Swilly back in Pohnpei | Part 1

After a long but very comfortable flight with Air Niugini. I arrived in Pohnpei. I have been coming here for 12 years and it feels like a second home to me these days. After a well needed rest I was reunited with Allois Malfitani, PSC camp pioneer and his beautiful...

Early Season 2017/18 at the Pohnpei Surf Club

Yes, season is on. After a calm summer with the absolutely absence of any winds the swells starting to roll in. First it was typhoon Lan sending powerful swells to all western pacific. Around a week later the same typhoon turned into a north pacific low pressure...

Score for 4: A Recap

Last year, we ran a contest called “Score for 4” where we sent the winner and 3 of his/her best surf buddies on a trip south of the border. Trestles local Brian Taylor won the contest and chose Miraflores in El Salvador as his destination. Last month, Taylor, along...

SwellWomen Rote Island Surf & Yoga Retreat

Remote Island Paradise Are you ready to step back in time? To be transported to the untouched? To the Indonesia that once was? This is Rote Island. It lies at the southernmost end of the Indonesian archipelago, and most who go report an uncanny sense of peacefulness...

Late Season Special

Summer may be over but the south swells are still churning and places like El Salvador are still giving out the goods with half as many people in the lineup. From the well known like La Libertad to the lesser known reefs and points and beachies at the east end of the...