Bahía Salinas, Costa Rica, Feb. 2009 - by Barrett & Mark

Windsurfing Costa Rica's Pacific Coast at the Windsurf Center Salinas Bay. Part II of Barrett & Peggy's Costa Rican windsurfing adventure. Salinas offered spectacular scenery, good wind & easy waves with no nasty shore break.

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Rental shop owner, Mark, races to the shore to greet us. This looks like a great spot with 30 mph...
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Wave the flag to call shop owner off the water
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There is enough equipment for a small group. The gear is all in excellent condition.
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Our room overlooking the water.
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Open-air restaurant at Ecoplaya Resort
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Lodging at Ecoplaya Resort on Bahía Salinas
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View from nature trail overlooking the Bay at low tide
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Ecoplaya Resort and windsurfing beach in the morning before the wind picked up. Note flock of...
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Female frigate bird soaring along the coast
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Windsurfers taking a break at Bahía Salinas
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Continental airlines serves Liberia airport in NW Costa Rica, only 40 miles from windsurfing at...
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Barrett launching in front of Isla Bolaños, a nature preserve & nesting site of the magnificent...
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Bahía Salinas Panorama. The bay opens to the Pacific Ocean and borders Nicaragua on the right.
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Jumping 77 liter JP board (Photo Mark Burisma)
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Male magnificent frigate bird displaying. Barrett took the photo on another trip.
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2008-01-10 (canon powershot S3) 026 cropped (1200x900) Photo by Mark
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Freestyle (Photo Mark Burisma)
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Barrett jumping surf 5.7m sail, 120 liter JP board (Photo Mark Burisma)
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Carving on surf (Photo Mark Burisma)
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Jump on high-wind day in January, the windiest month (Photo Mark Burisma)
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Barrett (Photo Mark Burisma)