We take a break from our Guiones Surf Photo of the Week to hear 2013 Pipe Master winner Kelly Slater dissect a barrel ride he captured earlier this week with a GoPro camera. Join him!
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Join Kelly Slater in a Pipe Master Barrel
NOSARA: Top Place to Visit in 2014
photo by Kathleen Kyllo
Of course, I love Nosara. And I assume if you’re reading this, you love Nosara. But how do you feel about many, many, many people loving Nosara? Last week, CNN voted it one of the top places in the world to visit for the second year in a row.
POSTCARD FROM NOSARA
Photographs from a week spent at the Harmony Hotel in early November.
SURFING IS…
Tyler Breuer
NOTE: Today we launch our new series: “Surfing is..”—first person statements about what the sport means to different surfers. We ask this question as a way to share stoke and also to ask you to consider what surfing brings to your life. Enjoy!
If someone asked me to describe Tyler Breuer in one sentence, I’d explain that he’s pretty much the stoke master of the New York surf scene—which is why I asked him to go first in our new series “Surfing Is…” No one is as stoked—all the time—as Tyler. His family owns one of the original surf shops in the area and his company, SMASH, organizes a variety of events where the New York surf community can come together to celebrate, learn and often times, do some good (most of his events have some fundraising component). Read Tyler’s response to “Surfing Is…” below.
Name: Tyler Breuer
Age: 34
Where do you live: Brooklyn, NY
Years surfing: 27 Years
Surfing is… a lesson in contradictions. It’s a completely selfish activity that dictates your time and energy relative to other aspects of your life. Yet it teaches you to manage your time wisely. It can be your solitude and peace of mind. It can also cause an incredible amount of grief, frustration, and anger. Surfing can bring out qualities such as patience, calm under pressure and perspective. Then surfing can make you mad, impatient, rushed, frazzled, sloppy and narrow-minded. It can evoke genuine stoke and happiness for another human being, and then cause bitterness, jealousy and envy. Surfing is merely a reflection of one’s self and idea of self.
Do One Thing: Stay Away from Styrofoam
Enjoy your coffee sans styrofoam.
Besides the fact that so-called “disposable” Styrofoam and plastic tableware sit in the landfill forever, according to the EPA, carcinogenic polystyrene—which makes Styrofoam—is the fifth largest creator of hazardous waste. Want a side of cancer with that shake? Instead, bring your own cups and tableware, or look for compostable disposables made from veggies like potatoes—no, they won’t melt under your stir-fry.
GUIONES SURF PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Is this Wave a Shut-Down Close-Out, or Make-Able, Race-Track Thrill ? Wave Selection, a more nuanced skill than rote physical practice, is as much Art as Science. The answer to the Original Question lies in the Timing, Agility, Equipment, Commitment and Experience of the Rider. You’ll Never Know, Unless You Go!
Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
A Thriving Green Wall in Madrid
Photo: CaixaForum
When the autumn winds finally stripped the New York City trees of their more stubborn remaining leaves, I found myself thinking about my favorite green spot in Madrid, the last city I called home. Completed in 2008 by French botanist Patrick Blanc, together with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, this 78 foot high vertical garden incorporates 15,000 plants of 250 species that are still thriving in the center of the city. Artfully arranged to be a living painting, the green wall helps to cool and filter the air around it, while creating a beautiful visual counterpoint to the oxidized iron cladding of the adjacent CaixaForum museum. It is a green design moment to be considered and enjoyed by those walking in Madrid’s cultural district, as well as by those of us already daydreaming about the return of Spring.
POSTCARD FROM NOSARA
Photographs from a week spent at the Harmony Hotel in early November.
