We’ve very easily slipped into a routine here in Sayulita. In the morning, still in pajamas, we wander out to the beach where the kids play and explore before breakfast. After eating we walk around town a bit, ride bikes, and hang out at the playground. Home for the kids’ lunch, and then a walk to town and the south end of the beach where the waves are perfect for beginners. After a few hours on the beach all we need to decide is where to stop and eat on our walk back to the bus. Shower, read, sleep. It’s a full day—and intoxicatingly perfect.
The kids saw this hill and immediately asked if they could ride their bikes down it. If they’d gone to the top they would have reached 120 m.p.h. by the bottom, so I reigned them in a bit, but not too much.
Right next door we then discovered a BMX track. I thought it would be perfect for them, so I set them free. In less than a minute they had both crashed and cried—separately.
Coming down the hill they both were extremely focused, which is good because they were bouncing around wildly. At the bottom Lowe would lock up that back brake then spin his head around to see his long black skid mark. In that instant I could see myself in him. I loved those black skid marks. My dad used to get so pissed when I’d inevitably wear a hole straight through the rubber tire. Another twenty bucks down the drain. But to a kid’s thinking that twenty bucks was well spent awesomeness.
Lowe isn’t quite ready to get on the board, which is surprising because he spends his entire time in the water bum rushing the waves. He’s completely waterlogged by the time he finally says he’s done.
I’m sorry, but there is nothing more adorable than a tiny five-year-old riding a wave. And oh my god, when she hops on the board and starts paddling out—she slays me.
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OMG I am so STOKED to see this post and pictures!! You just made me smile. GO OUEST!! She looks awesome! Tell her I said she is a little ripper!!! That is the perfect place to learn. Watch for the urchins. Man, they are everywhere there toward the outside and I got a knee full of them….still have a couple imbedded in there.
Beautiful photos as usual.
Wow, what a gal, very impressive–5 years old and hanging 10. Good for her.
Perfect, just perfect.
Ouest surfing has been the best post so far! And I love the RV park.
Oh wow Ouest is amazing!! Maybe she can give us all lessons next time we’re in the area 😉
Love the photos too!
solid post. ouest will be stoked to read this later on. maybe she stays with it and turns into a shredder.
a friend told me there is free camping down by the beach where the fishing boats are. just sayin’. hard to believe free camping exists in sayulita but with all the hippies.
hope you enjoyed the swell.
Yeah, there are quite a few rigs around town that are obviously stealth camping. In your van you could easily do it, just move every couple of days. Nobody really cares. Hell, I don’t even know if there is a cop in this town.
Those pictures of Ouest surfing are fantastic! She has the look of a natural!
Ouest obviously has the stoke, just like Chris when she started. It only gets more intense. By the time she reaches Chris’ age (9), she should be shredding. We have groms on the North Shore out there with the big boys and girls shredding it up. None quite as young as Ouest (we’re talking big surf), but there are a few 7 year olds out there mixing it up. Go get ’em, Ouest — you’re turning into a real Gidg!! 🙂
Maybe when she is twelve she can stop by Hawaii on her solo-circumnavigation and hit up the North Shore waves. 🙂
Surfing tips. Never turn the board sideways into the waves. You’ll end up wishing only the top three teeth are missing. When surfacing after falling off the board and you don’t know where it is, come to the surface with both hands upturned on top of your head and elbows in front of your face. This will prevent the board from bonking you on the head and you getting lacerated by the fin. Also if you surface under the board, with the upturned hands you can pitch the board to the side.
Love the photos of Ouest surfing. What a wonderful opportunity for children you have created. They are lucky kids.
I so enjoy your blog. Thanks for sharing the good times.
Thanks, Franci. And, you’re welcome.
Alright. Someday I will go to Mexico.
Now is as good a time as there has ever been, exchange-rate-wise. Come on down.
If you guys are still in the area in July when I finally move down to PV for good, I’ll buy you a pizza and beers. Reading your blog is the reason I decided to check out Mexico in the first place in 2013, and I found it its the perfect place for me. Mucho Gracias!!!
Not sure where we’ll be, but we always seem to be passing through eventually. I hope you have better luck finding a good pizza than we have. 🙂 See you later.