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5.5ft and glassy

August 12, 2009 | Words By: inkawaves

blissed-out-inkadogThis morning, after suffering through two weeks of heavy winds that turned otherwise perfect 9 foot waves into choppy schwag, the air was still, the ocean was perfectly glassy and the 5.5 feet waves were peeling just right. It was bliss.

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One man and his dog

August 08, 2009 | Words By: inkawaves

inkadogThere are dogs that surf and dogs that like to watch the surf. There are dogs that only bark when their best friends go surfing. There are dogs that swim out to sea, only to turn back when the waves come crashing in.

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Chilca’s “new wave”

July 31, 2009 | Words By: inkawaves

new-wave-at-chilcaThere was a big turnout last Saturday at a break in Chilca for a bodyboard competition billed as part of one global circuit or another.
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UFOs and surfing

July 29, 2009 | Words By: inkawaves

helados-ovniPeru’s coastline, from the border with Chile in the south to the frontier with Ecuador in the north, is sandy desert, dry as a bone. So dry that there’s no running water and most people store water in buckets or drink Inca Kola, the shiny yellow soda, to quench their thirst.

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Scarface

July 27, 2009 | Words By: inkawaves

scarfacei admit it. i am bowing to pressure after being called scarface and having a faithful reader demand i post a photo of what happens when someone’s fin kisses your cheek as you are dropping in on a wave…

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