Amazing spot discovered near Puerto Vallarta

Traig and I connected in Puerto Vallarta Wednesday and discovered an epic spot half way out from Bucerias to Punta De Mita. With a south swell picking up and pushing 2 or 3 feet OH, there were barreling rights and lefts for hundreds of yards off a couple of points. Add to that that the water was perfect aqua and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. We were standing there wishing the wind was stronger and then drove a few miles closer to Bucerias where we grabbed a Palapa at a public beach and ordered a couple of beers expecting to get skunked. Lo and behold the wind kicked in to about 15 gusting to high teens and we took turns riding his Xanadu fish light wind machine (actually my first time on that board, and I can confirm that everything he's said about it is true--a true lightwind machine with great surf possibilities). Kept thinking that I should've brought my board, but I'm glad I got a chance to ride this board and will definitely be getting one in the near future as my first serious dive into directional riding. Traig--getting only half of a riding fix due to my intransigence--kept recommending that I should consider grabbing the only other surf board on the beach. This happened to be the beach restaurant's menu, so, in the absence of a cameraman to capture the comedy of such a moment for posterity and disinclined to try and kite back to Puerto Vallarta to escape the Federales, I decided to ignore this advice ;-)

Unfortunately this was a close-out spot and at any rate the surf was half the size as further out in the bay, so we took a chance even though it was getting kind of late we headed back to the first spot. We snuck back into the "exclusive" and "private" condominium complex pulling off a Jedi Mind Trick and were both pretty sure the offshore wind coming off the 30 foot cliffs probably wasn't enough to get us out past the very sketchy reef out to that absolutely gorgeous break. But . . . . being like a couple of kids who just broke into Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium, we just had to try anyway. Somehow got the kite inflated and launched to a gathering crowd of gawking & very wealthy onlookers, and then Traig masterfully rode a single gust past the reef nasties and out to the impact zone. He caught the first wave very nicely, and then 4 or 5 more kitelooping downwind in maybe 8 knots. His walk back must have been at least a mile--probably more, but the crowd of bikinis hounding me with all of the standard "what is that" and "Wow, that is sooooo cool" Q & A made it all worthwhile . . . . . snicker snicker, at least for me I guess.

One thing is for sure, Punta De Mita has the potential for some of the most amazing kitesurfing conditions we've ever seen. We couldn't help wondering "what if we'd just stayed here in the first place" instead of making that sojourn to the other spot????? Who knows, but we swore that someday we'll ride that spot on a perfect day. Since all beaches are public in Mexico, the next time we'll hire a Ponga and cruise the coast until we find the PERFECT place to ride.

Cheers,

Gideon