Day 4 in paradise started with sunny skies and 80 degrees so no change, in other words. Today was the day when our troop wanted to learn how to surf. We drove to Kona to a place that Craig had found in one of the travel books and they signed up for a group lesson.
This lady is giving Craig, Elle, Alex and Rod a lesson on how to pop up from the laying down position. Easy as pie.
Alex is practicing the pop up.
Rod looks like a pro already.
What they forgot to tell us at the shop that you have to carry your own boards (about 50 lbs.) through a jungle. What they said was:"It is a nice 5-10 minute walk through nature". What they didn't mention was that "nature" was a lava field. Our 4 surfers were not happy. The walk was about 15 minutes.
Rod and Alex are ready to carry their boards.
Rod is still smiling a fake smile.
Here they went. Through a lava jungle.
The beach was not sandy. All lava.
Alex is surfing.
Alex is surfing.
Elle is surfing. Do you notice the swells? Not really best surfing conditions.
Craig is standing on the board. Very successful surfing.
A lady crashed into Rod. Rod is the one falling on the left side.
Alex got nauseous so he just wanted to hang out on the board for a while.
Craig had a tremendous crash. His board flying through the air.
Elle kneeling on the board.
Successful pop up with Rod.
Rod is falling fast.
Elle is paddling back to the shore.
Almost there, Elle.
Rod's last run.
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