Momentary Lapse of Reason - "Indo-scope"

Howz it ya hooligans? Happy Belated 4th. I see not one damn thing has been resolved in the last three weeks on this forum but you guys certainly have been steady trying!!!

I had a brief interlude whereas for a moment in time Swellinfo and the rest of civilization was not present in my mind.

I wanted to summarize my trip for those who may be interested, as you plan your next destination. I have never been to Indo and have never done a boat trip. Hands down, the best trip of my life.

I will start with airlines. I will fly Singapore air anywhere I am able in the future. Class act all the way, including no board charges, fly stewardesses, and the food was epic.

Left out of Nias and went North. The boat was killer, two little boats for transfer to the peak and/or for little excursions to fish (f'n Tuna sashimi was Krip) and explore the beach etc. Nothing better than catching an epic wave all the way through kicking out and haling a ride back to boat for post sesh cold one! Or, waking up with fresh pressed Indo Espresso and watching the sun rise from the boat as the waves peel (this was one of my favorite parts....pre-sesh). Dude, cooking all week was a chef grade cook....presentation of and quality of three square meals each day was sweet. Speaking of meals there happened to be other "edibles" for the whole trip which ended up being great. Did some kayak fishing in the bay (mangrove jacks). Sunsets on the top deck with the crew as we pull back into one of three bays we would spend the nights in after surf was cool....we actually spent most of the evenings up there for the "happy hours"!

Surf was average to above average the whole trip. It was minimum 2-4' (Headhigh) everyday. We had mostly 3-5' and one "two day" swell that was 4-6' (those two days where worth the trip). I surfed my 6'4'' thumb pin (JJ Large Futures) the whole trip and it worked very well. There were a couple of sessions cut short due to these little fronts that would move through and jack up the conditions (which were still pretty good by EC standards). Many long rippable waves with some sick barrels over shallow reef. Sorta reminded me of really good South Shore Oahu but no crowds and longer rides.

There were a couple of sessions where it was maybe 3 or 4 of us out for evening or DP session and we were like "this has got to be a dream". Trading waves, watching your Bro get pitted, sketching over shallow reef getting worked, getting axed by the lip whilst getting "so pitted"!

Anyway, I am kind of rambling on but the trip was expensive (ended up costing about $6k....all in) and worth every penny. I could go on but need to get some work done. Ya'll can PM me with any questions or blow this thread up as you wish. Stoked to have a very full wave tank!!!

Peace.

 

Don't hate the player Z. BTW, you would have loved the cuisine...the fish tacos from fish you caught was the shizzle!

 

We checked out the Bay of Plenty for a couple of sessions..."Joysticks". On the inside of the Bay there was a land camp. I'm sure those guys spent less than me but they missed out on a lot IMO. Getting to and from the primary break in that bay was tough enough. I would say that if you were on a budget that land camp would be fun though (have no idea on accommodations....the structures looked ok. Absolutely nothing to do but surf. I would probably do one of the land camps in Mentawis.)

 

Trust me LB dropping that kind of coin was not easy considering I could do 3 Centro trips out of it. It was one time in my life I felt no shame in spending money though!!!

 

Nias was crowded with boats and we went straight North for the steep South swell coming and surfed a wave called Treasures....which is not as **** scary as NIAS but pretty shallow reef set up and really perfect. Can't surf those waves and not get cut up. I bounced off reef twice with no damage and got some small kine cuts on foot and knee otherwise.

 

Probably pretty accurate. Some of the sessions were like a painting or something. Not a drop of water out of place....well except when I had an occasional hack

 

My buddy did that camp last year. He said there was a heavy right (not Dylans...although he said that was sketchy if direction was not just right) that was on a little island just off the coast at that camp, not sure of the name but he said it was legit.