Thunder's solid 3ft from SW and some barrels as well as 4ft or over head sets.
almost no wind
As we got up and started motoring further south you could tell it was going to be a nice day. It was phenomenal motoring down the southern isles as there seems to be some little isolated islands. We could also see a boat docked at a huge left called Greenbush...known for its fast spinning barrels. We continued on and pulled in just around the point from Greenbush to a beautiful spot called Roxy's nice small little bay that will pick up a swell from from several directions...the water was glass here and somehow protected from the wind and white caps that existed just a few hundred yards out and open sea. Also a cool little village there called Mala Kopa. We continued on south and enjoyed what was left as we passed the two small islands that contain Rags Left and Right on either side of each.
Finally we arrived at beautiful thunders and only one other boat there...perfect! The left was slow bowling but then seemed to pick up...the tide may have had something to do with this...regardless we enjoyed lunch and watching from our perfect top deck boat amphitheater.
All enjoying a break and needing some shoulder/back rest from heavy paddling... Mike, Simon, Dom and I got on a dingy and motored over to the neighboring beachhead of the island looking for some adventure and a swim. Beautiful sun, weather and water conditions provided for a good swim and some on island exploration. Frankie our boat hand brought along some drinks to give to the local king or head resident of the island...he was doing some work on some wooden poles used to prop up some hides or something else with coconuts...i didn't really understand the setup and was distracted by the wild dog pups he had onsite...i guess he is a defacto local pet store the way i understood it....but looked like food was scarce and these 5-7 pups probably had to fend for themselves. Regardless i got off some good pictures and one in particular that might make a good wall hanger. It was also fun getting on land for the first time in a week!! Frankie told us that the 2010 tsunami hit this island pretty hard as well and because of it there weren't many villagers left or still on the island. it certainly was hard to tell as the underbrush was really thick and not really able to see any significant distances. We took off after our walk and headed back to the boat...sunset, dinner and kangaroo court. Since it was Saturday night there more booze flowing than normal and even John (usually in bed at 8 first in the water) was up for a drinking game. Wiz, bang, bounce. AJ also seemed a bit more tuned up than usual but all had fun and got to bed a little later than usual.
Puss Boots dick of the day: AJ for catching 3 waves in a row from outside position in and snaking the last one as he moved down the line. There were some Aussies in the lineup that didn't care for that and let Pauly near by know...so paul to the story and it was the winner.
wipeout of the day: Dom for decent fall off a slow drop inn ay thunders but more about the tomb stoning on his board where it floats above you in the white water like a tomb stone of a grave as you get spin cycled below it.
Graham got wave of the day for a great backside left at thunders that afternoon. big set wave and a couple good slashes of the top.
Last note...Dom had to shotgun 2 extra beers for his poor performance on the award shots ceremony for the above accomplishments...1st (improper opening causing the beer to spew half its contents out all over his face chest neck and ears!) the he simple just killed /chugged the next beer hoping for leniency but got none from judge Hobby so he had to prove he could properly shotgun a beer ...and thus a third beer was presented and chugged.
He was a bit glassy eyed but pulled through in true POME ( prisoner of mother england) form!!! good stuff.
