Costa Rica is gearing up to host the 2009 ISA Billabong World Surfing Championship in Playa Hermosa, July 31 to Aug. 9, with 40 nations and 280 surfers participating. This year's competition will be ...

Travel + Leisure's 2024 Destination of the Year, Costa Rica has more than 900 miles of coastline, beckoning surfers, swimmers, and sunbathers to its sandy shores. Better yet, every beach is public, so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I took my surfboard under my arm and began the walk to the waves. After exiting the grounds of the Gilded Iguana Surf Hotel, I ...

The global economic market trend analysis firm STATISTA estimates that between 2025 and 2032, surf tourism will grow at an average annual rate of 6%. In 2022, the global surf tourism market was valued ...

Take a ride with surfer, global sailor, writer, environmental advocate, and general badass Liz Clark as she explores the simple life close to nature on Costa Rica's northern beaches. From surfing the ...

A rendering of the Casa Del Cielo, the 11,000-square-foot solar-powered villa opening May 1 at Surf Synergy in Costa Rica. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Surf Synergy Surf Synergy, an all-inclusive surf ...

Lamangata offers high-performance surf instruction that helps guests catch waves and experience the chemical cocktail of euphoria fueled by the rush of endorphins, dopamine, anandamide and adrenaline.

The North Costa Rica surf guide download is a convenient, organized format of our North Costa Rica travel website content and includes up to 7-day forecasts for surfing travel areas in North Costa ...

Pura Vida Bodysurfing is an award-winning short film that strips surfing back to its essence—riding waves without a surfboard. Filmed across Costa Rica’s legendary coastlines, from the thundering ...

NOSARA, Costa Rica — For the first time in my life, floating in the sunny, salty stillness, I was "out there." I got there with a shove from another surfer, just the boost I needed to finally break ...

I took my surfboard under my arm and began the walk to the waves. After exiting the grounds of the Gilded Iguana Surf Hotel, I crossed the main drag of Nosara, Costa Rica — a hardened dirt and gravel ...