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Fun Cabo Pulmo, East Cape, Baja Sur Travel And Diving Video

Check out this video from Vince, of SanCarlos.tv, on a whirlwind tour of Southern Baja. First he visited the Marine Park at Cabo Pulmo. Cabo Pulmo located on the east cape of the Southern Baja is the Northern most coral reef in the Eastern Pacific.

Don’t Forget Mammoth in the Summer and Fall: Trout, Hot Springs, Backpacking, Mountain Biking and Mule Days

Admit it. Those of us living in southern California often take no notice of the mountains until we get our first winter storm, or see the peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains begin to turn white. Instead, we spend our warm days casually mingling with the masses at the beach, gliding down (crowded) waves and [...]

Surfing Nicaragua: 7 Travel Tips to Help Keep You Out of Trouble and In the Water

It was in 1997 – before Justin and I created Solikai – when we ventured out to surf Nicaragua for the first time. Why not? We didn’t know anyone who had been down there, but we just couldn’t resist wanting to validate the rumors of constant offshore winds and empty waves. It was during our [...]

Good article on Playa Colorado, Nicaragua

Here is a good article from 5ones.com about Playa Colorado in Hacienda Iguana, Nicaragua. Check it out and get stoked to head down there! Click here to go to the article

Tubos y Huesos in Nicaragua ~ by Dr. Brokenman

It had been a little over 2 years since my last surf trip out of the country. I was in mainland Mexico surfing a reef break 200m offshore at essentially a secret spot with one other person. That is when I first cracked my femur and it was all downhill from there. 2 years of [...]