Cover photo: Carlos Cabrero and Cristian Rivera sharing a bomb while a couple paddle around trying not to be eaten by the beast. All photos except those mentioned by Ricardo Lucke. 

The long-awaited swell produced by Tropical Storm Leslie arrived with the force that was expected and brought out its best in this epic session that took place last Saturday and brought together the bombs and some of the best and most legendary surfers on the island.

“I went surfing in the morning and the waves had barely risen. Wilderness had its six-footer early but you could feel in the water that the waves were going to keep rising,” said the author of most of the photos from the session, Ricardo Lucke.

And he continued: “There was a lot of water and current.  By midday the waves were already bigger. We spoke with some friends from San Juan and they told us that the waves there were huge, because of the direction of the swell, from the NE, it was a sign that they were going to reach Aguadilla at any moment.”

“I went to eat and when I came back for the afternoon session I found these incredible waves. People were out with their eight feet and wearing life jackets.  Carlos Cabrero, Ale Moreda, Brian Toth, Otto Flores, Sebastian Soto, Kianni Iglesias and Cristian Rivera were the ones who stood out for me that afternoon," Lucke concluded.