Yew! Three hour morning sess at Mutz. So many waves. Rhythm and confidence. Loved it. Broke my three day mini health retreat. Bintang to celebrate. Traveling north inside the islands then through the passageway near Macaronis tonight.

The Meat Locker equals rad! An eency white coral island with a smokin' right hander wrapping around one side. After a brief stint on the island to suffice both my craving for land and curiosity about who the two bods perched there were (photographers from California) I grabbed my board and went for a quick sunset surf. Absolutely insane scenery. Rode a couple of goodies before it was too dark to see. Our remaining few squeezed tightly into the blue tender for a...

Checked a few spots at dawn before deciding to venture to the southern most island in the Mentawais. Flying fish, dolphins and more incredible cloud formations on our travels. There are a couple of other boats down here in the middle of nowhere. Lots of spots though so a few of us surfed a left a bit further over called Little Chopes. Surprisingly with a name as intimidating as that I got a pretty good one - donated from Sime - but I got one all the same. After a...

Two super fun surfs today. First one at an unnamed break. According to Dickinson our skipper 'not even a real surf spot'. Second one at Muts, appropriately. The set up at Muts is all time. Peeling left-handers off a white sand island that you can see right around from the boat. An old fallen tree defining the scape. An eagle perched on the tip of a tree root shooting vertically into the sky. A tiny channel between the sand bar and a lush, vivid green island bur...

Yo, I got one. The waves have been solid the past couple of days. After a bunch of go downs and wash ins over the reef at Thunders I made a good one at Twin Peaks today. Progress post being rattled for a bit. New spot tomorrow. New found centeredness perhaps. Add the simple delight in waving to a couple of villagers who paddled their dug out over for a peek at what we were up too. One a female at that. Magic Mentawai: Book to read about the people here and thei...