Today we capped a wonderful week in the beach town of Puerto Escondido watching the finals of the Van's PXM Surfing Tournament (PXM is the airport code for Puerto). This sleepy town is home of the famous Mexican Pipeline. As contenders caught waves, the announcer kept repeating "Oh my brother, oh shit, check it o-ut..." Christian captured this great photo of Lorenzo, the hometown boy and local favorite, after his first place victory. He beat out competition from Australia, Peru, Chile and the U.S. Other festivities around the five-day tournament included bikini contests, volleyball tournaments, skateboard competitions, motorcross events and yes, cock-fighting.
To get an idea of the scale of the Mexican Pipeline:
Playa Zicatela is for pros or people with a screw loose, so we spent early mornings at the smaller and more tranquillo Playa Carrizilillo, known as the most intimate beach in Mexico. Here the waves were smaller and I could swim and Christian could take a surf lesson. To keep up our strength, we've been happily feasting on coco natural for breakfast and fresh red snappper grilled whole or wrapped in tacos for all other meals.
While the fun continues, work actually does get done south of the border. See Christian in his office:
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