Surf Nicaragua
Beside the humbled experience in helping to build a high school in a remote coastal region in Nicaragua with Surf For Life and Waves of Hope, I had time in the early morning to do some surfing.
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- First day of surfing in Nicaragua and the waves are great!
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- Yeah this is fun
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- De, James and I are exhausted after the surf
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- Let’s get some footage from the board
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- Pop up
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- Yeah some more surfing 🙂
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- Oh almost caught this wave 🙂
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- Morning surf is the best!!!
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- It feels amazing being on the board early in the morning
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- Yeah 🙂
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- Surf the wave
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- This is how I feel after surfing: Exhausted but happy 🙂 Here: James
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- Surfing the volcano 😉
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- Volcano Surfing! Yeah this will be fun 🙂
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
Pura Vida
What a great tiny town is Montezuma on the Peninsula of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Here I spent 5 weeks to enjoy the “Pura Vida” (Pure life, slogan used from Costa Rician people to express their laid back lifestyle).
With so many things to enjoy and do this was a great treat for body and soul: Surfing, learning spanish, beaches, waterfall hike, Poi show on Thursday night, Cinema at 7:30pm, delicious food in the restaurants, Saturday market in the central park, zip lining, running on the beach, great conversations with fellow travelers, relaxing with the sounds of waves. Here some more impressions from the paradise like town:
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- Bookstore in Montezuma
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- Main road
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- Great talks with Nicolette
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- Thumb up
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- Wow what is this animal? A flying giraffe?
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- Monkey chilling in a Mango tree
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- Sushi night
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- Saturday morning market in central park
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- Beach impression
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- Street impression
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- Montezuma beach
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- Movie night at the restaurant
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- Anna creates a smile for Poi Night
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- Wow how awesome is that
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- Thursday night Poi show at the main intersection in town
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- Kelly in her fire poi performance
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- turtle hatching in Montezuma
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- BBQ Tico style
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- Spend at least two hours per day with physical, mental, spiritual or social activities (here with the awesome Thompson family)
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- Dinner time
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- Montezuma Waterfalls
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- time to do some waxing before we ride the waves
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- Yeah thumb up for the great surfing at Playa Grande
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- Enjoying a great smoothie with Kat
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- Mmmhhh my favorite drink here in the restaurants
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- Montezuma Pura Vida
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- Dinner time next to the ocean
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- Soccer match in Montezuma
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- City of Montezuma, Costa Rica
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- Pura Vida
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- Julia writes down a recipe for the smoothie man
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- Pura Vida on the beach
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- Sunrise
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- Sunrise Montezuma
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- Smoothies after surfing with Petra, Marc and Lauren
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- Dinner at “home” with Hope, Marc, Lauren and Amanda
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- Blue is preparing the BBQ on the beach
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- Delicious BBQ on the beach
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- BBQ on the beach
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- Delicious sunday breakfast
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- Swimming under a waterfall
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- Center of Education in Montezuma
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- Yoga pose with Nicole in my favourite italian restaurant in Montezuma
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- Surfing with Paul, Marc and Petra and our surf instructor Pablo
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- Pura Vida with Kat, Nico, Lauren
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- Yeah thank you for visiting me in Montezuma Janett and Jörg
Spanish and Surfing in Montezuma
Wow what a great setting to learn spanish and surfing. In a paradise like village called Montezuma on the Peninsula de Nicoya in Costa Rica. In the school “La Escuela del Sol” I take spanish and surfing classes.
A very well treat for body and mind and an awesome surf instructor who has a lot of great analogies ready to not only teach you about surfing but also about life. All this is accompanied with 30+°C and sunshine. After 2 hours surfing and 4+ hours of spanish (with two great energetic spanish teachers Wendy and Andrea) it is time to get some food.
The food in the tiny town is so delicious. They even have a restaurant where you have dinner and then they show a cinema film at 7:30pm. Here some impressions from my time in Montezuma:
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- La Escuela del Sol in Montezuma
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- Montezuma Waterfall
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- Zip-Lining in Montezuma
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- Surfing at Playa Grande, Montezuma, Costa Rica
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- Surf instructor with Lauren, Kat, Diane
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- Surfing in Santa Theresa, Costa Rica
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- Road conditons are good
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- Surf instructor explains us the beach
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- Pablo is our man to learn us surfing and about life
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- Yeah this is fun!
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- Hello dude!
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- Dinner Time in Montezuma
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- With our spnaish class we are waiting for the fisher man to make …
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- Cervici, “cooked” in Limon juice
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- Dinner time
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- After 4+ hourse of spanish it is time for surfing in the afternoon
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- Surfing in the morning
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- Our surf safari to Santa Theresa
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- This was part of our way to the surf beach
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- Movie night at the restaurant
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- Be emphatic towards others
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- my surfboard
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- time to do some waxing before we ride the waves
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- On our way to Playa Grande
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- Ready to surf!
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- Yeah thumb up for the great surfing at Playa Grande
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- Mmmhhh delicious pizza in Montezuma
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- Ok another fellow in Central Park
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- Sushi night
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- Sushi is sooo delicious
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
Thank you for your Birthday wishes
Thank you so much for your birthday wishes from around the world. I had a great day, starting with sounds of wave from the ocean and a great run on the beach. Then some healthy breakfast (at least the carot cake sounded healthy :P), talking and messaging to friends and family, enjoying the day in a spa and talking to a surf guru here in Hawaii who will take me surfing tomorrow.
If you haven’t figured out a birthday present yet 😉 Here is an idea and the awesome part of that present: You become a part of my trip. How good is that! As you might know I’m traveling to Nicaragua in April to help building a school in a coastal area. With your support now, we will have sufficient material to build the school. How awesome is that!
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- Thumb up for the sunrise here in Kaua’i
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- Running on the beach
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- Yeah, running on the beach is awesome!
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- Birthday breakfast with view to the ocean. No, I’m not in a prison 😛