ZP & CDM Go Feral In Baja

With prospects of sand bottom point break perfection, Matuse family members, Zach Plopper and Chris del Moro, were on the same page even before they chatted about their respective surgical strike plans during last weeks swell. Zach, WiLDCOAST’s Wildlands Conservation Program Manager, had some survey work to do on some properties WILDCOAST protected this year in an area of Baja that has some world class empty points. Zach and WiLDCOAST ED, Serge Dedina, were looking for some field support and Chris was an obvious choice. Chris is a fanatic of the region and was excited to check out a few points he hadn’t yet explored.

The crew assembled in Imperial Beach on a toasty weekday afternoon and giddily departed for the bowels of Baja. The Santa Ana winds were either an opportunity to score, or get blasted out of there by the sandstorms that they often deliver. Fortunately for these dirt dogs, the wind blew slightly overhead walls into freight train tunnels and offered no more discomfort than a hot, dry breeze. They traded pit for pit for 6 hours upon arrival and got another 4 hours of slightly less amazing but nonetheless fun point break surf on day two. It was a quick mission (26 hours of drive time) but both Chris and Zach got their fill for a bit until the next northwest stews on the horizon.