{"id":15012,"date":"2013-10-25T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T19:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/?p=15012"},"modified":"2023-07-03T17:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T23:59:15","slug":"best-female-surfer-costa-rica-lisbeth-vinda-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/best-female-surfer-costa-rica-lisbeth-vinda-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the #1 Female Surfer in Costa Rica: Lisbeth Vindas Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is part-5 of a 5-part series where we get to meet the top 5 female surfers in Costa Rica. These women charge and are the faces of surfing\u2019s future here in the land of Pura Vida.<\/p>\n

Each has a different story to tell, so please enjoy-<\/p>\n

\"Lisbeth-Vindas<\/a><\/p>\n

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Name:<\/strong> Lisbeth Vindas Diaz<\/p>\n

Age:<\/strong> 32 years old<\/p>\n

Costa Rica Professional Ranking:<\/strong>\u00a0#1<\/p>\n

Years Surfing:<\/strong> 18 years<\/p>\n

Favorite Wave in Costa Rica:<\/strong> Playa Escondida<\/p>\n

Favorite Surfing Maneuver:<\/strong> Barrels!<\/p>\n

What do you do when you\u2019re not surfing:<\/strong> I\u2019m a mom so I spend a lot of time\u00a0playing with my son. I train a lot, I like to read and go to the movies.<\/p>\n

What advice would you give to grommets and younger competitors:<\/strong> As advice, I will\u00a0tell them to live a healthy life, have a lot of fun and I know there is a lot of potential\u00a0for them to grow because they are always searching for new world champions.<\/p>\n

What advice would \u00a0you give to a new surfer or someone thinking about learning to surf:<\/strong> Live a healthy life, practice a lot!<\/p>\n

\"Lisbeth-Vindas-Diaz-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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What awards and prizes have you won during your surfing career?<\/strong>: I have been national champion 15 times and champion of Central America 4 times. I have participated in the WQS in California, where the national team won 4th\u00a0place in 2006 and 1st place in 2005.<\/p>\n

Where in the rest of the world have you surfed or competed?:<\/strong> I’ve surfed in more then\u00a025 different countries, thank s to professional surfing!<\/p>\n

What is your favorite wave outside of Costa Rica?:<\/strong> Tavarua, Fiji<\/p>\n

How do you feel when you’re surfing?:<\/strong>\u00a0It keeps me physically and mentally healthy.\u00a0Being in the water practicing a sport that every day fills me with passion, it\u00a0motivates me to break my own goals and of course it gives me the sensation of being\u00a0free in a environment that only the ocean can give me.<\/p>\n

Shout out to your sponsors?:<\/strong> Sponsors: Billabong, Arenas surf shop, Maxx energy, vonziper, Nixon, Dakine,\u00a0Reef, Future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is part-5 of a 5-part series where we get to meet the top 5 female surfers in Costa Rica. These women charge and are the faces of surfing\u2019s future here in the land of Pura Vida. Each has a different story to tell, so please enjoy-   Name: Lisbeth Vindas Diaz Age: 32 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_front_end_style_editor":"no","ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}