Wow…we showed up to Withces Rock Surf Camp at 2pm on Sat…checked the schedule board and we were booked for a 3:30 boat trip to Playa Grande. No messing around here. The boat was anchored what seemed like 1/2 mile out from the Tamarindo break…probably more like 1/4 mile. But damn it was a long paddle! Seemed like a bit of a test to see if we could get our paddle on. We cruised north from Tamarindo a couple miles maybe to Playa Grande. We ended up surfing a spot on the north side of the main break called Snakes. Our “guide” threw everyones boards into the water…pointed to the pumping swell and said lets go! We all paddled out and sized up where we needed to be to catch on of these bombs. I waited and watched a few heavy sets roll thru. Then went for broke…took a super steep drop and caught a sweet head high right…zipped down the line! First wave in Costa a macking right…stoked! But know I was way inside and cut my toe on a rock. The paddle back out was ruthless but totally worth it.
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Sunday we took a shuttle van to Marbella Bay. The swell was big and tons of current. Super hard to get out. The guide an Aussie dude were the only ones that got out. Rad spot though…tons of potential with a little more manageable surf. We loaded up and headed to Avellanas. The parking area was packed. Every local in the area was there and it was going off. The waves were overhead with a crazy current ripping down the beach. Our guide said it was one of the bigger swells he had seen there all year. The locales were dominating. There was a sweet bar that I watched it go down with a beer in hand and got some sick HD vid on the new cam. Ill try to upload when I have more time.
Costa Rica is pretty sweet super clean, friendly laid back vibe and sweet breaks. Rad first couple days. Im off to go surf the Tamarindo rivermouth…
yeah well, the yetty was tittehz ystrday… how ’bout them apples. srlsy tho, nice RE-POUR
i don’t know about you but i got murdered at the jeteye. and again at the cove.
i’d rather be getting murdered at Playa Grande.
Word and Word. Sucked my balls yesterday. The morning was ok at the other spot. Jetty was a shitpile of whitewash – too much work to get a few nice dirty waves in the back. I like it clean, minus wind crossshore and bad swell direction.
Give me Costa Rica any day over that…
not so much work riding the escalator btwn 830-12, did have to run some psych on oneself… much more 2bHad than just-dirty beyond wash out-back. bomby good times
Yeah there’s always good one’s in the back – after the groins and cove – I wasn’t feeling it this day. I wasn’t at the Jetty till the afternoon. Had to love the weather though either way.
sicktor report for sures. just need some juicy shots of waves or small bikini’s to go with it. nice on ya for making it happen! paid off big time sounds like. hope the toe doesn’t keep you out of the water. keep it coming! my sinuses are so jacked from getting super whomped at the cove. goodtimes.