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Long Rights and Volcanic Mud Bathing! If you have already mastered riding whitewash and want to catch your first green wave, if you’ve already caught a bunch of green waves and want to learn how to cutback, if you know how to turn and want to get tubed…. this is the retreat for you!
Las flores is one of the longest, most playful, user-friendly waves i’ve ever surfed. Check out what a retreat in El Salvador is all about by clicking play above!
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Laura came on her first retreat to Nicaragua last year and couldn’t even read waves. She learned a lot and by her second retreat in El Salvador she was getting super long waves all the way down the point. The goal for her third retreat: get barreled! Stay tuned…
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Mariah is from Texas where the waves don’t get very good very often. She came to her first Suave Dulce retreat in Nicaragua last year, spent a lot more time surfing afterwards, and came back for another retreat in El Salvador. Her surfing had improved so much! She met some cute local kids on the beach, challenged them to a soccer game, and left them stunned after she scored a few goals. So what if they were only 13? A goal is a goal!
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Pupusas are delicious treats- Tortillas filled with cheese and an assortment of other fillings, fried on an outdoor grill, enjoyed by saucy amigas after surfing a long right point break in El Salvador.
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Day 1 of our first retreat in El Salvador with Suave Dulce alumni. We got up early, had too much coffee, paddled out, and totally scored!Cheer for the amigas and get excited about your trip!
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Heather Finlayson is going through a transition period in her life. She’s in her last year of law school, just got out of a serious long-term relationship, and needed a break from real life to evaluate where she wants to go from here.
She had learned to surf as a kid, but hadn’t kept it up regularly. During her week in Nicaragua she fell back in love with surfing. She started in the whitewash on day 1, but by day 6 she was charging into some seriously big waves and coming up with a smile every time. Even after only horseback riding once in her life, she took off galloping down the beach and gained new perspective on life.
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Question: How do you keep from making the tortillas too thick?
Answer: Lots of pounding!
*laughter*
Crystal and Jacquie demonstrate how to make tortillas in between catching super cute waves in Nicaragua.
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Renate is a former professional dancer who thrives on physical challenges. She recently learned to surf along with her 10 year daughter and absolutely loved it. After stumbling upon the Suave Dulce camp on the internet she signed up and spent a week in Nicaragua improving her surfing. Check out what the trip was like for her.
Yonghee learned to surf at a different surf camp in Nicaragua a year ago but didn’t feel like she really learned properly. She came to Suave Dulce wanting to un-learn and re-learn everything. By the third day she had it figured out and was getting super long rides. She claimed it felt amazing, fantastical, and was therapeutic.
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Lindsay is a copy writer and musician living in NY. Jinx is a hilarious British documentarian. The two met up for the first time at Suave Dulce and became inseparable in the water. Between free use of air quotes and an SAT word or two, Lindsay also set the standard for surf wear style with her below-the-knee leggings – a must for next season!
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