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32 reviews

ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

初めてでも波に乗れました!

Reviewed by: ジャイ子, 2020/01/20

サーフィンを英語で教えてもらいながらしました。すぐ波に乗れて楽しかったです。写真も撮ってくれました。
ラッシュガードは長袖をおすすめします。私は半袖だったので、日焼けしてしまいました。

オフィスで誓約書にサインしたり、パドリングや立ち方を教わりました。

レッスン場所までの移動は各々でということだったので、TAXiを呼ぼうと思ったら、一緒にレッスンに参加していたLAのアメリカ人の御家族が乗せてくれました。日本のことが好きみたいで、パパさんは日本語が書かれていたTシャツを来てました。運が良かった!

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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Surfing

Reviewed by: Jessica, 2019/05/17

Staff was great took extra time to make it great learning!

Comments from activity operators

Thank you for joining us and for taking the time to share your review with us all. We are so glad you had a great time with our surfing 'ohana (family) out on the waves!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2019/05/14
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ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

初のサーフィン!

Reviewed by: meg, 2019/04/28

高校生の娘2人連れて4人家族で参加しました。
グループレッスンとは言っても4人いたからか、私達家族だけの参加でした。
現地集合解散です。ケアウホウに宿泊していたので、ビーチもオフィスも近くて便利でした。
まず8:00にオフィスに行き、説明を受けて事前練習をしていざ、ビーチまではまた自走。オフィスから5分くらいのビーチです。着いたらイントラ2人が待機していて2人で4人をレッスンしてくれました。だいたい2人ずつ交互に波乗りする感じ。その間は浮きにつかまって休憩。説明してくれたお姉さんやイントラのお兄さん2人は兄弟やいとこで家族でやってるって言ってました。全部英語だけど、別に問題なく参加できました。
ジェイコブとジョンとティファニーだったかな。
とてもフレンドリーで陽気な方達でした。
娘たちもサーフィン欲しいと言い出すくらい楽しかったようです。

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2019/04/23
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ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

子供も出来ました!

Reviewed by: ナニメレ, 2018/08/16

海に行く前の陸のレッスンも丁寧で、
海でも初めての子供に配慮してくださり、楽しめました。
波が少なくて、ほぼ浮かんでる時間だったのが残念でした…。仕方ないですけど。

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2018/08/13
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Great service

Reviewed by: Eric, 2018/07/17

They booked me a spot I wasn't able to book directly through the company; and at a cheaper pricer!!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2018/07/13
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ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

サーフィンは楽しかったです。

Reviewed by: yuki, 2018/04/27

まずはサーフィンは楽しかったです。が、確認不足がありました。
現地集合の意味です。
まずオフィスに集合とありますので、オフィスが現地集合の場所と解釈しておりました。
なので、支払いが終わりレンタル品のサイズ合わせが終わり、じゃあここにきてね!と言われた時にはびっくりしました。
サーフショップから海へは連れて行ってもらえると思っていましたから。
結局、母にレンタカーで迎えにきてもらい送迎してもらいましたが、うっかり停めた場所で駐車違反をとられました。
すぐそばに無料の駐車場もあったのに、そういう事は教えてもらえなかったです。
サーフィンは楽しかっただけに残念でした。

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2018/03/27
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Group lesson

Reviewed by: Lvklysnatour , 2018/04/08

The kids had fun. However, next day they wanted to try on their own and could not time the waves. I would add a focus on teaching the kids when to start peddling. But average it was good for the first timers.

Comments from activity operators

Aloha All,
Thank you for the review, glad to hear the kids had fun. And happy to hear the kids wanted to try on their own. Learning how to read the ocean and time the waves for most takes years of experience in the ocean. We tell novice surfers who are serious about learning how to surf and become avid surfers, do not get discouraged- keep at it. It takes time to develop the skills to read and feel the ocean and develop the instincts to really hone in on. But keep at it, that's what our Hawaiian lifeguards and avid watermen are there to provide for everyone and we appreciate you all joining us! We are born and raised in the islands and live and breathe the amidst the ocean to share that experience with as many people as we can- it is not something you can learn rapidly- but we encourage surfers to keep at it and remember you will progress with the more time you put into it.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2018/04/04
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Surfing with young child

Reviewed by: Lvklysnatour , 2018/04/08

My son was so thrilled so he decided to do it again. And he did

Comments from activity operators

Awesome photo! Thank you guys again for joining us. Keep it up, looking good out there!

