After a lovely seven week visit home in RI and SD during prime summer season - catching up with loved ones and enjoying the umbrella packed beaches boasting waveless shores- we returned to Pura Vida land with new inspiration. Our "sponsors" made it possible to get a sick new video camera that could also make magazine quality stills. After years of filming on sub par equipment we were super excited to move into the professional realm. The first few days in Costa Rica were filled with fun sized surf in blue tropical water. We were just getting our sea legs back when danielle got a stomach bug that benched her for a week. Just as she began to feel better we ran into a fellow shooting for Women's Surf Style Magazine who wanted to gather a group of girls for an article. Our friend collected two carloads of girls and we all hit up a fun lil wave about an hour away. You'll have to pick up the next issue of WSSM to read the story! Then the rainy season hit, and thats pretty much all it did- rain. Our typical day for this time period went as follows: wake up at 345, suck down multiple cups of strong costa rican coffee, edit until our bums were numb from sitting, walk raven, film and surf (if it wasnt raining), eat some rice and beans, edit, walk raven, sleep.
