Surfing
(Photo: Archive) The week in Costa Rica closes with 314 positive cases of coronavirus, but it seems that there is a large part of the population that is still taking the situation lightly, turning a blind eye on what is currently happening in Costa Rica and the consequences of the virus in other countries. The streets still look very busy, not just with those people that are forced to leave ...
Costa Rican surfer Brisa Hennessy took the first place at the Women Qualifying Series (WQS) 5,000 Corona Open in China by defeating Vahine Fierro from France. This is the first time in the history of the country that a Costa Rican takes a WQS 5,00. With this win Brisa took the lead of the qualifying tour. The final was very close with a difference of just 0.14, Hennessy earned 12 points (5....
Costa Rican surfer Brisa Hennessy qualified this Sunday for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games , confirmed the National Olympic Committee. Hennessy, from Matapalo in Osa, Puntarenas, managed to qualify after ranking over Paige Hareb from New Zealand in the last WTC Championship Tour 2019 which took place in Maui, Hawaii this past weekend, she took one of the last two places on offer through the WSL. ...
Costa Rican surfers Leilani McGonagle and Brisa Hennessy confirmed their participation in the upcoming ISA World Surfing Games 2019. McGonagle currently sits in the ranking in position 26 in the second division while Hennessy holds the 8th place in the first division; the two athletes will be traveling to Japan next September. The participation of the Costa Ricans in the World Surfing Games pu...
Photo Credit: WSL / TIM HAIN Costa Rican surfer Leilani McGonagle took the first place of the Krui Pro 2019, WQS 1000 points in Indonesia. McGonagle got the win with a score of 14.84 (8.67 one of the highest scored waves in the competition and 6.17), beating Hawaiian contender Keala Tomoda who scored 13.76. "I am shaking right now!". "I know how good Keala has been surfing all week and I ...
The third date of the Kölbi National Surf Tournament received almost 300 participants this past weekend in Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste, in the Surfing Republica Cup. 21 year-old, Leo Calvo from Boca Barranca, Puntarenas, took the first place in the Open category, beating Ramón Taliani, Olman Morales and Sebastian Mora, all from Santa Teresa, Cóbano. Calvo has previously won in the U1...
The first international tournament of adaptive surf in Costa Rica will take place May 29 which is the national day of the population with disabilities. The tournament will gather the best adaptive surfers of the country along with international guests that will be joining this first edition that will take place in Jacó Beach, in the Central Pacific. This event is organized by the Adaptive Su...
Photo: Archive-Tomas King The Kölbi National Surf Tournament kicks off this January 26 and 27 at Dominical Beach with the Envision Festival Surf Cup Dominical 2019. Once again, the best surfers in Costa Rica will gather to surf one of the biggest waves in the country. Renown surfers such as Noe Mar McGonagle, and Tomas King, as well as Jair Pérez and Gilbert Brown are some of the figures th...
The Costa Rica Surf Federation released the news on how 8 year-old surfer Ricardo Ferri Lara, was able to rescue a 6 year-old girl who was dragged out by the current in Playa Cocles in the South Caribbean of Costa Rica. Apparently the 6-year-old French girl was enjoying the beach with her family, her parents and two sisters, but in a quick moment the girl was dragged by the current towards the ...
Photo: WSL / ANDREW NICHOLS The QS Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro came to an end this Sunday, October 7 in Jaco Beach with Costa Rican Carlos “Cali” Muñoz and German Rachel Presti as the champions. Rachel Presti faced Californian Tia Blanco in the final and took the first place with a score of 15.60 over Blanco’s 6.93. With this win the German earned the 1500 points in play and a prize of $6...
Photo: WSL / ANDREW NICHOLS - CR Surfer Jairo Perez The final day of the WSL Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro is today, Sunday, October 7, the stage is set for the Qualifying Series (QS) and the action today promises excitement and adrenaline when the eight remaining competitors in both the men and women events take the waves. This event gathers some of the best surfers in the world and has the...
Two days before the start of the Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro, the producer RPM TV defined the names of the national athletes who will have a wildcard to participate in the event.Two days before the start of the Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro, the producer RPM TV defined the names of the national athletes who will have a wildcard to participate in the event. The World Surf League (WSL), gave th...
RPM TV organizer of the Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro, one stop on the World Surf League (WSL), expects to receive close to 170 thousand people between October 4th and October 7th in the Men and Women’s Qualifying Series (QS) at Jaco beach. This event gathers some of the best surfers in the world and has the backing of the WSL North America, and the Costa Rican Surf Federation. The last time C...
Costa Rican surfer Carlos Muñoz has the clear goal of classifying to the World Championship Tour and he is one step closer after winning today the second place at the Pantin Classic Galicia Pro in Spain, 3,000 points stop of the World Surfing League (WSL). “Cali” as he is known, earned a total 2,250 points, which allowed him to jump from position 71 to 36 in the ranking. “This is the result...
