Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Great Misconception: Surfing is a Free Ride. Except that you need to get to the waves (when the waves are there), you need to be fed, you need to have a place to sleep, you need to feed again. A board, with no strings attached (pardon the pun). Oh, and don’t forget the process of […]
SURFING IS…WITH GRAHAM SWINDELL
If you’ve ever been to Nosara, you’re probably aware of Nosara Shack. It’s a community hub. It’s a photo studio. And now, with its eponymous magazine, it’s a publishing house! We were lucky to get a few minutes of chat time with the Shack’s owner, former North Caroline native, Graham Swindell. The full interview will […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Longboard: Right tool for this job. Winter in Costa—the fecund warmth, the vibrant colors, the buzz of life, alive. Out of the wetsuit back home and into some playful peelers. Down right liberating. Making effort look effortless. What a beautiful thing. Photo by Surfing Nosara
SURFING IS…WITH MERCEDES MAIDANA
Mercedes Maidana belongs to one of the smallest groups in sports: women who surf big waves. What’s even more incredible is that before a bad break up in her early twenties lead her to a beach retreat with friends, she had never even been on a board before. Eleven years later, the Buenos Aries-born Maidana […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
As in Life, sometimes the Wave looks ideal and perfect… until…Well, it’s often best to combine previous experience with faith—position yourself and commit. And so he has, regardless of shoulder hoppers, paddlers, and distracted Mothers! Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Sheer Exuberance! Untainted by the sometime arrogance of the highly skilled…Why do some of the most gifted Surfers become jaded, even demeaning, losing sight of the larger, elemental beauty at hand? We can commune. We can evolve. But why then condescend? Who is the Best Surfer in the Water? The One having the Most Fun! […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Over in seconds, our dance with any given wave is intense but brief. How often have we watched the Pelicans dip and skirt, between wave after wave, wingtips on water, the length of our visible coastline? How far is their transit? How large their wave count? photo provide by Surfing Nosara
SURFING IS….WITH TODD STEWART
The first thing you notice about Brooklyn surfer Todd Stewart is his infectious energy. Professionally, he runs a production and editing company called Picture Farm Productions, which also doubles as a gallery. When Sandy hit in late 2012, Stewart was one of the first one the ground, using his gallery space as an informal drop […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Surgical Snap: elegant redirection in the blink of an eye. No arm waving, no head jerking, no looking back at his spray. Connecting the dots fluidly with speed, purpose, and grace, he’s already planning for the section ahead. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Little Man with Big Ideas! What constitutes a “Natural”? Uncanny, this little Guy, right in the Hook, navigating the critical section of his chosen wave—and grabbing his rail to boot—as if He’s been doing so his whole Life. Grown Ups in the line up might draw inspiration from such an enlightened approach from one so […]
SURFING IS… WITH LEE BAILLY
You may have met Lee at the Harmony. She’s the curator of our Tiendita, a long-time Nosara long boarder and a bad ass. Like many of the folks who work with the Harmony, she found her way to Nosara for the waves. When she’s not in Costa Rica, Lee lives and surfs in Miami. Name: […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
So many incarnations of wave riding tools—all with their own unique qualities. Using excess speed from the drop, a bodyboarder can lay it on rail for an early bottom turn as hard as his stand-up counterparts. Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
SURFING IS… WITH LEAH GREENBLATT
Last year Leah Greenblatt, a music editor at a large national magazine, found she was in possession of three things: a desperate need for sun, an unusual week of light job duties and some unused vacation time. She searched for a location that was an easy flight from New York and hit on Nosara. With […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Tico Turn: There was a time decades ago when traveling Surfers from near and far passed through the Nicoya and ooooooooo-ed and aaaaaaah-ed residents with their abilities. That time has long since passed. Now, on any given day along the peninsula, even if the Surf is momentarily not world class, the Locals’ Surfing certainly is. Photo […]
SURFING IS… WITH NICK LYNN
If you’re a New York surfer, you’ve probably encountered Nick Lynn at some point. The president of New York’s chapter of Surfrider, Lynn works tirelessly to make the area’s beaches cleaner and safer for both surfers and non-surfers. Recently, his chapter began an initiative to do regular water testing out at Rockaway Beach (where many […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Poise, not Pose: Subtlety on the Inside Rail. Next Up ? Stall for Toes on the Nose, or Drop the Knee to Bring It Around, Back to the Source… Her Call. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
SURFING IS… #2
Caroline Mitchell fell in love with surfing and Nosara simultaneously. When a friend convinced her to vacation there three winters ago, all it took was one week and several excellent surf lessons to get her hooked on surfing and the town. From that point on, she split her time between her home in Brooklyn, NY […]
GUIONES SURF PHOTO OF THE WEEK
CLOSE OUT: The Wave’s Final Act, and thus The Surfer’s too. Foot on the Tail Pivot trumps Contemporary Acrobatics for Elegance and Grace. Denouement, for both Ocean Pulse and Rider. Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Join Kelly Slater in a Pipe Master Barrel
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!
SURFING IS…
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 […]
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 […]
GUIONES SURF PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Clean bottom turn with the canvas of an open face ahead. Infinite possibilities abound for the brush stroke to come, always open to interpretation. Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
