Maui Surfing for beginners
I've lived on Maui for nearly 30 years and one thing most every resident owns is a surfboard. I originally moved to Maui to windsurf but when there was no wind, surfing became the natural thing to do while waiting for the tradewinds to re-appear. Fast forward 25 years and now I'm 50+ years old but I still have a rack of boards in my garage. Sailboards, surfboards, paddle boards and even a kayak. So when my brother arrives on Maui with his kids, I load up the Silverado with all the toys and head to the beach. My niece's boyfriend from England is excited to surf so I head out on the paddle board with him on my 9 foot longboard. I give him some basic instruction and he is able to stand up several times on the small waves at Launiopoko beach park just outside of Lahaina, Maui. My 18 year old son who is more of a field sports kid knows how to surf but hasn't done it in several years. It's never been his passion, but when he sees his friend out in the line up he grabs my board and heads out. They catch several waves together and he remembers how much fun he used to have surfing. I tell him that he only has a couple months left to surf before he heads to college on the mainland. He knows the first question he will get when his new friends find out he is from Maui... "do you surf?" With my surfboard being used, I stick to my paddleboard and am able to have as much fun as the surfers catching many of the larger waves of the day. [...]