Chris' Second Surf Trip

Once again we had the honor to have Chris from Nappy Dog Surf touring with us for a few days over Thanksgiving weekend. As it was just a couple of days and we mostly surfed a small punchy beachbreak near the city but Chris was all over it, surfing for hours on end, all tides all day just smiling and praising the warm water and the never ending supply of perfect small waves .

Chris at high tide on his 6’4” groveler slashing a left peak to pieces!

Casual early morning re-entry

Chris mid day backside snap . He surfed all day, killed it all day , had dinner and went to bed at 8pm.

Chris’ final salute or just a hand made visor? Whatever it was he had one more wave, came in smiling and said “definitely coming back”

Mandy's SurfTrip

This was Mandy’s first surftrip by herself and also the first time she spent 15 days off on a surftrip, or as she called it: “the surf bum life”.

Mandy fit perfectly in the “surf bum life”, waking up at 5:30am to go surf, eat, read a book and then surf again, eat and watch am early movie to be asleep by 9:30pm . Then repeat the next day

Mandy became part of the local surfer girls crew almost from day1.

Although the swell direction limited us to very few surfbreaks, we got to surf them at all sizes colors and shape. From small to medium to big, Mandy surfed it all.

Mandy charging on the big days

Nothing but smiles!!!

Debora's Second Surftrip

Debora recently contacted us because she had an upcoming weekend layover in Panama from a 3 week business trip in central america.. She was wondering if we could manage a quick weekend surftrip for her as she wanted to rest and recharge for the last leg of her business trip . Of course we agreed and immediately set to organize a weekend full of fun surf, good food , good music and lots of smiles.

What better way to release tension from sitting in an office all day than some quick backside snaps.

It’s all about style and flow

Quick drop to bottom turn action on the fast waves of Chame Beachbreak

Ahhh yes, recharged and ready for another week of work!!

Furio, Ivan, Fabian and Hendrick's Surf Trip

Just a group of surf stoke friends surfng a crazy windswell up and down the coast..

Furio floating a windy lip.

Fabian getting comfortable with Chame’s rights

Local public transportation ….”can you please drop me off at that peak over there with the peeling lefts”

Ivan picking his line

Hendrik at the end of a long, long right at one of the pointbreaks

Some pointbreaks do have the most scenic “parking “ spaces.

Furio’s smooth style and flow

Ivan getting comfortable with the windswell’s lefts

Don’t tell the Italians in the group that we had Hawaiana Pizza

Hendrik on a dawn patrol left .

Fabian posing for the camera

Walking back to reality tired, hungry, sleepy but happy .

Debora's Surf Trip

This was Debora’s first surf after spending 9 months out of the water do to a knee injury. She asked us if it was possible to plan a surf tour that would slowly take her from easy waves to more difficult waves as she got her strength, timing and surf rhythm back. We kinda tried to plan such a trip but by the end of the first session we had to scratch it as Debora was already getting on challenging waves and impressing the locals with smooth stylish cutbacks, snaps and crazy take-offs on the bigger sets.

Morning beauty

Debora literally surfed all day, didn’t matter if it was sunny, raining , small or big, she was always out there smiling, surfing and just looking good.

Good friends, good fun, good surf and just a great good time.

High tide shore break surfing on our last day, We surfed 2 to 3 times a day for about 6 days in a row and by the end we were all tired, sunburned (except Debora who was tan) and all very happy.

Sergio's Surf Trip

Sergio was one of the funniest and happiest surfers we have ever had the honor to take on a Surf Tour., everywhere we went he made friends , everywhere we went he surfed for hours, and everywhere we went he always seem to get the wave of the day…. maybe this is the reason he was always happy.

One morning we woke up to a sea turtle upside-down right at our door step. It took Sergio and a local a few minutes to carry and turn the sea turtle around but at the end the where able to safe the sea turtle and help her get back to the beach and the ocean. Here is Sergio with his new friend

Sergio on the wave of the day. with a sick speed turn to set him up for the next 5 turns down the line

Nothing better than a happy hour with friends after surfing all day

It was mostly overcast the whole week which made for windless days and Sergio took advantage of it by surfing 3 to 4 times a day. Sleep, eat, surf, sleep, eat, surf…. repeat 2 more times

Macaco branco

Last afternoon surf session. It was already dark by the time Sergio left the water, he could barely move his arms and had trouble staying awake through dinner but his smile was priceless

Chris' Surf Trip

We had the pleasure of having Chris from Nappy Dog Surf touring with us for a couple of weeks in May. We surfed all up and down the Panama Bay and surfed everything from long pointbreaks to punchy beachbreaks.

Chris getting ready for a 300 yard dash of leg burning turns and cutbacks at Jeffrey’s

Here is Chris by himself getting ready for the next leg burning right

We had to hike our way to some of the more secluded left pointbreaks.

Chris happy to practice some backside turns

Old school wood oven pizza at Casa Mahana… perfect after a long day of surfing

At 60, Chris had everybody impressed with his stylish cutbacks, turns and floaters. Here is Chris showing everybody how to do floater at a shorebreak in Chame

What better way to end a two week surf trip than with a 70’s Rock concert

Catalina's Surf Trip

We had a great time with Catalina, we surfed great waves everyday, went on city tours, spent a lovely afternoon at Casco Viejo and even went to a reggae roots concert with a famous Latin band from Chile called Gondwana.

Only a few hours in Panama and already into some really fun waves

Afternoon walk around Casco Viejo

Super fun rights and left for a week. We where blessed with offshore winds all day long. Surfed until we could think of nothing more but eat and sleep

Last night in Panama for Catalina and what better way to close a week long trip of surfing and getting to know Panama than with a reggae roots concert

Bruno's Third Surf Trip

This was Bruno’s third surf tour with us. He once again had to come to Panama for business and decided again to stay for a weekend tour with us. This time we had a small south swell and decided to surf the beaches and pointbreaks around the bay area. The wave really suited Bruno’s surfing and he was on his A game.

It was offshore and sunny all day and Bruno surfed until he couldn’t move…. might explain why he went to bed at 20:30 every night. Never finished any of the movies he wanted to see after dinner.

Somehow Bruno ended up fitting his 6’2” frame in some of the little barrels on offer.

Panama saying goodbye to Bruno

Bruno's Second Surf Trip

This was Bruno’s second surf trip with us. He came to Panama for a business and decided to stay over the weekend. His mission: surf as many hours as possible in two and a half days. This was the first stop an hour after picking him up at the hotel.

We followed a little pulse of swell up the coast and managed to get 3 surf sessions in fun chest high waves

Bruno’s final waves before running to the airport to catch his flight home…. salty, sunburned, surfed out and happy

Tom's Surf Trip

Not only a great surfer but one but also a great SUP. We had a great time searching for surfable waves for both surfboards and SUP’s

Surfing Cambutal with style

Finding SUP cover time at Guanico

Just sitting around talking about the great waves, great food and great fun we had at Surfcamp Guanico

Federico's End of 2018 Surf Trip

Late December 2018 south swells at Chame beachbreak

Morrillo on a late December 2018 afternoon

Sunset at Hostal Villa Vento at Morrillo

Guanico morning right before the end of the year

Federico's New Channel Island 5'8" Fred Rubble Surfboard test

Nothing more exciting than waxing a new surfboard

Magic board? This was Fede’s third wave

Last wave of the day … yeap, Channel Island surfboards are magical.

Bruno's Surf Trip

From secret spots to popular breaks, from beachbreaks to pointbreaks to rivermouths to reefbreaks; Panama gave Bruno fun session after fun session

Had a great time with Bruno and his wife Joelle! Panama will surely miss you guys