has the Darth Vader theme as the ring tone for his wife.   She doesn't know.  We were making bets on whether a fish got the finger or a Pelican.  Tried to avoid fresh caught seafood for a few days.  Just in case.

I will heel up and be back for more.  Hoping that this means I get through the rest of the ski season OK.   I had a ball and can still feel a few of those warm waves slide under my feet.  Got to paddle a few different boards which was nice so be able to see the difference.

Baja....there was a reef about 300 meters off the beach at La Lancha.  Never saw anyone surfing there but it looked like rights and lefts and some decent size and length.  Spoke to one local and he said it is big but can be really fun.   Everyone seemed to be surfing the beach instead.

Linter....just about low tide.  Hope you are having a ball and getting some waves.  I liked the fish tacos at La Cabana and the food was good at the place on the hill overlooking the main street.  It is called Co Mo No or something like that.   There is a good local store in the village above the tourist strip.  If you are walking up the road from the Cinco Hotel towards the Oxxo and take the right just before the Deli coffee shop, it is on your right about a block down.  The is a butcher shop and fruit and veggies. 
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 03, 2014, 04:13:47 PM
thanks for the info, bob.

you're right about low tide.  i went out at about low, paddled up to the reef, got a bunch of little waves and three sneakers about navel high that took me all the way to the jetty near el coral.  muy bueno!

the surfing locals didn't seem all that friendly but, then again, i'm not mr. friendly, either.  guess i'll have to try harder w a perma-smile.

all in all, a cool fun day.  i can see how the reef can cut you up.  glad i wore booties, no matter how goofy it looks.  feet with wounds are not happy feet.

glad you had a good time.  hope to see you here one of these days!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: crtraveler on January 03, 2014, 05:08:28 PM
Hey Erik - glad you made it, i texted you last night thinking you were leaving today so disregard it when you get it in 4 months!!  Have a great time exploring and getting dialed in....keep us updated...
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Zooport on January 04, 2014, 08:08:32 PM
I surfed San Pancho for almost a week all alone.  Saw one local on two of the days, he ripped.  Other than that, I had the 3 to 5 ft surf to myself.  This was around July 4 in 2009.  I have heard the spot can get crowded, I must have caught it just right.  Tricky wave though, seems like it is going to pitch and then backs off a little; this can psych you out to tempt you to wait too far outside.  I know I did for awhile.  Takes a bit of cahones to sit in the right spot on a prone board with a decent sized wave seeming to be about to break on your head.  

Dang, I miss that place!  Chacala is one of the most fun waves I have ever surfed.  I would love to SUS it some day.  Unfortunately, we stayed at the Costa Azul resort there and my wife hated it.  I will be hard pressed to get her to go there again.  
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Zooport on January 04, 2014, 08:19:00 PM
Went to La Launcha (or however you spell it) several times but it was never breaking.  Waves would peak up and the mush out into nothing.  I was bummed because I had heard that place can be really fun. 
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 05, 2014, 05:38:27 AM
hey jon: thanks much and i hope you have an equally great time in CR.  say hi to marco for me and tell him my 'wingnut and me' story in outside should arrive sometime in the spring.

Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 05, 2014, 08:20:52 AM
How is the new board?   What dimensions/volume did you go with? 

Been to any of the other spots?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: headmount on January 05, 2014, 08:53:21 AM
hey jon: thanks much and i hope you have an equally great time in CR.  say hi to marco for me and tell him my 'wingnut and me' story in outside should arrive sometime in the spring.


Should be more fun to read than the Manson piece, which was great, just not fun.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 05, 2014, 01:35:13 PM
headmount: much more fun than the manson thing.  glad that's out of my head!

bob: did the 30 minutes paddle up to el faro and by the time i got there, my legs were shot and trembling.  A family of beginner-level surfers boated up with their guide and proceeded to surf rings around me.  it was totally humiliating. 
   and unexpected.  i have leg issues but didn't realize that stressing them the way i did would cause such a reaction.  i'd planned to paddle down to la lancha tomorrow but now i don't know.  my only other option to get to spots is via boat but no way can i afford that more than once.  and no swell is supposed to be large enough to show up in punta mita for as long out as the swellinfo forecast goes.  crap.
   maybe i'll go fishing tomorrow instead.  brought a rig so i can try to do it off my SUP.  tons of fish busting all around el faro this am....
   the one thing i forgot to bring with me to MX is a pair of binoculars.  given my view, they'd be super helpful.  might have to go into PV and buy some .....
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 05, 2014, 06:52:43 PM
Maybe that is why I avoid all that forecast stuff.  There was surf able waves everyday we were there.  Just had to wait for the tide to drop.  Stinky's seemed better than by El Coral before low tide.  stinky's is on the east side of the small boat harbour.  And just so you know, the treated water goes to the Four Seasons golf course, not into the ocean. 

Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 09, 2014, 09:35:25 AM
So..........Having fun?  Any photos?  New board?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 09, 2014, 09:53:35 AM
got my wardog hammer but don't know how it'll work here because it's been dead flat ever since my arrival a week ago.  i could not be more bored and depressed.  there have been waves at the cove, i heard, and at la lancha, but i have no way to get to them without paying the kind of money i can't afford to pay.  i'm kind of going bonkers.  plus, without surfing, there's nothing else for me to do or that i really want to do, though i might have to find something.  i have my own work, of course, but without waves to brighten my mood, i'm just slogging around barely able to stand, more or less, ha ha.

so, that's my report.  pretty pathetic, ain't it?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 09, 2014, 10:20:46 AM
Paddle, Paddle, Paddle.  Great opportunity to check out the coastline, its beautiful... If you paddle out the point, I always had something breaking at the cove.  The waves just are not big enough to make the bend around Punta Mita...

Pick up a fishing line, tie it onto a clorox bottle n go fishing off your SUP.  You would be surprised what you can catch.

Flat spells happen, its what you do in between that counts.

Your in paradise, out of the rat race, have fun.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 09, 2014, 10:25:30 AM
You can walk to la Launcha.  it is only about 15 or 20 minutes.   Just walk down the beach.....not at high tide.  You can see a really big rock sitting out in front of some nice homes.  That is where you are going.  You can also take the bus to Sayulita in no time.   Might be some waves and there is certainly some activity.  It is only about 20 minutes away.  Good food and coffee at ya yah.

Waves will come.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 09, 2014, 10:36:19 AM
There was a nice little left in Sayulita.  Just a 100 meters north of where the big group was.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supthecreek on January 09, 2014, 10:48:47 AM
Hey Erik
It will take you a few weeks to adjust to the tropical pace again...
It will come... The relaxed smile, swinging casually in a hammock between two palm trees, pulling on a Carona, without a care in the world   ;-)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 09, 2014, 12:15:08 PM
Other you Creek.   I am in the states right now going nuts, its the first time in 4 years  I miss my Cabo
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 09, 2014, 03:12:15 PM
damn cell phone
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on January 09, 2014, 05:55:56 PM
linter, how long are you staying in Punta Mita?  The bus to Sayulita is a good call.  You might check with the surf shops at Anclote re: a boat going out that has extra space, might be able to get a "cheap" ride.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 10, 2014, 07:46:13 AM
can you take a sup on the bus that goes to sayulita?

in any event, for better or worse, i just made a deal with the surf shop next door.  his boats take me wherever i want to go in the area, then pick me up, for the four months that i'm here and, in exchange, when i leave, i'll give him my board.  it may sound crazy to you, but it works for me ... except now that i've shaken hands with the fellow, the surf right in front of my place will probably start to pump like crazy for the next 120 days.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 10, 2014, 08:00:45 AM
Now we are taking.. I love the Mexican barter system.. I say maximize your time there, and have fun, you can always buy a new board back home.  You are never guaranteed to live another day... Surfs up!, and you might have just made a friend for life.

I am in Cal right now and its been kind of flat.  Looks like something building. it might head your way..

I am driving back home today...
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: JimK on January 10, 2014, 08:02:09 AM
Have fun Sounds like a great time
JimK
www.extremewindsurfing.com (http://www.extremewindsurfing.com)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 10, 2014, 02:48:14 PM
March 7-9 is the Punta Sayulita Classic.  Impressive entry list.  Could be fun to check that out.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on January 10, 2014, 04:50:22 PM
Linter,  I return to my place in San Pancho the first week in Feb, got a Toyota Sequoia I keep there.  If you want to we can hook up and I'll give you the grand tour, such as it is.  The Punta Sayulita SUP & Longboard contest is a lot of fun.  Couple of my SUP/SUSing buddies are coming down for that week to view the contest and SUS the area.  They came last year also.  Contest is loads of fun to watch and a lot of the "names" show up.  Gerry Lopez is always there as the goodwill ambassador and there is always a big group of Hawaiians.  For people interested, Alaska airlines usually offers discounted fares and cheap/free board fees as they are a sponsor.  Check the contest website for info.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: jdmotes on January 13, 2014, 06:06:10 PM
Linter. Hang in there; There's going to be waves. I go in May when the south swells start pumping. El Anclote (where you are) will take a sizable n/w swell to wrap around the point. But when it does, your in for a treat!   Paddle on,   JD
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on January 14, 2014, 10:11:21 AM
San Pancho, very cool place and wood wave at times...Hook up Linter, you will have a blast...

