SURF CAMP!

Aka: Blue Crush here I come.

I am going to surf camp!

Life is short, and I feel I need to bond with the Ocean. I hear that there is this super awesome thing called 'Dawn Patrol' when you get up really early and watch the waves break on the beach to see how they are forming and if they will be 'good waves' surfing waves. (I use the term 'good' tentatively as I do not know what a 'good' wave looks like - YET.)

Dawn Patrol sounds almost as much fun as the Powder Watch and perhaps more reliable than snowboarding as the OCEAN NEVER MELTS!

So, surf camp. Witch's Rock Surf Camp in Costa Rica seems like the place for me! (www.witchsrocksurfcamp.com) The accomodations look pretty good and the surf instructors seem like they know what they would know what they are doing - check out Ricardo, now doesn't he just LOOK like someone who is ONE with the OCEAN?

There is just one little thing (or maybe a big thing with fins and teeth) that concerns me... a shark biting off my leg. (I'd like to cross-apply traumatic childhood memories of JAWS at this juncture.)

Conveniently, they have an entire Q&A session about everything you would ever think to ask, including sharks.

Question: Are there sharks in Costa Rica?

Answer: There are sharks in every body of salt water, so we're not going to bullshit you on this one. There have never been any reports of fatal shark attacks in Costa Rica. In comparison, there are fatal attacks in Florida, Australia and Hawaii every year. Where would be a safer place to learn to surf than Costa Rica?

INDEED.