Employee of the month May 2023: Jina Kim of Wave Park

Jina Kim has watched the South Korean surfing scene explode. In the past 10 years, it went from a handful of expats and coastal rule breakers to a full-on government-recognised sport. Throughout all the evolution Jina has been there, adapting, evolving, and riding waves, and charting a professional surf career in a country without any professional surfers. Challenging? Yes. Boring? Never. The lively regularfoot from Daejeon City in the middle of Korea, has become the face of Wave Park in South Korea. There she created the surf lesson curriculum and trains the instructors. She’s a coach’s coach. During WavePoolMag’s visit to Wave Park South Korea, we had the opportunity to chat with May 2023’s Employee of the Month, Jina Kim. Tell us about what it is you do here at Wave Park.I do everything that makes Wave Park a more fun and safe facility to help ensure that when people … Continue reading Employee of the month May 2023: Jina Kim of Wave Park