14th – 28th February, summer session | 2 – 4 feet
Stevo and The Romper Stomper’s jump back onboard The Mighty Mango for their annual West Sumatran surf trip……... with some new recruits.
Words & Pics | Uncle Lip
Boys will be boys.
Conditions/Forecast
February certainty didn’t disappoint - variable light winds and a handful of 24-hour swells kept us surfing everyday with no one around. Well, no one around where we were…
STANDOUT SESSIONS
This is a tough one as we had half goofies, half natural footers and different preferences.
A flawless 3-4 ft long right down south without a sole around, fun beachies for a few days while the swell was down, everyone’s favorite right ‘Roxies’ for the end of the trip, Chris’s super session on a left we like to target, or the successful evening fishing sessions.
This is exactly what we love to do on the Mango - cater for everyone onboard to maximize the stoke.
Wave of the trip
Everyday someone would quote “that was the best wave of my trip”, but it’s hard to go past Chris’s wave over on the left. Chris was ready to come in on this one session until the call came from The Foxy peanut gallery “go back out until you get some barrels!”, and that’s exactly what happened with 3 quick back-to-back tubes. A great way to end your trip.
Personalities
The banter follows its way from Mullawarra Headland to The Mango every year with these lads. A lot of stories to catch up on, father and son rivalry, plenty of afternoon beers and belly laughs. The new recruits settled in perfectly to charter life, and we look forward to seeing everyone same time next year.
Food
Fresh fish is pretty hard to beat. We kept it simple one day for lunch with Situ’s famous beer battered Wahoo with wholegrain mustard potato salad and homemade tartar sauce was the winner by a country mile. So good we did it twice!
Fish on
The fish were hitting nearly every pass. Two very successful trolling missions on Foxy Lady this trip, coming home with plenty fish for the crew and for us.
Fishing in the afternoons on Foxy is never a bad time but when your lines are going off it makes it even better. You know the rule - Never miss a Foxy mission!
After an all-day session at one of Mentawai’s favorite lefts……
"Regardless, we are just all happy to be away"
Steve Bailey
That’s the right attitude when booking a surf trip and the rest will naturally happen.
"Regardless, we are just all happy to be away"
Special Thanks
To the best crew in West Sumatra, they didn’t miss a beat (and rarely do) and to The Romper Stompers for their loyalty and booking with us every year.
Yours truly, Uncle Lip.