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La Sele
Every fours years for a month the world tunes into the World Cup. Our schedules are moved around so that we can watch our country play. If you are stuck at work, hopefully there is a TV nearby to root your team on…or better yet an extended "lunch-hour" at 10AM in the...
Hali Love
Back in March, I volunteered my friend and I to be models for a charity fashion show during Robert August's annual fundraiser, Surf n Turf. Given that both of us had no modeling experience, besides strutting our stuff on the playing field (Ali was a competitive soccer...
Surf-a-versary
Frothy Miss Frothy-pants. Three years after my first wipeout and I am still am in love with this sport. Head over heels enough that I call my home surf break Tamarindo my boyfriend, Avellanas my lover, and Ollie's Point my dirty little secret. Crazy enough that...
Dog’s Life
"Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music...
Dances With Waves
My heart races. I feel the rhythm of the wave surge through my body and it tingles with excitement. I close my eyes and I am there, submerged in the ocean dancing with waves; dropping in, feeling the power of the wave, twinkle-toeing, and making butter turns. The...
Tico Time
There is latin time and the phrase "mañana es otro día", or it will get done "tomorrow",and then there is a thing called "Tico Time" here in Costa Rica, which is even slower than latin time. I know, y'all must be thinking is this even possible?! In the US, if you had...
Gracias Guapas
One of the benefits of living in a tourist town is the diverse people that Tamarindo attracts. In the year and a half that I have lived here, I have met people from all over the world with different backgrounds. It is always an easy icebreaker asking someone where...
I <3 Mother Nature
Nature. Makes. Me. Happy. A couple of months ago I found a t-shirt here in Tamarindo with this saying on it. Nail hit on the head. Back when I lived in NYC and worked on the 24th floor at a large bank, I dreaded being stuck inside all day. I relished being able to...
Going to Nicaragua
Some things in Costa Rica are easy. Easy like where and what time am I going to surf today. Other things not so much. Every ninety days foreigners that enter Costa Rica on a tourist visa but live here need to do what we call a "border run" to get their passports...
Surfing Ollie’s Point, Costa Rica (Potrero Grande)
Can you guys keep a secret? You sure? One of my favorite waves so far here in Costa Rica is a spot called Potrero Grande, more commonly known as Ollie's Point. (Ok, some of you guys already know of my love affair with Ollie.) I love this wave so much that in one month...
Like A Stallion
This past weekend Tamarindo lost a larger than life man. His witty comments, bellowing voice, and that school boy smile…how we will miss that charisma. The deep love and PRIDE for his children. Sweet Marie, te quiero mucho chica. Scott, may you be free as a bird, run...
28 Going On…
"How old are you?" "How old do you think I am?" Well, if you spent any time with me this past week or happen to follow my pictures on Instagram (@sambatothesea), you probably might answer the above question to the age of perhaps an eight old. A month ago I received an...
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Kristen M. Brown is an internationally published lifestyle photographer and the photographer behind Samba to the Sea™.
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