Daet Bomb and Surf: Day 1&2 of 6

Cast: Jeddan, Kat, Ayin

Day 1 (April 16, 2011)

Arrived Bagasbas Beach at around 6AM. Our Surfing Sensei, Hiroshi Yokohama, offered to give us a ride since he also had to go to Bicol for a meeting with the governor on wakeboarding-related matters. He told us that Daet isn’t really on his list of favorite surfing spots in the Philippines but the waves were good that morning that we ended up renting longboards and having a quick surfing lesson with the Surfing Guru.

 Ayin, the best surfer among us. Naks.

(I’m going share my experience on this through another blog post)

After the morning surf, I met up with my friends (finally) Kaloi, Neo/Alexis, and Duke. It was only my second time meeting them but they seemed so much like brothers to me.

Duke, Kaloi, Kat, Alexis

(sorry naman sa cycling shorts ko, cycling over boardshorts na ko, mas comfy, wala pang rashes)

They had to leave us for a while because they have skim lessons (them teaching). Hiroshi invited us for lunch at Leo’s (which we later figured out to be owned by Duke’s family). But before walking to Leo’s, I saw someone at the scramble store waving at me, haha, TJ, another friend, who owns Slicksurf Skimboards (check out their Facebook page).

We had singang na hipon, calamares, and sizzling dinorado (must try at Leo’s!). Then we viewed our photos for a while, had a cup of scramble, and said goodbye to Hiroshi. Thank you so much for everything, Sensei.Hiroshi, Ayin, Kat

 We then moved our stuff to the surf shack which served as our home for a night together with the Slicksurf crew and the Uragon Longboarders.

The Surf Shack

That night we had some slalom sessions and enjoyed a great performance from the [Coffeebreak Island].

In conclusion, maaksyon ang DAY 1…pero mas maaksyon ang DAY 2.

Day 2 (April 17, 2011)

We woke up at 530AM for a morning surf. Waves were really good that morning but we had to go back to the surf shack at 7AM. A bomb session at the Bitukang Manok was scheduled at 830AM that day. For the longest time, I have been wanting to bomb this hill. That day, my dream came true.

Because not everyone slept at the shack, we all met up at the Slicksurf workshop. The place had a backyard skate bowl where the boys played while waiting for the others to come.

Joker, Duke, Van

I thought it was just an ordinary bomb session. To my surprise, a GMA crew went with us. We even rode in their van. I never thought my first attempt of bombing bitukang manok would be televised. LOL. Before the run, we were briefed by the crew. I was a surfer, a skater, and an actress for a day, haha.

Since it was my first drop at the hill, I really had no idea how fast it would get. Nonetheless, I went on bombing. I only did a few pushes and carved my way down to the first hairpin. I felt my board speeding up after that. I realized I just cleaned and lubed my bearings prior to the Daet trip so my board was kind of…fast. I overtook some guys (and I didn’t mean to do so) and cut in their lanes at the second hairpin. Two guys, Nico and Kaloi ended up getting wiped out. Again, I’m sorry. BIG HUG guys, hehe. We were interviewed by the GMA crew because of that.

We stayed at the Bitukang Manok for several more hours but the bombing didn’t end there. There were a lot of really awesome hills on our way home. There were the Military Hill, Queen’s Hill, and some unnamed. My favorite one’s the Queen’s hill. It runs up to 70kph for a minute and a half. It was so long I couldn’t tuck it all the way! I have to strengthen my hams to do so.

The last photo was the last pack run at the Queen’s hill. We in front of them, filming.

Upon arrival at the Bagasbas Beach, we immediately took of our outer clothes and went for an afternoon surf. We were tired but we didn’t want to waste no time. Darkness came and we had to go back to the shack and dressed up for the Sunday Rock at the Slicksurf Workshop.

Love ko na si Aizza at Aica!

Great bands, great party, awesome people.

Sulit Daet, 2 days pa lang yan.

Photo credits: Ayin Tamondong, Hiroshi Yokohama, John Lyter Liwanag

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~ by katbolina on April 23, 2011.