The Long and Short of It

The Long and Short of It

Waves, waves, waves. Over the past couple of months, in conjunction with MI OLA and a little help from Señor Google, I have chatted a lot about waves; how waves are made, wind conditions, where and what direction waves break, and swell direction. So what is next? With...
72 Hours

72 Hours

72 hours. 3 days in Costa Rica. Can it be done? Well, of course it can be done, but can it be done right??? Enter Jen and Colin. Jen and I grew up as enemies. As in basketball enemies; she played on a rival basketball team. Then we ended up attending the same...

Just Swell

The swell is coming, the swell is coming… Well, technically, waves are always coming, it just depends on when they actually are going to arrive. BUT, waves are actually coming this week…hold on Northern Costa Rica we are about to get lit up!   Since I have...
Dear Nikon

Dear Nikon

Dear Nikon, My name is Kristen and I live in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. I am a dreamer and a doer. I love to dance with waves {surf}, chase sunsets, stand on my head, and laugh my butt off.  I am also head-over-heels in love with taking photographs with my Nikon DSLR...
Boat House Apparel

Boat House Apparel

The surfing world can be very small at times. Like one or two degrees of separation small. Enter Becca. She contacted me back in December about her upcoming trip to Tamarindo. It just so happens that I not only know her brother through surfing Tamarindo, but also...