Lake Arenal, Costa Rica, Feb. 2009 - by Barrett & Peggy

Marek & Michal journey to Costa Rica in Central America for a week of epic windsurfing adventures with Tico Wind. Mid-week they are joined by Barrett & Peggy. This was a very windy place with sail size between 3.6 to 4.7 meters.

Posted by: Barrett

IMG_0478 Peggy overlooking Lake Arenal in Costa Rica. IMG_0478	IMG_0515 Tico Wind entrance down a gravel road on a peninsula extending into the Lake IMG_0515	IMG_2112 This is an amazingly windy place!!! The windy season is November through April when trade winds... IMG_2112
IMG_0489 Barrett, Michal & Marek flew from Atlanta to Liberia airport, then drove 2 hrs. to Lake Arenal... IMG_0489	IMG_2053 Michal, aka Voltar, launching at Lake Arenal IMG_2053	IMG_2177 Sail rack at Tico Wind. The rental gear was brand new and the shop well-managed. IMG_2177
IMG_2180 Peter Hopley, owner of Tico Winds, giving advanced kite surfing instruction IMG_2180	IMG_2055 Voltar heads out into the maelstrom. IMG_2055	IMG_2059 Voltar & Marek. Our sail sizes ranged between 4.0 to 4.5 meters. IMG_2059
IMG_2064 Rainbow - Approaching rain squalls increase already high winds. IMG_2064	IMG_2074 It doesn't get any better than this !!! IMG_2074	IMG_2087 Panorama of the Lake. The launch had mostly E side-shore wind. This day the wind was from the NE... IMG_2087
IMG_2105 Marek launching IMG_2105	IMG_2118 Marek windsurfing IMG_2118	IMG_0497 Barrett & Peggy stay at Rock River cabins. Water was safe to drink from the tap and food was... IMG_0497
IMG_0492 Peggy admires the sunset view overlooking Lake Arenal IMG_0492	IMG_0505 Sunday festival of local horsemanship in nearby town IMG_0505	IMG_0514 Caballero riding into town. IMG_0514
IMG_2121 Norm List, owner of Rock River lodge IMG_2121	IMG_2122 Peter kitesurfing IMG_2122	IMG_2138 Peter showing a good altitude IMG_2138
IMG_2141 Norm blasting IMG_2141	IMG_2159 Barrett on 4.5m sail & 82L wave board IMG_2159	IMG_2142 Norm crashing IMG_2142
IMG_2163 Having a blast windsurfing in Costa Rica. IMG_2163	IMG_2144 Peggy, Jim, Voltar, Marek taking a break at Tico Wind. A full-day rental includes hot lunch, served... IMG_2144	IMG_2170 Voltar discovers what lies on the other side of the rainbow IMG_2170