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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: SUP in Mazatlan
« on: November 11, 2022, 09:08:11 AM »
Where are you coming from to get to Mazatlan?  If you're driving up from PV there is a shop with pretty good surf SUPs in Bucerias (https://www.surfmexico.com/).  I'm renting a couple boards from them over the holidays (Starboard 7'8 HyperNut and 8'5" Pocket Rocket). 

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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: Punta de Mita Delightful
« on: June 14, 2022, 12:18:28 PM »
I've been there a few times and it's a great spot once the South swells start filling in from Mid-March through November. 

APPST - August is usually pretty reliable, but it's going to be HOT... and you're not going to get a lot of refreshment from the water temps.  I've been surfing across the Sea of Cortez in Baja more recently but PdM is a great spot for surf and also pretty easy to rent decent SUP boards. 

Rick also has been on a great SUP retreat there in the past with Iain Cairns and Sean Poynter - I'm sure there is a thread here somewhere. 

Baja was similar - mellow vibe in the water, everything outdoors and generally very safe Covid-wise. 

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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: Sayulita
« on: February 22, 2022, 07:54:27 AM »
Great that you can reserve specific boards - thanks Dusk!  If I'm not mistaken, the shop is in Bucerias which is on the way to Sayulita/Punta Mita from PV.  I picked up/dropped off a board in person several years back.  Looks like from their site that they have Foils setups available to rent.  I would reach out to them about locations but I definitely wouldn't foil in Sayulita - it's a pretty crowded beach break.  There are a bunch of points in Punta Mita that may be better suited.  Some are accessed only by boat as shown in the Map. 


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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: Sayulita
« on: February 21, 2022, 06:18:08 AM »
Great to hear you had a nice trip.  I'm planning to head back down that way over the holidays next year.  Great to see the shop has pretty good rentals now. Back in 2014 they were pretty slim pickings so I had been planning to bring a board with me. Did you rent ahead of time and pick out a board or just show up to see what they had?  I just checked and am impressed they have a 7'10 x 29 Starboard Pro in stock.  Looking forward to a choco banana!

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SUP Gear Reviews / Newly Acquired / On Order / Re: Neeed for SPEEED
« on: January 20, 2022, 08:01:55 AM »
I'm almost the exact same dimensions as you and have an 8'10" Speed as my stable board for the winter for use with 6m wetsuits, though I definitely have a few more years under the belt (I actually used to surf an 8'10" Allwave as well).  It's a great board, though I do prefer my 8'4" Flow in most conditions. 

You'll be able to dial in the Speeed with some more water time and I concur that flat water will help before taking it out in swells.  One thing to remember about the Speeed is that you need to get back on the tail to really make it turn on.  It's not a board that turns easily if you don't have your back foot on the tail pad. 

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That wind looks pretty gnarly Rick...  Glad you didn't get blown out to Portugal! 

Hope you enjoy hanging with Evelyn and the GenRation crew down in Punta de Mita.  If they have any SP25's in the size I'm looking for (7'11" or 8'2") let me know! 

I was going to reach out to Evelyn to see if she was surfing Montauk for Larry - reached out to Fanman who was working Friday so ultimately didn't make the drive out East.  But I think I made the right call with an amazing session Friday morning a sandy point near me that had more user friendly double-overhead waves with fun 200yd walls that were perfect on a SUP - much more doable than what was shown on the usual channels.  The wind came up pretty heavy later in the day but the wave at Gilgo looked too good to pass up so I paddled out and was hanging out with the relatively small crew when a cleanup set came and a double overhead+ wave snapped my second leash of the day so I was toast...  Saturday morning was also really fun early before the tide came up and swell dropped.   

Larry definitely brought the goods - probably the largest I've seen in NY for the last several years. 

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General Discussion / Re: High Performance SUP suggesting
« on: July 26, 2021, 12:53:52 PM »
I'm similar dims to you - 6'3", 195lbs.  My performance board for the last few years has been my 8'4"  110ltr Sunova Flow, though I've been itching to go down a bit in size for the really good days, though I still fall off of it now and then in bumpier conditions.  I'll take out my 128ltr Sunova Speed when I know it's going to be really mushy and bumpy without much juice. 

I would think you could go down 15lts if you're looking for more performance.  Any of the JL boards mentioned might work and I would also consider the Genration SP25 8'2" x 29 1/2" x 115ltrs (I'm looking at getting a 7'11"). I saw one for sale in Florida on Sean Poyter's IG feed and had I been closer I would have made the trip to pick it up. 





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Classifieds / Re: Sunova SP25
« on: May 26, 2021, 12:58:50 PM »
Oooh that's a really nice board....  Though it's definitely one of the boards I have my eye on, it's likely too small for me as well.  I'm looking to pick up a 105ltr version. 

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SUP General / Re: Todos Santos Surf SUP Rental
« on: May 06, 2021, 07:24:36 PM »
Hey Tomkat - wondering if you were able to rent a decent board down in Cabo last year?  I'm heading there next month and can't bring a board with me from NY looking to find a decent performance board. 

