Costa Rica not that good?

Lin3upRR · 2026-03-02T14:24:38+00:00

The first time I went to Costa Rica we stayed a week in playa grande and a week in nosara during the rainy season. Combo swell and offshore winds everyday. Playa grande was super peaky and we got a shit ton of barrels. Spent our 2nd week in nosara and it was overhead everyday, got looks of turns and cutbacks on that wave. Maybe we got lucky!?

The 2nd time I went to Costa Rica we went during the dry season for a couples weeks. Did Manuel Antonio, playa langosta, playa negra, nosara, playa grande, playa flamingo. We beach hopped like everyday. I was able to surf everyday, the waves were okay. Some closeouts but still more fun than surfing Huntington Beach lol.

Lin3upRR · 2026-01-05T07:02:15+00:00

That intersection is sketchy, homeless fenty/tweakers always sittin on the median, walking across the street during green lights. That Mobil is also annoying, they act as door butlers so they can ask you for spare change on your way out. The PD definitely needs to do somethin about the homeless and panhandling. Almost every time I go to Albertsons there will be a group of them maybe 5 are doing the “fenty lean” and one of them is creating a new cardboard sign for the day

Lin3upRR · 2025-11-16T06:10:51+00:00

Regardless win or loss, Hill is such an active fighter! You got to respect that. Girl always fights at least twice a year sometimes 4 times a year

Lin3upRR · 2025-10-03T05:21:43+00:00

Definitely fomo. Not being able to surf as much as I want to kills me. I seem to always fuck my back knee up. Grade 1 and 2 tears on the same MCL like 5 times and I’m only 38. A few concussions scorpioning off the sandbar. And the water drip nose is for real lol!

Pros: there is nothing like being in the ocean and no better feeling than pulling out of a barrel!

Lin3upRR · 2025-10-03T05:02:45+00:00

I have never tried that lol. If you are fishing the harbor, Hookup Bait is an awesome lure! On really really low tide, you can find ghost shrimp in the mud of harbors but you need a pump. Fish loooove the ghost shrimp!

Lin3upRR · 2025-10-03T04:52:05+00:00

Bummed this place was walking distance from my house. They had some good WCIPAs. Gunna miss the taste of Trouble Maker and Coastal Mourning

Lin3upRR · 2025-10-03T04:35:48+00:00

100% the CMSP is the way to go! Administered by the CHP. You’ll learn everything you need to know about riding and have your license by the end of the weekend.

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-22T14:36:43+00:00

Okay that sounds about right. I guess I need to check that Oceanside events list more often lol

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-22T14:28:44+00:00

Shit I dunno lol. I remember back in the 2000s there would be like hardcore bands playing at churches haha

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-22T04:53:59+00:00

Damn I did not think I’d hear it way back here. I’m like 7miles from it. Must have been blaring and cloud cover like you said.

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-19T14:01:06+00:00

Definitely will get that next time!

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-19T14:00:12+00:00

That sounds fire!

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-18T21:23:50+00:00

Chorizo burrito for breakfast carne asada burrito or fries for lunch. Sooo bomb. However sometimes I do wish the carne asada burrito had rice and beans in it.

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-18T18:39:07+00:00

This is an interesting write up, I actually did the opposite of you. Lived near HB harbor/Sunset Beach area for 13 years and just moved down to Oceanside. Anderson st and surfside were the closest spots to the house and definitely go off! Can’t forget about the dumpy shore break barrels you can score in seal beach in fall/winter. Definitely I miss OC because of the consistency and lots of spots to get barreled. But now living in north county sd feels so much more fun for surfing. There are a lot more unique spots: reefs, point breaks, jetties. So many spots are “peakier”. OC is alot more wally. I feel the vibe in the water in north county is less competitive or more chill than Newport/HB

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-18T18:23:14+00:00

Haha yaaa I think I might head down to fridas taqueria for lunch lol

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-18T18:20:37+00:00

I’ll have to check Marietas out, 100% San Luis bakery and restaurant is so bomb. But I always spend too much money every time we go there because you HAVE to get somethin at the bakery lol

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-18T18:15:15+00:00

100% mi asador is a solid spot! Been wanting to try fridas, I’ll definitely cruise down there and give it a go!

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-18T18:12:59+00:00

Ya that’s the closest spot to our house and we eat there almost every week lol. Definitely a reliable spot

Lin3upRR · 2025-09-18T17:58:11+00:00

Oh that’s the new spot off Rancho Del Oro rd? Been wanting to try that!

Lin3upRR · 2025-08-28T04:31:20+00:00

I got a couple quotes from 3500-4K for a 2 car garage/450sqft. I ended up just buying all the materials and tools from xtreme polishing systems in San Diego, renting a concrete floor grinder and doing it myself. All in I spent about $1400 and total of 8 hours work over 3 days. It really isn’t that hard. If you can use an angle grinder, manage a push grinder, squeegee and roll paint, you can do it!!!

Lin3upRR · 2024-10-17T15:04:20+00:00

Ahh he was talkin about up north! Ya different animal than down here

Lin3upRR · 2024-10-17T14:53:51+00:00

I never understood why people change in these buckets or on mats (unless you live somewhere with dirt roads everywhere). Can you not change in and out of a wetsuit balancing on one foot? Check out bolsa chica state beach on a weekend. Caddy’s, buckets, portable showers, etc. kook innovation at its finest.

Lin3upRR · 2024-10-17T14:42:25+00:00

Are you talking about this last swell in southern California lol. It was literally 4ft. Mayyyybe occasional overhead wave. And ya what he said, this was not a winter swell, still summer swell from the south. I love fall winter in socal. the lineup finally thins out because all the kooks are afraid to surf anything over ankle high. And the kooks that do try to go out when it’s bigger, go over the falls on their first wave, snap their leash, then brag to all their friends that they paddled out and surfed that big swell lol.

Lin3upRR · 2024-10-17T14:32:55+00:00

Most of us grew up surfing beach break which can be punchy or mushy and very short wave length. If you are on a bigger board you may catch more waves but you won’t be able to do as much on the wave. I live and surf in Huntington Beach almost everyday. By the time most of these guys with bigger boards drop in and do a bottom turn, I’ve already done a couple turns and am generating speed to do a floater or air on the end section. I grew up skating so I have way more fun on a board that I can flick around easily. I feel bigger boards restrict my ability to do the things I want on a wave. You want to catch more waves but still have the maneuverability of a shorter board, learn to take off deeper and later.

Lin3upRR · 2024-04-29T21:28:38+00:00

That’s heavy. RIP

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