Vierno Caliente


Jamie Sterling has accomplished a lot in his 27 years on this planet, and this summer he saw yet another dream to fruition, trekking down to Puerto Escondido and literally shacking up for a couple months in the fabled mainland Mexican town. Leaving nothing to chance, he came equipped to make use of his time both in and out of the water, with all the toys necessary for a pro surfer in this era to surf, train, tow in and just kick back in style.

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This summer I completed one of my dreams I’ve been planning on for many years. I bought a Ford van and an enclosed trailer that housed my jet ski and can fit close to 50 surfboards. It’s my mobile garage.

At the end of June, I drove all the way down to Puerto Escondido. It was a real amazing road trip.

I invited Ikaika Kalama, Ikolu and Kawika Stillwell down to my summer home that I’ve been living in the past few months down here in Puerto.

I’ve got all the toys, my Ford van, my enclosed trailer, brought down a lot of surfboards, my jet ski, some training equipment like kettlebells, a barbeque just ready to go—the magnum mobile wave chaser.

We’ve been having a really good run this week. The waves have been in the three- to six-foot range.


The Hawaiian winter is approaching and we’re all down here tuning up, getting ready for winter, and what a better place to come and tune in your tube riding skills than the Mexican Pipeline.

It’s been real hollow and we’ve been pulling into some big pits. It’s been really fun.

We surf Puerto Escondido in the mornings, when the winds is always offshore and the swell is perfect. It’s always a morning thing here. At about 11:00 a.m. it blows onshore, so we’re up early making breakfast and some yerba mate, which I like to drink in the morning, and then we got out to surf.

Ikaika, Ikolu and Kawika were getting some sick rights, I saw all them getting barreled daily while they were here. I was catching my fair share of the lefts that were coming through. Pretty much my best barrels were my lefts. I got lucky on a couple of them.

After we surf, we come in and cruise at my house and make up some more food. I got my exercise routine I do in the afternoons. Ikaika’s been fishing, he’s got his whipping pole down here and fishing a bit, just living comfortably down here in Mex and just enjoying it.

In the afternoons we go down to a little mom and pop store and have a happy hour on the crates, drink a couple of cervezas and watch the sun go down, catch up with all the homies in the neighborhood that are traveling through and surfing, catching up on what went on in the day for all of us. It’s a super cool vibe.

The culture of Mexico is super cool. The food and juices down here are insane. Our diet down here is killer. We’ve been drinking fresh carrot juices, beetroot, and carrot ginger orange juice.

At the end of summer I’m going to drive my whole setup back to California. It’s going to take about five days to get home. It’s been a great summer hanging out in Puerto and I’m really looking forward to this winter, moving from the Mexican Pipeline to the original, O.G.-dog Pipeline.

Images from the Trip

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