Costa Rica Surf Camp Instructors & Guides

Photos by Alejandro Cerdas, Kaitlin Berg & Ron Allan McLean

 

 

Cesar Valverde

 

Owner, Guide & Instructor

  • 10 years experience as a surf instructor
  • Trained in CPR & First Aid
  • Seasonal Lifeguard in Playa Dominical
  • Cesar enjoys "Free Surfing."
  • Cesar has a wonderful and caring personality. He gives his all to insure that our visitors to have the best time.
  • In charge of transportation, tours, customer service and instruction
  • Cesar's goal is to help the community. He encourages his staff to share our culture with guests and to learn other people's cultures in order to create a chain of learning that eliminates taboo and wrong beliefs.

 

 

Erika Valverde

 

Instructor

  • 4 years of Surf Instructor experience
  • CPR & First Aid trained
  • Seasonal Lifeguard in Playa Dominical
  • Like her older brother, Cesar, Erika likes both contests and "Free Surfing"
  • Erika began surfing when she was just 9 years old and hasn't stop since. She enjoys traveling all over Costa Rica to surf the many different breaks.

 

 

Ezequiel Valverde:

 

Instructor

ezequiel

  • 5 years of surf instructor experience
  • CPR & First Aid trained
  • Seasonal Lifeguard in Playa Dominical
  • Ezequiel is Cesar's younger brother. Like his brother, he likes both contests and "Free Surfing".
  • Ezequiel is wonderful with the students and keeps everyone smiling with his upbeat personality and kind humor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Alvaro Cedeño:

 

Instructor

alvaro

  • 8 years of Surf Instructor experience
  • CPR & First Aid trained
  • Former full time Lifeguard in Playa Dominical
  • Alvaro likes "Free Surfing" and getting barreled in big waves
  • Alvaro comes from a family of surfers. His cousins have been part of the national team. He is a humble guy that will make your surf session memorable.

 

 

Jorge Gonzalez Rivera

 

Instructor

  • 7 years of surf instrucotr experience
  • CPR & First Aid trained
  • Seasonal Lifeguard in Playa Dominical
  • Jorge is trilingual in Spanish, English and German
  • "Flaco" as we call him (which stands for skinny) is a friendly and humble guy that will make your session a blast.

 

 

 

Jossue Venegas:

 

Instructor

josue

  • 5 years of surf instructor experience
  • CPR & First Aid trained
  • Full time Lifeguard in Playa Dominical
  • Josue works with the camp during his brakes from lifeguarding. Josue is a happy guy with wonderful surfing and communication skills. He will make you laugh when you least expect it.
  • He likes both contests and "free surfing"