Mi Ola

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Working in Nicaragua has been such a dream. Good waves, amazing fruit, tons of sun, and bikini weather every day. The trick is picking the right bikini. When the waves are small it doesn’t make much of a difference, but when it’s kinda pumping you better hope your bikini stays on. It’s really been a constant struggle to find a cute one that will stay on. It sucks when your duck diving a ten wave set and your bum is showing.

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One day we wake up and decide to go for a surf. It’s a gorgeous morning and the waves had been cute and little all week. I put my Mi Ola bikini and my sunscreen on and we head out. We pull up and to my surprise there are waves! I’m waxing my board watching wave after wave peel through. Frothing! That day the friends and I spent nearly three hours surfing. Duckdiving sets, speeding down the line, charging the big ones and taking drops some of which I made, and some of which I didn’t. My only “complaint” after this sesh was too much sun on my face. No bikini rash, no adjusting, no mooning or flashing the fellow surfers. I was so stoked I had picked that bikini for that day. Now, if I know there’s going to be some waves and I am going to be spending some time in my bikini I go straight to my Mi Ola.

New Instructor for May – July : Chloe Buckley

 

We are excited to welcome a new instructor to the Surf With Amigas family, 23 year old Chloe Buckley from San Diego, CA.

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Chloe Buckley grew up in Del Mar, California. She started surfing in grade school and fell in love with the sport. If you couldn’t find her at school that was usually because the waves were good and she always showed up to everything with wet hair. She began competing at the end of high school.

In June 2010, at age 19, she won the Surfing America National Championship. From there she joined her college surf team and took first place in the state and third in the nation. After that she spent 2 years traveling and got to compete in a few ASP events in Australia and Peru. Now she’s back in school and looking to finish up and figure out her next set of goals.

She has experience teaching surf lessons and typically teaches a group of young girls between the ages of 5-10 to surf. “I love teaching these young girls how to surf. It’s a great feeling to help them get over their fears of the ocean and help show them they can do it all on their own.”

In her free time she likes to draw and paint and absolutely loves live music. Sun, sand and surf remain her priority and spreading STOKE will always be a part of her daily activities.1016595_10201318624025055_697551983_n