Sea turtles in the Osa Peninsula need your help!
Sea turtle nesting season is here and we need your help to ensure the survival of these critically endangered animals! With one modest donation, you can help tag, monitor and track a turtle, enabling us to better protect them through science and educational outreach. With your help, we can reach our goal of $4,000! Follow this Facebook link to donate and spread the word.
If you are going to Costa Rica to skimboard, check out the Skim CR Facebook page first.
Costa Rica Surf Institute have been posting surf videos from Tamarindo on their Facebook page
Ace surf photographer Tony Roberts let me know the new REVISTA SURF is out!
Dominical Lifeguards hosting a surf and lifeguard contest on April 22nd! Facebook or Flyer
Nasional Skateboards on Facebook, supporting the Pavones Bowl Contest on April 17th
Some AMAZING SURF SHOTS from the Quiksilver Cup last weekend, thanks to Nosara Shack on Facebook
Joel Harper's book that teaches kids why it's important not to litter - All the Way to the Ocean - is going to be made into an animated movie! Guest voices include Laird Hamilton and Kelly Slater.
Totem Hotel in Playa Cocles has some great pics shared from recent travelers on Facebook
Thanks to Tiger for posting a link to our favorite Lowtide Lounge in Esterillos on Facebook
You can see other videos and posts by WipeOut Films here on their Facebook page
Tamarindo Recycles is on Facebook, so you can see what's on their eco-calendar every month.
Extended Facebook video of the Reef Latin Pro contest back in December in Santa Teresa by Mor Surf Videos
Surf For Life is a not-for-profit organization designed to connect surfers with community service activities to create impact at an international level. The mission of the organization is to channel the interest and energy of individual surfers into teams that travel internationally to various project sites where they can experience world class waves while serving as hands-on volunteers. They will be in Puerto Viejo in 2010.
Safari Surf School and Blue Surf Sanctuary - Intro Video EcoTicos - Researching Sustainable Development of Terraba Sierpe Mangroves on the Osa Peninsula
Call for Love - Clothing company with intentions of improving lives Agua Azul - Surf Charters in Nosara
Sharkwater - Watch to see why Sharks are an important part of our ecosystem and need to be protected. Chronicle - Reggae Band booking gigs around the world - Big up!!
Surf and Snow Mag - My favorite online mag for Women's Surfing and Snowboarding Allan Weisbecker - Yes, even the Cosmic Bandito has his own MySpace page
Shaka Surf Camp - All inclusive jungle surf camp in Playa Hermosa (north of Santa Teresa and Mal Pais)
Spanish for Success - Friend Russ helping international travelers with learning Spanish in Costa Rica
Surfos Magazine presents its latest online version of their glossy magazine on ISSUU
We love skimboarding! We love Teahupoo's waves! Why not put them together on YouTube?
Related to surfing in that if we keep using dirty burning fossil fuels, the acidification of our oceans will kill all marine life.
Protest in San Francisco during an Obama Fundraiser on YouTube
Leon Glatzer making it look easy in Pavones - Kerrupt Air - on YouTube
Wipeout Films - Campeonato Nacional de Bodyboard 2011 on YouTube
Noe Mar McGonagle and Diego Naranjo are in France for the Quiksilver Open Pro and King of the Groms World Finals. Check in with them through this YouTube video from Surfos Magazine
LuxyHair filmed their trip to Costa Rica with Del Mar Surf Camp on YouTube
Several local Surfrider Foundation chapters combined their talents and funds to create the film - Cycle of Insanity - about how we change our water cycle on YouTube
The Rip Curl Search Pro is coming to San Francisco, California! Get ready for some cold water beat downs.
There's some scary creatures in the ocean... none more scary than plastic. Watch this Surfrider PSA
Coco Ho and Claire Bevilacqua visiting Santa Teresa to catch a few, from our friends at MalPaiSurfCam.com
Check out the trailer to the feature film "The Return" created by Costa Rican director Hernán Jiménez. He was able to raise over $50,000 on Kickstarter to make his film a reality.
Carton teaches Anthony Fillingim and Maikol Torres how to shape surfboards on YouTube.
