How great bro, I'm happy for you, and we as a surfer always want to come back! because that feeling is so good, the drop and the barrel. hot water and palm trees...
We were there too in ‘74. October and November. Lived in a house on the other side of river. Rick Julien (Santa Cruz surfer), Steve McElyea (SC), my brother and I drove from SD. Had it pretty empty on occasion.
The name Rotherham and La Libertad are synonymous....our group of friends, Florida Gulf Coast surfers were there 1973 and my friend and I rented a house on the point by the creek for 2.5 months in July/August 1974, went to Rotherham's for meals often.
super vid/super wave..mui sympatico!..drove down from Seattle in 1992 with an old 1965 International Scout with my surf bud Hoppy; the war had just ended….camped at Posada Don Lito for months and surfed the bay, PR and Sunzal every day..made so many friends and memories ..Jimmy R. came up to us one night right before we were leaving for Nica, CR & Panama and said “boys, there is a land you will drive by called the wild east; there is super surf to be had if you fellas are truly adventurous”…. so on our way south we detoured to El Cuco, poked around, chatted with some locals in town who thought we were crazy, and we stared at the giant wind-blown beach break with no surfable waves ..so we thought Jimmy was just teasing two young punks, and we blew out of there and headed for Nicaragua…..years later we were some of the first “paying” guests at Las Flores and just couldn’t believe how close we had been; right around the corner!!….El Sal is still our favorite 32 years later … see you in Julio bruchachos !…buena ola
So really nice to read this. I just was imagine the hole story. You just stayed for months and the we t to Nicaragua and Panama. Nevertheless, the hole are in central America is so nearby. And lots of beaches and places. And How Jimmy advised you to go to the Wild East. how wonderful!went and ventured. I imagine the street was dirt, long hours on a dirt street, right? No concrete. That trip it must have been incredible man, 💪🏻🤙🏽
si amigo; it was an incredible gran aventura…no maps, no phones, no plan…just two young muchachos driving around an old jeep meeting campesinos, pescaderos, and surfistas..pura vida y buena olas…..keep great videos coming….gracias!
@@pineapplesurf I'd have to say we were lucky to find a house. We rented it from the local pharmacist. The house was up on a hill overlooking the main part of town. It was surrounded with an eight foot tall wall with broken glass embedded at the top. It was a big house with lime trees everywhere. The nephew of the pharmacist would come in from San Salvador each weekend and stay as well. We had a friend and his girlfriend that rented a house out near Sunzal. We'd ride the bus (on top) to visit and surf out there. The cemetery was the only thing between the Restaurante "Punta Roca" and the point. An American named Rob (who married a local) owned the restaurant. In fact, a lot ot that road was washed out from high surf. I could go on about being chased some locals fueled on Tic Tac while swinging machetes at us. Wish I could go back in time and do it again!
Great video! Thanks for posting.I have had a long term long distance love affair with that wave!I spent about 3 years total there during the civil war.Best waves of my life by far!!
Yeah 😎💪🏻and Let’s pray 🙏🏻 man it’s going to be good. Hurricanes are very rare. Is just a matter of which coastline is getting consistent swell and offshore winds in july!
Wonderful footage and editing on a nice looking day. Our group of surfer friends went there 1973, then my friend & I went for 2.5 months (July/August) 1974 and rented a small house right by the creek on the point. Surfed many sessions with Carlos and other locals but sometimes just the two of us. I did not connect too well with this music and the wave so I turned down since I know many people like to "rock out" when watching surf film....I'm a pro musician and usually prefer just the ocean sound when someone can get it. Nevertheless, thank you for posting, have really good memories from that trip. A native friend from Panama gave us a map and just my friend and I went to El Zonte also......not a soul there, just some natives. On the return drive to Florida our friend from Panama picked up my friend (I stayed there 2 more weeks) and they drove up and surfed Puerto Escondido and caught it big.....it was a real secret spot then. Actually La Libertad had never been published by name at that time either....just some photos in one Surfer Magazine article as "undisclosed location in Centro). Thanks again for the video sharing!
Your welcome my friend! And thanks for sharing your experiences! How interesting, that at that time, there was only one surf magazine publication. I'm glad you liked it, if the music is personal taste, bu at least the videos 🦾! I loved reading your experience! Be well bro
@@pineapplesurf Thanks....there a Magazine "Surfer Magazine" and another "Surfing Magazine". Yes, there had only been one article about Central America and it did not name the spots but word was starting to get around. There was political unrest so we stayed very close to the beach with a low profile!!!