I am back in Cabo and already getting back into the Mexican groove. At first when I started coming down here, it would take me a month or two to relax into Mex time, now it takes just a few days, and the life up north now takes me months to get used to..

Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 14, 2014, 10:47:00 AM
yes, let's definitely get together.  thanks for the invite.  expect me to take you up on it.  and to beg you to take me to some lefts.


Linter,  I return to my place in San Pancho the first week in Feb, got a Toyota Sequoia I keep there.  If you want to we can hook up and I'll give you the grand tour, such as it is.  The Punta Sayulita SUP & Longboard contest is a lot of fun.  Couple of my SUP/SUSing buddies are coming down for that week to view the contest and SUS the area.  They came last year also.  Contest is loads of fun to watch and a lot of the "names" show up.  Gerry Lopez is always there as the goodwill ambassador and there is always a big group of Hawaiians.  For people interested, Alaska airlines usually offers discounted fares and cheap/free board fees as they are a sponsor.  Check the contest website for info.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on January 14, 2014, 05:22:59 PM
No problemo,  I'll be down around 2/3 depending on when we decide to leave.  We drive and usually take 4-5 days.  Got some lefts already marked with your name, assuming the surf gods cooperate.  I'll be in touch before hand to give you a heads up.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on January 14, 2014, 05:28:03 PM
Forgot to mention, I'll be bringing my new 10'3 Hammer down to join her cousin an 11'1 One World carbon. 
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Zooport on January 14, 2014, 09:30:05 PM
You people are making me want to go down there again. 
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 15, 2014, 08:25:54 AM
Forgot to mention, I'll be bringing my new 10'3 Hammer down to join her cousin an 11'1 One World carbon. 

  i've got a 9-4 Hammer here.  We're gonna be in Wardog heaven!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on January 15, 2014, 04:53:05 PM
Have the surf gods given you any swell?  How's the boat exchange working out?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 15, 2014, 05:14:03 PM
   the boat exchange is going ... well ... the problem is, i'm pretty much a dawn patrol surfer and the boat doesn't operate on a dawn-patrol schedule, nor do the waves, for that matter, from what i can tell.  maybe i'm looking at the wrong spots?

   i'd hoped el anclote was a dawn spot but that doesn't seem to be the case.  while i've been here, it's always got morning sickness on it and doesn't clean up until mid morning or mid day and doesn't really get nice until 4pm and after.  that's when i've been going out, but i haven't been happy about it.  my feet tend to feel like they have bricks hanging from them by that time (i have a stupid disease akin to ms).

   in any event, we've started getting a swell that is supposed to build into next week and then stick around for a while.  hopefully, the left at stinky's will start to work but the locals tell me not to get my hopes up.  meanwhile, the rights are confusing my already confused brain and feet, and i'm waiting for them to get themselves sorted out and start working for me instead of against.

   so, that's where things stand, except that my pal wingnut (who also has ms, though his case is in remission) might come visit in early feb, in which case i'll be counting on him to use his contacts to get me some lefts ... unless you get to it first.  i'm counting on you, brother!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: surfk9 on January 16, 2014, 03:31:19 PM
This could get interesting, a contest to find the first "good" left.  I hope that, that's in the eye of the beholder.  As a "correct" footer, lefts are always in the wrong direction for me.  Don't be concerned about your issues.  Being an old fart and having spinal cord issues from a broken neck we should do great.  How tight are you tied into the place you're renting?  I ask, because a move to Sayulita might be a good call.  I always dawn patrol there because it's usually better then and the crowd doesn't get out till later.  There is also a regular breaking left down from the main peak.  There is also a good, friendly expat beach scene as well as a real beach scene.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: southwesterly on January 16, 2014, 04:16:11 PM
Burros in front of the Palladium has a fun left. That's real close by.

