you can now drive between beaches on the pacific and atlantic

it's not like costa rica, but it is possible now to drive between the two oceans on either side of south america...

people under the stairs in oz...

now i really want to go to australia after seeing this people under the stairs down under video

fakes waves near real waves

this is quite literally the one of the strangest things i've seen in peru -- a wave machine set up in Asia, the annoyingly pituco beach community south of Lima, which is on the water and very close to some splendid breaks. i can't figure out why anyone would get on a wave machine when there are consistent waves only 50 yards away. i understand that it's part of a marketing thing done by the cell phone company, but come on, it's a waste of water in a desert, and you can surf with dolphins if you bother to enter the ocean...

inspiration for the cornwall van fan...

in shape or out of shape?

mr. inkawaves has spent the last 3 days doing cross-fit workouts run by a friend, mainly because my doctor told me i needed to stay out of the water for a few weeks because of a minor surgery and the risk of infection from lima's sparkling waters. i had thought i was in good shape. when i'm in a good groove and have slept well, i can normally surf for 3 hours in heavy surf, even in a current. i also do yoga a couple times a week, so all told i thought i was in good form. not so. i've been humbled. these last 3 days have shown that my fitness level stinks, that my legs and certain other parts of my upper body have atrophied in the last 2.5 years of pure surfing and yoga, and that my lung capacity isn't is good as it could be. i always knew that cross-training works and is necessary, but this has really hammered it home. if i could just get rid of the pulled muscle in my back all would be good...