well if you are a surfer you probably do. chicama is rated the longest left in the world and for more than 10 years i have been wanting to go and surf this beauty.

on september 26ht, martin "mcfly" winkler and me went a month long search for this place of rumours and other perfect long rides on the pacific coast of peru.

over there we met xavier jordan, a good friend and big mountain rider from switzerland, who bought a house here last year and with his local buddy nacho is starting a surf camp which will open soon. nacho pretty much the coolest dude you can meet.

enough said - here are pics from the search:

typical transport along the coast of peru

the incredible view from the house from xavier and nacho.

mcfly on the mini malibu

xavier crusing

mcfly and xavier having a great session

nacho ruling it at is home wave

me on the mini malibu checking out the oil rigs

in peru all climate zones of this planet can be found, making the variation of food amazing.

fishing is a big industry along the coast, even though done with small boats

after 2 weeks of constant surf it went flat and we went to the mountains to check out some ruins of the incas and other ancient tribes.

up here, people live in small mountain villages

and it seems like not much has changed over the past decades.

we hiked to the "catarata gocta", the 3rd largest waterfall in the world. it is an amazing and magic place and not yet visited by many tourists.

mcfly playing indiana jones at "kuelap", one of the biggest fortress towns of early south american times. situated at an altitude of over 3000 meters, it was only discovered a few decades ago .

we went back to the coast for more surf, using a local 3wheeler for transport.

and found another left point

with perfect fun surf

october 13th is my birthday! time for a big cake and a party!

we pimped the party by adding some local ingredients from the local market(-:

...and added some more local ingredients later on ((-:

like usually the swell is the best when the hangover is the biggest. chicama was said to be working, so we had to go. another car, another long drive, but in the end we finally found what we had been looking for:

chicama. 

from the take of point to the end of the wave at the pier it is about 4km.

npadling here. you jump form the rock, catch a wave, surf it to the end and walk back.

and on and on and on and on and onand on

ironically, this was the very last day of our trip. you can be sure me made the most of it!!

this was peru, october 2007.