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Captain Andrew Rigby’s Blog – PNG EXPLORER

9^th March 2010

Just returned from a last minute hit and run trip put together by the team at World Surfaris.

I spotted a cracker swell on the charts right when we had a scheduled maintenance week in port Kavieng.

Bugger swinging spanners in the engine room sitting in the harbour whilst 4 – 6 foot waves are dropping out of the sky on the outer islands regions. A quick call to World Surfaris and the gang worked around the clock utilizing the stealth club. The trip hit and run idea was dropped on WS with 48 hours to fill and locked down within minutes of the deadline, an awesome job.

Crew we had for the run were Andrew Shields (Photographer), Lincoln Taylor (pro surfer), Dru Adler (pro surfer), Angie Koops (pro surfer), Sam Page (pro surfer) and three stealth club members Howard Patrick, Jaxon Taylor and Ryan Taylor. Also we had Titima Mange onboard – a PNG shredder and National Champ.  

We hit the outer islands buzzing knowing it was going to be pumping and it produced as expected.

We scored our known spots at the wave park up north. Korangai “the slab” was heaving 6 foot whilst the left point Malillie was throwing out long 4-5 foot playful walls. After two days worth it was time to head south to our newest secret location. South island 1 and South Island 2. The left slab “bonemans” was firing some heavy barrels off. Firstly Lincoln got pumped on a double up.  He suffered 14 stitches in his mellon, a burst sinovial sack on his elbow and bark off everywhere left him on the couch for the rest of the trip. Unfortunately he was joined by Howie who also copped a flogging when he went for a run over the falls that tweaked his ankle.  

The right hand nugget on south island 1 was 4-6 foot and just going off but we managed to stumble onto two left point breaks never surfed before on a part of the islands coast I just haven’t had the chance to scope yet. It was one of those moments where you just stand there and scratch your head in disbelief, the first left we named “Manalos” a long hollow left with a big rig tender ship wreck right next to the takeoff, the bottom is flat bedrock so you can bounce without ripping too much skin off and the other “Apostles” has similarities to Bingin but WAY better! We found these spots at the end of the trip when the swell was starting to drop so it was only 3 foot but heaps of fun. The thought of those two dream set ups at six foot has me losing sleep already.   

What a trip! Stay tuned for updates on the NEW secret lefts and dates for next season.

Cheers

Andrew Rigby

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Andrew Rigby and PNG Explorers next exploratory mission is to Bouganville from 13 to 23 April.