--- title: Paddleboarding description: Paddleboarding image: https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/P1000004-300x2241-2.jpg --- # Paddleboarding [mailto:?subject=I%20wanted%20you%20to%20see%20this%20site&body=https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/paddleboarding](mailto:?subject=I%20wanted%20you%20to%20see%20this%20site&body=https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/paddleboarding) [Book](https://www.lascatalinascr.com/section/booking) ### August 22, 2019 On my last couple of trips to Las Catalinas our guests and I have gotten a chance to try paddleboarding.   Paddleboarding is a fast growing sport that is making converts of kayakers, surfers, and newcomers to water sports.   To do it you stand up on what looks like a large surfboard.   You use a long single-bladed paddle to make it go.   It is easy to learn, a great full-body workout, and you get a great view of things both above and below the water.     You can surf paddleboards as well - it is a wonderfully graceful thing to see.   For me the wave-surfing part of paddleboarding is still an aspiration - but I'm going to learn!   It looks way too fun. Las Catalinas turns out to be a GREAT place for paddleboarding.   Our beaches often have a breeze blowing offshore, which makes for nice smooth water.   The dramatic coastline is great for exploring.   Paddling out and around the islands just offshore is a really fun trip where you can get a close up view of the swells surging up and down on the rocks there.   And our waves - typically gentle, smooth, widely spaced swells from thousands of miles away - are good to ride!   [![](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/P1000016-300x2281-2.jpg?width=300&name=P1000016-300x2281-2.jpg "P1000016")](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/P10000161-2.jpg)   Todd Clark has been kind enough to bring over some paddleboards to Playa Danta and give us some instruction.   Thanks to him for introducing this great activity to us.   I'm sure it is going to be a mainstay of Las Catalinas water sports. - Charles ## See related posts ## [A New Perspective on Sustainable Travel: The Car-Free Movement](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/spring-break-car-free-in-las-catalinas-0) [ Costa Rica is one of the hubs for sustainable travel in the world, the birthplace of ecotourism and of some of the first ecolodges in Tropical America, a world leader in conservation, and a country on the leading edge of sustainable energy, decarbonization, and combating climate change. ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/spring-break-car-free-in-las-catalinas-0) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/spring-break-car-free-in-las-catalinas-0) ## [Best Homes in Las Catalinas to Train and Recover](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/staying-for-the-las-catalinas-triathlon-0) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/staying-for-the-las-catalinas-triathlon-0) ## [The Mountain Biking Trails for the Reto](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/the-mountain-biking-trails-for-the-reto) [ The Las Catalinas Reto began in September 2019, and will be a year-long competition that will take place over 22km of town’s mountain biking trails, joining the Las Catalinas TRI as one of town’s two major mountain biking competitions. There are divisions for both local and non-local riders (living ... ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/the-mountain-biking-trails-for-the-reto) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/the-mountain-biking-trails-for-the-reto) ## [Scuba Diving in Costa Rica and Departing from Your Front Door](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/scuba-diving-in-costa-rica-from-your-front-door) [ Costa Rica has 10 times more marine area than it does landmass, and is home to a large biodiversity of fish that dwell in its open oceans, inshore coastlines, and mangroves. From the North Pacifc Coast to the seas of the Osa Peninsula and across to the Caribbean, this wealth of aquatic life makes ... ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/scuba-diving-in-costa-rica-from-your-front-door) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/scuba-diving-in-costa-rica-from-your-front-door) #### Subscribe to The Blog, The Daily, The Newsletter, and more Additionally you will receive our occasional newsletter. Absolute confidentiality. Never SPAM. You can unsubscribe at any time. ```json { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Paddleboarding", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4917861/Imported_Blog_Media/P1000004-300x2241-2.jpg", "width": 1040, "height": 640 }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/paddleboarding" }, "description": "

On my last couple of trips to Las Catalinas our guests and I have gotten a chance to try paddleboarding.   Paddleboarding is a fast growing sport that is making converts of kayakers, surfers, and newcomers to water sports.   To do it you stand up on what looks like a large surfboard.   You use a long single-bladed paddle to make it go.   It is easy to learn, a great full-body workout, and you get a great view of things both above and below the water.     You can surf paddleboards as well - it is a wonderfully graceful thing to see.   For me the wave-surfing part of paddleboarding is still an aspiration - but I'm going to learn!   It looks way too fun.

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