It's one of those waves that just moves in and doesn't go down the line. Perfect for cutbacks, especially if you are a goofy foot.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 17, 2014, 06:10:00 AM
SW:  i'm not sure my free-trips deal w/ the surf shop next door includes burros but i'll ask.

surfk9: no, i am definitely not tied to PdM and the idea of a dawn-patrol left is definitely appealing.  i'd heard, though, that sayulita can get get super-crowded and that the locals rule the peaks.  but maybe, as you suggest, they are still sleeping off hangovers at the break of day.  perhaps we could check out the scene when you come down?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Tom English on January 18, 2014, 04:03:20 PM
Bajasurf do you remember the big Kahuna?  He parked his RV out at the end the road and had great stories.
Bullfighter board camping at that left point
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supthecreek on January 18, 2014, 08:06:19 PM
Cool pics... they bring you back... thanks ;)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 20, 2014, 07:03:42 PM
Hey Linter, did the swell arrive?  How is it with some waves? Where have you been surfing?
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 21, 2014, 04:33:51 AM
  finally got some waves today -- at el faro, though, since zilch is still all that's coming into anclote.  the first time i went out at faro was about a week ago, tiny stuff, and i got hammered nonetheless.  yesterday, some of the sets were head high and everything was lining up properly and, eventho it's a right, i had fun.  i went out in the zilch in the morning, so by the time i went to faro in the evening, my legs were shot and wobbling all over place.  some funny SUPer paddled by me and said, 'hey, what's with those shivering toothpicks," or something like that, and we had a good laugh.
  over the 1.5hrs, i only got about 8 waves, but some of them were pretty good, and i got a hoot or three from a few of the locals, despite that any "moves" i made were more based on just trying to stay upright than skill of any kind.
  i can't wait to try some of the other spots that i didn't like during the smaller days.  i think everything here changes for the better when you get a little bit of size on it.  just hoping anclote breaks one of these days, and stinky's, especially, so i can sample the lefts there.
   thanks for asking!
   
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: jdmotes on January 21, 2014, 06:25:14 AM
 Well good for you, Linter... Be patient cause when it does breat at Anclote/Stinkies, you'll be loving life! You COULD be here in north Fla with me where its freezing at night, full-suit, booties and flat!    Paddle on,    JD
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 21, 2014, 06:45:57 AM
jd: i learned my lesson last year, during a month in st augustine, freezing cold with winds honking out of the NE 99.99% of the time.  never again.  mx mo better!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: jdmotes on January 21, 2014, 08:49:59 AM
jd: i learned my lesson last year, during a month in st augustine, freezing cold with winds honking out of the NE 99.99% of the time.  never again.  mx mo better!

  Yes; N Fla is "NOT" south enough! Need to be down around Jupiter during the winter... Hey bro; I just checked out the forecast for your area (Burros on Surf-forecast.com) and you 'should' be getting some surf right now! Looks good for the next 6 days or so.
  Deb and I just booked our trip at Grand Palladium/Burros for May 9th through the 18th. Have fun and save me some...   Paddle on,   JD
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: jdmotes on January 25, 2014, 09:33:20 AM
 I'm guessing we haven't heard from you lately is because you are too tired to type from all the sup-surfing these last few days (?)... Skip Smith (fellow-sup bud from here in Jax) is on his way to Punta Mita today. Be on the lookout for him. Rides his own line of boards and is quite the ripper...   Paddle on,    JD
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: crtraveler on January 26, 2014, 08:12:24 AM
Hey Erik, can you post some pics of the outside of the restaurant where you are living?  We have some friends who were just there and think they know the place... They have some stories about the strongest margaritas in town....


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Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 27, 2014, 08:06:06 AM
jon; wil get some pix but, yeah, that's the place.  i'm thinking of trying to move to sayulita, though.  i need lefts with a few rights, not the other way around.

but i wont be getting nothing for a while, since i twisted my ankle exiting the surf the other day.  what a trip, man.  i don't know whether to laff or cry.

here's short vid of a few waves from yesterday.  nothing special.

