There's more than 6 people surfing in the Mentawai's?

Wow, what a great party! Last night we did the shaman ceremony here with the guys from the Indies Trader III. It was a mad house. Pro's, contest winners, reporters, cameras everywhere, local villagers and our crew right in the center of the action. It was the first time since we got here that the 6 of us have seen anybody other than our surf guide Ray and the employees of Kandui and we had a blast. Everyone was having drinks, talking, laughing, telling stories; it was wonderful. The Indonesian people are os nice and so thankful for everything that we bring to them here in the islands from medicine to boardshorts. It's nice to see people being thankful, with no strings attached and genuinely loving and needing the things that resorts like Kandui and organizations like SurfAid bring to them.

Here's a short video clip of the ceremony last night and a shot of me with Brad Gerlach. He's a great guy and we talked for a while and surfing, The Game (his surf comp. format) and all sorts of other stuff.

Surf looks to be holding up today and we're probably going to stay around here or go check out Kandui's since last night a few of the boys had the session of the trip as Kandui's was lighting up and showing some size though the winds we sideshore and maybe 1 out of every 10 waves barreled. But, I got some good shots of the boys from the boat and apparantley it got a lot better after I left and they said the wave was really starting to turn on.

edit: I ended up going to one of the villages today and I will be posting something tomorrow...it was unreal...