Back in the early 2000s, I would go with my dad to the end of the beach of my home break, Playa Chaman, located inside Marino Ballena National Park. Along with many other local fisherman, we would sit on the beach and fish from the shore. Once in while, I would see people carrying planks under their arms walking down the beach, and would always wondered what were they doing. "You know I was raised at the beach, but the closest thing to surfing that I knew was from the kids who would come in on vacation from the capital, San Jose, and maybe the logs that looked like flat boards at the beach that would drift in and out by the tides."

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It wasn't until 2004 that I would learn what a surfboard really was, but my interest was focused on selling goods along the beach during holidays or community events that would take place at the public soccer field. Fast forward to 2006, my parents move out of town to a much more inland location, butluckily I made a friend who thought I would like surfing, and he gifted me my very first surfboard! Thus begun my surf journey.

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At this time, I barely had access to internet or spoke English, but with the little connection I had, I found myself learning as much as I could about pro surfers. I became so invested in gaining as much knowledge as I could of the sport and its intricacies. I started wanting to compete, so I worked as hard as I could to improve. Any given day, you could find me at the beach, honing my craft.

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Fast forward to 2013, I would find myself surfing my 3rd competition. I than started realizing that competing was not going to be my contribution to this industry, so I started the inner journey to figure out what my place was in the world of surfing. I continued gathering knowledge and putting the pieces together. I know that would had a harder end, no because of lack of effort but coming a very humble beginnings my chances to make through a competitive world where the challenges a side from being emotional, physically and competitive I knew that the support was going to be low, since surfing was back then, not even slightly close to be a life long career.  

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