Tuesday, May 31, 2005 

Danny's Photos

Started uploading my photos here: http://www.stpetemag.com/thejumpoff/?album=Costa_Rica

More to be posted tonight.

9:22 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

Monday, May 30, 2005 

Picture Uploads

Can you guys upload your still pics or send me a cd?

8:09 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

Search for Captain Zero

There is a good website related to the book I read on our trip. It is located at http://www.aweisbecker.com/. Cool slide show pics about his book.

There is an especially good FAQ about living/working/buying property in Costa Rica. It is located at http://www.aweisbecker.com/faq/.

10:53 AM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

Saturday, May 28, 2005 

Video Files

Mike,

I captured my video files to my hard drive using Pinnacle. It ended up being about 30 minutes. The only option I had for my Sony MicroMV files was to capture it in MPEG2 format. Apparently, based on some info I found online, if we are just making DVDs, this is just as good as AVI. The file is 2 gigs.

John,

Can you post the website you mentioned that allows you to set up a temporary site for exchanging large files? I would like to use it to tranfer video files to Mike. Also, Danny mentioned he had about a gig of pictures. Let us know. Thanks.

8:40 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

Water Pic Download

You can download the water pics here. Right-Click and select "Save Target As." The zip file is about 40 megs. These are the high-res versions.

8:04 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 


Mike-Biggest Wave? Posted by Hello

3:23 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

Cellphone meets toilet

Davis threw my blackberry/cellphone in the toilet. If you want to reach me, call Jill's cell at 404.993.8024.

9:26 AM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 


Danny Posted by Hello

9:24 AM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 


Mike Posted by Hello

9:24 AM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 


Lance Posted by Hello

9:23 AM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 


Steve Posted by Hello

9:23 AM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 


John Posted by Hello

9:22 AM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

Water Pics

You can see the water pics at http://www.ritzpix.com/share/guest_enter.asp?id=760214&sid=294708

Some turned out ok but overall the shots from a distant were not too good. If you want to create a list of pictures you want, I can create a high res scan and send it to you. I don't really plan on ordering pics from Wolf. I don't care for their online service but at least it was quick.

9:00 AM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

Friday, May 27, 2005 


Great trip guys, and thanks to the wives for making a dream trip possible. I can't wait till our ship comes in again.

4:55 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

Thursday, May 26, 2005 

7:49 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

Saturday, May 21, 2005 

8:00 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

 

7:51 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

 

Love

6:29 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

 

4:09 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

Friday, May 20, 2005 

6:11 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

 

Let's hear it for the girls!

Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone involved in getting this trip together. Especially the wives. Veronica you're the best. I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for you.

10:01 AM | Posted by Cross | |

 

Great day in the morning

5:58 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

Thursday, May 19, 2005 


john walking on up the nose Posted by Hello

5:00 PM | Posted by Cross | |

 

walkie talkie's

I have a pair of Motorola walkie talkies that I could bring. Does anyone think we'll use them? Obviously we wouldn't need them on the boat, but they could be useful the two day's were on land.

12:57 PM | Posted by Cross | |

 

Saturday afternoon sesh

I don't know about everyone else but I'm going to be antsy to hit the water when we finally get there -- work out some of this pre-trip anxiety I've got built up before we get on the boat.

12:45 PM | Posted by Cross | |

 

I Feel Crazy

I spent $26.00 on sunscreen yesterday, much to the shagrin of my wife. Never buy Bullfrog at a surf shop. I got the 46 uber block lotion and the 36 spray on gel (for us hairy types). I've bought and returned rash guard, board bags and fins, but finally think I got it all straight. Now I'm ready to heave my fat ass over a ledge and figure it out from there.

7:46 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 

Welcome Lance

Everyone welcome Lance aka Surferdude.

Fyi, if anyone hasn't figured out, to start a new post you can go to the Blogger Dashboard

8:22 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

Classic

1:24 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

 

BANGING

Not sure if any one has heard, but surline has reported 15+ foot swell down in Costa. There is a Tropical Strom/Huricane down along the coast line. They expect it to make land fall some time Thrusday far away from Costa, but close enough to produce a masive swell, if we are lucky mabey we could hit the tail end of the swell...

7:42 AM | Posted by surferdude | |

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 


New used board: 6'8" Fish. Pretty happy with the purchase.

