I am booked for the last week of August, hope to see you there.
thanks for the answers so far. One more question.
Getting from the Trujillo airport to Chicama. I know it is about a 90 minute ride. Just take a taxi? Are there shuttles? Cost?
Hi Beavis -
You must arrange that previously first.
Preferably with the hotel youâll be booking -
Hereâs the guy that picked me up if you are going on your own.
Cesar - +51 958439363
When you mention âI just want to surfâ you mean prone foiling? Prone foiling in Chicama for me itâs not an option, really strong currents, really hard to stay in the peak and youâll be probably expelled out by the surfers and longboarders. So youâll mainly be tow foiling which itâs the ideal to maximize your time there.
Hereâs Romario = +51 973 356 045, heâs a nice guy and you can arrange with him before hand, not sure about how sending money before works, I just went and arranged all that when in Chicama.
I would recommend again - to try and arrange all this with someone you trust even better if from a hotel in Chicama so you can have options. the other guy I once posted itâs number, had some issues with some friends so I wouldnât recommend him anymore just out of precautions.
For towing- itâs preferably to go in groups of 3 maximum IMO. 2 will be really nice but more expensive, but youâll maximize the time- 3 itâs nice in terms of rotating the launch and pick up - 4 will lead to too much waiting on water -
Gian Carlos itâs another guy I would recommend to talk to !
+51 944 515 308
chicama foil rides (@chicamafoiling) ⢠Fotos y videos de Instagram
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I donât understand foil travel? Foiling has freed me from the need to go anywhere. Leave it for the logs!
âLongest wave in the worldâ on the right day at home I can get 3 miles plus on a wave!
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toomuch - better not tell anyone where that is, it may get crowded if you can take one wave 3 miles.
Omar-thanks for the info, " just wanna surf Chicama" means I am not going to be traveling around to other breaks, renting a car, or any of that other crap from past surf trips. Just one spot that provides it all.
I am trying to get the general logistics worked out before I start calling people for more specific stuff. Will be SUPfoiling, towing in, and /or winging.
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For an all-inclusive easy experienceâŚAlex and Paoloâs August trip has 2 spots left. This is who we went with in MayâŚthatâs us in the video, woohoo!
for DIY, if you stay at Chicama Boutique hotel, they have boats on retainer and arrange your boat shuttle. Have food inclusive prices if wanted (more pricy but supposed to be great, this is what the LAFC crew did).
Dolfines seems the best value hotel, cheaper than boutique but next door and great water views. Donât know if they arrange boats etc.
I have contact info for drone guy who arranged boats for LAFC crewâŚDM me for info if you want.
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another successful chicama mission completed!
I canât be bothered to edit footage, so just posted a few full shots from the drone:
shared tow foil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJmBwywxPg4
wing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEZuTh97_Oo
the waves this trip were so much better, got the real deal this time. A buddy with apple watch recorded a 6min wave, 4.2km, 40km max speedâŚpretty much as long a wave as you can get there.
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Size looks good! Iâm confused by the leash on your tow board though. 
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Last year no one used leashes, this year it was strongly encouraged (required). And probably a good idea, as with larger waves you end up passing by the surfer point, and from there the waves have white water that could take your board inâŚdanger to others and logistical problems.
That board is my DIY kite foil board repurposed for tow foil. I put the leash plug at the nose so that I could more easily body drag it through the kelp bedsâŚa unique problem in our kite launch spot. I never thought Iâd surf it ⌠and realized I had nowhere else to attach the leash to.
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Yeah there was an incident recently where a foiler fell near surfers, board continued to fly, hit a surfer - stitches across whole side of the head.
Overall, definitely a bit of conflict now with surfers vs. foilers there and leashes are pretty mandatory nowâŚ
Good to know. There was some mild tension at times, but for the most part everyone seemed to get along. I think/hope most surfers recognize that we are riding where they canât and weâre doing our best to stay out of their way. The key to long waves was to pump to the one behind at the point, to get wide of the lineup. Quite often weâd be out on the shoulder while they ride the peak, then we could cutback once they fall.
However, there was one boat driver and one female surfer with a loud n vocal foil hate â the kind where they are waving their arms and screaming and yelling even when there is zero conflict or danger.
