As we mentioned in the previous post, we have been staying in Tamarindo for the last few days. We had heard that Tamarindo would be a good place for beginner surfing (Thanx for the tip, Pia!). Markus has surfed a long time ago (12 years ago) and Edda had never tried it. Tamarindo is filled with surfing schools. All of them offer more or less the same packages and have the same prices. But what differs is the teachers.
We asked about surfing lessons in three places. The first one seemed a bit weird. It was a small shop in the corner of Main Street and Callejon Oeste. The guy gave us a "special price" - $35 dollars (instead of the "usual" $40). He started to talk about him being a professional fishing man (showed some picture of a big fish on a boat) and that his way of teaching was the best and if the other teachers would suggest a specific time for surfing, it would not be good, etc. The second place seemed okay, but we still wanted to ask from another place. We ended up to Costa Rica Surf Club. The price for a 2-hour lesson was $35 (group lesson). But we were lucky with the low season in Tamarindo and Edda got a private lesson for the price of a group lesson. :D The Tamarindo beach is quite big and during low tide you can walk to Playa Grande where they have also a National park and turtle nesting beach.
Edda was rather nervous before the lesson. She is not the biggest fan of the water and when you combine it with boards flying around and people in the ocean here and there, it can be a bit frighting. :p It was a combination of excitement and scare at the same time.
Mauricio (the teacher at CR Surf Club) was great. His English was very good and he taught in a clear and sensible way. We went first through 1/2 hour on the ground the basics of keeping the balance, position on the board, how to stand up on the board, how to wear the leash and how to carry the big board in the water when the waves are coming through.
In the water, Mauricio helped with the technique, watched when a good wave came towards us and helped with shouting "paddle, paddle, paddle" and "UP!". He also pushed Edda so that she would get more speed and ride on white water. A lot of falling, but a few successes as well!
Markus rented a surfboard and practiced on his own. It went better than he had thought but it was still rather difficult. It will still take some time to catch a wave properly, but luckily he has time to practice during our trip. His target is to know how to surf properly when we are in Bali :D Markus' board was like made for him - he could attach his GoPro to the board. ;)
We asked about surfing lessons in three places. The first one seemed a bit weird. It was a small shop in the corner of Main Street and Callejon Oeste. The guy gave us a "special price" - $35 dollars (instead of the "usual" $40). He started to talk about him being a professional fishing man (showed some picture of a big fish on a boat) and that his way of teaching was the best and if the other teachers would suggest a specific time for surfing, it would not be good, etc. The second place seemed okay, but we still wanted to ask from another place. We ended up to Costa Rica Surf Club. The price for a 2-hour lesson was $35 (group lesson). But we were lucky with the low season in Tamarindo and Edda got a private lesson for the price of a group lesson. :D The Tamarindo beach is quite big and during low tide you can walk to Playa Grande where they have also a National park and turtle nesting beach.
Edda was rather nervous before the lesson. She is not the biggest fan of the water and when you combine it with boards flying around and people in the ocean here and there, it can be a bit frighting. :p It was a combination of excitement and scare at the same time.
Mauricio (the teacher at CR Surf Club) was great. His English was very good and he taught in a clear and sensible way. We went first through 1/2 hour on the ground the basics of keeping the balance, position on the board, how to stand up on the board, how to wear the leash and how to carry the big board in the water when the waves are coming through.
In the water, Mauricio helped with the technique, watched when a good wave came towards us and helped with shouting "paddle, paddle, paddle" and "UP!". He also pushed Edda so that she would get more speed and ride on white water. A lot of falling, but a few successes as well!
Markus rented a surfboard and practiced on his own. It went better than he had thought but it was still rather difficult. It will still take some time to catch a wave properly, but luckily he has time to practice during our trip. His target is to know how to surf properly when we are in Bali :D Markus' board was like made for him - he could attach his GoPro to the board. ;)
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