THE GIRLS //

Chelsea, Coco and Marjie are three best friends and sisters from the Virgin Islands. Growing up on the Islands, the girls were exposed to a healthy lifestyle at a very young age. They learned the importance of eating fresh local fruits and vegetables and taking care of the body through massage, yoga, and daily swims in the ocean. 

Natural born water babies, the girls quickly developed a love of surfing. As they grew, their passion for surf evolved. Their enthusiasm for surfing has taken them all around the world living in places including Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica in search of great waves and sharing their passion of surfing. 

The three sisters moved to Australia to study Sports Management, Surf Studies. It was here where the Sister Surf & Yoga Retreat was born.

Their retreat is a perfect blend of each of their talents, massage, yoga, art, all bound together by their incredible love of surfing.

MARJIE

Certified Massage Therapist / Surf Instructor

Currently living+ surfing in Costa Rica

Oldest sister, surf instructor + massage therapist

I am a free spirit. I love the water, I love to surf and teach others how to surf. I get so passionate to share my love of surfing and the ocean with others, especially other women. It brings me great joy to show women how to navigate the ocean and flow with the waves in each of our own unique ways.

A bit about me:

I grew up always the last one to get out of the water, whether it was a lake, pool or the ocean. The water has been my special place, the one place where I can always go to feel totally free and to be me.

When I was 17 I moved to Kauai with my sisters and I went to massage school and fell in love instantly.I knew right then and there, I had found another passion. When I’m not running surf retreats or with my daughter I spend my time doing bodywork. I love connecting with others from a present space.

Love you ALL, Let's SURF

COCO

Surf Instructor / Certified yoga teacher

Currently living + surfing in Costa Rica

Middle sister, surf instructor + yoga instructor

Coco studied yoga at the Dyhana Ayurvedic Center in Sebastopol, California. She got her 200 RTY in 2014, her yoga style is a combination of Iyengar and Vinyasa Yoga with a focus on poses for surfers. During the retreat she teaches mostly yin yoga (deep stretching and relaxation) and a few vinyasa classes focusing on balance, strength, and breath.

She has been surfing for over 20 years and has taught surfing in the US Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Australia, Morocco, Puerto Rico, and along the East Coast of America. She received a diploma in sports management/ surfing studies in 2009 at Southern Cross University, Queensland New South Wales, Australia. 

She loves sunsets, running on the beach, being barefoot, coconuts, and hunting for perfect waves and empty lineups.

Currently, she resides in Northern Costa Rica with her twin flame of 15 years and their little girl Izabel Rose.

CHELSEA

Surf Instructor / Aspiring artist

Currently living + surfing in Puerto Rico 

Baby sister, surf instructor + artist

Chelsea pretty much grew up in the ocean. Being from a place like St. John, US Virgin Islands it would be hard not to love the sea! It's like growing up in water world. She spent a lot of time sailing as a kid but wasn't until the age of 12 that she started surfing with Marjie & Coco. Once they started surfing it was ON!  Surfing has taken Chelsea all over the world to places like Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Hawaii, Australia, Puerto Rico, California & Mexico. Australia is where the girls went to university to study Sports Management Surfing Studies. This is where they became certified surf coaches and where the retreat idea sparked! She has been teaching surfing for over 10 years and always has so much enthusiasm and patience in the water. She'll have you smiling and surfing better before you know it! Just two years ago Chelsea and Marjie competed in the ISA World Surfing Games in Nicaragua, they were the first two women to ever compete representing the US Virgin Islands. A super proud moment for them and their home. That trip got them so inspired and fired up to continue to improve their own surfing skills as well as others. When Chelsea is not teaching at the retreat you can find her surfing, adventuring and painting beautiful things by the sea in Puerto Rico where she now lives with her husband Raul.

OUR RETREAT HOME //