Walk out onto Jacó beach on a sunny weekend and you’ll find a mass of humanity sprawled along the dark-sand beach. As if seated in a sand-and-water amphitheater, the beachgoers are all watching a ...

“This might not be a national championship, but it’s equal to that for me,” Luis Vindas said, surprisingly loud and clear – the normally shy, soft-spoken surfer had offered up a full sentence of ...