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Billy Idol Recounts Dancing With Danger: 2015 Review - Best Classic Bands
Editor’s Note: Ellen Zoe Golden, the author of this 2015 review, was Billy Idol’s publicist for a quarter-century. She also represented Hall & Oates and many other high-profile artists before leaving the music business in the early 2000s. Prior to becoming involved with music publicity, Golden was a music journalist, and she occasionally returned to her passion for writing in her later years. Golden died of cancer on March 9, 2022, in her adopted home of Costa Rica.
World Surfing League arrives in Jacó
Top-tier professional surfing returns to Costa Rica this week when the World Surfing League (WSL)’s latest Qualifying Series contest takes place in Jacó. The Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro, scheduled for Oct. 4-7, is the latest men and women’s Qualifying Series (QS) offering a big opportunity for national surfers to vie for ranking points they might not otherwise have access to due to the high cost of international travel. Winners in Jacó will split 1,500 points.
Costa Rica excels at Central American Surfing Championships
For the 11th time in as many years, Costa Rica’s national surf team bested Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama in the Central American Surfing Championships. The games, which took place last Friday through Sunday in the Central Pacific beach town of Jacó, included a full contingent of Tico surfers who battled it out for medals in the manner of the ISA World Surfing Games. Organizers estimated that about 2,000 people were on hand to watch the tournament in front of Best Western Jacó.
Surf’s Up! The Top 5 Best Surf Spots in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Published on May 2nd, 2017 | by Ellen Zoe Golden Ask any surfer around the world where they want to go, and surely Costa Rica will be on their bucket list. That’s because this little country, the size of West Virginia, been made famous thanks to appearances in surf films such as “Endless Summer II,” which highlight the most enticing places to paddle out and ride great waves.
5 Amazing Things to Do on A Costa Rica Vacation With Tweens
Costa Rica is a small country packed with opportunities for a fun and action-filled family vacation. You can easily find things to do with younger kids and teens. But I think the sweet spot for visiting this Central American country might just be tweens—kids between the ages of 8 and 13 years old—because they soak up all the educational opportunities and are old enough for some adventure. Here are five activities this age group loves to do in Costa Rica, with suggestion on where to do them.
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Jacó surfers dominate Costa Rican national championship
It’s been a long time coming, but after 10 years competing on the Costa Rican national surf circuit, Jason Torres has claimed his first national championship. And it was a nailbiter for the surfer from Jacó at the Reef Gran Finals in Playa Hermosa this weekend. Although he surfed extremely well during his heats, he fell out of the contest in the semi-finals, leaving his fate in the hands of those surfers who made the open finals.
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