Punta de Mita 1/26/14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xlUwkSjv8#)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: jdmotes on January 27, 2014, 06:00:22 PM
 Bummer about your foot, Linter - Hope it heals fast. I can pretty much promise that Burros or LL was going off the Richter if Anclote was like it was in the above vid... Ride one for me SS. I know you're there somewhere...   Paddle on,   JD
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 28, 2014, 06:15:47 AM
i heard that burros was insane.  my friend karen was sitting wwwway outside when a giant clean up set came through wwwway outside of her and wiped everybody up.  then 7 more waves in the set kept mowing em down.  think everyone was a little nervous after that.  glad i wasn't there!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supthecreek on January 28, 2014, 07:01:31 AM
Erik... is that the view from your room?? Yowza!

Those waves look so laid back and cruisey... wow. Great place for a really big board... just glide through the crowd and make big sweeping turns. Fun.

Hope you are in the water soon!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 28, 2014, 03:15:51 PM
not the view from my room but from the palapa right over my room.  very nice.

went to sayulita today to see if i might want to move there and i just didn't cotton to the town.  much louder, much more crowded, filled with hipsters and cats w dreadlocks and traffic and it just felt sort of oppressive.  the left looked good, though, and hollow.  blown out when i was there but a couple of short boarders were ripping it up.  i mean, if lots of the locals are that good, they're really freaking good.

think i'll just stay here, where i've become friends with one of the town drunks who yells at me in spanish i can't understand and is always poking me in the chest and cackling some kind of nonsense.  my kind of guy!

post a vid of paul when you can.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PtBobSup on January 30, 2014, 11:46:00 AM
I loved Sayulita in small doses.  Loved that it was so close and that you can pop in for a few hours and be gone.   Hope you foot is good and you are out there.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on January 30, 2014, 04:28:54 PM
 :'(  went to a physical therapist in bucerias who told me to stay off the SUP for at least another week.  good thing there's no waves for me to get upset about,  but what to do all day?  no hookers in this town!  none!
   ha, ha, i wouldn't know about that.  but, man, am i getting bored.  come on, some of you, visit punta de mita.  let's go on a road trip!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supthecreek on January 30, 2014, 07:18:05 PM
send me a ticket.... I'm there.
Title: Re: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: crtraveler on February 05, 2014, 05:53:46 AM
Nice waves, just my size... Bummer about your ankle...rest it up!


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Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: p06781 on February 05, 2014, 02:15:03 PM
jon; wil get some pix but, yeah, that's the place.  i'm thinking of trying to move to sayulita, though.  i need lefts with a few rights, not the other way around.

but i wont be getting nothing for a while, since i twisted my ankle exiting the surf the other day.  what a trip, man.  i don't know whether to laff or cry.

here's short vid of a few waves from yesterday.  nothing special.

Punta de Mita 1/26/14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xlUwkSjv8#)

Hey you are riding the Blair 9.7 from coral reef in the end of the video !  I rented that board once  . Did you buy it ?  Thought he sold it last time I was there in august .  I bought the new JB 8.5 from him to leave down there.  I love staying at the la quinta del sol in mita !  Going 3/24 to 4/3 and again in june.  

Jim from  pdx
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: HRorbust on February 09, 2014, 08:58:34 AM
Hey Linter,

Hows the ankle?  Been waiting for updates along the way.  Love the area down there and am living vicariously thru your posts!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on February 10, 2014, 09:43:12 AM
well, it's official.  unlike everyone else who is in love with this area, i have grown to hate it.  has nothing to do with the fact that it twisted my ankle and gave me the craps.  those things are small potatoes.  no, it's the fact that during my 41 days here, we've had exactly 8 days with waves.  and looking at the forecast, ain't nothing coming for the next week, either, so let's make it 8 days out of 50 with no surf.  jesus fecking cripes.

not only that ... out of those 8 days, only two, maybe three, had conditions that i'd call nice -- i.e. glassy, no chop, no funk.  every other day, you wake up and there's cross-breeze conditions as far as the eye can see -- a sad state of affairs that can last all day or least until an hour or two before dusk, by which time i'm an upset and angry drunk who is super pissed off about the 10 hours of bullshit that i've had to sit through and, by that time, like I said, I'm soused, but, like I also said, it wouldn't matter if I was stone cold sober, 'cause there ain't no fecking waves!!!!!

i tell you, i'm so over this place that i have half a mind to return to last year's winter mistake, ie North Carolina, and see what i think of it now.  ha ha just kidding.  never.

okay, for various reasons, i've got to stay here until march 8 or so, but after that, I'm gone -- either back to Rhode Island or, if somebody can recommend another warm spot, I'll think about it.  And don't mention Florida.  Howling NE winds all day long.  Side shore, onshore chop heaven.  Please give me a break.

