CAS, Activity – Surfing

In Costa Rica come always taking part in many activities that include exercise. Surfing has been one of my favorites, and it has been a great challenge, but also very much fun. We took surf lessons at the beginning of our trip. It was quite hard at first, I can barely even stand up on the board. Luckily, the waves were smaller and the water was fairly shallow so we were able to keep practicing. This was a very tiring experience, and was surprising as I didn't think surfing would be so taxing. However you have to expend a lot of energy to get up on the board, move around, and go back out after you’ve surfed in. This connects to LO2. This was certainly a challenge, but I gain skills, as going in I had never been on a surfboard, and once we left, I had written the waves multiple times.

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