Surf Comp! - Century 21 Manager Johnny Goldenberg and myself, with SanJuanSurf.com worked together with Baloy's Surf shop to put on a surf competition for the Under 14 yrs kids around Southern Nicaragua.
Nicaragua has a great up and coming late teenage surf generation which we have tried to help all along the way with boards and travel etc - some of the guys include Rex Calderon (Junior Central American Champion with Sponsors including Quiksilver and Monster), Pedro Flores, Larry Davila and a large handful of other guys.....But we have noticed as well as the "kids" as we call them (Although they're getting too old to be called kids now - 18yrs old!! - That there weren't enough of the younger teenagers coming throiugh and getting attention....
So they came to us and suggested putting on a contest for them - with the older kids as the judges! - We thought this was a great idea, and went straight to work, trying to get access to the untouched Playa Hermosa and Playa Tamarindo (Not the same ones as you might hve heard of in Costa Rica), just south of San Juan del Sur, and one of the many beaches which make you feel like you've walked straight onto the Jurassic Park Movie set!
We arranged the prizes for the winners from both SanJuanSurf.com and Baloys and set about getting transport to take 50 kids out to a secluded beach - not an easy task!Myself and The Century 21 Manager down here, Johnny G, sat up half the night making cheese and ham sandwiches for all the kids and wrapping them in celephane - We were useless at the wrapping so it took way longer than it should have!
Anyways, the day was a success, and it suceeded in putting a few of the up and coming new groms into the limelight for a while! - You'll recognize them in the water if you ever come down to surf here, as the little kids who spend most of the time in the air above the lip on waves you wouldn't even be able to make!Big Congratulations to Gerson Barboza (1st) Jose Jackson (2nd) and Felipe Avendano (3rd)
Hope you enjoy a few of the photos!
Sean Dennis and Johnny Goldenberg
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Sometimes it is hard to break away from the coast and take that long road, well in this case a road/river trip. Myself and five other fathers from my daughter’s school arrived in Los Chiles, Costa Rica where we ‘crossed’ the border. real estate
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