Captain’s Log: Entry
86, June 20, 2007
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This week we had Surf Europe magazine down
with us doing an article on Nicaragua. Alex Laurel was the
photographer and trip organizer, along with him came pro
surfers Pete Mendia and Jason Aparicio. The boys and their
boards arrived just fine on the first day, but the
airlines managed to lose all but one of Alex’s cameras. It
took three days for all of his gear to get here (thumbs
down to Air France)! On the second day of their trip, Alex
was taking a picture of a snake eating a frog. Everyone
was standing around watching as he was getting close and
personal taking shots of the snake. Being the Jackass that
I am, I decided to pull his chain a little. I snuck over
to the truck and pulled out a four foot piece of rope and
snuck up behind Alex. I threw the rope on his back as he
was crouched over the snake and yelled AGHHHHH! What I
thought would be a harmless gag, turned horrifying as Alex
jumped out of his skin and threw his 6 thousand dollar
camera in the air. Time stood still as we all watched the
only camera fly through the air and come crashing to the
ground. To say the least, I felt like a total A-hole
(Sorry again Alex!) Anyway, he was able to duct tape the
lens and other crucial components together and keep
shooting until the rest of his gear arrived a day later.
Unfortunately, the bad luck didn’t end there for Alex.
Upon getting the rest of his gear, the boys paddled out to
take some water shots with the new water housing. Yep, you
guessed it, the housing leaked and totally destroyed his
other 6 thousand dollar camera! In the end though, it all
worked out, and they managed to get some sick waves and
sick shots. The boys were pumped to check out some slabs
and heavy beachies. A big thanks to Alex for all of the
shots (copyright Alex Laurel, Surf Europe Magazine)
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