• 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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  • GBC Tunnel Underway

    GBC Tunnel Underway

    Shrugging off the firestorm of criticism surrounding him, the guy from Garza spent the weekend digging out the entrance to what will soon be the tunnel beneath Guiones Beach Club – the all-important link in the new route from the Bodhi Tree turnoff to the beach. “My cousin was up here helping me on Friday

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  • Del Mar adds Organ Donation as payment option

    Del Mar adds Organ Donation as payment option

    Seeking to accommodate struggling local parents, Del Mar Academy has added organ donation to its list of payment options. “Eventually, parents will be able to use this option to fund other parts of the Del Mar experience,” said Helena Carter, enrollment specialist at Del Mar. “School uniforms, lunches, field trips, and surf camps. Larger donations

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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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  • Burnham Emerges From Jungle, Tells His Story

    Burnham Emerges From Jungle, Tells His Story

    Nosara Lately can now confirm that Rich Burnham – beloved host of Bearded Guy Checks the Surf and dude-who-fucked-up-the-four-million-dollar-Paltrow deal   –  has emerged from the jungle unharmed, and has now told his story. Allow us to set the scene, gentle reader. We were sitting in the luxurious underground bunker beneath the Nosara police station this

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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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  • ‘Del Mar Mom’ Brings Surge Pricing to Nosara

    ‘Del Mar Mom’ Brings Surge Pricing to Nosara

    Del Mar Mom – a surge pricing app for local tuk-tuk drivers and cleaning ladies launched two weeks ago on the App Store –  and has absolutely caught fire locally, with nearly eighty percent of all local Tuk-Tuk drivers and cleaning ladies reporting that they use the app daily. During yesterday’s torrential rains and flooding,

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  • Dueling Gondolas: Casa Vitality Strikes Back

    Dueling Gondolas: Casa Vitality Strikes Back

    Shockwaves rolled through the Nosara community yesterday when the news emerged that Casa Vitality is now backing an alternative Gondola plan that omits Bodhi Tree altogether. Local business heavyweights El Chivo, Howlers, and Olo Alaia  have all thrown their weight behind the new proposal from Casa Vitality, pledging to build the necessary mid-stations that will

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  • Catastrophic Decline: Only 400 DJs Left in Nosara

    Catastrophic Decline: Only 400 DJs Left in Nosara

    The United Nations Subcommittee on Indigenous Cultures voted in a special emergency session yesterday to add the last 400 DJs in Nosara to the UN Watchlist of Endangered Native Populations, saying at a press conference that Nosara’s once-thriving DJ population “is under attack from all sides.” The sale of Perozah in Garza – a hallowed

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