点评:We visited Matapalo Beach in May 2024 as a family of 6. We chose Pollo Surf because of the reviews. We were in contact with Oldemar 2 months prior to see if Pollo could handle 5 of us learning to surf at the same time (3 adults and 2 children 11 and 8 yrs old).
Oldemar assured us that 2 instructors would be available to us. We chose the day based on low tide. 3 instructors showed up. There was Oldemar and 2 other young men. Oldemar had booked 2 teenagers (brother and sister) and was giving them instruction. And the other 2 young men were assigned to our group of 5. But, only one of them was instructing us on how to pop up off the board. The other young man did not engage with us. So, really, only 1 instructor was handling the 5 of us.
There were 2 instructors and 7 new surfers. The other young man was following us though and helping us get our boards into the water. There was not a lot of guidance from the young man in charge of our group of 5. And we all gravitated to Oldemar because he was giving instruction.
So it was more of 1 instructor for 7 people with 2 extra men guiding those of us who caught waves and were looking for where to paddle to next.
It got more chaotic when the 7 of us were now grouping around the 1 instructor. 2 incidents happened soon after.
The first incident occurred when a surfer was guided to take off on a small wave that was in the direct line up with where the rest of the 6 surfers were … and there was no instruction there … the surfer almost took out all of their noses and teeth with the surfboard … but was able to instinctively ditch the board to avoid the accident.
The second incident occurred soon after when the brother’s board crashed into his sister and broke her nose. This is when the lessons stopped.
Other than these 2 incidents, the surfing was fun. Just be aware that Pollo Surf was neither organized nor safe for us.
翻译:2024 年 5 月,我们一家 6 口人参观了 Matapalo 海滩。我们选择 Pollo Surf 是因为评论。我们在 2 个月前就联系了 Oldemar,看 Pollo 是否能同时容纳我们 5 个人学习冲浪(3 名成人和 2 名 11 岁和 8 岁的儿童)。
Oldemar 向我们保证会有 2 名教练为我们服务。我们根据退潮时间选择了那天。3 名教练来了。有 Oldemar 和另外 2 名年轻人。Oldemar 预订了 2 名青少年(兄妹)并正在指导他们。另外 2 名年轻人被分配到我们 5 人小组。但是,只有其中一人在教我们如何从冲浪板上跳起来。另一个年轻人没有和我们互动。所以,实际上,只有 1 名教练在管理我们 5 个人。
有 2 名教练和 7 名新冲浪者。另一个年轻人跟着我们,帮助我们把冲浪板放到水里。负责我们 5 人小组的年轻人没有给我们太多指导。我们都被 Oldemar 吸引,因为他在指导我们。
所以,这更像是 1 名教练指导 7 个人,另外还有 2 名教练指导我们这些追上波浪并寻找下一个划桨地点的人。
当我们 7 个人围着 1 名教练时,情况变得更加混乱。不久后发生了 2 起事故。
第一起事故发生在一名冲浪者被引导在一个小波浪上起跳时,这小波浪与其余 6 名冲浪者所在的位置成直线……当时没有任何指导……冲浪者几乎被冲浪板弄掉了所有的鼻子和牙齿……但他本能地扔掉了冲浪板,避免了事故的发生。
第二起事故发生在不久之后,兄弟的冲浪板撞到了他妹妹身上,打断了她的鼻子。这时课程就结束了。
除了这 2 起事故外,冲浪很有趣。但请注意,Pollo Surf 对我们来说既没有组织,也不安全。