My in-laws were coming down and I booked a pad for them to stay and enjoy El Salvador's beaches.
My goal was to find a place within walking distance to surf that would have wi-fi, a pool, access to facilities, and would allow our mutt to stay there.
The above really narrowed my price range but we got into a place that was a bit dodgy-looking in the pics. Thankfully it wasn't bad once there.
El Palmarcito is a wave about which I hadn't heard up until a few years ago. It wasn't a mysto spot, and it's not a new discovery. It's a very unpredictable logger wave.
I first paddled out where I'd seen some locals messing around the previous afternoon. I had jumped into the water to bodysurf and had an EddieSurfs first: I accidentally pooped myself in the water (I'd been battling a stomach bug since Wednesday and had already murdered the McDonald's toilet prior to leaving for the beach).
I caught a disorganized left and pumped on it but couldn't get in rhythm.
I eventually drifted down towards what I'd gathered was the actual point break. I caught a quick close-out and then I paddled up to the point a bit more.
A couple of false starts later and I caught the wave of the day. I got a couple of backside pumps on it before it fizzled out. I went in and had a bitch of a time doing so! I had to do the awkward ride-a-wave-in, but-jump-over-the-shorebreak dance a couple of times and my left big toe got smashed when a cobblestone rolled onto it just as I was preparing to leap.
My goal was to find a place within walking distance to surf that would have wi-fi, a pool, access to facilities, and would allow our mutt to stay there.
The above really narrowed my price range but we got into a place that was a bit dodgy-looking in the pics. Thankfully it wasn't bad once there.
El Palmarcito is a wave about which I hadn't heard up until a few years ago. It wasn't a mysto spot, and it's not a new discovery. It's a very unpredictable logger wave.
I first paddled out where I'd seen some locals messing around the previous afternoon. I had jumped into the water to bodysurf and had an EddieSurfs first: I accidentally pooped myself in the water (I'd been battling a stomach bug since Wednesday and had already murdered the McDonald's toilet prior to leaving for the beach).
I caught a disorganized left and pumped on it but couldn't get in rhythm.
I eventually drifted down towards what I'd gathered was the actual point break. I caught a quick close-out and then I paddled up to the point a bit more.
A couple of false starts later and I caught the wave of the day. I got a couple of backside pumps on it before it fizzled out. I went in and had a bitch of a time doing so! I had to do the awkward ride-a-wave-in, but-jump-over-the-shorebreak dance a couple of times and my left big toe got smashed when a cobblestone rolled onto it just as I was preparing to leap.
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