It's all about passion Kalon Surf
About Kalon Surf Costa Ricas #1 Luxury Surf Experience
Profound Beauty That is the meaning of Kalon. And when think of this little paradise we built, this awesome sport we love and coach, the amazing people we meet and the experience we continue to deliver, we believe it is a fitting name.
Dominical: Jungle & Sea Kalon Surf is based in Dominical in the south of Costa Rica. It is a beautiful area (perhaps even the most beautiful of Costa Rica) with a many different beaches and waves all within 15 minute drive, the people are wonderful, the jungle reaches right up to the beach, and there is a distinct lack of mass tourism. Plus it is close enough to San Jose to not exhaust our clients.
Our Experience We want to provide quality, service and comfort in everything that we do. We want you to experience exactly that vacation you are looking for, and even top it. We have travelled extensively while researching luxury and quality resorts, hotels, surf camps, surf schools and surf resorts to make sure we can offer you the absolute best.
Surf Better We know how to improve your surf sustainably -not only in the week while you are here, but also after you leave. This way you get to enjoy surf for the rest of your life! It is at the core of our operations: from the instructors we have selected, within the methods and tools that we use (e.g. video analysis), to the products we have chosen to provide:
All premium quality brands that will help you to develop even quicker and be protected while you do.
Your Surf Coach Lifeguard Trained, Certified & English Speaking
Professionals We have handpicked our surf coaches to ensure you get the best coaching possible in a safe environment. They are all lifeguard trained and ISA or BSA (surf coach) certified and have worked as a surf coach for several years and have been praised by many. Most of them compete or have competed in national and international surf contests.
Passion for Coaching The surf coaches are not only highly capable and experienced, but will also make you feel comfortable, speak perfect english, and have a huge passion for surf and surf coaching. They want you to improve day after day.
You will get to meet the coaches even better, not only during the surf coaching sessions and video analysis - they will join the dinners!
Sustainable Quality
When we started Kalon Surf, we wanted to be as eco-friendly as we could be, without sacrificing quality or making our clients pay more. By aligning ourselves with great companies (and the people behind them), we are able to offer exactly that: sustainable quality.
When you are here, you will be using Matunas wax (ecological) and you will see that they are better than the alternatives. We have created a great eco rashguard (yours to keep) with the Aussies of West Surfing Products. Then, together with UK-based Sutsu we looked into making a Kalon Eco t-shirt that would be 'cool' enough to wear when you would go back home, and we feel we succeeded! Again yours to keep. Finally, when we were thinking about how to get your surf photos to you, after a week of surf we thought it would be best to not only share them on facebook and flickr, but also to give you a USB with all the photos already on it - and of course the USB is made from recycled materials as well.
Our coaches have been supplied with shirts and rain jackets from Finisterre - who were, for me personally, the first example of and my inspiration for being able to come up with amazing sustainable products that are better than the alternative and can often actually cost less.
We will continue to seek possibilities to innovate with sustainable and quality initiatives - it is built in the core of what we do, just as much as quality, service and comfort are.
We are also proud to be a 1% for the Planet member - a great initiative with many more great companies and organizations behind it. At least 1% of every package you will take from us, will go to this great foundation. Helping to clean up the beaches, preserve the beautiful nature or any great cause. And you as our guest, can have input as well - if you know of a great foundation that we should included. We are very happy to make it happen. Sharing success has never felt this good!
Kalon Surf - "The Office" Kjeld - Netherlands - Owner
Bye Corporate, Hello Passion 'I have lived in Zurich, Paris, London, Helsinki, Copenhagen and even in Africa, while working for multinationals such as Heineken and Unilever. For some of you this may sound good, and it was, but one day I started to realize that the passion in my work was gone. And with passion, so was the motivation, joy, the energy. I decided I was too young to just work for $$$ - and with support of my friends & family, I started planning which would ultimately become "Kalon Surf". The perfect mix of my passion (surfing and making sure people are having an awesome time when they are my guests) and my ambition (Make it the best surf experience out there).
Making the decision to follow my passion and gut feeling, has been one of my best decisions ever and I am just stoked that you are now able to enjoy the results of it as well at Kalon Surf!'
I Love Surf Almost 10 years ago, I found myself on a 9’2” Longboard in the North of Brazil. Surfing had attracted me for some time, but being from the Netherlands there were little options to practice (the water being very cold did not really help either). I devoted a whole month on surfing, full time with amazing coaches, and I was improving day after day.
It was right there I fell in love with surfing. An amazing sport which I wanted to share with my brothers, friends and even my mother! The feeling of catching that wave, being in the water – it is pure bliss.
First Hand Experiences I've travelled extensively, stayed in a lot of hotels, resorts and surf camps & schools in many places: from Brazil to Morocco, from Spain to Ecuador, from France to Costa Rica. It was during those amazing travels and experiences that the idea and philosophy of Kalon Surf: The Luxury Surf Experience was born.
Marcela - Costa Rica - Chief Customer Officer
'Marcela is Kalon Surf. Without Marcela, I would not know where we would be :-) She arranges everything, talks with the clients, partners, restaurants, and makes working even more fun - and she always has a smile on her face! I met Marcela when I had Spanish classes - we stayed in contact when I returned to setup the business. One day, she shared with me her experiences and instantly it was clear to me, that having Marcela working us at Kalon Surf would make all the difference. I asked her to think about it and take her time to do so. When I, after 1.5 month (!), still did not receive an answer, I figured it was a 'no'. But as I really wanted Marcela to work with me, I decided to try again...her response was to me very funny: 'Kjeld - I am not saying no! You told me to take time, so I did :-)' And the good thing was, she had decided to work with Kalon Surf. When you have met, talked or emailed with Marcela, you will know why this still makes me very happy! ....Oh and the other day, she made us a Cake (or Queque)...whats not too love right?!
Marcela is not only Kalon Surf - she is also Dominical. She grew up her with her family (her 2 brothers are excellent competitive surfers), knows all the ins and outs and loves Costa Rica & Dominical, and of course surfs! Please enjoy getting to know Marcela :-)
Guest favorite:
Kala - Costa Rica - Professional Longboarder
Kala is our rebel, our mascotte, our favorite team member. Her father is a Husky and her mother a Labrador - she loves to chase all the amazing little animals in the beach and the forrest. When we are taking photos of our guest she usually decides to hang back and watch it all happen. Just at the end, when everybody is coming in, she might show off her surfing skills: walking on the board, cruising, or even hang ten.
And Kala seems to make her choice of board, solely based on which board the Go Pro Surf camera is on...she likes to watch herself surf in the evening video session!
Just like us, you will love, love, love Kala!
