There's an infinite number of reasons why surfing is great and why everyone should get into it. These are my top 4:

1) Surfing is cool

Blue Crush was a huge hit, everyone knows who Kelly Slater is, and I've seen people wearing rash guards on the streets of Montreal. If you want to be more cool, start surfing. Teach your dog to surf and your cool level goes through the roof.

2) Surfing is good for you

The health benefits of surfing are endless. Surf trips will ruin your bank account, but they'll also do wonders for your well being. Surfing is a full-body workout and provides great cardiovascular exercise. You'll be more relaxed, more tanned, and less fat. Just look at this guy:

3) The Ocean is awesome

Surfers spend an insane amount of time sitting in the ocean doing absolutely nothing, which is part of the enjoyment of surfing. Staring at the horizon, waiting for waves and being completely useless to society is very fulfilling.

4) Be a rad old person

Your grand kids' friends will admire you when you're old, sunburned, and spending all your pension on surf trips. Then, when your spouse divorces your for spending all that money, you'll be able to pick up younger people because you're still fit.

We can help you become a surf addict. Just join one of our Costa Rica surf camps.

~Mitch Martin, Beach Travellers Costa Rica surf coach.

Back in late November, a herd of surf & adventure-hungry travellers headed down to Costa Rica to join the BT circus. It consisted of a surf camp group of 18, a private 6-person surf camp for 8-mile snowboard crew, 5 BT staffers, as well as many of our local friends & surf coaches who joined the fun along the way. Great pics from the trip just keep emerging, so we thought we'd share a few more. Here ya go:

BT co-founder Graeme, demonstrating his version of a golden shower.

Leaving our first destination to head South. Notice the clean car.

4 hours later. Abused.

One car had a tail when we arrived. Weird.

The BT staff. I really love those beer bottles.

BT surf coaches Will & Robbie, about to get their horse fetish on.

BT's beach-side accommodations. No big deal.

Post-surf hydration station.

How's my hair?

8-mile filmer Aaron "Trout" Maksymec, on how to make friends with the locals.

This should be an ad for something.

Pro snowboarder Johnny Lyall owning the waves.

How do you celebrate catching the best wave of your trip? Drink Guaro until you forget it.

BT surf coach Will Kane, talking about the best way to pee yourself while surfing.

The dude in the water is local surf coach Juan Surfo, enjoying the view.

BT surf coach Robbie (white shirt) walks like a zombie but surfs really well.

The 2 on the right are BT founders Graeme & TJ, enjoying some manly cocktails.

The hotel view. Johnny: "Those waves look fun. You wanna go surf now?". Graeme: "One more piña colada"

Trits ice cream sandwiches, which the boys aptly named "Costa Rican crack".

On the last day, Robbie busts out the one-legged dance moves.

Bromance.

That's me looking for a safe place to pee from the boat.

~Mitch Martin, Beach Travellers Costa Rica surf camp guide

For trip details, dates & other stuff - CLICK HERE

(thanks to our friends Nosarashack & Johnny at Listenentertainment.ca for the sweet pics)

Congratulations to 8-mile crew, a wild pack of riders from Vancouver, and winners of the first ever Snowboard Canada Crew Challenge - a video challenge in which snowboard crews posted videos and battled for most online votes - with the grand prize being a private Beach Travellers Costa Rica surf camp for the entire crew. No big deal.

Here's the video that won them the trip:

Flights are booked and the trip starts in 3 weeks, so hit the tanning beds and do your stretches dudes, cause it's gonna be a surf-and-mayhem-soaked 13 days in Costa Rica. Just a warning: cruising around Central America for 2 weeks may make you forget that snow exists.

Read the full article on the Snowboard Canada blog here