Blue Surf Sanctuary | Santa Teresa, Costa Rica Blue Surf Sanctuary is the perfect name for this charming boutique hotel and Billabong surf camp located on the quiet northern side of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. In a town bustling with hostels and cabinas, the upscale comfort of this beautifully appointed property truly does justice to […]
The biggest thanks go out to Glide for helping me make this video, and Nalu Swim for providing the best surf swimsuits around. There were definitely a few days that I doubted whether I’d make it through the whole adventure, but thanks to the support and encouragement from my friends, I ended up surfing for […]
The biggest thanks go out to Glide for helping me make this video, and Nalu Swim for providing the best surf swimsuits around. There were definitely a few days that I doubted whether I’d make it through the whole adventure, but thanks to the support and encouragement from my friends, I ended up surfing for […]
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Have I crossed over to the dark side? As a surfer, I never thought I would stand-up paddle, period. Let’s not be delicate: I thought stand-up paddle boarders were the enemy. Sometimes, I still think so. But this spring, after moving onto a sailboat, I became the owner of a stand […]
The results are in for the fifth annual Quiksilver sponsored Point Mugu surf competition, and the 2012 finals held a few surprises for the crowds who’d gathered to watch surfers charge draining barrels on Naval Base Ventura County. Pt. Mugu is revered as one of the best waves on the California coast- in fact, it is widely […]
Today marks fifteen days since I’ve surfed. I’ve filled my days with reading, blogging, writing fifty pages of my epic saga. Steven King’s epic saga (according to him) is his seven novel compilation, The Dark Tower series. He started writing it at age nineteen and finished at age fifty seven. Thirty-eight years, it took him […]
It was only our second day at Kona Kai marina, and we were really making ourselves at home. After spending a night at La Quinta in Old Town and getting our land legs back, we drove back to Shelter Island and pulled into the large parking lot between the Kona Kai hotel and the Best […]
I will take all of the credit, and none of the blame. What is it about our culture today that makes that concept pretty much universally accepted? Recently, I was seriously injured in a surfing mishap. I can’t call it an accident, because I still don’t know whether or not the girl on the massive […]
The Home Stretch It’s hard to describe the feeling I had waking up on the last day of our journey south. Excitement and gratitude that the trip was almost over mixed with a twinge of regret that the adventure was coming to an end. I hadn’t a clue at the time that the situation awaiting […]