• Board scanner in place at Baker entrance

    Board scanner in place at Baker entrance

    The mood was cheerful and light at the Baker entrance this morning as area surfers had their first encounter with the new NCA board scanning machine. Our alert readers will recall that the Nosara Conservation Alliance (NCA) last month – after nearly 12 years of research – finally identified coconut surf wax as the main

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  • Outpost Nosara launches ‘Outpost Basic’

    Outpost Nosara launches ‘Outpost Basic’

    Outpost Nosara announced yesterday the launch of ‘Outpost Basic’, a stripped-down alternative for remote workers who don’t require air conditioning or stable internet. At a mere $4k annual membership fee, the new offering features dedicated barstools at La Ventanita with wifi coming from across the street. Early users have described the wi-fi signal as “pretty

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  • Texas National Guard Deploys to Esperanza

    Texas National Guard Deploys to Esperanza

    Esperanza residents awoke this morning to find a full pocket battalion of the Texas National Guard – including nearly 30 Humvees, ARADS, and Light Assault Vehicles – deployed in tactical formation in the parking lot of beloved local supermarket El Favorito. Khaki-clad soldiers had established a loose perimeter along the national road, and area residents

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  • Local surf school succeeds in branding over 90% of recent 6-day school

    Local surf school succeeds in branding over 90% of recent 6-day school

    The champagne was flowing when Nosara Lately visited Thoughtful Surfing, the local surf school for thoughtful surfers. A true milestone had been reached: Thoughtful Surfing had succeeded in branding just over 90% of a recent 6-day surf school. “It’s just amazing,” gushed owner Carol Lee Turner.  “The Instagram content from the school actually exceeded the

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  • United Nations gives Provisional Recognition to Beautiful Nosara Fam

    United Nations gives Provisional Recognition to Beautiful Nosara Fam

    The UN Committee on Indigenous Cultures announced yesterday that provisional recognition and protected status has been bestowed upon Guanacaste’s most well-known indigenous tribe, the Beautiful Nosara Fam. “Seen through the eyes of a cultural anthropologist, the Beautiful Nosara Fam is truly a modern indigenous group, native in every sense of the word, said Bjorn Thunquist,

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  • Prominent Nosara Lawyer Sues Entire Country

    Prominent Nosara Lawyer Sues Entire Country

    Legendary local attorney Andrés González yesterday filed suit against the entire nation of Costa Rica, charging that  Costa Rica has ‘delayed long enough’ the inevitable switch to English as Costa Rica’s national language. In a masterfully written seven page brief to the Supreme Court, arguing on behalf of local sour-ass K-Section guy Kenneth Mctavish, the

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  • Gwynneth Paltrow Buys Surfing Nosara Media Empire

    Gwynneth Paltrow Buys Surfing Nosara Media Empire

    Nosarans woke this morning to the surreal news that Gwynneth Paltrow has bought both the Surfing Nosara building and the Rich Burnham media empire, consisting of Rich Burnham Podcast, This Week in Nosara, and Bearded Guy does Surf Check. Details are still emerging, but sources within Surfing Nosara have confirmed the following: The Surfing Nosara

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  • “Out with Buddha, in with Joe.”

    “Out with Buddha, in with Joe.”

    Area Buddhists awoke this morning to the bewildering news that the much-beloved Nosara Zen Center will be rebranding into a Platinum-Level Joe Dispenza Meditation Center – one of only 550 such centers worldwide. Nosara Lately stopped in at the Zen Center this morning and can confirm to our readers that the rebrand is well underway.

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  • Poor water quality at Bakers linked to longboard wax

    Poor water quality at Bakers linked to longboard wax

    A troubling new twist in the Baker Beach water quality saga took place today when the Nosara Conservation Association (NCA) revealed in a press conference that longboard wax has been determined to be the main cause of pollution in the ocean off Bakers. This startling development upends over a decade of established local wisdom that

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