Hideaways
Does this childhood dream ever go away? For many of us, apparently not. A Colorado couple made their dream a reality in the Costa Rican rainforest by creating a treehouse community called Finca Bellavista, a fantastic yet real treetop paradise where people can live out their dreams. The whole of the property is now close to […]
This is Jersey!
The Garden State never looked so cool. From The Intertia: Winter in New Jersey is always cold. This winter, however, we’ve seen things that we will never forget. The ocean itself has dropped down to 29° F, freezing its water, and the air has been below 0° F for those early morning surfs. With temperatures like […]
Hideouts
Architect: Marcos Acayaba Project: Acayaba House, 1997 Read Wallpaper’s Q&A with Marcos Acayaba
The Palm at the End of the Mind
Of Mere Being The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze distance. A gold-feathered bird Sings in the palm, without human meaning, Without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason That makes us happy or unhappy. The bird sings. Its […]
Serena Mitnik-Miller
Serena Mitnik-Miller has new work that’s showing in San Francisco this month. More about the shows after the jump. If you can’t make it to the shows, see more here.
Board Envy
Take a look at these boards designed by Ammunition—the firm launched by Robert Brunner, ex-Apple industrial designer and the founding designer of Beats—in collaboration with Jason Tilley, a surfboard builder from Oregon. Made for the travel brand Octovo, the series features five individual board shapes, each made from Port Orford cedar sourced locally near Tilley’s […]
Two Steps Forward
This fantastic video, compliments of John, summarizes my entire surfing experience (with or without a riptide) and reminds me of a not-so-pretty riptide rescue in Montauk summer 2010 (rescued ON a surfboard!). Two steps forward from chris levi on Vimeo.
Where Do You Find Harmony?
The Harmony is hosting a video contest and there’s still time for you to enter! In honor of our latest contest, we’re sharing an interview by Malone Matson with Stephen Milner, a photographer and surfer who won a week at our Surf Survival Camp in our first contest. HB: There’s no denying that the Harmony is a very […]
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: […]
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!
NOSARA: Top Place to Visit in 2014
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.
Thanksgiving’s Best Surf Bets
Surfer Magazine rounds up the best spots to surf stateside this Thanksgiving (below). Have a great holiday! No matter where your Thanksgiving travels take you, as long as you stick near a coast, you’re stoked. Late November is a surefire bet for good surf pretty much anywhere in the States. Crisp fall conditions, regular pulses […]
Herbie Fletcher
“I’ve been surfing for so long that my perspective is really steeped in the way surfers see things,” said the artist, whose oil and fiberglass compositions “Backdoor” and “Pipeline” depict what it’s like to be underwater, behind a barreling wave, while another surfer is streaking through a tube above you. “I can look at them […]
Donavon Frankenreiter at the Tropicana
If you happen to be one of the lucky people in Nosara as the cooler weather descends in other parts of the world, tonight’s your night to experience the Tropicana, the legendary local disco. Singer-songwriter and pro-surfer Donavon Frankenreiter is returning to Nosara after a two year absence and will be performing at 9pm in […]
Lighter Log
Willis Elkins’ work reminded me of the many beach cleanups I’ve participated in at the Harmony Hotel where we go out to collect debris from Playa Guiones in the late afternoons. The Brooklyn-based artist took an inflatable raft (and later kayak) to travel NYC waterways where the rising and falling tide can both create a […]
Road Tripping
Launching this week, The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project is a series of artist-produced billboards that will unfold along the Interstate 10 Freeway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This cross-country art project will map out the American fantasy of Westward expansionism by moving through and punctuating the narrative of the landscape itself. Initiated by artist […]
The Virtues of Fine in the Age of Awesome
An excellent article on the competitive sport that travel has become made me long for the simple pleasures of a trip to the Harmony. “We now live in a world of capitalized extremities: the Ultimate Experience now poses a threat to the kind of small revelations that can make us happy. Travelers, by which I […]
DUMBO Arts Festival
The annual DUMBO Arts Festival kicks off tomorrow where you can see the piece above entitled, “Who’s Chelsea Manning?”. The work by artist Kyle Goen created 1,600 transparent colored flags, in reference to the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue White House address, to make up the installation. “The piece will appear, from afar, as a mammoth pixelated […]
The Forest for the Trees
Check out this online gallery with beautiful images of trees, some of which will appear in a gallery show in London at the end of this month entitled, ‘Forest’. The project “to collect and curate woodland photography from around the world,” is a collaboration between submit photos with a forest theme to be considered for […]
Plantastic Hotel
Never thought too much about Singapore until I recently read about this beautiful hotel that has combined futuristic architectural design with organic details and yes, a four-story tall sky-garden with cascading vertical greenery. WOHA architectural firm executed the “hotel-in-a-garden” concept within a city that is striving to be “a city in a garden.” Who knew?
Light Show
Art is a completed pass. You don’t just throw it out into the world—someone has to catch it.—James Turrell The Turrell exhibit at the Guggenheim in NYC closes in less than a month on September 25th. Don’t miss it.
Carlos Motta
Brazilian architect Madeira de Redescobrimento [demolition and reused materials] was a natural progression and nowadays this is the main material used. Recently the atelier has begun using wood sourced from FSC [Forest Stewardship Council] certified companies. In the work of the atelier, the encounter with architecture was at the same time peculiar and immediate. From […]
Loreto Caceres Opening at Lost Weekend NYC
Pop by NYC’s of Chilean photographer Loreto Caceres NY-area surf photos. RSVP at info@lostweekendnyc.com.
