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Witch's Rock Surf Shop Update

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Hope for Haiti: Beach Blanket Benefit Concert

Hope for Haiti: Beach Blanket Benefit Concert

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at WRSC

Hey Everybody!

Like the rest of the world, we've been counting our blessings lately.

Watching the devastation in Haiti sure does make us take stock of how lucky

we are to live in paradise and play in the waves for a living! We were

stoked when our musician friends proposed a benefit concert for Haitian

Relief here at WRSC. Heck Yes! We won't have Beyonce or Steven Spielberg

like the televised events I've seen all week, but we will have cool tunes by

Lyle Watson, Banana Kings, and many others...and give our drop in the bucket

to an overwhelming challenge. Tell your friends, and bring the kids. Let's

raise a meaningful amount for Haiti!

Check out the flyer:

--Pura Vida

Joe Walsh

Arggghh!... you coming to the Surf Expo??

Yana and Larry, getting ready to tag some cars in the parking lot.

Joe Walsh and Tom Carroll. Who will be this year's mystery guest?

Marc B playing a set at the WRSC booth.

See you at the show!

WRSC Intermediate Surf School Tour of Nicoya Peninsula Jan 23-30; only two spots left!

ONLY TWO SPOTS LEFT!

Call now to grab yours:

1-888-318-SURF

WHAT - Intermediate Surf School Tour of Nicoya Peninsula

WHEN - Jan 23 - 30

WHERE - Montezuma, Mal Pais, Samara,

Nosara, and more!

COST - $1200 includes transportation, hotel lodging, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all the surfing your arms can handle!

WITH - Rafa!

DETAILS, DETAILS... We'll pick you up in San Jose, drive you in air-conditioned comfort to the Nicoya Peninsula, provide boards and lessons and plenty of practice time daily. You stay in nice hotels along the way and let us take care of everything!

JOIN US FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE SURF SCHOOL EXPERIENCE!!

1-888-318-SURF

Congratulations Luis Castro WRSC Surf Team

New Year's Eve Beach Party at WRSC!

WRSC Christmas Party (two days ago, still hung over)

Celebrate Christmas with WRSC watching the San Diego Chargers

Who wants to be our neighbor?

Hola Everyone!

Witch's Rock Surf Camp is selling an ocean view lot on the hill directly above the surf camp. This lot is only about 3 minutes walking distance from the beach yet high enough to boast some amazing views. It has 4,811 square feet and is for sale at $150,000.

Check out the INSANE ocean view.

Size: 447 sq meters (4,811 square feet)

GPS coordinates: 10.302527,-85.835216

Price: $150,000

Details: the lot already has water and electricity. There is a new private driveway and building terrace ready for the new owner. If you are interested, our sister company Zephyr Eco will work with you to help build a sustainable home.

So you've been thinking about moving to Tamarindo because you love it here, you love surfing, and you just can't get enough. Maybe you're thinking about investing in a piece of land and building a vacation home or retiring down here down the road... This might be what you've been waiting to hear.

Here's the plot plan, complete with up-to-date stamps from the muni:

Witch's Rock T-shirts now available (almost)

Hi everyone,

Here at Witch's Rock Surf Camp we are just now pulling out of the low season and straight into a really busy November. Our new surf shop will be open in the next couple of weeks and we're all ready for our first inventory shipments to arrive. In 7-10 days we will have 5 of our original t-shirt designs available to buy in our surf shop. Below are the final art proofs. If you are in the US or Canada and want us to mail you shirts, call us at 1-888-318-SURF or email us at witchsrocksurfcamp@gmail.com. Shirts are $20 each. PURA VIDA - joe

Witch's Rock Surf Shop construction plans

New York City Represent, Represent

We're stoked on our expanding fleet of boats, including three surf pangas and our new 48' Grand Banks Surf Yacht. We'll have some killer show specials; like 1 week on the yacht for four people at just $1000/person all inclusive (boards, food, beer, fishing, guides, snorkeling--the whole enchilada). Actually, thats the rate we charge most every week for the 2009/2010 season, so you don't have to go to the show to get it. And yes, you read that right!



$1000/person = 4 guests on the Surf Yacht for 1 week including everything but your plane ride to Liberia (LIR)

Costa Rica is a lot closer than Indo, so come enjoy some amazing tropical breaks in uncrowded spots (many times, we're the only ones in the water) with 5 hour flights direct from JFK or Newark. We just scored flights in the $350 round-trip range for our trip to the city--so there are sweet deals to be found. No matter where you're from in the world, call us for help--we help find cheap flights every day!