Things got a little more touchy during the contest, until the crew figured out that it was 100% no-go zone. I think some kooky Canadian foilers may have made the televised results for the south american surf championship.
Haha sounds like we were there at the exact same time! Yeah there were a handful of foilers going through the surf zone really pissing people off. Sucks it only takes one person to give us all a bad name!
That is absolutely stunning from a surfing perspective!!
I must ask: the bad vibe + the look of the wave + cold water + the general Uluwatu magnetic attraction for kookery really has me questioning the appeal.
The wave itself: no one ever really turns, is there too much energy? Surfing super wide and just doing vague carves doesnât personally interest, you would surely need to surf on the inside to really get much out of it, which puts you in with the hordes of surfers.. watching this Mizo clip it looks pretty bumpy on the inside anyway? Combine that with endless boat wakes and wind. Looks like you need to ride <500 size foils to have much of a chance
I think this wave doesnât seem to deserve the mecca mystique it gets. Long wave matters less when you have a shuttle? 10x1km = 2x5km
What am I missing? (I just looked at a few clips on youtube, I canât find any evidence of anyone ripping, generally doesnât look rippable at all, straight all the time, compare that with a few Fiji clips and the original for me and Iâm itching to go!)
(caveat different stokes for different folks etc, geniune question, not stoke shaming!!)
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I agree with you, seems all footage is the same. I heard that place has 50 tow in boats now so turning into a circus.
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Nothing ruins a good place like people
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The vibe was good up until a week ago it sounds like. Lots of beginner foilers going there. If you took those same foilers to Namotu you would get the same footage out of them there. Theyâre all being coached by boat drivers. Laird went there and thatâs the type of foiling he does. Distance and speed, no turns in the pocket. Mizo actually surfing in the pocket shows you that a pro would take a different line.
Here is a Titouan showing why itâs a wingfoiling wave and not a tow foiling wave. https://youtu.be/qYA2QGrMCtk?si=oRx8gOQdfiKMNHmv This is more akin to the pro clips you posted in Fiji.
Iâve surfed Pacasmayo decades ago. Iâve never wanted to go back. Length of ride is fun a few times, then you have to paddle back each time and you realize itâs not where the fun comes from. Probably why I donât DW either.
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Donât judge the potential by the lame videos of me and others! 
it sure felt a lot better than it looks (as usual, seeing video of yourself is very humbling)
Itâs a playground with massive potential for ripping, for those with more skill and fortitude. There are multiple sections that you could focus on instead for different types of riding, versus the pumping needed to connect the flat sections. There is only one short middle part with surfersâŚthe 2 minutes / 2km in either side is free and open. Even with 8 boats and 10 wingers, there is still tons of room to play.
Itâs a really special place.that every foiler should experience! Closest thing foiling gets to heli skiing i reckon. But probably similar to heli skiing, thereâs pressure to make the run and not wipeout, so that affects decision making on taking risks vs playing it safe. I think itâs similar to surfing point breaks versus beach break, where thereâs some fear to make any moves as you have to make the wave.
Thereâs definitely some discussion about whether you are better off to have eight 500m waves with better shape versus one 4 km wave. Ideally better to experience both.
A few thoughts if you go:
â having tons of drone footage is stoking and also de stoking. Thereâs something to be said about just living the moment, savouring the insane overflowing stoke post session, and having that be your memory.
â use video as a training tool. So many reps, big opportunity to improve! But it requires getting video early in the trip and regularly versus at the end when its too late
â focus on best section. Once you got the long wave prize achieved, may be better to work the section you enjoy most, whether the big initial drop at the outside point, the slopey unbreaking walls mid bay, or the racetrack inside. Btw, the drone guys often dont fly past the surfer point, and the racetrack is by far the beat footage, up close racing along.
â take some chances! My feeling is week 2 would be so much more radâŚfind the groove, shake off that pressure to make the wave and get loose.
Next time Iâll rip it harder , i promise! LOL
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Looks like so much fun. Definitely on my bucket list. What was the wind like while you were there?
this is literally my tag line for foiling (some derivatives make some rude comparisons 
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Yeah I think winging wave sums it up, overpowered, boosting. Maybe itâs because my local spots are all overpowering, cold brown water and long period that I feel like a slow wave breaking over a tropical reef that gives sections to bash and wedges is more appealing.
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