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Don’t wanna brag but I’m gonna anyway..
My son has said that if I pass without us taking an epic surf trip together he could never forgive himself so.....
Late October we will be spending 11 days in the Mentawais & staying at the Kandui Resort!!!
If anybody out there has done this trip, I would welcome any tips!
 

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41 years of surfing here, but never Mentawais, so no input there other than paddle every day at least a couple months prior to be in good shape for it!
Oh and have fun, take lots of pics!
 
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41 years of surfing here, but never Mentawais, so no input there other than paddle every day at least a couple months prior to be in good shape for it!
Oh and have fun, take lots of pics!

Thanks Dave ( this is Duncan)
 

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Nice! I live in Silver Strand in Oxnard CA. Did a trip there last year along with Bali. Epic wave. Got dragged over the reef once and was out for a day and a half. Heavy, fast barrels..not for a novice. Tube game better be on point.
 
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Done pretty big cloud break a couple of times, just gotta start paddlin!
 

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Surfer from south florida here! Never been to the mentawis but it sounds epic!

I go to Costa Rica every year though!
 

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Long retired surfer here. The biggest I saw was at the very end of Coronado.
 

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Sounds like an amazing trip! Let us know how it goes and take pics. I would love to do this with my son one day....gotta wait awhile though, he is only one.

I’ve done Tavarua and Puerto Rico a few times each. Unreal trips.
 
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Yup, I still think cloudbreak is king but...
I guess we’ll see!
 
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