Thanks,

Dale

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Sessions / Re: Orlena- CODE RED SWELL!
« on: February 04, 2021, 12:55:38 PM »
Nice Cookie! New York was pumping and strangely hardly anyone out at my local. A pretty easy paddle out - solo and dry - I only spotted 4 others several hundred yards down the beach. Caught several clean lefts which convinced a couple others to come brave the conditions with me.  I was glad to see them as I got slammed pretty hard when I tried to take a right - ended up bruising some ribs and it could have been worse. It usually closes out during large swells at low tide around me, but the period and direction was just right to create make-able sections. 

But it was well worth it and I actually never really got cold (even trudging through 2ft snow drifts). I'm loving my new Vissla 5mm - note that if you have a Surfline Premium membership you can get 20% off.  But I guess it was cold enough - my phone was too frozen to allow me to get a shot after I wrapped around sunset...

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Completely agree cowboy. I've been to both Punta Mita and Nosara and it doesn't sound like Nosara is really the type of place you and your wife will really enjoy - you have to put in some effort both to get there and get around - while Punta Mita has plenty of options and is an easy trip especially from the West Coast. 

Punta Mita has both really high-end resorts (Four Seasons, St. Regis) for the high-rollers as well as other options around (We stayed at the more budget-oriented surf hotel Quinta del Sol, outside the gates) and there are a ton of potential waves that aren't very heavy (e.g. La Lancha).  If you're looking for all-inclusive I would look at the Grand Palladium Punta Mita.  It's right in front of a great surf break (Burros) and they host a SUP retreat out of the resort run by no less than Iain Cairns, Sean Poynter and Daniel Hughes. Our friend Evelyn O'Doherty (publisher of Standup Journal) went down there for a wounded warriors retreat and wrote an article about it for the Journal. 
https://www.standupjournal.com/2020/02/21/genration-xperiences-provide-premiere-sup-surf-coaching-analysis/


https://supnsurfretreat.com/locations/punta-mita-mexico





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Nosara is a fantastic place and if my wife didn't have long tail Covid since Feb and wasn't able to pick up a board and surf this summer (though spending time in salt water was therapeutic), we probably would have moved down there for the Winter where I could work from the albeit spotty wifi in town.

But note that the vibe in Nosara is pretty far from an all-inclusive resort. It's got a Yogi/Surfer/Bohemian vibe to it which can be great if you're looking for that but it's not super luxurious. Mostly dirt roads and no beach bars (development is thankfully prohibited within 200m of the beach). If your wife is into Yoga one of the highest-end places there is the Bodhi Tree resort.  They probably do include a meal plan but I doubt the atmosphere there is pina coladas by the pool.  The Harmony hotel is probably the other higher-end option available where the vibe is probably more like gentrified Brooklyn in Costa Rica. 

Now there are a couple big resorts in that general area of CR. There is a JW Marriott south of Tamarindo in Playa Avellanas that probably has a pretty luxurious setup with great waves right out front.  That would probably be my pick to satisfy both the desire for waves and luxury, but it probably isn't all-inclusive or cheap.

Marriott also owns the Hotel Punta Islita quite a ways further south but waves are probably at least a 20min drive away (e.g. Camaronal) that even has a beachfront pool bar (we stumbled upon it while exploring the area while staying and surfing in an pretty rustic AirBnB in Camaronal. 

Tamarindo is now mostly high-rises and condos and everyone I know who's been there recently has been disappointed, but if you're looking for a party vibe that much more of the place to go. 

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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: New 25 mile bike/surf trail in Tofino
« on: October 29, 2020, 11:47:05 AM »
Whoa - 200 people in the water in Cox Bay...  My company is HQ'd in Vancouver and I've been wanting to take a trip out to Tofino at some point but that seems pretty crazy.  Assume that's Summer crowds and the Winter thins it out a lot? 

On the other side of the continent, NY state is in the process of extending the bike path on our barrier island off of Long Island right now.  I might actually consider picking up an eBike to access some of the more remote beach breaks along the island once it's completed...  Certainly not as picturesque as the PNW but a lot of people in our beach community are excited about it. 

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/10-mile-extension-of-path-along-ocean-parkway-to-be-completed-in-2021-1.37313118

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Sessions / Re: Surfing alone
« on: October 19, 2020, 12:49:49 PM »
There's a bit of a secret spot I like to surf at where on a sizeable swell you can't really access it at high tide.  During the Teddy swell a few weeks back, I drove there parked myself on a bit of an island  after some others surfers left and spent the next few hours getting some work done on the laptop between sessions.  The spot has an outer bar where the waves break softer and is less critical than the barreling beach break nearby so I felt comfortable enough surfing alone, though that's also because I'm a pretty strong swimmer and can deal with having a leash break 300yds offshore, which of course happened on my first session...  Once the tide dropped and some friends showed up in the afternoon I had been able to surf the break along for over 4hrs over the course of the morning and early afternoon...  This is the same spot that I caught a wave and surfed with a pair of dolphins a couple weeks back - though thankfully I wasn't alone that time and my surfing buds on the inside witnessed the event - a pretty magical moment. I caught a shot of a dolphin playing in the surf before I headed out that day. 


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All this makes me happy that my home break is a spot where you don't have to lock your car... 

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