COVID-19 Disrupts Surf Season Schedule
- APR 08, 2020They say you can’t go home again, but here I am, back at my original publication base writing the Costa Rica Surf Report. Nearly 20 years ago, I wrote my first Surf Report f
Surfing Profile
Surfing Ollie’s Point after the Storm
- FEB 26, 2020In October 2017, a huge storm devastated most of the beaches in Costa Rica. Playas del Coco was totally flooded. Significant beachfront destruction was widespread and the ocea
Surf Profile Costa Rica: Dean Bushby
- FEB 26, 2020Years ago, Dean Bushby, a computer network engineer from Leeds, United Kingdom, fell off a motorcycle he was riding in Thailand. Loss of his leg was the consequence. Over the
Rip Current Caution
- DEC 30, 2019Rip Current Caution: Don’t Be a Statistic. Rip currents are the leading surf hazard for all beachgoers. They are particularly dangerous for weak or non-swimmers. Rip current
Ocean Rescue Training Aims to Decrease Drownings
- DEC 30, 2019Ocean Rescue Training Aims to Decrease Drownings: Internationally Accredited Lifesaving Clinic with Vamos Youth a Success. Costa Rica has continually been rated as the safest
Surf Profile Costa Rica: Jefferson Tascon
- DEC 30, 2019Surf Profile Costa Rica: Jefferson Tascon. Spend a significant amount of time in the ocean and it’s only natural to want to protect it. Jefferson Tascon is a surfer with an
Surfboard Shopping Guide
- OCT 30, 2019Surfboard Shopping Guide. Photo above from left to right: white shortboard, light pink longboard, light blue longboard, light green with stripe funboard, purple longboard, blu
Women Longboarders Mar Ibarra & Serena Xing
- OCT 30, 2019Women Longboarders Mar Ibarra & Serena Xing. Something very special happens when two women paddle out. What happens when longboarding gal pals Mar Ibarra and Serena Xing
Kiteboarding in Costa Rica
- OCT 30, 2019Boarding Without Borders: Kiteboarding in Costa Rica. As a pioneer of kiteboarding in Costa Rica, where I’ve been privileged to teach the sport for nearly 20 years, I can re
Surf Etiquette 101: More Than Just Popping Up
- SEP 02, 2019Surf Etiquette 101: There’s More to Learn Than Just Popping Up. If you’ve taken a surf lesson or two, you’ve probably already stood up on your first whitewater wave. C