These should really probably be two separate questions, but I don't want to spam the forums (I'll leave the "spamming" to the reputedly excellent musubi chefs )
I bike a lot (my "odometer" says something like 1300 miles, and that's since last March!), and I'm wondering if it's as big of a deal in places like the big island as it is here. E.g. I just want to salivate at the idea of working up to biking around the island, or over the saddle hwy, and so on. Sounds like really fun trip (assuming I take some tire patches and let people know where I'm going anyway!) Any cycling clubs that do this sort of thing?
Second question is, I thought surfing might be a fun thing to pick up as another hobby. It'd also be a nice upper body workout counterpoint to the lower body workout you get from cycling. I have never surfed in my life and I'm not really even a very good swimmer, but I'm willing to overcome those things. I've heard people describe it as a spiritual experience. Then I read stories about pecking orders and people getting beaten up for trying to catch a wave at the wrong place or wrong time, not being part of this or that group, ... Makes me wonder if it's worth the trouble for someone who just wants to do it in their free time for some fun. Are there enough places to go with kiddy waves for a total newb to learn on? I guess the tourist areas if nothing else. I don't mind people laughing at me for wiping out constantly. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? But I don't want to step on anyone's toes or cause trouble either.
Mahalo!
I bike a lot (my "odometer" says something like 1300 miles, and that's since last March!), and I'm wondering if it's as big of a deal in places like the big island as it is here. E.g. I just want to salivate at the idea of working up to biking around the island, or over the saddle hwy, and so on. Sounds like really fun trip (assuming I take some tire patches and let people know where I'm going anyway!) Any cycling clubs that do this sort of thing?
Second question is, I thought surfing might be a fun thing to pick up as another hobby. It'd also be a nice upper body workout counterpoint to the lower body workout you get from cycling. I have never surfed in my life and I'm not really even a very good swimmer, but I'm willing to overcome those things. I've heard people describe it as a spiritual experience. Then I read stories about pecking orders and people getting beaten up for trying to catch a wave at the wrong place or wrong time, not being part of this or that group, ... Makes me wonder if it's worth the trouble for someone who just wants to do it in their free time for some fun. Are there enough places to go with kiddy waves for a total newb to learn on? I guess the tourist areas if nothing else. I don't mind people laughing at me for wiping out constantly. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? But I don't want to step on anyone's toes or cause trouble either.
Mahalo!
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