(02/04) PUNT OF THE YEAR: JANUARY FINALISTS
Vote to help choose this month's winner

(02/03) READING FOR SURFERS
Slater, Gudauskas, Lopez and more share what's on their bookshelves

(02/02) THE REAL HAWAII
Back-to-back XXL swells ignite Jaws, Waimea, Pipeline

(02/01) JOHN JOHN FLORENCE WINS VOLCOM PIPE PRO
Pipeline local repeats over JOB with final second heroics

(02/01) GOOD-EPIC: PIPELINE
Flawless Pipeline during the Volcom Pipe Pro

(01/31) GEAR REVIEW: HIGH-TECH BACKYARD SHAPING PROJECT
Part III: The finished product and the test drive of our DIY surfboard

(01/31) VOLCOM PIPE PRO: DAY THREE
Giant Pipeline serves up perfect 10s -- and brutal beatings

(01/30) MIDWINTER UPDATE
January ends with a couple bangs and great conditions in California -- with more on the way

(01/30) SHANE DORIAN'S KEIKI CLASSIC
Local groms strut their stuff at the Big Island's feel-good event of the year

(01/29) VOLCOM PIPE PRO: DAY TWO
Moments of perfection highlight Round Two shakedown at the Banzai

Jeff & Adam wishing for a time machine.

I prefer to be safely elevated off the ground while sleeping in Costa Rica. There's just to many things which can happen being on ground level. Every night we slept with the doors and windows wide open since there was no AC and the jungle sounds made falling asleep so much easier. The only relief from the heat was an ice cold shower before you hit the sack along with two small fans to help circulate the air. The serenity and peace we achieved during our stay was priceless. No phones, TV, traffic, work, the list goes on. On this trip I took a limited amount of photos. I didn't shoot during the best waves or lighting. All I wanted from this trip was to surf my brains out. I believe we all successfully achieved some state of brain exposure.

Epic surf in perfect conditions, with some of the longest point waves any of us have ever seen with absolutely no one around to other spots where we happily shared double over head, back lit, bowling beauties with two locals and a nomadic Canadian. The waves made our nightly dreams so nice. On our last full day we wanted to surf a spot we'd surfed earlier in the week. A perfect point with no one in sight. The waves were so incredible the first time we surfed it when we drove onto the beach and parked at the point I was jumping up and down from the excitement. When we pulled up for the second time at this wave we found high tide had created a mine filled mile long paddle out combined with about 20 surfers in the line up. Shit man, we thought. >

Four hours in El Salvador. A Costa Rican Surf Adventure.