Maria del Mar Alfaro and Giannina Coto grew up together since they were young children.  They went to the same private school and joined its swimming team to compete at national and international levels, where they excelled. As they grew up, they became interested in other kinds of sports.  Later, they moved to the beach and worked in five star beach hotels. With time, they developed a passion on extreme sports such as surfing- when only men still owned this world in Costa Rica- mountain biking, yoga, running, and other types of exercise.

Maria has created her Del Mar Surf Camp only for girls, which is very successful, while Giannina has managed local, well-known beach front hotels for several years. Nowadays, they unified their passion and skills on extreme sports, and came up with the idea to offer a new way to enjoy adventure with Del Mar Extreme – still only for girls – which features outdoor sports for those women seeking unique experiences. Del Mar Extreme offers Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Mountain Biking, Fitness Training Programs and Surf Coaching.

CRISTINA SENIGAGLIA
Kickboxing Instructor

For more than 17 years, with experience in different areas of martial arts and kick boxing; Cristina was a member of the Italian National Team, with a black belt in American Goju Karate and a black belt in Kickboxing.
Cristina has to her credit many championships, including at national and international level.  She was the Golden Dragon champion on the European Circuit, Italian champion and came in second place in the world championship in Atlantic City in 1994.  She also has extensive experience in boxing and full contact.

CHARLIE KHUN
Surf Instructor

-Born in Cocoa Beach Florida
-37 years of Surfing
-Residing in Costa Rica since 1993
-East Coast Men’s Amateur USA Surfing Champion
-East Coast A.S.P. and A.P.S. Champion
-Second East Coast Surfer ever to win a major International Competition (A.S.P.A rated Lacanau Pro in France)
-Top sixteen  A.S.P. World Tour
-East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame

ISMAEL ARAYA
Surf Instructor

-Born and raised in the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica (Puerto Viejo)
-Goofy Footer
-20 years of Surfing
-Competitor of National Costarican Circuit (CNS) for 7 years
-Bilingual and excellent with people

ALI BODI
Pilates and Boot Camp Instructor

Ali found Pilates at a very young age while she was playing competitive soccer.  She added the Pilates repertoire as a way to save her body for the repeated daily beating and impact the sport had on her back and knees.  She has since progressed to being a studio owner, business consultant, teacher trainer, and conference/workshop presenter.  She has helped numerous studios and gyms all over the US and Mexico open their very own successful Pilates programs.  Her passion with fitness and Pilates is to use it as a tool to help others keep doing whatever they love to do.  She has over 12 years of experience in the health/wellness/fitness field and continues working on her own body “live what you preach” and inspire others to lead a lifestyle free of pain while being completely active!  She now owns a Pilates and massage school on the beach in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica.