The man, the myth, the legend. If you read the NSR report, yeah, this one right here, it all started really from this guy. Bryan (aka Pancho) McMandon. El Jefe came down to Nica waaaaay back (also with his surfing partner in crime and other brain child for the little entrepreneurial thing called “The Nicaragua Surf Report”, Hot Carl… AKA “Carlitos Caliente” when surfing in Nicaragua was just an idea for the real adventurists, looking for new places that weren’t already so over crowded and the lineups were pretty much empty up and down the entire Emerald Coast here. It all started with some pictures that were posted to just some friends… I’m not even sure what platform Bryan was using, had to have been before Myspace, so maybe AOL? The point is, I’ve been following NSR since my first trip here in 2004, and NSR I believe goes back as far as 2005, so somewhere, I was lucky enough to learn about their little idea and daily postings to show how good the surf was down here, by a couple lucky dudes, who I’ve been following from day one (AND also, whom I am fortunate to work with and have been since 2017). Their little empire which has grown exponentially, (and this all cannot go unnoticed without mentioning the real wizards behind the curtains and behind the scenes 2 other important others who make NSR what is today, is Heather (Bryans wife) and (Eugenia (Carl’s wife) who also play an integral part that has built and grown NSR into what it is now for almost 2 decades, employing well over the 100 persons mark over that time span and what’s really awesome is during the Governmental vs the People crisis, and the entire time throughout COVID, they didn’t lay off a single person from their very heavily and well dedicated staff. Including Operational management (Baldo and Sarah), cleaning, maintenance, concierge, surf shop employees, and for me, best of all - the photographers. They didn’t want to lose any of their dedicated workers (which are all like family to NSR) or make them unemployed during some of the hardest times I’ve ever witnessed, at least for me, while living here in Nicaragua. So every time you read the report, or now go to the newer more modern app like Instagram, just remember, it all started with a camera and a vision. The rest is history and if you’ve ever come down and stayed via NSR, you’re a part of that history as well. So we all Thank YOU!!!! :)

On that little historical side note. . . let’s pray for some clean fun sunny waves for tomorrow! Cheers ~ SBS

Remember, even if you didn’t make the highlights you can always look at the link here for all the Daily Surf Shots from each day, there might be a good chance you’re in there!

AND don’t forget to follow us and always check out our current happenings on our daily Instagram stories here NSR or my photography here Nica Surf Shots