Kyle Bombard moved to Nosara at 10 years of age. He attended local schools, learned Spanish and made lifelong friends while his family opened the Harbor Reef hotel and wildlife refuge. He holds nothing back in this episode and shares his feelings on a myriad of issues from the past, present, and future.

This one covers a ton of ground, and we hope you enjoy it!

Recently we connected with Miss Carrie (thanks to an introduction from Keri Dawn) to learn about the Nosara Playhouse school as well as their 2nd annual Flower Power Festival in Nosara this May 7th from 3-9PM.

Miss Carrie is filled with energy and producing something unique for children in Nosara. We hope you enjoy getting to know her, the Nosara Playhouse, and can make it to the Flower Power Festival.

Notes from the episode:

• We begin with Miss Carrie describing ‘Fun Friday’s’ and how the students go on a magical mystery tour each Friday

Besides being fired up and a cancer survivor Eva Fakatselis is the current artist in residence at the old Harbor Reef. It is safe to say she has been through a ton. In this Nosara Podcast episode, she shares how art was a vital part of her recovery and how this works through in what she is working on today and tomorrow. Learn more about her work and life through this podcast and Eva is inviting everybody to stop by her exhibition ‘Spirit of Place’ from March 26th through April 2nd at the old Harbor Reef location which is now Campo and La Ventanita Nosara.

Alejandro Sauter is such an important and integral part of the Nosara Podcast! Outside of that he is up to a bunch of great many other things as well. Not in the last place on his most recent work with eq.surf.tv, which is now also culminating into his upcoming movie premiere. ‘The Nosara Sessions – Volume 1’ features some of the local surf scene here in the area. In this podcasts Ale shares his different passions for music, surfing, surf movies and much more, in addition to how he made his way from teacher to fulfilling his passion for said items through his most recent work as a videographer and editor. This has been culminating in a ton of Nosara Podcast episodes as well as his first Surf Movie and Ale would like to invite everyone to visit the premiere on March 27th at Selina Nosara.

We are eternally grateful for all the work Ale has been doing on the podcast and hope you will all consider supporting him in this and any future endeavors.

Wildlife Conservation Association (WCA) president Vanessa Bezy and Kelly Harris from Ridge to Reefs stopped by the Nosara Podcast studio to discuss the upcoming community event and explain more on their research to a potential solution for some of our septic systems. More on the subject of Wastewater will be covered and discussed during the upcoming community meeting on March 23th. For more details please see the poster here below.

Alejandro filled us in on developments around the Esperanza Project and how this connects into the recent event and Fundraiser for the James Initiative. This will be a yearly returning event for a fantastic and heartwarming cause.

Please check out the episode here below for more information and the website for donations, event info and the auction! Big thanks to everybody that participated on any level and we are wishing everybody much continued succes. https://www.thejamesinitiative.ca/

If you have been in or around Nosara in recent months, it is highly unlikely you have not seen or heard about Nosara Ocean Safety. They are up to great things and are building a community-empowered program to keep the Nosara beaches of Guiones and Pelada safe and fun for locals and visitors through prevention, education, and awareness.

The whole team is getting after it as you will hear in this episode. Ellen, Anne, and Mariana describe how NOS came to exist, what they have been up to todate, in addition to looking into the future for maintaining and expanding their programs. Hear it yourself from the Nosara Ocean Safety team here.

Make sure to visit their website: https://www.nosaraoceansafety.org/ and subscribe to their Social Media Channels for frequent updates as well as red tide and strong current alerts: https://www.facebook.com/NosaraOceanSafety & https://www.instagram.com/nosaraoceansafety/

Most recently we had one of the longest periods of red tide in the Nosara area that I have ever experienced here. On the Nosara Podcast we have been speaking about the water quality and different aspects of it for quite some time now (more episode included here below). With the red tide popping up and sticking around it was time to cover this part. Dr. Vanessa Bezy from the Wildlife Conservation Association (WCA Nosara) connected with us for a brief overview on the red tide situation. Please listen in to what she has to say if you want to learn more about this phenomenon.

To support the Vanessa and the WCA please visit https://www.wcanosara.org/ for more information.

Frequent guest and good friend Ryan Bombard stopped by to share his latest updates for the Bomberos Nosara. They are working on some interesting initiatives to keep progressing their operation.

A big shout out and thanks to everybody from the Bomberos for their tireless and continued support to the community. It is not an easy task they are doing and please consider getting get a tax-deductible donation to them through the Amigos de Costa Rica: https://www.amigosofcostarica.org/affiliates/asociacion-bomberos-de-nosara

Gnome Surf is doing fantastic things via surf therapy for their athletes. Listen in as Chris Antao explains what is happening.