My family has never gone surfing before, but after this experience we are looking forward to surfing whenever we can return to Hawaii. Our instructor was Sharky, and he embodied the truly laidback, Hawaiian attitude to everything. First he had us observe what others were doing, then he had us practice standing up, and then he had us paddle out after that. My daughter and husband picked it up seemingly right away. My daughter didn’t even really get her hair wet, riding to the shore time after time perfectly. Me, on the other hand, wiped out my first time and then was too paralyzed by fear to even try standing up again. But I still enjoyed the experience thoroughly and would do it again, and would highly recommend Sharky and this tour operator to anyone interested in doing what is the most iconically Hawaiian sport.