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2018/04/04
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ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

初めての子供たちには最適

Reviewed by: けんけん, 2018/03/30

せっかくのハワイなので、中学生の息子と大学生の娘に初めてサーフィンレッスンを受けさせてみました。ホテルからすぐ近くの受付所に行き、簡単な指導を受け、ラッシュガードとシーソックスをかり、案内された通り自分で現地に向かいました。グループレッスンでしたが、自分の子供たち以外に参加者がおらず、実質のプライベートレッスンとなりました。海に出て1時間位指導してもらいましたが、初心者にちょうど良い波で、かつちょうど疲れるくらいで終了し、参加した子供たちも見ている我々も、ほどいい感じで楽しめました。

  • 初サーフィン

Comments from activity operators

Mahalo for joining us.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2018/03/16
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Awesome experience and a fun new skill gained!

Reviewed by: Nick Smith, 2018/02/16

I've always wanted to learn how to surf and Jason was totally awesome and fun to work with. Although there were high surf warnings and strong current warnings going on at the time, I nailed a perfect 10, according to him, on only my 5th wave. I later got 3 in a row, including standing up, surfing the wave, and laying back down again without falling in the blue water below. I quickly caught on to many of the trends, such as interpreting the waves and knowing when to go for it. The first thing to do with learning most any skill is to find patterns.

Jason called me a natural at it, and I believe it, given how quickly I learned and how enjoyable my experience was. It did take me a bit of time to get used to getting up to the standing position from laying down, but the classroom-like aspect of the first segment really helped with that.

I would say the hardest part about this whole thing was finding a parking space for where you'd be doing the actual surfing itself. If you're lucky, you could find parking along the street close by, but chances are, you'll need the parking lot that's close to around 700 feet away, but what's a little walking when you've got a lot of paddling to do? It's a nice warm up, at least, to prepare yourself.

I chose the one on one option mainly because I felt it was going to be a skill I wanted to use in other locations. Little did I know, it actually ensured I could do this as everyone but me canceled due to the surf conditions.

  • Me with surf board in background at starting location

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ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

優しく丁寧な先生ですぐ乗れました

Reviewed by: トムトムトーム, 2018/02/04

初めてサーフィンを夫婦の年齢合計102歳でやって、すぐ乗れました。付きっ切りで、優しく丁寧に教えてくれて、とっても楽しかったです❣️
後からネットで見れる写真がなかったのが残念でした。今度は最初に写真の確認したいです。
そして次回もお願いしたいです❣️

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2018/01/09
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Awesome Lesson!

Reviewed by: Macie, 2017/11/17

John was super helpful, never surfed before and rode quite a few waves during the lesson. Very positive, upbeat, and skilled! Had a blast!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2017/11/14
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ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

初挑戦でしたが、立てました!

Reviewed by: グーフィー, 2017/10/21

姉弟三人で参加しましたが、全員立てました。
先生たちが、とても親切に教えてくれます。3人ともほとんど英語が話せませんが、ごく簡単な言葉やジェスチャーを交えて教えてくれるので、困りませんでした。

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2017/10/09
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Can't wait to surf again!

Reviewed by: Kona Lover, 2017/01/23

This was a great time and we can't wait to do it again! We were all able to stand up on our surf boards because of their great teaching, and we loved being in the water with the instructors. Very kind staff! The lesson on the land was a little long and repetitive, but very worth it for the water time. Jake and Tiffany were the best instructor!

Comments from activity operators

Thank you guys for joining us out on the water and for taking the time to write us a review. We had a great time sharing the waves with you as well and so stoked to hear your awesome board stories and feedback. Mahalo Nui- Team HLSI

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2017/01/13
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Surf lessons

Reviewed by: Steve L, 2016/07/17

Amazing detail....John and Jacob were fantastic...extremely friendly and helpful

Comments from activity operators

Mahalo for joining us out on the water. We appreciate the review and are stoked you had as much fun out there as we dis with you.
Aloha!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/07/14
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Hulakai - Big Island Stand Up Paddle (SUP) Adventure & Lessons in Waikoloa

A little bit challenging, but fun!

Reviewed by: Teri and Norty, 2016/05/30

The voucher we printed was a little confusing. It had the correct zip code and address, but the wrong location in one area, and the correct location in another. Leave early so you can find the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and the Hulakai Beach Hut. It is NOT at the Waikoloa Resort. We got there right on time and met Chris at the hut. He was very nice and friendly, low key and patient. I guess he's done this a lot with us novices! The cove was flat and glassy, and easy to get back on the board if you fall. After some practice in the cove, he lead us out past the breakers into a little more challenging water, but still not horribly choppy. Turned around and headed back into the cove. I had an easier time, so it may be more difficult for some people than others. Relax as best you can, keep looking up and you should be well on your way!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/05/25
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Very Nice

Reviewed by: Mama, 2016/04/05

Very nice experience! I was going with my 8yd son. Very impressive!

