mahalo Guyz...
The surfers love..this was shot in mexico...
deep mainland...porto escondito...mexicos pipeline..
at the time , there was a war between the chipias indians
and the mexican government. They were fighting a man named marcos...no one has seen his face..but he is leader of th eindians...he is well educated and the ones thathas seen him say he is handsome like a prince...... he and his army is feared by the government......over land rights...human rights..
we were held up many times by the mexican army..
some places we had to bribed the officers into letting us go thru..
either with money...food...batteries..etc..
when we arrived..there was a big river flowing thru the main road..
after 8 hour drive south...we turned around and went back...and the location was just 1 hour away...
i went to a private airport and bribed my way into having a pilot fly us down, made two trips...first the crew went..i stayed back and took allthe equipment down with me...i found out the pilot flew for the mayor...lol..
when we arrived, we had no van., it was a little nissan car..we stuffed everything we could and went to the hotel....
there was a bridge jus before the hotel...it was closed..the indians was staging a demonstration....and wouldnt let out car pass...
so ..i waves some cash and asked some guys to help me carry all my gear to the hotel...
i went out for a evening surf...and ened up breaking my board in two..
snap...i left it by a garbage can on the beach...later on that week i saw ti again in a store...all patched up ...i couldnt tell it had been snapped in two.... i guess ones mans trash is anothers profit...
anyway we filmed...while the others surfed..i fished...
i caught a 97 pound sailfish and brought it back to the
beach..many on the beaches came running to me in the panga boat..since the fish over hung the boat it looked like i had a monster fish... i donated most of the fish to the village...
it was a good trip...something i would never forget...
o da weed?? we hooked up with a local surfer..his father
a blue agave farmer...also grew "da gold"...yes..it was amazing....
thank you for watching Smokey....