6:30 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

 


Bottom

6:29 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

 


Tail

6:28 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

 


Fins

6:28 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

 

Passport scare

I just called Monica at Tico Travel because I hadn't received a plane ticket in the mail. She said American should have sent me an itinerary and that would be all I need (although she wouldn't use the term e-ticket). So she's faxing that over. She also said my passport would need to be good for 180 days after entry into the country. Mine expires 05 November, which is less than 180 days away (the travel guide Cross posted said it was 90 days).

I just called American Airlines, who will be the ones checking my passport, and they assure me it only needs to be good for 30 days. The woman in the International Travel division of American Airlines scoffed, "Where is she getting that information from?"

Never a dull moment.

3:16 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

 

A Little Tip

For you married guys, see inside...

6:55 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

 

Thanks for the call

Thanks for the call Mike. Is the M13 they have there a TuffLite board? Those things feel kinda creepy to me. I'm headed to the surf shop tonight to make some final decisions and purchases so I'll let you know about that board and that board bag tomorrow for sure.

6:32 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

Monday, May 16, 2005 

Packing List

Be sure to check out the Packing List, John posted at http://www.midbaymedia.com/surftrip/packing.pdf

We can minimize the items a lot since we are on the boat.

10:42 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

Better Surf Forecast for CR

From http://www.wetsand.com/wavecast/wc-costa-rica.asp

Saturday the 21st the short-period swell is expected to completely diminish, just in time for some long-period (16-second) ground swell to arrive from activity that originated near the Tasman Sea. This is looking like a head high swell for breaks with decent southerly exposure, 2-3 feet overhead for breaks facing directly to the south. This swell should fill into most all south-facing breaks in the Central American region. Note that the Nicaragua region may still be recuperating from wind swell early in the day on the 21st.

Sunday the 22nd the SW should level off with shoulder to head high surf for most south facing breaks, still overhead at the standouts.

Our next SW swell is due on the 24th, although this is looking smaller. It’s another southern hemi system, but this one didn’t have as much oomph as its predecessors. Still, by the looks of things today, this should bring in at least some chest high + surf from around 190-200 degrees, angled best at Panama; Costa Rica and regions further to the north may not see as much energy.

This particular swell should diminish around the 26th, and it looks like we may hit a temporary lull as the models are calling for quietness in the southern hemisphere for at least a little while.

10:28 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

Surf Forecast for CR

from http://www.wavewatch.com/pages/regions.php?RegionID=23

Forecast update effective Monday, May 16 at 4pm. Costa is looking good right now, at least through Friday. We'll see holding SW swell in the 4-6' range for the first half of the week. This will be slowly fading Wed/Thurs just as another shot rolls in from the S (180-185) hitting several feet overhead for the weekend. Now for the bad news. The ITCZ is running right through Costa. There are a few tropical waves that will be moving through the area over the weekend contributing some wind and 4-6' W to WSW windswell that will temporarily blow out the surf as the move through. Expect these pass moving west in the 10-15knt range wtih 15-25mph winds.

Day Conditions Details Waves Direction
Wed fair shoulder to overhead high 4-7ft SW
Thurs fair chest to head high 3-5ft SW
Fri poor chest to overhead high 4-6ft SW, WSW
Sat poor head to overhead high 5-7ft SW, WSW
Sun poor head high to 2ft overhead+ 5-7ft+ S, SW

8:40 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

What's the deal yo?

Do we fly out of Orlando on Friday? Or Saturday? Is it all e-tickets? I am feelign very un-prepared today. I'll have to go buy a board at our shop here tomorrow night as I didn't have time this weekend. Damn, after all this time now I feel rushed? It's in my genetic make-up I guess.

2:46 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

Thursday, May 12, 2005 

Get me out of here!

8:18 AM | Posted by dbreck | |

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 


I am borrowing this from Davis for the trip. Elmo needs a break. Posted by Hello

1:46 PM | Posted by SteveCombs | |

 

Now posting from my picture phone w moblogger! Nerdy!

1:41 PM | Posted by dbreck | |

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 

Bunk mate

Steve got your message and all sounds well. We were actually in Niceville this past weekend when you called. I barely recognize that place now. Anyone know the populuation?

2:17 PM | Posted by dbreck | |