Today B&M got some surfing lessons (I was the official photog...my time will come Tuesday...I am going for standup paddling lessons in Hanapepe). There is a great spot right on our beach where all the local schools give lessons, so we just signed up at the beach hut and off they went. The class was ~2.5 hours, with 30 min. of ground instruction, 1.5 hours of surfing with the instructors help, and 30 min. of play time. I think they had a blast ad they did really well. Both of the made it all the way to shore many times over the course of the class (with style)! It was fun watching them too. I figured with Brian's snowboarding and Maddie's balance beam work, neither would have problems...and they didn't.
Here's Maddie! Her biggest problem was getting the board off the beach and back in the water. Beginner boards are big and bulky, but she muscled through it. You go girl!
Here's Brian. Both had a few good crashes too, of course! A bit more practice (10 years or so) and they will be ready for the Banzai Pipeline! 
We just hung around the rest of the day (they were whooped after surfing), had dinner at Puka Dogs, went for a nice evening walk along the beach, resupplied foodstuffs (and ice cream!) at the Koloa Big Save, and then settled in for the night. It was a good day (and I am afraid they are running out...ohhhhhhh noooooooooo). Aloha for today!
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they look so studly on their boards!
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