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This morning we start day 1 of our season of retreats in Nicaragua, but here’s another look at last month’s trip to El Salvador. We’ll be heading back to El Sal again next year, so if you aren’t already, email me ([email protected]) to be added to our mailing list if you want to join in!
This is what a Surf With Amigas women’s surf and yoga retreat looks like in El Salvador. We surf, hang out, and play in gorgeous waterfalls. So fun!
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Melissa came on her second retreat with Surf With Amigas to improve her surfing and also celebrate her 40th birthday. Surfing must keep you young and hot, because Melissa is looking awesome!
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Written and performed by Tiffany aka “Sloppy” Joh, “Paddow” is the song of a surf trip to El Salvador with Surf With Amigas. Listen several times to pick up on all the awesome lyrics!
My favorite part goes “I peed just a little, cobra’d all the way down, one more ding in the board at sunzal…”
so awesome!
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On the last day of the retreat we walked into town, did some shopping, got smoothies, and of course also went surfing! There were some muddy toes, but it was all part of the adventure. Would you try to get through it cleanly or embrace it and feel the between-toe squish?
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A few days into their retreat, the Amigas started really getting comfortable with the waves and were totally charging. They’d look at the footage and couldn’t believe the size of the waves they were able to ride. Trust Ako when she tells you, you could do it too!
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On day two of the retreat the girls pushed themselves into bigger waves than they had thought possible. Think you couldn’t handle waves like this? Neither did these girls until they showed up, and with the help of the Surf With Amigas staff, they were able to charge!
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When I first started Surf With Amigas, I had envisioned a place where girls that already knew how to surf could come and improve their skills. In reality we end up doing a lot of surf lessons for beginners, which is fun too. This trip to El Salvador had the most shredding shortboarders we’ve ever assembled which was amazing! Check them out shredding it up at a variety of spots in El Salvador.
We are headed back to these spots in October! Come shred with us!
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Introducing a new dance move called “the pelican swat” in between super fun waves at Sunzal, the girls from Amigas Surf and Yoga Retreats are always having a good time!
The “pelican swat” dance move originated when Holly was teasing Nadia about her tendency to arm flail. Holly happens to have unusually long arms (the better to carry your longboard for you!) and suggested that if she flailed like Nadia she’d end up swatting pelicans left and right. And just like that, a new dance move was born!
We’re doing retreats at this location in October! Come play! See the Schedule for details!
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Normally, we do retreats in Eastern El Salvador at a spot called Las Flores. This time, we followed a tip to a location in Western El Sal that turned out to be a lot less crowded and super interesting. We dubbed it an adventure and exploration retreat, and that it was!
We were pretty bummed when we saw the forecasted big swell since the spot we were staying liked smaller swells, until we heard a rumor about a secret left that could handle big swells. It turned out to be amazing!
After surfing, we cruised up to the cloud forest and showered in a waterfall. Check it out!
We’re headed back to this part of El Salvador in October. Email [email protected] for more info!
We love El Salvador for it’s warm water, friendly people, and long right point breaks. We have two retreats on the schedule now for late October at the world class wave called Las Flores. October is still a great time for surf, but a slower time for surf travel which is why we schedule retreats during that time – to avoid the peak season crowds. But, we often get ladies wanting to travel in August. What to do?
Recently one of our yoga teachers took her honeymoon to El Salvador and emailed us raving about an awesome spot with WAY fewer people, great waves, and a really cool place to stay. I took note. A few weeks later I met some guys out surfing who also mentioned the same place and confirmed everything our yoga teacher had reported.
Thus, I introduce to you a brand new retreat location in Central El Salvador. Since I haven’t been there, this will be somewhat of an exploratory trip. For that reason, we’re taking $100 off the normal El Salvador retreat price. Come explore with Jackie, Nikki, and I on our first adventure to a brand new spot!
July 27 – August 3 2013
$1600 covers everything but your flight into San Salvador (and alcohol).
You will be part of a carefully selected group of Amigas chosen to experience a brand new location with three great waves right out front of the place we’ll stay. For questions and more info: [email protected]
