For the past 6 years, we’ve been taking a group of students to Nosara, Costa Rica to serve a local church community and surf our brains out. Everyday is the same: up at dawn for a surf, breakfast, devotion, hard-core manual labor and serving the amazing families at Iglesia de Dios Evangelio Completo, back to surf, dinner, evening small groups, sleep. Wash, rinse, repeat. Sometimes stuff happens and you just gotta roll with it.
If you’ve ever found yourself frantically throwing personal belongings into a boardbag because you’re late to catch your flight to some far-away surf destination then it could at least be somewhat helpful to have a list. Here’s one by CJ Hobgood, reprinted from his blog thegoods life:
CHECKLIST: ticket
BASICS: OPTIONAL:
passport iPod
bible bug repellent
drivers license jacket
credit card or $ jeans
surfboards long sleeve shirt
leashes dress shirt
leash string beanie
ding kit wax comb
towel electrical adapters
back pack camcorder
fins camera
fin key DVD player
wax DVD’s
hat computer
sunscreen flash light
sunglasses books
rash guard magazines
wetsuit snacks
rain jacket medicine bag
t-shirts band aids
board shorts duct tape
socks games
sandals
shoes
phone
phone charger
matt in menlo 
