Life lesson
In this brilliant 6 min talk Angela Lee Duckworth talks about the success in education and in life. And she has observed it is about the GRIT. How do you build grit? She is not sure yet, but a growth mindset is very helpful. When you stick with your future, life will progress in this direction.
Live life as it is a marathon
This video reminds me very well of my learning experiences on my around the world trip, especially surfing. In the beginning I was more falling then surfing. I was more paddling then anything else, I was so exhausted from all that, especially because my body and my technics were weak.
But then you have one second on the board and you feel the adrenaline rush in your body and you know all this falling and being exhausted is part of it. And I knew that over time I will get better in surfing. And I did! Not that I’m a great surfer yet, but I see the progress and this is very rewarding indeed and helps me to stick to the goal in learning how to surf 🙂 Life lesson learned!
Surf Costa Rica
In Costa Rica I finally got the chance to surf on a regular base actually it was 5 weeks of surfing in Montezuma. 4 weeks surfing lessons and one week surf safari.
On 20th of April 2013 I join Surf For Life to help to build a high school in Nicaragua. Please support me with a small donation for the “Surf for Life” project. Every amount makes a difference for the kids in Nicaragua. The donation page with background information can be found here: https://www.surfforlife.org/give/Sven-Koble/
Every day I felt improvements and every day I was muscle sore from the paddeling, standing up on the board. Amazing. The feeling was awesome mostly on beaches without a lot of people, awesome waves, amazing nature and wildlife. My favorite beside riding the waves: watching pelicans passing by only a couple of meters from where I was waiting for the next wave to catch. Or watching monkeys in the tree eating mangos next to where we waxed the boards. Here some impressions:
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- Surfing with Paul, Marc and Petra and our surf instructor Pablo
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- Yeah catching a wave
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- Let’s get into the water
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- Wildlife on the way to the surfspot
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- That’s exactly how I feel like after surfing
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- Playa Grande the surf beach near Montezuma, Costa Rica
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- Garden to pick up the boards
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- Mmmhhh some delicious smoothies after the surfing
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- Great times 🙂
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- Surf safari with Pablo
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- Watching out for some waves
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- Enjoy the water
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- Playa Carmen
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- Thumb up for the awesome surf weeks
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- Almost went in bed with my surfboard
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- That’s the beach to be to learn surfing in Montezuma
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- Surf board impression at Santa Theresa
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- Do Sport often to stay physical and mentally fit (here Surfing in Costa Rica)
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- Affirming others for positive things (here Surf lesson in Costa Rica)
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- Ready to surf!
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- Let’s get out to the waves
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- Playa Grande Beach setting
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- Yeah riding a wave
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- Paddle Paddle Paddle
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- Yeah thumb up for the great surfing at Playa Grande
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- Great waves, awesome weather, warm water, great times 🙂
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- Thumb up 🙂
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- Wow what is this animal? A flying giraffe?
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- Impressions on the way to the surf beach
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- time to do some waxing before we ride the waves
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- my surfboard
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- Time for surf safari 🙂
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- Our surf safari to Santa Theresa
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- Surfing at Santa Theresa
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- Warm up
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- Surf instructor
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- Pablo is our man to learn us surfing and about life
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- Ok let’s try this pop-up on the beach …
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- And pop-up 🙂
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- Surf instructor explains us the beach
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- Yeah this is fun!
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- Lauren, Kat and Diane concert the waves
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- Surf instructor with Lauren, Kat, Diane
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- Time for a rest together with Joe and Diane
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- Surf safari with Pablo
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- On our way into the waves
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- Let’s go surfing
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- Surf time 🙂
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- Enjoying the scenery
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- Awesome beach near Santa Theresa
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- Awesome beach near Santa Theresa
Surfing in Hawaii
After surfing in Finland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia, I got the chance to surf with Ambrose, a surf guru here in Kaua’i, Hawaii. And what a great surf lesson. After arranging the surf lesson the day before we met at 7am at the beach to check out the weather and he was already starting the surf lesson there, explaining me the weather conditions and a lot of other great life lessons.
Then it was time to find a suitable beach for our surf lesson. And what great waves we found, for my surf abilities: awesome!!! Check out the video and some pictures.
Please support me with a donation for the “Surf for Life” project where I help to build a high school in April 2013 in Nicaragua. Thank you very much for your contribution to this project! More background information can be found here: https://www.surfforlife.org/give/Sven-Koble/
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- Surfboards packed time to hit the beach
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- Interesting garden fence
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- Wow big waves at the North Shore
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- Surf beach on the North Shore
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- Surfing at Waikiki Beach
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- Surfing at Diamand Head