Y ahora todo mundo sabe que existe 😅 Punta Roca, Las Flores y Punta Mango muy pronto surf city 2 que bonitas historias! 😊 Ahora ya sabemos todos el secreto que guardaban muchos surf
Huaa, 10 years ago. In my opinion, people are more nice, more friendly and of course is more developed, restaurants and hotels are growing. In the past the point was more “localised”. I also remember the dark vibe from the gangs. Honest, i remember when i was sitting in the car and they come to ask fore $1. But now, is really chill and security. Totally different and changed
Just came back from surfing this a month ago, very gnarly drops and took some bombs to the head 🤪
How great bro, I'm happy for you, and we as a surfer always want to come back! because that feeling is so good, the drop and the barrel. hot water and palm trees...
Impressive mate those are some bombs at that size that’s a watch and take pictures and videos for me.
Surfed there in the fall of ‘74 for a couple months (drove there from SD). Just as good, but 8 guys out would be packed.
Surfing every day, one day of rest, no crowds in that time, You are very blessed to have had that trip in the past bro 😎. Cool thanks for share 🤙🏽
1976 and 2006 was there....what a differance🙄
Gracias a dios estan castigando los pandilleros(salvatrucha)!!!
Te creo, el 2006 fueron los peores años, aparte de la guerra civil creo yo
Bryan has the coolest airiel of the WSL Contest HIS AIR AND DISAPPEARING ACT THEN EMERGING WAS VERY SHOWMANSHIP LIKE LOOK FOR IT ... 2024 ALOHA DSC777
I watched live too, that was a insane heat!
My first trip was 1974, drove from LA with my friend, now 70 yrs old still surfing.
the love for surfing never goes away. It goes up despite the age 💪🏻
Drove from LA thats epic
Congratulations for
your friend.i have 68 years old...want to live every moment.is surf in all sort
I love ES.i have many friends there .its all good!!
We were there too in ‘74. October and November. Lived in a house on the other side of river. Rick Julien (Santa Cruz surfer), Steve McElyea (SC), my brother and I drove from SD. Had it pretty empty on occasion.
yea, you got a complaint, come see me, yopu know where i am
😂 what could this be about
The name Rotherham and La Libertad are synonymous....our group of friends, Florida Gulf Coast surfers were there 1973 and my friend and I rented a house on the point by the creek for 2.5 months in July/August 1974, went to Rotherham's for meals often.
@@hawaiifreespeechnewsahha 😂
Beautiful conditions
Killer vid, good surfing, great waves, good music, cool angles & perspectives… a job well done!!!👏
Thanks broo, appreciate 🙏🏻
super vid/super wave..mui sympatico!..drove down from Seattle in 1992 with an old 1965 International Scout with my surf bud Hoppy; the war had just ended….camped at Posada Don Lito for months and surfed the bay, PR and Sunzal every day..made so many friends and memories ..Jimmy R. came up to us one night right before we were leaving for Nica, CR & Panama and said “boys, there is a land you will drive by called the wild east; there is super surf to be had if you fellas are truly adventurous”…. so on our way south we detoured to El Cuco, poked around, chatted with some locals in town who thought we were crazy, and we stared at the giant wind-blown beach break with no surfable waves ..so we thought Jimmy was just teasing two young punks, and we blew out of there and headed for Nicaragua…..years later we were some of the first “paying” guests at Las Flores and just couldn’t believe how close we had been; right around the corner!!….El Sal is still our favorite 32 years later … see you in Julio bruchachos !…buena ola
So really nice to read this. I just was imagine the hole story. You just stayed for months and the we t to Nicaragua and Panama. Nevertheless, the hole are in central America is so nearby. And lots of beaches and places. And How Jimmy advised you to go to the Wild East. how wonderful!went and ventured. I imagine the street was dirt, long hours on a dirt street, right? No concrete. That trip it must have been incredible man, 💪🏻🤙🏽
si amigo; it was an incredible gran aventura…no maps, no phones, no plan…just two young muchachos driving around an old jeep meeting campesinos, pescaderos, and surfistas..pura vida y buena olas…..keep great videos coming….gracias!
Cerca tenías Las Flores y Punta Mango 🥭 para surfear jejejeje 😂 como que whats? No te lo puedes creer 😂
I surfed there in 1977. We rented a house in town and stayed for 3 weeks.
Was In that time easy to rent a House? Because , at that time i know there were just few houses and the port of La libertad was really small
@@pineapplesurf I'd have to say we were lucky to find a house. We rented it from the local pharmacist. The house was up on a hill overlooking the main part of town. It was surrounded with an eight foot tall wall with broken glass embedded at the top. It was a big house with lime trees everywhere. The nephew of the pharmacist would come in from San Salvador each weekend and stay as well. We had a friend and his girlfriend that rented a house out near Sunzal. We'd ride the bus (on top) to visit and surf out there. The cemetery was the only thing between the Restaurante "Punta Roca" and the point. An American named Rob (who married a local) owned the restaurant. In fact, a lot ot that road was washed out from high surf.
I could go on about being chased some locals fueled on Tic Tac while swinging machetes at us.
Wish I could go back in time and do it again!
La Libertad! Te quiero la ola y la chica Marta.que Buenas,muy Linda
Marta 🤣? Gacias brother, buena onda 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Yes, world class.