if you don't know my wants, here's the skinny in brief: warm but not boiling (CR is boiling), smallish waves, consistent, lefts, off shore freaking winds in the morning or a good likelihood of same, easy access to an airport, inexpensive housing of one kind or another, easy walk to the *left* if you don't have a car.  Punta de Mita has all of that except for the waves, the lefts, and the offshore wind.

i gotta get out of here.  goddamn.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Dwight (DW) on February 10, 2014, 10:16:16 AM

i tell you, i'm so over this place that i have half a mind to return to last year's winter mistake, ie North Carolina, and see what i think of it now.  ha ha just kidding.  never.



You made me laugh. I'd still trade you in a NY minute. It snowed here last week. HELP, I need to get out of here.

Driving to NE wind hell this weekend  ;D  but the water is warm.

You need to kitesurf and SUP.

Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on February 10, 2014, 11:37:43 AM
Dude, you are in Paradise   I lived there for 16 years and loved it   Your main problem
Is that you are not mobile  if you had cheap wheels you would love it  entry of surf all up n down the coast

Try Santa Cruz  it's a small village just north of San Blas  left point very old Mex and cheap  another place is north of Maxatlan called Dimas or Marmol   If you go south of PV the weather gets much warmer

Now Baja is a good choice   Cerritos always has a good left, but it pounds hard    

Another great left is punta Cornejos   It's primiative camping  it blows a bit, but early is usually clean  it gets size, but the waves gets much smaller the farther down the bay you go

Good luck
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on February 10, 2014, 01:00:29 PM
glad i could make you smile, dw!

bajasurf.  firstly, my main problem is not my lack of wheels, it's me, pure and simple, me.  that said, wheels would certain help!  I'm going to investigate those places you mention.  maybe one of them will work out better for my, uhmmm, special needs.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Tom on February 10, 2014, 01:07:50 PM
Maybe Linter has found the perfect SUP spot and wants to keep it to himself so he's giving false reports. ;) :o :-\ ::) ??? 8) :o ;D
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Subber on February 10, 2014, 01:44:50 PM
Maybe Linter has found the perfect SUP spot and wants to keep it to himself so he's giving false reports. ;) :o :-\ ::) ??? 8) :o ;D

Hmmmmmmmm.....hmmmmmmm
 8)
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: TDoc on April 06, 2014, 10:38:58 PM
It was flat in late march. Got skunked there and at Sayulita...correction: there were waves...just miniscule and no guts.
I'm back in Portland now so I'm sure it's solid by now.

doc
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: bajasurf on April 07, 2014, 08:42:52 AM
When you go to the PV area, and want to surf.  I recommend renting a car and you are willing to travel to find surf... If you are going to Sayulita, enjoy Sayulita, but Sayulita is a gutless crappy wave, even with size..if you are going to the four seasons, surf the point at Mita, a fun zippy gutless wave... There are 20 or more breaks in the area, that seem to always hold some surf..

The PV is a hugely protected area.  the majority of south swell is blocked by Cabo Corrientes, and west and north swell by the massive Tres Maria islands.  You need good solid swell for this pace to work. As far as Mita goes, the swell has to wrap to get into the bay..

When I lived there, I would go nuts sometimes to the lack of waves, and then it was time for a road trip south..Just a hour south of PV, the waves get power and size...  Two hours south and they pick up everything, North, West and South swell..Three hours south and you get serious waves. 

So if you go for the waves only, and you pick the PV area, you are taking a big chance of getting skunked, or getting small gutless waves.. The area is amazing, so if surfing is second to the vacation, the place rocks.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PabstSUP on September 20, 2014, 11:17:59 AM
Interesting to read this thread.  Just booked my flight down to Punta Mita for the post xmas period.  I've been down in the area before as my cousin has a place on the beach in Chacala further North.  That Chacala left is great wave.  My cousin has a Panga and we would go there for morning sessions and pretty much have it to ourselves.  Gets a little shallow at low tide and there are tons of Sea Urchins - if you go, bring booties (I use the bodyglove barefoot max - read a review on the zone a while back) - the one time I forgot them I got a ton of spines in my foot and was picking them out for weeks...

