Plunge Nosara is a spot for an infrared sauna & three different temperatures of cold plunge tanks. It’s fantastic place to cool down and improve inflammation or deal with sickness or soreness in your body. My old friend Mike from Beach Dog Cafe recently saw me walking to the beach, super sore like, as I was recovering from dengue. He urged me to come try out his new business, Plunge Nosara, and I’m super grateful I did. It did not take long to make a big difference in soreness and mental calibration, and I strongly recommend it for anyone with sickness or soreness or any kind of TBI. The first time was a wave of emotions but thereafter has been a smooth ride into less pain and a healthier mindset.
This Week In Nosara gives a weekly sample of life on the beach plus news and events and just whatever is happening around Nosara. In this TWIN episode:
Empty wave in Guiones? It happens sometimes
Checho, Kyle and dancing Vibert about to fly
Covid monkey on the ground? Or just friendly & tired of construction
Gilded sponsoring surf contest
L section ditches don’t fall in
WCA critter camera and water test results
James Initiative event coming. Get tickets!!
Gnome surf athletes
Lots of beautiful weather and people heading to beach
Nice air, need to find his name
Solid frisbeen work
Pat the volunteer therapist
Mike
New longboarder & lady
Danny from Agua Tibia
Rolo
Tony
Alejandro
Nelson
Jimena
Maria Jose!
Enric from Photography Surf Report’s Wipeout Series 🙂
Eli fron Surfing Nosara photos then 2 from Gustavo
Ale from @eq.surf.tv in front of the camera showing his style
Today’s music: Artist: Grits Song: Ooh Ah (My Life Be Like)
I’ve been surfing through this entire red tide experience and taking my chances… However, it might have caught up to me.
Throughout this high season, I’ve been receiving emails and photos and hearing from several community members asking about this and others claiming to have gotten sick… But unfortunately nobody seems to know why the red tide is getting worse in our area.
To be upfront about it, I’ve grown used to red tide and just kept surfing. So I 100% acknowledge I knew I might get sick, yet paddled out anyways. Surfing is my primary source of entertainment and exercise, so I decided to paddle out most every day this high season. However, my luck may have run out.
This past week or so I’ve been experiencing an array of physical issues. First a constant head throbbing about 10 days ago. I’m quite used to my head hurting from a TBI injury so I didn’t pay it too much attention. But about 7 days ago my fever spiked up significantly along with strong stomach issues.
Taking a shower itself was challenging with shivers from freezing immediately followed by profuse sweating. About 4 or 5 days ago, as my head continued to pound, the fever started to break but other symptoms came in. First were sores in my mouth then the following day hives began circulating all around my body.
Here’s another testimony sent in to me asking for anonymity, but to be published:
Hola Rich, I have gotten poisoned by the red tide twice now. The first time while surfing, the water definitely had the red tint to where I could not see my feet hanging in the water below. But when I was wrapping up my session I found myself in a dark red patch with no visibility at all. That afternoon, my eyes, ears, and throat began itching in the worst way possible. The back of my throat was red-streaked and I was down and out for 4 days. The second time was last Wednesday, was out surfing between Bakers and Main Beach and it was not terrible at first, but then I started working my way south towards Bakers and it was significantly worse. Similar to the first time, I found myself in a dark red patch with no visibility at all. I paddled out, went straight home, showed, jumped in the pool, showered, then I used alcohol drops in my ears, and used a neti pot with iodine solution. That afternoon. same as the first time my eyes, ears, and throat began itching in the worst way possible. The back of my throat was red-streaked and I was down and out for 4 to 5 days. This time was worse as it was painful to pee.
Year-round resident surfer
**The reason this is anonymous is this resident doesn’t want businesses or locals to be angry at them for potentially hurting tourism. However, they care about safety and want people to know about their recent experiences.
The Playas de Nosara ASADA recently shared a detailed explanation and timeline of events pertaining to the current moratorium on building permits on their social media and website you can review in English or Spanish HERE.
The Playas de Nosara ASADA board is requesting people to review the updated information and for accurate information to go directly to the ASADA for questions and concerns to avoid growing rumors and misinformation spreading around the community.
For example, the leaders of this ASADA strongly disagree with comments made by local architects Lucca & Evangelina Spendlingwimmer who were guests on a recent Nosara Podcast episode.
In the episode, Lucca & Evangelina share strong opinions about the need to unify in legal action to bring attention to what they feel are unnecessary delays in continuing the moratorium. They feel the extended moratorium is going to hurt the community more than help it and invite people to join them.
The Playas de Nosara ASADA is upset by the comments and information in the recent episode. They feel the information is inaccurate and are disappointed it was published.
Although the Playas de Nosara ASADA declined invitations to the podcast, our invitation remains open and we are hopeful they will reconsider in time. Our goal is to share what is happening in the community and promote as much dialogue as possible.
The great news is the Playas de Nosara ASADA is available to speak and communicate in person, phone, or email & is providing detailed updates like this one being prepared.
This podcast is a neutral platform for community members to speak their mind, all sides, especially about significant issues which affect the whole of the community. NP is committed to being an open channel for dialogue on all community matters. We hope for and welcome discussion that helps us grow and solve problems together.
Nick Mcalpin joins Rich for this new episode of the Nosara Podcast to talk about wastewater, storm water and soil management. He explains the problems Nosara has with these three topics and the possible ways we can all start to contribute to the solution. He also shares his own way of living in his property which can inspire many of us to live life differently and in a more ecological way.
