Seems like an eternity now with the winter weather here and spending last weekend digging out my cold weather gear and putting together my snowboarding kit for another season of Ride Fridays.
Oahu was rad- it's nice to have all the amenities with a walking city. We only stayed here a few days, but we maxed it out. Full beach days and all parts of the island were explored. Waikiki is as tourist as they all say it is, but within only a short drive, you can hit some amazing beach spots. Kailua is one of my favorite beaches. So for the price of a skate deck and grip, we hopped onto a short flight to Maui. Holla.
Landed in Maui and headed south to Kihei, our hotel spot. Dropped our stuff of real quick and headed down to the nearest beach. It was super super windy as the travel books warned. As we would learn, the optimal beach time is from 8am-12pm. Shortly after noon the wind picks up and quite a bit to make chilling on the beach quite impossible unless you like eating sand. It worked out though since we were still on East coast time, got hungry around noon and we could travel around the island in the afternoons. As much as Oahu was touristy, I felt like Maui was more so with strip malls. We did find the local spots to eat and the most remote beaches to drive to. Maui would be our home for the next week.
