Fabián Dobles
Fabián Dobles is featured twice in Costa Rica: A Traveler’s Literary Companion, and both stories show how disagreements can divide family or close friends. His first story, “The Targuá Tree,” begins at the hearth of a dying fire as an old man arrives to make amends with his brother, whom he has not seen in […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Last wave of the set displaying the tell tale mosaic of froth and foam on the face, churned up by earlier breakers only seconds before. Frozen by shutter speed miracle, graceful rider set in marbled gestalt. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Sometimes any exit is better than no exit. Just watch out for the leash recoil. After being stretched to the limit, the “leg rope” can bring that board back at you with incomprehensible speed. Best to surface with a hand up and face turned away and down: aka “The Catcher’s Mitt”. photo provided by […]
The Brown Pelican
A common sight while studying the waves from Playa Guiones, the Brown Pelican glides easily with its friends in a straight line or v-formation, elegantly skimming the surface of the ocean, mimicking the rise and fall of the water. Basically unchanged from ancient pelican fossils, this unique bird has had 30-40 million years to perfect […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
On a lumpy, fat, high tide roller with minimal vertical contour, he’s generating his own speed on a wave that has little. By accelerating off the top and projecting into the next section, he can either choose to lay it on rail or, possibly, pull into an inside double-up. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
The Bastard Cedar
The bastard cedar, scientifically known as Guazuma ulmifolia, is a total sun worshiper. It finds itself happiest providing shade in open pastures and recolonizing disturbed forests where there are fewer tall neighbors to block the rays. This tree, normally growing to a height of 30 meters and proudly wearing oblong, finely saw-toothed leaves, small whitish […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
What can be Dreamt, can be Done… Just ask Her ! photo courtesy of Surfing Nosara
The Tamandua
The most common of Costa Rica’s three species of anteater, the tamandua tears open the nests of ants and termites using its strong forearms and remarkable claws. These talons are so large and sharp that it has to walk on the sides of its feet to avoid injuring its own palms. Once the targeted nest has been […]
Guinoes Surf Photo of the Week
In a nod to the sister sport of skateboarding, throwing out the tail in a power slide. You can almost hear the wheels screeching across the concrete in a parking lot, under a bridge, through a garage, in a drainage ditch, or just on the plain old sidewalk… Softer landing here, but when the wind […]
Hoja Santa
With a name like Holy Leaf, one would naturally expect this plant to bring a few special qualities to the table. In Costa Rica, it is more often known as anisillo, and its large velvety leaves are commonly applied directly to the forehead to treat headaches. Further north in Mexico, these leaves are instead applied […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Developmental psychologists assert that we remember little before the age of 5 or 6, but it’s hard to believe that a moment like this won’t make a life-long impression… photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Where you’re going to starts with where you’re coming from. Out on the flat, using a surplus of critical section speed to bring it back to the source. Connecting the energy dots. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
While physics explains the phenomena with angle, spectrum and prism, we simply call it magic. Early sailors called them horses’ manes… Whatever term a person uses for offshore winds, it means one thing to us: Time to Paddle Out ! photo provided by Surfing Nosara
The Philodendron
The heart-shaped leaves of Philodendron scandens have earned it the rather cutesy name of ‘the sweetheart plant’, and thanks to its tolerance of low light and general neglect, it is well-loved by those with a not-so-green thumb. A natural climber, the name of this hearty tropical plant is Greek for ‘tree loving’, and it will […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Set up nicely to lean hard on her inside rail, backhand, and project through the looming section ahead. Some summer size, soft light, and a paddler to negotiate- intangibles preceding the moment suddenly coalesce. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
The Raccoon
With its ringed tail and bandit mask, the Raccoon is one of the most interesting and easily identifiable characters in the animal kingdom. This could explain its popularity as a cartoon mascot for everything from car rental companies to real estate developments. Scientifically, that famous mask is thought to reduce glare that may interfere with […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Pre-paddle-out pride! Soccer and Surfing, only two of Costa Rica’s many passions… We are all thrilled by the National Team’s World Cup tenacity and achievement… See you Saturday for peak swell and futbol! photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
The World’s Children will hold the future of the Earth and her Oceans in their hands. Beyond the thrill and the majesty of Surfing must lie a deep respect for, and a responsibility to, the Ecosystem that continually accommodates it. Surfing Stewardship. Suddenly, clean water, abundant marine life, coastal habitat, and human impact acquire greater […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Grey on Gray summer morning. Except for the white jagged lightning line of this speed surfer’s round house cutback. Even in the mist and the light rain, it shines. Precision turn and tight radius in a limited space. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
The Stall: Some will run for the shoulder, but the accomplished might linger, waiting for the wave to do its thing. Putting on the brakes and knowing when to wait often yields greatly coveted tube time. Put yourself there when the time is right and it can all come together… photo by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Wet Season: The hammer and anvil of nimbocumulus cotton balls mushrooming into the heights. Onshore wind. Air thick and heavy, but bringing everything to Life. Glassy rarely, but fleeting moments do occur. Summer and its constantly changing moods… photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Wet Sand Tableau: Remains of incoming shore break meet an outgoing tide, leaving mirrored patterns of the waves themselves…Only to be erased by the next high tide…Cyclical, fleeting and beautiful. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
The Black-headed Trogon
The striking Black-headed Trogon doesn’t take its yellow belly too seriously, thrusting it forward courageously as its dark eyes, ringed by pale blue, peer about for its next meal. Its iridescent black feathers shimmer in the sunlight as it takes wing and grabs a piece of hanging fruit, or deftly snatches a dragonfly right out of […]
Agua4Change, Recycle Water Bottles into Roof Tiles
Donald Thomson, a Canadian designer and entrepreneur who has been living in Costa Rica since 1990, has created a company that recycles its water bottles into housing materials for low-income families. Having lived in Costa Rica since 1990, he and his wife were so struck by the amount of plastic waste rolling up onto the […]