7Mares Magazine has a great videographer - Saul Garcia - putting out top vides for Gilbert Brown and
the rest of Costa Rica's top surfers. Check out their CNS finals highlights on Vimeo
Josymar Fuentes from Jaco has put together some sick clips on YouTube, some of them from his new DVD
Men's Final heat of the Nike US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA on YouTube. Kelly Slater vs. Yadin Nicol
Check out the final day highlights of the Quiksilver Pro in Puerto Escondido Mexico
Gilbert and Ronald Brown, Carlos Muñoz, and Diego Naranjo all competed with Gilbert making it to the 4th round!
What can happen to a tourist here who does not pay attention to basic security precautions? That's the premise of a YouTube video produced by the U.S. Embassy here that seeks to promote vigilance. From AmCostaRica.com
To check out local surfers in action, pick up a copy of “Josymar Fuentes and Friends, Vol 1” video, featuring some great local surfers. Available at Jacó Surf Club, The Point Surf Shop, the Del Mar Surf Camp office, Roca Loca Surf Shop, B&B Surf Shop and Piko Surf Shop. Proceeds go to help the orphanage in San José.
Highlights of the Quiksilver Open Pro presented by Olympus. Video by Saul Garcia on Vimeo.
Extended Facebook video of the Reef Latin Pro contest back in December in Santa Teresa by Mor Surf Videos
Carton Surfboards team riders video at the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games.
To check out local surfers in action, pick up a copy of “Josymar Fuentes and Friends, Vol 1” video, featuring some great surfing clips. It’s available at Jacó Surf Club, The Point Surf Shop, the Del Mar Surf Camp office, Roca Loca Surf Shop, B&B Surf Shop and Piko Surf Shop. Proceeds go to help the orphanage in San José.
Freddy "Salsiboy" Camacho showing his surf skills on YouTube. Ready for your surf lesson?
Catch more YouTube highlights of the Copa Nosara held on June 4th in Playa Guiones, from SurfingNosara.com
Vote for Gilbert Brown's section on Taylor Steele's Innersection.tv.. "This section captures Gilbert. I dont know him but i feel like i do from this. This makes me want to hang out and surf with him. Strong edit and good surfing." Posted: 09/08/2010 by taylor steele. Surfing Magazine posts up Gilbert Brown's Innersection clip. Check it here.
Video Highlights from the Masters World Surfing Championships in Santa Catalina, Panama.
Tamarindo Rainy Season YouTube video showing some major flood action.
Check out the final day of the ECSC (East Coast Surf Championships) in Virginia Beach on YouTube.
No, it's not Costa Rica, but Jairo Perez from Jaco won the Juniors, and placed 5th in open.
(check his waves out from the 1:30 to 1:42 and 2:02 to 2:08 marks)
ISA Masters - World Surfing Championships in Santa Catalina 8/27 to 9/4 - Promo Vid on YouTube
Learn how to make Recycled Paper - from SNA for Kids on YouTube
Shark Finning Birthday Party on February 17th in San Jose shown on YouTube, hosted by Pretoma.org to remind the Supreme Court that Costa Ricans are still waiting for the court's final decision (3 years now) that will uphold the responsible management of sharks and the country's marine resources.
YouTube Vid of Jefferson Tacson (CRSURF rider) and friends at Playa Hermosa. Surfeando en La Chanchera con: - Hnos tascon - Lizbeth Vindas - Jeremy Segura - video por Ezequiel Avaro
Catch the footage from last year's Legalize It Pro in Puerto Viejo on YouTube
Carton Surfboards - Jaco surf shop video ad. Check out the 'bicho model' video, too. Pura Vida No Pro 2008 - held annually at Playa Esterillos each year to benefit homeless kids from San Jose (part 7 of 7 in a series of highlights from the event).
HOME - Trailer for the Movie*
*In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it's too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth's riches and change its patterns of consumption.
Project Blue - The Surf Industry and Surfrider working to save our oceans, waves, and beaches. Currently there is a contest to win a backpack full of Travel Gear!
Green Jungle - Helping out the communities in the Talamanca region
A Tale of Entanglement - Why we must never forget why littering is a big deal, and why we must teach others not to do it.
From the Osa Coalition - Video showing the destruction of Playa Preciosa on the Osa Peninsula by the Costa Rican government
Video demonstrating the problem that communities all over Costa Rica - the loss of water quality and quantity. From CAVU, covering Uvita and the Osa Peninsula. En Espanol (with English subtitles)