This time around we're doing Punta Mita since my wife isn't comfortable yet surfing the point at Chacala. The waves in Punta Mita seem to be more her speed and I'm going to be working through part of that period so I want to have a place where I can see the surf from the hotel and get my sessions in when I can. We'll also be renting boards since it's too much of a hassle paying ridiculous fees to get the boards there. 

We're thinking of staying at Hotel La Quinta Del Sol while we're there.  Seems like a good deal for a Surfer-focussed hotel and gets great ratings on TripAdvisor.  Love to get anyone else's thoughts on the area though.  We'll probably rent a car for the week so we'll be able to get around.  The point at Burros looks pretty tasty if there's any decent swell.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: Zooport on September 21, 2014, 07:56:30 AM
Chacala is my favorite wave ever!  Rode it on a 6'2" prone board and would love to try it on a SUP.  Stayed at Costa Azul in San Pancho when I went.  Had to pay the guys in the harbor at Chacala to take me over in their pangas, no land access, but it's worth the hassle.  I hope to go back sometime in the next few years.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on September 22, 2014, 02:23:17 AM
  la quinta del sol is a great place and perfectly situated to surf a spot called stinkys and just a short walk from the main break at mita proper.  it's great that you'll have a car, since if those spots are flat, you can drive less than 10 min to other spots that are sure to have something. 
   i think i'm going to puerto rico this winter instead of mita, so if you're looking to buy a board to take home w/ you -- like maybe a surfing sports hammer -- let me know, since i left mine there and am going to sell it if i can.
   good luck.  and your wife really ought to get a surf/sup lesson with oso negro if she can; he is absolutely the best and a great guy.  this year i think he's working out of la cabana restaurant which is located on the main drag.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supstoked on September 22, 2014, 07:32:16 PM
Surf just dropped to nothing here in Maui so I was cruising the Zone and found this.  Bajasurf pretty much nailed it with his description of the area on page 8.  I understand Linters frustration as last winter was the worst in the past eleven that I have spent down there.  I have both a car and a boat so I surf pretty much every day, but that does not mean it is good every day.  This year the crowd situation just exploded.  The big tour company, Vallarta Adventures got into the surf lesson business, bringing 12-15 beginners to La Lancha every day.  Additionally you have the surf schools from Sayulita bringing in people as it is just maxed out over there with crowds.  This has pushed the three prominent Mita school/boat trip guys to move out and over to Bahia and El Faro, which never really saw much school action before.  Anclote is a total zoo.  I rarely ever surf it anymore except maybe at dawn.
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: PabstSUP on October 01, 2014, 10:18:30 AM
Thanks Linter,

I'll definitely look up Oso Negro for a lesson for my wife.  She doesn't like listening to me give her pointers when we're out together ;-)  Thanks for the offer on the Hammer - right now I have my eye either on a Prowave or a Raw and with the cost of getting the board back via United it's not really an option...

Supstoked - Good to know about the crowds. Assumed it might be that way, especially over the holidays and I'll probably surf Anclote/Stinky's at dawn if it's any good. I'm also hoping that driving down to Burros or paddling up to El Faro may get us a little further away from the crowds.   

Zooport - I believe there is land access now to the left at Chacala via a 4WD - I saw a truck there last time we surfed but I can imagine it's a bumpy ride through the jungle to get there.  But it's true that the easiest way to access it is by boat.  I have paddled to the break from Marina Chacala - the gated development next to Chacala, which took about 20min each way - not too bad really unless you have Sea Urchin spines in your feet... :-/
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: linter on October 01, 2014, 10:55:23 AM
btw / yes, anclote can get crowded but i never had problems getting waves to myself there.  or with sharing waves with others when i had to.  vibe is pretty good (except for one surf instructress from saylita who insisted on pushing her students into every freaking wave that came along and then taking the leftovers herself).

one great thing is that when a real swell shows, the anclote area begins to break in lots of different places.  for instance, a very zippy left develops on the reef between the two rock jetties in front of margaritas restaurant, and lefts start to work to the right of la cabana restaurant as well.  lots of opportunities for waves.

when its small, things tighten up, of course.  but keep an eye out on stinkys.  during days when it was generally flat, stinkys would get small, interesting 2' waves right around mid tide, going both left and right.

have fun!
Title: Re: linter - Punta de Mita
Post by: supstoked on October 02, 2014, 04:46:59 PM
I got a nice off-season session today on a solid New Zealand SW.  Anclote a little overhead with light offshores and six people out.
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