Whale watching at Witch's Rock

Bus Tour 2009 Part 2

Kevin, Andrew, Kim, Tracy and Brian

Palm hearts on the way to the factory.

Dominical

Dominical wave

That night we all had fun getting to know each other but the next day we got down to business at nearby Dominicalito.

Kim at Dominicalito

Krista at Dominicalito

The Crew (minus Rafa and Ulices)

From Dominical we drove the long drive to Pavones!

Lots of cows on the way to Pavones

Paso Canoas = Panama and Costa Rica boarder = Free Trade Zone = Cheep Booze!

I have never been to Panama but now I have seen it.

This sign made us all very happy

Most of us on the bus during a pee break

Pavones!!!!!!!!!!

While we were in Pavones several things became evident:

1. The waves there are AWESOME

Pavones Wave

2. The locals can surf

3. The local kids can surf

I am still convinced that there was a local kid conspiracy to take all the waves.

Part of the Kid Gang


Pavones Kid / Gangsta

I know I loved Pavones and I am pretty sure that the guests did too, but eventually we had to leave.

Bye bye Pavones

We left Pavones just as the waves died and did the insane and drove to Avellanas in one day. We got there late at night and woke up early to a beautiful day with beautiful waves. After all the places we had surfed, Avellanas was a piece of cake and all the guests looked great.

Tania

Tracy

Giovanna

Hey! It's me

Kevin

Brian

Kim

Krista

Flash

Nancy

Keith

While in Avellanas, we got someone else to take a group photo so Rafa finally made it in.

Flash, Brian, Me, Keith, Nancy, Giovanna, Krista, Rafa, Kim, Tracy, Tania, Stu, Donna, Andrew and Kevin

And with that, I'll say goodbye and wish the best of luck to our awesome guests! Keep Surfing.

WRSC hosts Surf Expo trade show booth in Orlando, Florida

2009 WRSC Bus Tour Update

Krista at La Finca

Tania at La Finca

After surfing we drive south to Ostional where we saw Turtles laying eggs. It was kind of cool but really gross. We then made our way to Nosara where the guests and I got a little beat up and all us gringos learned why Turtle eggs are such popular eats.

Nosara Waves

Keith at Nosara

From Nosara we drove to Manuel Antonio. On the way we stopped at this bridge were you can see ton of huge crocs. I shed a tear for Steve Irwin and was glad we don´t have ones as big or plentiful in Tamarindo.

Giant Crocs that can kill you (Near Jaco)

In Manuel Antonio, we saw even more crazy wild life and the most beautiful beaches. At the national park we saw sloths and several types of monkeys. We also surfed!

Sloth

Howler Monkey

Another Monkey (should have paid better attention to the guide)

Bobby

Ron

It was in Manuel Antonio where we said goodbye to Ron and Bobby. They were definatly entertaining and we were sad to see them go.

Ulices, Nancy, Giovanna, Tania, Me, Bobby, Ron, Krista, Stu and Donna, Flash and Keith

Yesterday we greeted 5 new guests and drove to Dominical. Tomorrow we head to Pavones.

And with that I will leave you with sunset at Manuel Antonio.

Biodiesel reactor installed at WRSC!

Good Vibes for John

WRSC Surf Yacht arrives to World Games

5th Time Return Guests - Thank you Marco, Brenda and Family

Adios to our 5th Time Gold Return Guests - Marco, Brenda, Eduardo, Rafa and Enrique.

This family who comes every year to WRSC from the Canary Islands, just left from yet another memorable three week vacation.  We wanted to show how much we appreciated their visits, by letting them pick out a brand new WRSC board to take home with them.

These boys first started to learn to surf while on vacation with us, and now all three of them are rippers.  

We love having them down here with us, as they have become family to all of us down here.

If you ever find yourself in Tenerife, Spain, Marco is the proud owner of Churrasqueria Rodeo, which now has two locations in both the North and South.  There website is currently down, but this is it www.churrasqueriarodeo.com once it is working.  The pics of the dishes make my mouth water just looking at them.

Once again, Marco, Brenda + Family, thank you for coming year and year out, we really appreciate your return visits and it is really sad to see you all go.  Hope you enjoy the board and look forward to next April, when you all will be back again.

The WRSC Family

How young can they start?

Special thanks to Rafa Sandoval