I have only tried it once before in Huntington Beach California, but my lesson consisted a couple of surfer dudes giving me a board that was too small for me, pointing me to the ocean and telling me to paddle out and stand up when a wave came along. I didn't do very well, and after about 2 hours was exhausted from trying to paddle out to where the waves were.Panama is apparently an important destination for surfers and there are numerous world-famous places here to 'hang ten' - some on the Atlantic/Caribbean coast and others here on the Pacific side. Here is a video of what we were hoping for at El Palmar Surf Camp in San Carlos:
Based on these videos, it looks like we need to go there at low tide
Turns out, this really isn't surfing season here so our trip down the coast to San Carlos led us to the El Palmar Surf Camp, a busy black-sand beach and a lovely man named Sergio (pronounced: Sayrheo) but the waves weren't happening.
But we did have a nice time watching the Panamanians bobbing in the waves and watching their beer cans float away.
As a result, my sister, her husband and I turned to Boogie Boards on the beach here at Coronado with some hilarious results.
It was a good day, but not one that you could write a musical with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon about! LOL
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