It is difficult for the young traveler or the novice surfer to know where to go for a surf vacation or surf tour. Besides many surf camp offerings, first of all choose the place where you want to go. But there are so many …

(more…)

Ok, this is a little bit off topic and not normally what surfers do: hiking. Hiking, a very popular outdoor activity in Austria and the Alps in general, is a great alternative in Costa Rica too.

(more…)

This is another post about the Costa Rica countryside - see for all articles in our “Beaches and nature around Zopilote” category. This time we continue the facts we reported yesterday and here (about the weather).

(more…)

For the traveller interesting in geographical and social facts of a country, we have collected data from various sources (like the CIA factbook) about Costa Rica. It is not complete although, but it gives you a first idea of Zopilote’s home country.

(more…)

Today, we present you a surf video we found at YouTube - the rigth piece of motivation you need if you’re sitting in a cold, rainy country. We are the lucky ones - Costa Rica’s sun is greeting us every morning!

(more…)

We reported yesterday about surfer friendly colleges, and today we tell you the story of a journalist, who’s entire life is organized around surfing too. This guy we present you is Justin Beard, columnist with TC Palm, and in his first column, he recounts his own story…

(more…)

What’s about that: go to college and surf daily? Ok, this is maybe no new idea to Californians and other students on the US-coast and Australia, but for European surfers, this sounds like a dream.

(more…)

In the infinite of the web, we found a story about two youngsters from Florida who went to Costa Rica to join a conservation project (Read here more about such possibilities).

(more…)

Cobano is kind of a hub in the southern part of the Nicoya Peninsula: almost all roads to the beaches in south or west (Mal Pais, Santa Teresa and also to the home surf of Zopilote surf camp) of peninsula pass through this city.

(more…)

Using Google Earth, I made a screenshot of the Nicoya Peninsula from the sky. At the right side, you can see Puntarenas, from where the ferries cross the gulf to the peninsula, via Paquero e.g.; learn more about how to get to the Zopilote surf camp here and here.

(more…)