This week at Chica Brava we had the privilege of hosting four lovely ladies at the Surf House and eight at the Cloud Farm location. Our amazing pack of women came from all over the U.S, all with unique backgrounds, and a few returning guests to learn to surf in Nicaragua. Sunday morning we picked the girls up from Cloud Farm after enjoying a delicious traditional Nicaraguan breakfast including gallo pinto and coffee to die for, harvested from the farm itself. We all met up at the Surf House where we talked practical goals with a little bit of theory before getting in the water.
The week started out with a bit of overcast weather but that didn’t damper the spirits of our Chica Brava surfers in training as we mastered the pop up at Playa Hermosa with ease. We returned to Playa Hermosa for another day with sunshine and worked both on the inside and outside with our surfers.
Tuesday we headed to a new beach, Playa Remanso, where the forecast called for smaller waves and great conditions for learning to paddle to the outside and start catching some green waves. The big swell from over the weekend had defiantly died down but there were still a few big sets rolling in to challenge our surfers. They did an excellent job at pushing themselves outside their comfort zone, mastering the turtle roll and overcoming their fears of the bigger waves.
We returned to Hermosa the next day for some outside and white water fun, focusing on paddling and looking down the line of the waves. The gang really enjoyed the sandy bottom of Playa Hermosa, despite the once more overcast skies.
On Thursday morning, before leaving to the beach, the women decided they needed a little sugar rush and so we went for a delicious donut stop along the way. The donuts must have helped, because they women were back at it again at Playa Remonso, tackling those big outside sets and making some amazing drops. It was a hard day to read the waves and there wasn’t the best consistency but the Chica Brava team were hungry for waves.
We finished up the week at Playa Hermosa for some great conditions and lovely sunny skies. You could tell the women had overcome their fear of the big sets and where charging down the line in some amazing waves. What a great week with some amazing new friends!
Kim Leckey
Instructor/ Host