Cover photo: Gerald Acevedo

Candelaria Resano is 12 years old and is a very sweet and friendly girl. She is nothing like when you see her in the water; she has been surfing practically since she was born.

Two days ago, the waves were huge in Nicaragua and instead of surfing on the beach, where he usually holds his sessions, on the shore of Popoyo, he went inland, where very few people rarely surf.

He dropped a bomb. And now he wants more.

How did you make the decision to go outside that day?
We got off the plane and wanted to see if there was swell  and we didn't really know if we were going to get in or not. When we got to the beach there were some really good waves, so I stayed on the beach for a little bit and then I got in the water and after about an hour I caught that wave.

How was the whole wave?
Turning around was I think quite difficult because I didn't know whether to do it or not. I finally turned around and started paddling super hard. I paddled and paddled and paddled and I stopped and it felt like the lip was going to break on my head and I could see all the bubbles, but I finally did it.

How do you feel now knowing that you can ride those waves?
I'm going to try to catch bigger waves now that I know I can handle these.

What's the next challenge? Mavericks?
No.

Which?
The next challenge is to try to get into the tube on the outer.