Witches Rock, Costa Rica: Seductive as Ever
Nic Von Rupp chaperones groms on a Costa Rican boat trip
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Witches Rock is not a destination that immediately comes to mind when talking about Portuguese big-wave pro Nic Von Rupp. But a boat trip is still a boat trip, the tropics are still the tropics, and an empty dreamscape of barreling A-frames will still seduce even the craziest surfers. “Portugal is facing an extreme lockdown with several restrictions for circulation and also surfing,” Nic explains. “Before things got any worse, I booked my flight to Costa Rica, where some pretty good swell appeared. I’ve had this dream of surfing the iconic wave of Witches Rock and, with some advice from Pat O’Connell, it was finally possible three straight days of epic surf, which I shared with Hurley’s young European teamriders, Sam Piter and Dean Vandewalle.”
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Way back in 1994, Endless Summer 2 came out. It was, as you’re aware, the sequel to Bruce Brown’s iconic 1966 film in which Robert August and Mike Hynson traveled the globe looking for waves. In ES2, Robert “Wingnut” Weaver and Pat O’Connell took on the roles of surf-searchers, and in that film, a little place called Tamarindo was exposed to the wider world.
While Tamarindo and those nearby surf spots like Witch’s Rock and Ollie’s Point weren’t secrets, per se, they weren’t exactly household names, but Robert August had a role in ES2 that basically kickstarted the area’s surf tourism industry. In his segment, the 48-year-old August cruises down the line at Witch’s Rock, and when the film was released… well, the cat was well and truly out of the bag. And while there’s a small chunk of the Costa Rica section in Nic Von Rupp’s latest installment of Von Froth above, here’s that little piece of filmmaking perfection in its entirety:
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