Meet Ryan Jacobus

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Meet Ryan

Now that you've seen the video, you know what my favorite sport is! But I like to do other stuff, too. On this page, I keep a blog about my life. So check it out! And send me an e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with any questions you have or to share stuff about your life. I definitely want to hear from you!

There have been some cool articles about me and my brothers and Super Natuarl Adventures. One that's out right now is in Pixie Magazine.

On Moving to Costa Rica

I'm 14 now, but I was 7 the first time my family visited Costa Rica. I totally loved it. One of the coolest things that I did on that first trip was stay up until like 1:00 in the morning with my mom netting bats and working with some scientists to study them. I couldn’t believe I was SEVEN and working with scientists!

What’s cool is that, once we moved here, we went back to that same place (Tirimbina Rainforest Center) and I got to work with the scientists for six weeks studying the bats. I’m pretty sure when I grow up I want to be a biologist. And a competitive surfer and maybe have a little band. What do you want to be when you grow up?

My Hobbies

A good way to learn about the ocean is to get in there and catch a wave!

So, you already know I love surfing! That’s probably my main hobby, at least when I’m somewhere where there are waves. But I like to do other stuff, too.

For my twelfth birthday my mom and I went to a beach a couple hours from here for a week and I got certified in scuba diving. I love scuba diving because you get to be really close to nature and be in a world that isn’t inhabited by humans.

As you saw in the video, I'm learning to play the guitar. Here’s a photo of me jamming with some indigenous Bribri dudes we stayed with on an Indian reservation on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica.

Through SNA I’ve started to learn more and more about making videos and films, and that's been really fun.

January in Costa Rica is the big “summer” break from school (the school year ends in the middle of December and starts again in February). So every January there’s a day camp for kids. This past January my mom was in charge of it with her friend Saskia. One of the activities was making a movie.

Our SNA cameraman and editor, Ben Galland (see his website under "SNA Friends"), came and taught us older kids the whole process of making a movie. Us kids got to do everything—decide the genre (type) of movie (we choose horror, but it’s also kind of funny) and then we wrote the script, filmed it and acted in it. The movie is called “La Mona.”

La Mona is a myth here in Nosara among the local people. I guess it’s sort of like the boogey man. Parents are always telling their kids that La Mona is gonna get them if they’re out late at night or if they go off alone in the woods or something. The movie’s in Spanish, but even if you don't speak it, you'll still get it. The point of the movie is that something’s up and some kids start thinking it’s La Mona. But other kids say La Mona doesn’t exist ("no existe"). Does it, or doesn’t it? Watch the movie!