Por Anonymous , 17-01-2009

MataPalo Locals - Its all about respect!!! Being that so simple to do..Gringos, most of them, think they own the universe.
Disrepect the place..dare you all!!!!

Por Anonymous , 27-12-2007

At least we know where the kooks live - Sounds like its great if the 'locals' stay there, hope they get some good crews of brazillians coming to surf there too

Por Kook Patrol , 25-01-2007

who wrote this? - swell direction?????

access?????

Have you ever been there?

At least you'll throw people off and it'll be kept to those that live here.

Por got any baking soda? , 04-12-2006

barneys.... - I surf matapalo alot over the years...gets good , dont worry about kook locals only a couple really can paddle and take off when its big, german kooks live there and are totally lame...its a great wave to longboard and snake alot of waves
shortboard when its good, yeah rocks etc...buy plenty of crip in dominical and blow cuz its cheaper there and make sure and buy baking soda in pto jimenez cuz aint none on the point...better yet just surf domi with the rest of the barneys...

Por Erik from SJ , 20-11-2006

Scott from Fla - Scott from Florida,
Maybe you got dings in your boards because you suck at surfing ! Stay in Florida, where it's apparent that the waves are epic. Sorry that Costa Rica doesn't have the same "quality" as Florida! Idiot.

Also, anonymous - I'm pretty sure no one paddle out w/ a big knife in their mouth. kinda makes it difficult to duck dive, even in small, mushy waves.

Por mint , 13-11-2006

true - The last post is dead on. Matapalo is great and empty except for a couple of eco tourists. Who ever posted all that negative stuff is trying to keep it empty. It's really worth checking out though. The guy who is pretending to be a Tico with the Machete is probably some kook from huntington who lives in that hippy hostel a ways down the road. Most ticos are friendly and don't speak totally broken spanish like this dude would have you beleive. Go down, be respectful, rip up the waves, have fun.

Por anonymous , 09-10-2006

Full on FIVE STARS - A bunch of B.S. the place pumps and their is no one there except all the surf industry people. Thats why you never see any articles on it, they don't shit in there own back yard. Camp any where on the beach for free. Pan Dulce is just as good as Pavones but mellower, with 3 other breaks nearby. Don't be fooled they'll do a magazine article on your spot but not theirs. Get it good while everybody is fooled.

Por Anonymous , 03-10-2006

Re: Locals - Tico, I go surf there si me da la gana..., machete yo tengo la pistola pendejo.

Por Anonymous , 20-09-2006

Local - All of you gringos, we dont want you here.... go surf huntington jajajaja we dont care.... i dont want to se no gringos in my homebreak.... i own the machete

Por anonymous , 25-06-2006

Matapalo locals - I went to Matapalo with three of my friends and we just wanted to surf a few waves and have a good time , but as soon as we got in the water and in to our first session the locals there were CRAZY . One Tico guy paddled out with a Machete in HIS MOUTH and started swinging it around threatening us that we should respect his spot and only travel by ourselves and not come here in groups ( in pretty good english too) then he said we should just go back to babylon where we were from.
We went in to figure out what to do and then we were surprised to find a window broken out in our car with some of our stuff stolen.
I will never go there again.