Costa Rican surfer Rachel Agüero Cabezas won the women’s shortboard title at the Central American and Caribbean Games in the Dominican Republic tpday, delivering Costa Rica its first gold medal in surfing in the history of the regional competition. The result caps a season that has established Agüero as the leading woman in Costa Rican competitive surfing. Costa Rica had never won a surfing gold medal at these Games before Wednesday. Costa Rican surfing has been producing this kind of result with increasing regularity. For Agüero, the initial reward is a regional title at 20 and a clear line of sight to the next stage.