With limited sleep and a sore head, I was damn impressed by the way we collected ourselves at 6am to get waves at La Punta. Scored it glassy, uncrowded and 3-4ft - well worth the effort. As initial hype began to wear off after 2 hours, the thought of Yann’s chocolate breakfast crepes made their way into my head and it was time to bail.
Post breakie, we went in search of Punta Brava - apparently a pretty rad right reef over the next headland. With vague instructions on how to get there from a few different people, of us mobilised on foot east. Upon arriving all we saw was a mess breaking on a rock platform, but potential around the next corner... maybe Punta Brava was around there. With the sand disappearing and only the sharpest rocks of all time to walk on (and no shoes) the was a surprising amount of enthusiasm from the lads to keep trucking and find the wave. 40 mins later, 4 more next corners and super sore feet, we realised we messed up bigtime - Punta Brava was the first reef. Shit. Massive deflated walk home. The consolation prize was a mushy 3ft El Estero out the front of our place. By that point we just needed to get into the water before heat exhaustion set in.
The afternoon activities were split, half the crew went to a local bar in town to get loose, and a few of us joined Yann at La Punta - great sacrifice for not drinking, 4ft glassy walls for about an hour. Then the afternoon storm set in which rivaled a cyclone, tearing Santa Catalina apart for 3 hours. Battling the storm, the rest of the crew arrives back to th e surf camp looking like wet dogs carrying 150 Balboa cervezas, prepping for the nights events.
A few solid drinking games then Julio got up for a DJ session. By this point there was about 20 of us - our crew, a bunch of Americans and there owners family. Then out of nowhere Yann brought out about 10 masks and things really stepped up. Notable mention goes to Keil and his girl for the night Jenny. Deciding they would get to know each other on the top bunk above where Jonny was passed out didn’t go down too well. The supports collapsed and Jonny woke to 2 adults, a mattress and a heap of wood crashing down on top of him.
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