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Surfers, On Hermosa Beach

Surfers Carried Boards Away From Rocks
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The area just opposite the beach facilities had submerged rocks off shore. So these surfers carried their boards south toward an area of the beach that had only sand off shore.


Surfers On Hermosa Beach   •  San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 20 March 2012)   •  (Photo taken 10:09:30 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2406
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Eugenio Quesada Waxed His Board
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Eugenio Quesada borrowed a block of wax from the surf lesson manager. Here he applied wax to the top of his board to make it less slippery.


Surfers On Hermosa Beach   •  San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 20 March 2012)   •  (Photo taken 10:52:35 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2463
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Eugenio Quesada Waited For A Wave
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Eugenio Quesada carried his board out into the surging surf and there he waited for a significant wave to approach.


Surfers On Hermosa Beach   •  San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 20 March 2012)   •  (Photo taken 10:59:59 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #TC1_0932
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Surfers Showered Themselves And Boards
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An outdoor shower was available for surfers to wash both themselves off as well as to wash off their boards.


Surfers On Hermosa Beach   •  San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 20 March 2012)   •  (Photo taken 11:56:16 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2439
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A Surf Lesson
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Three young women learned how to surf, at first by listening to a tall, blond, buff man describe the process while striding back and forth in front of them.


Surfers On Hermosa Beach   •  San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 20 March 2012)   •  (Photo taken 12:42:05 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2504
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A Surfer Returned
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A surfer returned to shore after surfing away the morning. Here the angle of sand was shallow enough to allow this surfer to walk out of the water while still a ways off shore.


Surfers On Hermosa Beach   •  San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 20 March 2012)   •  (Photo taken 10:30:43 Tuesday 22 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2659
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