Killer!
Good day at the Punta ..
😎
rad song. has a "Joe Walsh / 1970's Eagles" vibe to it. Goes perfectly with the epic surfing! props ya'll. 😎😎🍻🍻🤙🤙
Thanks mate! 💪🏻🤙🏽
Great video! Thanks for posting.I have had a long term long distance love affair with that wave!I spent about 3 years total there during the civil war.Best waves of my life by far!!
❤ I can’t wait! I will be down there in early July. Hopefully the rains aren’t too crazy.
Yeah 😎💪🏻and Let’s pray 🙏🏻 man it’s going to be good. Hurricanes are very rare. Is just a matter of which coastline is getting consistent swell and offshore winds in july!
Hope it's like this for the contest next month.
Yea, there will be a contest i see, Hopefully 🤞 is gonna be good.
World Class waves 🌊🤙
Wonderful footage and editing on a nice looking day. Our group of surfer friends went there 1973, then my friend & I went for 2.5 months (July/August) 1974 and rented a small house right by the creek on the point. Surfed many sessions with Carlos and other locals but sometimes just the two of us. I did not connect too well with this music and the wave so I turned down since I know many people like to "rock out" when watching surf film....I'm a pro musician and usually prefer just the ocean sound when someone can get it. Nevertheless, thank you for posting, have really good memories from that trip. A native friend from Panama gave us a map and just my friend and I went to El Zonte also......not a soul there, just some natives. On the return drive to Florida our friend from Panama picked up my friend (I stayed there 2 more weeks) and they drove up and surfed Puerto Escondido and caught it big.....it was a real secret spot then. Actually La Libertad had never been published by name at that time either....just some photos in one Surfer Magazine article as "undisclosed location in Centro). Thanks again for the video sharing!
Your welcome my friend! And thanks for sharing your experiences! How interesting, that at that time, there was only one surf magazine publication. I'm glad you liked it, if the music is personal taste, bu at least the videos 🦾! I loved reading your experience! Be well bro
@@pineapplesurf Thanks....there a Magazine "Surfer Magazine" and another "Surfing Magazine". Yes, there had only been one article about Central America and it did not name the spots but word was starting to get around. There was political unrest so we stayed very close to the beach with a low profile!!!
Y ahora todo mundo sabe que existe 😅 Punta Roca, Las Flores y Punta Mango muy pronto surf city 2 que bonitas historias! 😊 Ahora ya sabemos todos el secreto que guardaban muchos surf
..siqq edit was in awe as soon as opener the riderless wave peeled through..gracias for this
De nada men, buenas olas 🤤💪🏻
Looking like J Bay. Great surfing and filming 👍
That is true, with this size is looking like J-Bay. Thanks bro 😎 appreciate 💪🏻.
Da boys be rippin´!
Epic waves!!!
Thank you very much 🙏🏻. I just took time to do it good and good music. 🎵
Fantastic bro !!!
El Salvador one of the kind…
Wow!!! That wave is fast.
wow I wonder what it's like on a good day
Whether dealing with more crowds or having the beat wave of the month. But this day was pretty nice
thanks for the amazing edit!
Your welcome my friend!
Uncrowded, it looks like a great wave to be a local at.
Very true man, unlike onthers spots
❤❤
Chingon 👍
Yeah 💪🏻
Great wave. How is the vibe down there compared to 10 years ago? Same little hotels and what not near the point or more developed?
Huaa, 10 years ago. In my opinion, people are more nice, more friendly and of course is more developed, restaurants and hotels are growing. In the past the point was more “localised”. I also remember the dark vibe from the gangs. Honest, i remember when i was sitting in the car and they come to ask fore $1. But now, is really chill and security. Totally different and changed
Good vídeo and soundtrak
Thanks man!
Lifetime session!
Definitely man 😌 definitely 😎
Beautiful.
Does Bukele allow surfing there?
XD
Jimmy Rothman Rey de Punta Roca
Por supuesto, nunca se olvidará. Legend
This is now my favorite video
Tasty guitar
@@michaela2427 yeam man, i love the guitar 🤘😎
lines like jbay
Definitely
Exactly
Pura vida! Directo de Itauna, Brazil!
Saludos!!!👋
Tunnels on the road cuz there're no tunnels in the surf!
Awesome
Thanks man, we just want those epic days back. Coming soon 🌊
Don’t they call this Pinapples cause they are floating in the lineup?
@@libertard6101like when Kody threw the Pineapple to BigZ for wake up surf surf!
Lol
Tunnels on the road cuz there're no tunnels in the surf!
Good analogy 😌
Absolutely beautiful
🤙
@@bigtinyhomeadventurebigtin5201 it is🌴🎥😌. Thanks man, appreciate 🤙🏽🫡
Doesn't Bukele put surfers in jail?
Idk man 🤷🏻♂️
No