The Tale of Dale Dagger

Alright,

So this one won't be long.  It's been a couple days and I've spent most of them pretty ill and trying to get better.  Drinking lots of fluids.  Crucial.  Anyways, today was better.  I was still feeling a little uneasy this morning but had a bowl of granola and went and worked in the morning and I'm feeling good now.  My cousin and his buddies were going down to a surf break down the beach about 50 minutes called Panga Drops.  I decided it was in my best interests to go with them and so my cousin gave me his underwater camera and some flippers and told me I could try and film.  We drove half way and walked the remaining half an hour over some rocks and down the remaining beach to get to Panga Drops (might have the spelling wrong).

During this half an hour I asked my cousin why it was called Panga Drops and this is the story he gave me.


I am editing this post, almost a year after creating it.  It seems that some of the tale that I heard was somewhat misconstrued from the way things happened.  Recently Dale left a comment on this post letting me know that some of the things that I wrote were incorrect, which can tend to happen when stories are passed from person to person.  I have removed my original version of the tale of Dale Dagger, however if you are interested in reading about this amazing story, you can find the accurate rendition of it at the following website:

The Tale of Dale Dagger

But back to Panga Drops.  According to Dale, some surfers came into Playa Giante and chartered a fishing boat (a Panga) and it's driver for a few days to take them to some surf breaks.  The surfers got the driver to take them to the location of Panga Drops which has an offshore reef which forces the waves to break earlier and bigger than they normally would on shore.  They got the driver to anchor near the break and film them surfing.  Dale said that he warned them that a swell was coming in and that they would want to move the boat further out but they didn't listen.  A big set of waves came rolling in and the boat was caught too far inside the break. The driver tried to un-anchor and punched it but only made it to the base of the wave just as it was beginning to break.  The wave was too big and flipped the Panga and dropped into the white wash.  The swell lasted for 10 days during which time the Panga remained capsized and anchored in the line up of the Panga Drop reef break.  This is how the Panga Drops got their name apparently, and also a piece of the tale of Dale Dagger.

Going to go swim in some waves and watch my cousin and his buddies surf ( I still need to get a board ).  I'm going to see if my camera is actually waterproof.  So either I will have pictures from the ocean or no more pictures from here on out.  Will maybe edit this post a bit later.  But there's a story at least to read in the mean time.  Vote on a mustache or tell me what other style you think I should rock if you still haven't.