Last Sunday, March 16, 2025, the second date of the National Surfing Circuit was held in Playa El Carmen. I went around and watched the competitions with friends.
According to the “Federación Costarricense De Surf”, about 3000 people attended.
I can say that if there were many people, because this circuit brings together the best Costa Rican surfers of the moment.
Greetings friends and friends of Costa Rica Surf and Sup. I’m thinking about creating a series of articles of activities that can be done in the Nicoya Peninsula apart from surfing.
I take advantage of the fact that a relative of mine participated in a “wakeboarding” event near Tortuga Island. The waters of the Gulf of Nicoya are very calm, almost as calm as those of a lake. That’s why this area is widely used for water activities such as kitesurfing, kayaking and windsurfing.
The communities of Santa Teresa, Cóbano and Montezuma have always been very dependent on themselves. Their remoteness from the centers of power and the most populated cities are two of the reasons why the local population produced what they consumed.
The arrival of the ferry to the community of Paquera facilitated the entry of products, services and people to the Nicoya Peninsula. However, the independent spirit of the inhabitants remained in force.
An example of this is the market held every Saturday in Montezuma and Playa El Carmen. Let’s talk a little about it.
Thinking ahead to the 2025 summer season, I feel it is a good time to talk about some places on the Nicoya Peninsula. I want to help future visitors to the area to be more familiar with this part of Costa Rica.
Besides surfing lessons with me, you can enjoy many other things on the peninsula.
Let’s talk about Cobano, the 10th district of the canton of Puntarenas and is where Santa Teresa, Mal Pais, Montezuma, Tambor and the town of Cobano are located.
The summer season is coming in Costa Rica and I can’t wait to come back for it and feel the color of the beautiful beaches of Santa Teresa and Mal Pais. I anticipate a great season as more transportation options will be available to get to Costa Rica from Europe, Canada and the United States. In the Nicoya area there are many beaches that have different characteristics for surfing. I would like to talk about those as I often use them for the surf lessons.
Bordering Spain, in the department of Landes, in the province of Nouvelle Aquitaine, you can find the beach where surfing became popular in France. Being here is a spiritual experience, this is where everything started in my country. I feel imbued with blessings while surfing these waves.
As I’m preparing for the next surf tour to the Maldives, I think it is a good idea to create an article about this fascinating country in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Without more hesitation, let’s start.
Feeling tarnished from all the work this last summer season, I decided to take a vacation this year outside of Costa Rica and I chose my homeland France as the destination to visit. I was invited by a friend of mine to Monks Island in Brittany.
I arrived just in time to enjoy the Festival of Morbihan. This event is about thousands of sailboats visiting the island in the middle of the Gulf of Morbihan. This island happens to be Monks Island.
Recently, I had a SUP tour in the Pochote estuary with three amazing people, Claudia, Elizabeth, and Scott.
The timing couldn’t be better since I wanted to talk about how paddleboarding can be the right water activity for seniors. All of them were over 65 years old and without much experience in SUP, they were handling the rowing easily in a few minutes.
2022 just went away some days ago. I’m going to miss it because a lot of cool stuff happened. I went to serve overseas, found a nice spot for my SUP tours, and met many nice people.
I expect 2023 to be a great year, but it will be hard for the new year to compete with the one that just passed.
I will share a glimpse of what happened to me this last year. then I’ll share with you what are my projects for this new year. I hope you like it.
