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Costa Rica Surfski
Intro
The primary limitation for surfski paddling in Costa Rica as it will be for many locations around the world is going to be the availability of surfskis. Although surfski downwinding is a rapidly growing sport around the world, the initial financial outlay is relatively expensive, particularly in remote locations that might only wish to order/ship a small number of surfskis. There is probably no lack of excellent ocean and freshwater locations for good paddling in Costa Rica. For example Lake Arenal is world famous for its winds and wind sports, but may as yet (2020) not have a single resident surfski.(??)
Downwind
Pacific Coast
- Epic Kayaks
As of 2020 (started around 2017-2018?) there is one well established surfski trainer in Costa Rica, Dale Ponsford, who is an Epic representative. He and his family split seasons between winter in Costa Rica and summers in Hawaii. Epic Kayaks Description
- Epic Kayak Costa Rica Website new website 2024
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Photos from 2019 Lessons With Dale
Greg Redman Video with Dale
- Cabo Blanco video
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Surf
Costa Rica has plenty of good surfing. So if you do figure out how to find/get a surfski in Costa Rica you should be able to find reasonable surf breaks and/or surfing days for surfskis.
- Pavones one of the longer surfing waves in the world, is it possible to surf with a surfski farther out on the waves or earlier on the swell before the break where you can avoid the crowd of surfers?
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