World Surf League (WSL) North America announced the return of the Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro Men's and Women's Qualifying Series (QS) 1,500-level event to be held at Jaco, Garabito, Puntarenas October 4 - 7. "It's been two years since the WSL was on Costa Rican shores and, with the help of Manrique Mata, Warren Baez, and the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT). This event provides North Ame...
The first survey carried out by the Costa Rican Surf Federation among the surfing community shows that Jacó beach in Garabito, Puntarenas continues to be the preferred beach by surfers in the country. Coming up in second place was Avellanas in Guanacaste, the third spot went to Pavones in Golfito, Puntarenas and the top ten is completed by Hermosa Beach, Puntarenas; Santa Teresa, Puntarenas; Ma...
The sixth date of the Kolbi National Surf Circuit: INS Youth Cup will take place this weekend (June 23-24) at Jaco Beach. Some of the best representatives of this sport will gather in front of the Beach Break hotel and the forecast for the weekend couldn’t be better with big waves that will make for a very competitive event. A total of close to 150 competitors are expected, the activity will...
Anthony Fillingim won today the fifth date of the Kolbi National Surf Circuit: The 40’s Cup, which took place at Playa Bejuco in Parrita, Puntarenas. Fillingim, who had claimed the first spot in this same beach back in 2016 when the tournament last had this stop, had an incredible performance that earned him a score of 15.50 (8.00+7.50) and 17.50 (9.00 + 8.50) in the semifinal and final respect...
The best surfers in Costa Rica gather today and tomorrow (May 26 and 27) at Playa Bejuco in Parrita for the fifth date of the Kolbi Surf Tournament: Copa Los 40 (The 40’s Cup). The last time the tournament had a stop at Bejuco Beach was back in 2016, an event that saw Anthony Fillingim and Emily Gussoni take the first place positions. The organization of the event confirmed it has received o...
Santa Teresa Beach received hundreds of competitors and a big crowd that gathered to witness the Condominio Arenas Cup competition, part of the Kolbi National Circuit. The result was certainly unexpected; Tomas King took the win in the male open category going against experienced Anthony Filingim and Noe Mar McGonagle. King got a score of 18.66 (9.83 + 8.83). King proved his talent and quali...
The fourth date of the Kolbi National Surf Tournament takes place this weekend April 14 and 15 at Santa Teresa in the Gulf of Nicoya and has the confirmed presence of the best surfers in the country. Leilani McGonagle, Carlos Muñoz, Noe Mar McGonagle, Tomas King, Leonardo Calvo and Jason Torres all made a pause in their international agenda to participate in the Condominio Arenas Cup that will ...
Kalon Surf Luxury Resort is located in Dominical, Costa Rica, and offers an all-inclusive 7 night package to national and foreign tourists who want to learn how to surf or improve their surfing skills while at the same time enjoying the beauty of this location and luxury accommodation. “The signature Kalon package includes luxury accommodation, surf coaching at all levels, gourmet cuisine, pila...
Malakai Martinez is one of Costa Rica's young surfing figures and prospects, he demonstrated his skills by finishing in fourth place in the Junior Pro of the World Surf League, which took place in Pipeline, North Shore Oahu, Hawaii. Martinez was the only Hispanic competitor to reach the final after ousting reigning Junior World Champion Finn McGill; Martinez finished fourth among 32 competitors...
Leilani McGonagle made history for Costa Rica again by winning for the first time a WQS 3000 (Women’s Qualifying Series). McGonagle, took the first place of the WQS 3000 in Barbados with guidance from her brother and coach Noe Mar McGonagle. The Costa Rican, a native of Pavones, Golfito, had previously won the WQS 1500 in Chile in 2017; now with this WQS 3000 win, Leilani becomes the first T...
If you are vacationing in the Central or South Pacific of Costa Rica this Holy Week and you enjoy surfing, head to Dominical on Friday and Saturday to witness the seventh edition of the Dominical Holy Week Classic. The surf event will take place in front of the Costa Rica Surf Camp in Dominical Beach, and will involve five different categories Open Male, Open Female, Junior Male, Local, and Min...
The first date of the “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament, where the “Pro Medical Team -Energy Law Firm” was at stake, took place this past weekend (January 27 and 28) in Playa Dominical saw great wave action and intense competition. Leon Glatzner a native of Pavones, took the Male Open category, his combination of surfing and aerial game earned him 7.00 + 6.87 marks; while Lisbeth Vindas from Jac...