Comments from activity operators

Mahalo for joining us and for taking thebtime to share your review with us all. We look forward to the next time we can share the waves with you both! Aloha

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2016/01/20
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ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

サーフィン最高!!

Reviewed by: ハワイはいい!, 2015/09/28

念願だった初めてのサーフィンに参加しました。
当日は天気もよすぎたせいか、波が穏やかでした。
参加者は我々2人だけで、インストラクターは2名だったので、「個人レッスン」のように
教えて頂きました。
実際にビーチに行く前の説明では、「確実に波に乗れるように、教えるよ!」と言われ、ホントに乗れるかなと思いいつつ、約15分の室内での説明が終わり、いざ、ビーチへ!
インストラクターの教え方がよかったのか、1本目ではほんの数メートルでしたが、ホントに乗れました!!2本目では数十メートル!!
インストラクターからは、「完璧だね!さ~いい波を待とう!」と言われ、気分はサーファーです!!
ただ、天気が本当によすぎて、波を待つ間はすごく暑かったです。もちろん焼けました。
インストラクターのJACOBさんとJEFFさんのおかげで、ホントに楽しかったです。
次もこの2人を指名したいくらいです。

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/09/07
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Awesome Surf Lessons!

Reviewed by: The Labbe Family, 2015/07/29

My son had a fabulous morning surfing in Kona! We wished we had taken him earlier in the week, so that he could have gone a few times! His instructor was great and he loved it!

Comments from activity operators

Aloha From Team HLSI. Thank you for sharing your experience with us and the world and for the great photo! We are glad you guys had as much fun as we did out there- We are going to add your awesome after surfing shot to our website, and we look forward to surifng with your son again in the future Mahalo!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/07/16
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

awesome place to learn to surf!

Reviewed by: hkr, 2015/01/18

The staff was extremely friendly and helpful. We had a brief lesson in the classroom where the lady that checked us in gave us a brief history of their operations and then explained the does and don'ts of surfing. We practiced the three steps to stand up a few times in the classroom then sent us to the beach that's an easy 4mi straight down alii dr. Just as we left, the other couple that was supposed to be in our group arrived (a half hour late). The instructor was very friendly to them even though the girl was acting like being late was somehow the instructors fault. We went to the beach where we met the water instructors and waited for the other couple to finish the classroom session. The instructors were super friendly and answered any questions we could think to ask them. When the other couple arrived, the fun began. There was only one couple per instructor, and they had us standing within minutes! They also made sure we got a full 2 hours of water time (and maybe a smidge extra) despite the other couple's delay. Great experience, highly recomend!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/01/15
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

TWO THUMBS UP for Lifeguard Surf Instructors

Reviewed by: Michael, 2015/01/10

Our family of six (6) spent ten days on the Big Island. On Friday morning, one of our three boys told us how cool it would be to learn how to surf. That was all the incentive his mother needed to commence her Google search for the best firm to school her three sons (ages 22, 26 and 29) on surfing. She started calling on Friday morning at 8:00 o’clock with all of the places informing her that it would be Monday before they would have a spot for the three boys. The lone exception was Life Guard Surf Instructors. This family owned surf instruction firm took the information about our three (3) sons and arranged to have another instructor come in to give our sons a group lesson, which occurred within three (3) hours of when we initially called.

When we arrived they receive a thorough briefing about what was in store for everyone when they got into the water. This was extremely important since one of our sons has some learning difficulties and is very uncomfortable if there are things that he will be expected to do and he is not warned about them in advance. When we reached the place where the water instruction was to take place, to our surprise, our son who has the learning difficulty was given one on one instruction from one of the Owner family members. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. Our other sons also had a great time. We would highly recommend Life Guard Surf Instructors to everyone who wants their children to be instructed by highly trained and caring instructors.

Comments from activity operators

On behalf of our entire team here at HLSI. Thank you taking the time t write a review and share your families surfing experience with others. We pride our family owned and operated surf school on our customer care and satisfaction and number 1- their safety. Sharing our love for the ocean with others is what our surf school is all about!
Thank you guys for choosing HLSI for your surfing adventure here in Kona. Aloha!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/01/09
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

So much fun!

