Endless Session Day 202: Surf, Eat, Swim, Surf, Eat, Repeat
First day in Nica, and I’ve died and gone to heaven. Photo by Brendan Simmons By Morgan Sliff Waking up contorted across two seats in an aisle that I made into a makeshift bed, I could almost feel the heavy, warm air from El Salvador as we landed. Photographer and surfer Brendan Simmons, rap star Chris Portugal and I made our way off the plane and I dipped into the ladies room, walking into beautiful El Salvadorian women crowded around the mirror, all smiling and laughing while doing their makeup. One more 40 minute connecting flight to Nicaragua and a bumpy landing had us in baggage claim, and we were quite the spectacle with 4 oversized board bags that contained no less than 10 surfboards. La Barra surf camp manager and ironically my childhood friend Michael Cruz picked us up and on the road we were in our van, 2 hours from warm water and ice cold beer, weaving through middle-of-the-road vendors, children almost getting run over to wash windows for a quick cent, and about 3 “gringo-with-surfboards” police stops. We stopped for a volcano view and to check out Managua lake, then 30 minutes later we were beachside, at the pristine camp; surrounded by surf racks, hammocks, post surf…
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