Playa Hermosa in Garabito, Puntarenas, very close to Jacó, is one of the most visited beaches of this province, its beauty, great waves ideal for surfing and the fact that is just a short drive from San Jose contribute to the high visitation rates; however, this is also one of the most dangerous beaches in Costa Rica. On Christmas day the Garabito Red Cross informed of the drowning of a 44-yea...
The dates and venues for the 18th edition of the “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament were released by the Costa Rica Surf Federation and it brings some changes in relation to previous editions. The circuit will carry out through seven dates: January 27 and 28: Dominical (South Pacific) February 24 and 25: Puerto Viejo (Caribbean) March 17 and 18: Avellanas (Guanacaste) April 14 and 15: Sa...
The first Urban Wave in the country was inaugurated in the Jass Surf Shop in Playa Jaco, Puntarenas, where several surfers, including the coach of the National Surf Team, Jim Hogan, were able to test it out. An Urban Wave simulates popular boarding such as surfing and body boarding, specially produced surfboards allow you to surf standing up, on your knees or lying down. It is designed to pre...
The Central American Sporting Games 2017 came to their conclusion today in Mangua, Nicaragua; Costa Rican athletes had a solid participation and accumulated 176 medals in all. Costa Rica took the third place when it comes to the total number of medals in all but the second when it came to gold medals with 69, only behind Guatemala, country that obtained 277 in general and 107 gold medals; Nicar...
Costa Rican surfer Leilani McGonagle won the second place of the female U18 category at the VISSLA ISA World Surfing Junior Champioship in Japan. This is the fourth time the Costa Rican athlete reaches the final of this event, and is the last time she will take part of this competition as she turns 18 this December. Leilani went up against Kirra Pinkerton from the USA, Summer Macedo and Br...
Costa Rica’s Junior Surf Team had another great performance in the VISSLA Isa World Junior Championship that is being celebrated in Hyuga, Japan. The team classified to the Tag Team final, beating teams of the level of Brazil and Australia in the second semifinal of the Aloha Cup. It was the Japan team that earned the first Gold Medal of the VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in t...
Costa Rican surfer Leilani McGonagle classified to the semi-finals of VISSLA ISA World Junior Championship the which is being held in Japan and in the U18 category. The Costa Rican added 10.4 points in round 4 taking the second place in her heat behind Kirra Pinkerton from the USA who managed 14.57 points McGonagle will go up against Minori Kawai from Japan, Kirra Pinkerton from the USA and ...
The National U18 Surf Team is currently in Hyuga, Japan, participating in the VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship which kicks out this Sunday, September 24 with the participation of 40 countries and close to 300 competitors. “We found the type of waves we expected, very small and without power. The competitor that manages to generate more speed will be obtaining more points. This is ...
After a two month process of evaluating the performance of a group of Costa Rican surfers, trainer Jim Hogan chose the 12 young athletes that will be traveling to Japán to represent the country in the ISA World Junior Championship 2017. The competition will take place in Hyuga, Japan from September 23 through October 1. Costa Rica is currently ranked sixth in the world in this championship, so ...
Carlos Muñoz concluded his participation in third place of the US Open of Surfing and achieving a great position in the ranking. Muñoz classified to the semifinals yesterday where he lost against Brazilian Tomas Hermes, the lack of good waves during their participation played an important role in the result; Tomas Hermes finished with a total score of 11.84 while “Cali” totaled 10.70 with only ...
Costa Rican surfer Carlos Muñoz from Esterillos Oeste, Puntarenas will be present at the semifinals of the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, California. This is not the first time Muñoz is able to get into a WSL QS semifinal, back in 2013 he was also able to position himself among surfing's best. Muñoz has had a great performance so far in Surf City; earlier today during the quarterfinal...
Carlos Muñoz is motivated, giving his best surf and proving that he belongs among the best in the world. Today, the Costa Rican surfer classified to the quarterfinals of the US Open of Surfing. Muñoz went head to head with Brazilian Jason Andre, regarded as one of the best Brazilian surfers in recent years. ¨Cali¨ scored a total of 13.66 points while Andre finished with 7.90. This is a versi...
The weigh-in ceremony for the Lomachenko-Marriaga, Beltrán-Vásquez event took place today in Los Angeles, California. Costa Rican Bryan Vásquez and his opponent, Mexican, Raymundo Beltrán are scheduled for a lightweight fight, which means they each had to weigh-in at 135 pounds; Ray Beltrán marked 134.4 lbs. while the Costa Rican came in at 136.8 lbs. 1.8 pounds over the weight limit. Normal...
Carlos “Cali” Muñoz is probably on one of the best moments of his career, present in the US Open of Surfing, “Surf City” in Huntington Beach, California, Muñoz made it today past the fourth round of the competition in the first position of his heat. As we reported yesterday, Muñoz and also Costa Rican Noe Mar McGonagle had made it to the 4th round and were competing together in the same heat; e...