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-====== Costa Rica ======
+====== Costa Rica Surfski ======
-[Add information and links about your surfski community here. Look at Bellingham, WA, USA for a template, or create your own.]
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+===== 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 [[:rental|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.(??)
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+===== Downwind =====
+<WRAP indent>
+==== Pacific Coast ====
+<WRAP indent>
+  * **Epic Kayaks**<WRAP indent>
+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. [[https://www.epickayaks.com/post/epic-costa-rica|Epic Kayaks Description]]
+  * [[https://epickayakscostarica.pro/|Epic Kayak Costa Rica Website]] new website 2024
+  * [[https://www.instagram.com/epickayakscostarica/?hl=en|Epic Kayak Costa Rica Instagram]]
+  * …
+----
+<WRAP centeralign>
+**Photos from 2019 Lessons With Dale**
+{{gallery>locales:costarica?3&120x120&lightbox}}
+</WRAP>
+----
+<WRAP centeralign>
+**Greg Redman Video with Dale**
+{{youtube>qs9v_IGeA5U}}
+</WRAP>
+----
+</WRAP>
+  * **Cabo Blanco ** [[https://youtu.be/keXC14OoXBg|video]]
+  * …
+</WRAP>
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+===== Surf =====
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+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|surf breaks and/or surfing days for surfskis]]. However, given the difficulty and expense of getting a surfski to Costa Rica, if you plan to do much surfing or to get onto waves of much size at all, a [[:plastic_surfskis|plastic]] or [[:terminology#boat_classifications|spec ski]] might be worth considering.
+  * **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?
+  * [[https://thesurfatlas.com/costa-rica-surf/|Surf Atlas Guide to Costa Rica]]
+  * …
+</WRAP>
+----
+===== Video =====
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuykg4We5c_APrTAtIzqoSyHM9dDJKul7|Surfski TV Central & South America Youtube Playlist]]
+  * …
+----
+</WRAP>

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