2 weeks ago, Boo & I went to Puerto Vallarta for a friend’s commitment ceremony and of course, of the 4 days we were there, we spent 3 of them surfing. We checked out a bunch of spots, but it was small every day and the only thing breaking that we were willing to try out was Sayulita.

We could have taken one of these boats out to surf some other spots, but when we talked to a girl coming in and she said that sometimes, they just bring you out to a spot, that there’s no one else around and that they leave you there for a few hours, we got visions of “Open Water” but surf style.

The boats that can take you out to “Open Water” surfing.

I’m hoping that one day, we’ll be confident enough in our abilities to try one of these excursions some day. Of course that also means figuring out some way to fend off motion sickness though.

On the first day, we unfortunately got there late in the afternoon because we took the red eye, checked in, took a quick nap and immediately hit the road in search of surf. After checking out a couple spots around Punta De Mita and seeing nothing but lake-like conditions, we ended up at Sayulita. It was small, crowded, but really fun. As crowded as it was, I think because it was filled with tourist who were clearly just stoked to be in warm water surfing, the crowd was super mellow. We could have stayed out there for hours, but by the time we were really getting our groove, it was getting late and we had to head back.

We did however pack the new Olympus and even though we had problems with the makeshift arm band holder, we got these fun shots and even got some quick clips too.

Hola…more sitting, than surfing in Sayulita.

These are the crazy kind of accidental shots you get when you’re holding the camera in your mouth and trying to get footage of yourself surfing.

Boo, knowing there were chips n salsa waiting, trims down the line.

The second day wasn’t as good as the first, but we still got some rides in before we realized we to go and get ready because we did have a wedding to go to. Darn those pesky weddings getting in the way of surfing! Some of the same cats that were out the day before were out too like this dude I practically rode tandem with on a wave was very nice. We talked about the Malibu fires because he had friends there and made some chit chat.

Bunny: “Oh hi…yeah, sorry about yesterday…did I drop in on you?”

Sayulita dude: “Oh, no, no problem…it was kinda cute, actually.”

You gotta love a guy who is cool about riding the same wave and is obviously comfortable enough with his straight man-ness to use the word “cute” when talking about surfing. Hindsight being 20/20, I wish I would have gotten his name. I think Boo and I need to start actively making more friends in the water. We see so many of the same people and sometimes I wonder why we don’t just say hi and get their names because the ones we have introduced ourselves to seem like old friends when we see them in the water. Maybe that can be one of our new year’s resolutions.

Bunny positioned in just the right place .

The third day was total crap. Blown out, small and pretty much worthless. The food at the restaurants was icky and we were both in kinda crabby moods, but it was still good being out in the warm water. Plus, when you think about it, who can be crabby when you’re vacationing and are at the beach, right?

I know there’s a girls surf camp in Sayulita that’s gotten mixed reviews and being in PV really made me think that about trying to coordinate a surf trip with my surfer girl friends instead of doing a surf camp.

I remember when we first started surfing and I bought the Roxy Learn to Surf DVD and there was a line from one of the girls about the whole idea is to surf and travel with your friends. We were both bummed out that our friends from the wedding couldn’t have come with us to try to surf for the first time, but I’m hoping they might make it to when we go to Hawaii because traveling with Boo and surfing new spots is so great. I can imagine traveling with friends and discovering new spots together would be another milestone in our road to becoming “surfers”.

One of my favorite views from the trip taken when I was riding the same wave: Boo taking a right-Olé!