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NW PR - Dec 22, 2002
"Pig Roast"
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Sun., December 22, 2002 - morning
Somewhere on the NW coast near a S**t House
Sunny and offshore/sideshore wind (trunks & short sleeve lycra)
5-8' w/no current (6-10' at the Wilderness Zoo)
High going low
Myself and a couple of others

Rincón was small so we headed north in search of some overhead waves.  Folks leaving Wilderness had us wondering if there were any decent surf as we hadn't seen the Borinquen Point blanketed white as the day before. Turns out that Wilderness proper consisted of the Rincón Zoo migration. The waves were nice enough, semi-glassy peaks with nice slides to the left or right, but way too frequently with two or more companions. We opted for one of our other regular spots where we shared some not quite as nice waves of similar shape and consistency with a shortboarder, a longboarder for a short spell, and periodically a couple of bodyboarders.  Alex stayed ashore since his stomach virus was still bothering him so there were about three of us to share the many peaks and walls that were consistently in the overhead plus range.  Picked up a couple of "spros" along with a plate lunch of arroz amarillo con gandules and pollo (we just call it cafe con leche at my favorite local grinds, the Cafeteria Borinquen, but the cafe is all made with good local Cafe Crema in expresso machines with scalding milk added).

After an afternoon nap we headed over to a friend's pig roast for rest of the day. Jim's wife being Cuban, the lechón was prepared accordingly, along with rice and black beans.  There were tons of appetizers and other treats... one of my favorites being a slightly spicy, fresh guacamole and papaya dip. Jim and family are on a two year assignment from their home base in the San Francisco Bay area (Point Pedro is the local break). One of his friends from back home, working on a construction project in San Juan, drove over for the festivities so we talked story about our respective surfing digs. Also met Tubey, the owner of the Longboard and Coffee Shop, located just east of the Ramey Base, swapping stories about Caballo in SJ and local spots and happenings.  His gf/wife is a talented local surfer that recently competed in South Africa. I understand she likes charging double-overhead Wilderness.


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