To quote Jeff Spicoli. We had friends, also staying at the Fairmont Kea Lani, strongly rec both Waves Hawaii and specifically Brooks as the instructor, so booked a 2 hour private lesson with Brooks for myself and 2 daughters, 10 and 12. Brooks was both fun & informative and had my girls up and surfing on LITERALLY their first try - the fun starts immediately, very short learning curve. They had such a blast we booked another session for 2 days later and brought my youngest, age 7, as well. Matias, with Nomad Visual Productions was in the water shooting beautiful pics with a professional camera, guaranteeing we'd go home with all the smiles captured forever. We visit Maui every spring and would have done Waves much sooner if we knew how much fun it would be - we're already planning on multiple surf lessons next year.