Archive for February, 2007

Stories from travellers in Costa Rica

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Regis from UK delivers a nice travel blog of her own tour through Central and South America, stop by in Costa Rica. Handy tips, great stories and a sometimes sarcastic comment is just fun to read. She will tell you how to avoid tourist traps and what to see on your way through this beautiful country.

Patrick Belardo from New Jersey sends us his video shootings of Volcano Arenal.

A volunteer from Arlington, Texas, reports about their first days in Orosi, with her new family and terrifying bus drives. After some linguistic troubles and cultural misunderstandings, she feels like home in the mountains of Orosi.

For the last, here’s a guy falling of a rafting boat, … hmm. Funny? We just don’t know.

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Avoid a shark attack

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

We never saw a shark around Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, so far, but you never know. There is a lot of water out there, and this is an open biosphere. But there are good news:

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All Aboard The Crazy Train - Trailer

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Impressing! Check out this trailer…

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Pro Surfer Around the Globe - News Coverage

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

This week’s pro surfer news:

≈≈ Monster result for O’Brien ≈≈

≈≈ Papua New Guinea goes crazy for national surfing titles ≈≈

≈≈ Owen Wright victorious at inaugural Hobgood Challenge ≈≈

≈≈ Rip Curl GromSearch ‘07 opens at West Java pointbreak ≈≈

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Surf photography by Ron Woolhether

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Awe F’shore Photography is owned and operated by Ron Woolhether. He’s better known as Awe F’shore or Awe.

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Abroad in Costa Rica

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

This post is for all of you who want to stay and live in Costa Rica - it’s “breathtaking, frustrating, hilarious”.

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Costa Rican and Croc best friends

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Five years ago, Guillermo Graham of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, found a wounded crocodile and saved his life. Now, Guillermo and the 16-foot Croc are the stars of a show shown in town.

The story started as a farmer shot the animal to protect his cows. Guillermo nursed the reptile, which name is unknown, and became friends. The result is a horrifying show - a short video can be seen here! Wow!
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Tow-in Surfing video with Laird Hamilton

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Watch this and hope you’ll ever come out of it!

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Pro Surfer Around the Globe - News Coverage

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

And for this week, we followed pro surfers with this stories:

≈≈ Monster energy Pro by Billabong ≈≈

≈≈ Former Winners Have a Good Start at the Hang Loose Pro Contest ≈≈

≈≈ British Surfers Master Rincon ≈≈

≈≈ Brit hopes end at Worlds ≈≈

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Surf artist Aubrey Falk

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Aubrey Falk, live long athlete and former surf professional, develops her art since her first art show at age of 16. Her paintings have appeared in numerous magazines, local papers, and galleries from Santa Barbara to Ventura. Her work is currently being displayed in Island View II off Casitas Pass, in Carpinteria.

Aubrey Falk
Link: http://www.aubservations.com
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