El Sueño

We're in love with this short film by Bugeyefilms shot in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica .. we think it pretty much sums up how dreamy it is there .. want to see for yourself? Come and join us on a retreat or road trip and live the dream :)

El Sueño from bugeyefilms on Vimeo.

A little piece of heaven ..

In case you were wondering why we choose to base our Costa Rica retreats in Santa Teresa .. here's why ..

Heaven from Asi on Vimeo.

Getting crafty at the beach with Prue Howard

When we're surfing and travelling our creative juices are constantly fired up .. but so far from our home supplies its not always easy to know how to channel all that colourful inspiration!   That was until we met surfer, designer and film industry prop stylist Prue Howard who showed us how she gets crafty at her cute little beach cabina in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica using just some paints from the local store, newspaper and treasures she collects on morning beach walks.

driftwood sticks become pencils 

inspiration from the jungle birds in Prue's notebook

paper mache bowls are painted, given a coat of resin from the ferreteria (local B&Q) & dried in the sun

beach pebbles become colourful parrot fish

See more of Prue's work when she is not on a tropical beach at her facebook page Prue Howard Design she has some super cute prints and Pina Totes for sale too .. go check them out!

If you would like to be getting crafty on this beautiful beach then check out Surf Sistas Costa Rica for Surf & Yoga retreats and Surf Road Trips in Santa Teresa.

Special Christmas & New Years Offer!

Special Offer Alert!  Book before January 5th 2014 to get US$ 200 off the price of our Costa Rica Surf road trip in March 2014!   Happy Holidays!  

Sunday Slides

A motley gathering of vids for you this week .. an amalgamation of the visual treats that have rocked our world this week .. sit back with your Xmas eggnog and enjoy, we will start off slow ..

Always a big fan of Quiksilver photog Morgan Maassen's work ..



Part 2 of Heather Hudson's video series dedicated to Zeuf .. a lovely message of hope which we echo to you this Christmas..

Hope More from Heather Hudson on Vimeo.


Some old footage of Rell Sunn styling ..

Rell Sunn from ENCYCLOPEDIA of SURFING videos on Vimeo.


Beautiful bottoms and beautiful bottom turns .. we see alot of both in Santa Teresa .. here's Mario Rubbino's take on the situation..

Beach Mode from Mario Rubbino on Vimeo.

Tortuga Island Snorkel Trip

We just found some previously unshared pics from our trip to Tortuga Island on our last Costa Rica surf road trip .. happy memories!

Our next surf road trip in Costa Rica is 1-10 March 2014 .. check out all the details here and book your spot!

New Website for our Costa Rica trips!

We have a lovely new website just for all our Surf Sistas Costa Rica trips, we thought it was about time they had their own home  .. take a peek at  www.surfsistascr.com and tell us what you think ..

Sistas Snaps: Pura Vida Surf & Yoga in Santa Teresa

Thanks to Lynda Vesco for these Sista Snaps taken on our Surf and Yoga retreat in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica in April ..  we love that she captured some of the partner Yoga the group did as we always forget to take pics of our Yoga sessions!  She's also got some lovely shots of the abundant jungle wildlife and of course some beach and cocktail hour shenanigans too :)

If you take a domestic flight to Tambor to reach us you will be greeted by white sand and jungle palms 

practicing in the jungle yoga shala

Partner yoga with adjustments from Surf Sistas Yogi Wendy

Lynda and Wendy Yogi enjoy some well deserved ice cream! 

about to hit the waves at Playa Santa Teresa

an easy way to carry your longboard

Gillian, Pia and Lynda at playa Hermosa, big smiles all round

time for a sunset surf

A meal with a view, one of the many amazing restaurants we will take you to in Santa Teresa

meet the neighbours

Manu and Welly sample the delicious cocktails

Mr sloth pays a visit

Surf coach Sam entertains the girls at sunset with her ukelele

Vicki contemplates another sunset surf

Racoons on the forest floor

Electric Mint Lemonade - don't mind if we do 

Welly loving the view

M and Sam after a really fun session at a local point break