Reviewed by: Sarah and Marc, 2014/12/26

Marc and I have never surfed before, so we were slightly scaptical of how much you could learn in 45min theory and one hour in the water. As it turned out, it was totally enough to get the basics and make you feel exhausted (you will be sore the next day, but it is really worth it!). The teachers are awesome, they are very encouraging and positive. It is a really great hawaiian family run company - they just have the natural aloha attitude.They help you picking the right waves and show you how to stand up on the board right away. Of course you will also fall in the water, but eveyone does, so it is just so much fun! We recommend taking a surf lesson with them 100% and would do it again immeadiatly!

Comments from activity operators

Aloha Sarah and Marc,

Thank you guys for joining us out on the water and for taking the time to share your experience with the world. We appreciate your feedback and enjoy reading your first hand encounter with surfing and our Hawaiian surf school, it reminds us why we do what we do everyday! We look forward to surfing with you guys again on your next visit to Kona. Happy Holidays from Team HLSI

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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Best time ever

Reviewed by: Katherina Tcheprasov, 2014/11/25

That was my first surfing lesson and I had a great time! The coaches were very nice, helpful and tried hard to choose the best waves for us to go on. We were registered to come in the early morning but they called and told us that there was no wind at the time and no good waves for surfing. Instead they suggested to come a bit later. We arrived later in the day when waves were pretty good. The place is really well suited for starters. I really enjoyed the experience and had a wonderful time surfing! I really recommend this surfing lesson because it was beyond my expectation.
My father asked for advanced board and they easily accommodated his request and helped him to advance to the level of driving such a board.

Comments from activity operators

Aloha from Team HLSI. Mahalo (Thank you) for the feedback and taking the time to share your review. We are glad you both had as much fun out there as we did. We look forward to surfing with you all again on your next visit back to Kona. We try to share our knowledge and love for surfing and our waters with others and enjoy meeting wonderful people like you from around the world.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2014/11/24
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Great for Kids

Reviewed by: S. Doyle, 2014/11/23

This was my children's first introduction to surfing. I really liked how they could have a private instructor who rode the board with them. My son is 5 and my daughter is 7. She has high functioning autism and struggles with anxiety but she really wanted to give it a try. The instructors were really great with both of our kids. The waves were pretty minimal and we had the option to cancel, but the kids would have been so disappointed so we decided to go anyway. Both kids managed to stand up and my daughter did indeed ride a small wave. The pre-lesson on dry land in the office is really useful, especially since they use visuals which really meets my daughter's learning style. We would love to do this again, and next time mom and dad want to give it a try too.

Comments from activity operators

Thank you for your review. We are glad your young surfers had as much fun out on the water as we did with them. Aloha from Kona and Team HLSI. We hope to surf with you all again soon.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2014/10/31
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Calleja Family-From Fresno, California

Reviewed by: John A. Calleja, 2014/06/26

Due to the weather and not having any surf waves we were not able to attend the event, but the company that offered it they tried two different times to get us, just no waves to offer for surfing.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2014/06/19
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ハワイ島 サーフィンレッスン カハルウビーチパークで波乗り体験!マンツーマンのプライベートレッスンもあり<英語インストラクター/現地集合>

ハワイ島にて初サーフィン

Reviewed by: 匿名希望, 2014/04/07

ハワイ島には3回ほど訪れていますがサーフスポットがわからずいつも海を横目にうらやましく思っていましたが今回プライベートレッスンに参加させて頂きイントラの方も楽しく初ロングボードでしたが何度か波に乗る事ができたので
とても満足しています。

Comments from activity operators

どうもありがとうございました
Dōmo arigatōgozaimashita- From Team HLSI

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2014/02/09
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Hulakai - Big Island Stand Up Paddle (SUP) Adventure & Lessons in Waikoloa

What a great area to learn SUP

Reviewed by: Luke, 2014/03/08

A must for anyone even slightly intrigued by the world of SUP. If you do go make sure to ask for George as your instructor, he was the best and most knowledgeable.

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2014/02/15
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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

Great experience.

Reviewed by: S Chase, 2012/07/20

Wonderful staff...very polite and friendly. Great with our kids ages 16, 13 and 6!

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Stand Up Paddle (SUP) Lesson at Keauhou Bay

super FUN!

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous, 2011/10/23

This was super fun! Never done anything like it before. thought I was gonna be so bad at it. But the staff was so helpful and walked me through it and was real encouraging. ended up havin a great time

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Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors - Kona Private & Semi-Private Surfing Lessons

pleasantly surprised

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous, 2011/07/08

had no idea you could actually surf on the big island! but you can! and I did! ha!

only having been surfing a few times, those instructors had their work cut out for them! but they were really patient and encouraging, and yessir I got up on that board and rode a few! yeee haw!

check this lesson out!

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