In November 2024, I traveled to Tamarindo, Costa Rica, and while the weather conditions were not optimal, I chose to have fun nonetheless. As I was setting up my camera, I was approached by a surfer who was curious about my equipment. We had a pleasant conversation and offered to film him with my drone as he surfed. He accepted it happily and took off into the sea. It was all going well until I realized that I’m still a novice operating “Tito”, the drone. Soon after launching it, I began facing problems. I couldn’t find the surfer in the sea, position the camera in the right angle, or move…