Antonio and the surf truck over looking one of the Caribbean's most scenic areas.
Then you sit there, contemplating if you made the right board choice.
I brought my 10'3" classic single fin shaped by Jesse Timm and my Harbour 9-0, 2+1. I can't
ever get enough of the JT but I tell you what the 9-0 really excelled in the fast reef breaks.
The trip being a solo job for me I was open to anything, primarily meeting like minded people
which were heavy into surfing allowing some kind of discipline in regards to not partying
too hard at night. Too hard is interpreted differently by everyone depending on your
tolerance to any mental altering substance, liquid or other. I planned on sitting in my room
reading, writing, and what ever, anything but drinking beers into the night.
Some how the community vibe at the Ali's/Cabarete Surf Camp created
energy which everyone flowed with quite well during my entire stay. And with good company
all my prior plans of taking it easy in the nights were washed away.
The days were filled with surfing from about 7 or 9 am depending on how late the previous
nights festivities rolled on. Hopefully 7am was the arrival time to the beach. During my
first several days the early morning high tide caused the waves to not come together.
Somewhere around noon the tide hit the perfect spot for the waves to do their thing. Only
thing was, the Trade Winds would pick up around the same time. One day the wind was on it
from dawn till after dark. That was
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What makes a good surf trip? Finding euphoria or something like it in the Dominican Republic