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Macaronis Report October 17
Air evacuation & Robbie Page Ripping up Macas |
Hi guys
Well we've had an eventful couple of weeks here at Macaronis
Resort.
We have had the winner of Tasmania's Rip Curl West Coast
Classic competition visit, John Kolehmainen, who took
out the Macas Resort Grand Prize this year. John has been
stoked to score some Macaronis perfection for his efforts
winning the Masters division of the comp this year held
at Marawah on Tasmania's West Coast.
John's friend and rival Nigel Wallace also came along
for the trip, who was also scoring some nice waves, until
trouble surfaced after a diving accident trying to recover
an anchor stuck in the reef 3 days before the end of the
trip. We ended up having Nigel air Evacuated by helicopter
to Padang, in fear that he may have been suffering from
an aneurism, but fortunately after tests the results were
negative, and Nigel is now recovering after a couple of
days rest in the Padang hospital.
Macaronis Resort and Nigel would like to say a big thanks
to 'Cover More' travel insurance (which we highly recommend)
who did an excellent job arranging the helicopter at short
notice picking Nigel up at Fish Fingers beach nearby the
entrance to the lagoon. Everyone should keep in mind that
an event like this goes to show why Travel Insurance is
an absolute must if visiting such a remote part of the
world like the Mentawai Islands.
This week we have World Grand Masters Champion Robbie
Page back out at Macas Resort, after his last trip of
perfect waves we just can't seem to keep the man away.
Robbie's surfing and Macas wave compliment each other
so well, just check out some of the shots of Robbie pulling
into some deep deep barrels at Macas this last week.
So we've said to Robbie that he might as well just stay
on as surf guide and look after the place for a while,
and so the regular crew can take a well earned break.
Robbie's stoked with the idea, and not a bad surf guide
to have on your trip either, so any one keen for a last
minute trip should drop us a line and get up here for
the next trip departing on Thursday 23rd of October. Robbie
plans to stay out at Macas for another 2-3 weeks.
At the end of the most recent swell and after dropping
John and some of the other guests off in Sikakap to head
back to Padang, Robbie and crew have headed down to Thunders
for a few days on Indies Explorer as it is looking as
though we are in for a week of small waves before we have
another bump in the swell that looks as though it should
begin to show at the end of the week.
Well it has pretty much been the usual over the past fortnight
at Macaronis, some deep barrels had and a few Bintangs
polished off in the bar at the end of each day, plus a
couple of bottles of Rum and Whiskey one night that had
one of our guests wake up to find his name had been added
to 'the wall of shame'. The only quite unusual event was
the first air evacuation we had ever had, that went down
very well, and fortunately Nigel had suffered no serious
damage as had first been feared, so we are all thankful
for that.
If any body is keen to get out here for a late season
last minute trip and score some waves like the ones below
of Robbie getting absolutely barreled off his nut, then
drop us a line and we'll do you a special deal. Otherwise
check out our price for 2009 on www.balisurfconnection.com
Until the next time, stay safe, hope your getting a few,
if not then you should get yourself up to Macas Resort
only US$100 flight away from Bali with Lion Airways.
Cheers
Mark @ Macas
