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Spanish tourist drowns at Volio Waterfall

December 11, 2007 | Tags: Accidents and Natural Disasters | Leave a Comment

Volio Waterfall
The Volio Waterfall near Bri-Bri, accessible by hiking trail with local guides

A group of 4 tourists from Spain were taken to the Volio Waterfall up past BriBri by a local guide from Puerto Viejo. One the men was in the waterfall when all of a sudden a large volume of water (called a head water) surged over the waterfall and knocked the man into the pool. It appears he drowned instantly.

Rains have been very heavy this November and December. It is surprising that a local guide would not be aware of the dangers of this type of excursion with these weather conditions.

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Surfing News

December 11, 2007 | Tags: Sports | Leave a Comment

The podium at the Copa Mango, Jaco
On the podium at the Copa Mango, Jaco. Photo Shifi Surf Shots courtesy of Global Surf News.

PV Surfers Take First and Third 

Puerto Viejo natives hit the big time in the Copa Mango in Jaco on the weekend with Puerto Viejo’s Nino Myrie taking first place in the open competition and Puerto Viejo’s Gilbert Brown taking third place. Jason Torres of Jaco took second place.  Brown recently won a bronze metal at the Pan American Surfing Games.

The Copa Mango is the debut event of the season for Costa Rica’s Circuito Nacional de Surf (CNS).

Read more: Global Surf News: Germaine Myrie nabs Copa Mango crown in Costa Rica.

Nude Surfers
Unfortunately the Puerto Viejo event was not photographed so we bring you this photo of a nude surfing competition in Cornwall, England. Courtesy of Life’s a Beach.

Naked Surfers Spotted on Playa Negra

Three young guys sporting nothing but a surfboard were spotted in Playa Negra today just in front entrance to Pan Dulce by local residents. That was until the local police came by and got them to put their shorts back on. Not too long after all 3 were spotted on bikes with their boards looking for more private waves further down Playa Negra.

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Christmas Gifting Program

December 11, 2007 | Tags: Community News, Helping Out | Leave a Comment

Gifts being loaded in canoe from truck
Gifts from last year’s program being transfered to a canoe for the journey

It’s December and ATEC thought they’d give you the opportunity to be generous to your neighbors again.

Last year they had a very successful impromptu gift drive. The community came through and they had THREE carloads of gifts that went up to some friends in remote areas in Alta-Talamanca by Coroma.

This year they will send gifts up to that community again but also hope to expand to other communities. ATEC’s Vice President was Talamanca’s Diputado (senator) and therefore had the opportunity to get to know the communities in our canton that often get little attention; they hope to get materials into some of those communities.

They have had a good start, some friends of Talamanca have gotten together a whole container-load of good condition kids clothing that’s on the way!

So, while good-condition, clean, used products are appreciated, they are also suggesting practical items such as:

If you have a vehicle and want to help transport the materials in late December, please let ATEC know.

ATEC promises a complete and transparent report after the drive. If you want to donate cash, you can be assured you’ll get a receipt and a full report of what the money was spend on. To donate by credit card, you can donate on the Puerto Viejo Satellite donation page.  Puerto Viejo Satellite and The Talamanca News will cover all credit card processing fees and pass 100% of your donation on to ATEC for the drive.

Materials can be dropped off at ATEC (view on map) or at El Puente-The Bridge (view on map).