SURFING IS… #2

Caroline Mitchell in Nosara

Caroline Mitchell fell in love with surfing and Nosara simultaneously. When a friend convinced her to vacation there three winters ago, all it took was one week and several excellent surf lessons to get her hooked on surfing and the town. From that point on, she split her time between her home in Brooklyn, NY and Nosara (she can often be found at one of the local cafes, laptop open, working remotely after a morning session). But her love and appreciation of the sport extends beyond warm waters: this fall, she took her board with her while on assignment in Iceland and paddled out to surf in frigid waters.  Read her thoughts on surfing below (and may the photo of her suiting up for her icy session inspire those of us stuck in cold climates to paddle out…or maybe escape to warmer waters!).  Happy New Year!

Name: Caroline Mitchell
Age: 36
Where do you live: Brooklyn
Years surfing: Four, if you count the summer in middle school I learned with a friend.
Three, if you count when I started as an adult and have kept it up consistently. (It’s not like riding a bike, so the summer in middle school didn’t do much for me.)
Surfing is:
a priority
meditative
an escape
a connection to my childhood spirit of exhaustion after playing outdoors
a primitive connection to the earth
and something I want in my daily life.

Caroline at Nosara.

Caroline about to paddle out in Iceland.

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