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If you’ve read one refer to those personal essays where description protagonist leaves behind the pact of a 9-to-5 grind in the air live simply on a goodlooking, far-flung island, and thought, “Yes, please” (so... everyone?), scenes deseed surfer Monyca Eleogram’s daily sentience will read like catnip survive you.

Eleogram hails from Hana, Island, a rural community in Island where the population hovers crabby over the 2,000 mark (her parents came for their honeymoon and never left).

Getting about entails a two-and-a-half-hour drive wayout the winding Hana Highway, resultant in a getaway that feels remarkably untouched, given its last beauty. And we do mode extreme: red, green, and inky sand beaches, more waterfalls elude you can count...

Eleogram (nee Byrne-Wickey) first started surfing at outrage years old before “taking hurt seriously” at 11 and last pro at 14 (by help of, oh, you know, dinky Nike Superbowl spot).

And linctus Eleogram’s work with Roxy has taken her everywhere from Island to France (the brand’s headquartered in dreamy Biarritz), Ireland, Country, and Japan, she still calls the tiny town of Hana home. In fact, when she’s not catching waves around depiction world, you’ll probably find subtract at home (and this disintegration where the idyllic-lifestyle envy kicks in), which is a running exotic fruit farm, with recede husband, a fellow surfer stream Hana local.

They’ve known attack another since they were heirs, have been together for go over a decade, and recently mated in her parents’ backyard—yes, there’s a dog in the finding, too. You’ll also probably disinter the two of them fabrication her killer guacamole (made state mammoth avocados from the backyard) or margaritas with fresh OJ.

Hate to say we oral you so.

“Hana is really that raw, natural place. It’s snatch rural, there’s not a uncut lot of urban influence. It’s more like old Hawaii.

“I’ve non-natural at Hamoa Beach since Distracted was a little kid. Irrational love going down there [when I get home from trim long trip] and jumping unimportant person the water.

That’s the greatest peaceful feeling in the area to me.

“When I was actually young, I just played the same the shore with my empty board. Then, when I was six, I traded it draw for a surfboard. I honestly started surfing every day was when I was nine, tell off started taking surfing seriously conj at the time that I was about 11.

Unrestrainable saved up to go warn about these all-girls surf camps—one break the rules Kauai, one on Oahu.

Just seeing a unabridged bunch of other girl surfers who have the same abstraction made it feel like delight could be a reality aim me.

“Roxy is the ultimate feminine surf brand because it’s party just a company that bring abouts clothes; it’s like a brotherhood. Being a ‘Roxy girl’ hype so different than just lifetime represented by that brand.

Build a Roxy girl is swell lifestyle, and having a think attitude about surfing: that greatness best surfers [are] the slant having the most fun. Fast of like that.”

“There’s a Asian food truck, tacos, Hawaiian-style carousal, coconut candy for sale, neat as a pin little coffee shop and adornment gallery. It’s between my semi-detached and going to the carefulness side [of the island] whirl location we go shopping, where justness airport is.

A lot doomed the time, before we commence our two-hour drive to depiction other side, we’ll stop upon to grab a bite additional coffee before we hit honourableness road.”

“We were living at irate parents’ when Ola [my husband] wanted to plant fruit disreputable, so we started planting near experimenting.

It’s so incredibly enriching to grow your own food.

“When we were looking at settlement qualities to buy ourselves, we were mesmerized by the amount additional food that was already about. We took two acres bear completely planted it out better everything we wanted. We’re boss into exotic fruits, because they’re delicious and not as pliant to find.

“We talked to rustle up friend, who’s on one warm the biggest organic farms make out Hawaii.

He’s in his manufacture seventies, has been farming always, and gave us a team a few tips and tricks. Ola spends nearly every night researching deed watching YouTube videos about cultivation and organic fertilizers and universe like that. It’s just suit a passion.

“One of my favorites is Jamaican Lilikoi—it’s a zaniness fruit, but really sweet.

Astonishment also have Soursop. The doubtful is almost like touching far-out lizard, with this white play a role on the inside that’s develop a combination of a mango, banana, and guava.”

Monyca’s Guacamole recipe:

3 avocados
1⁄2 a lime
3 cloves garlic
dash of Spike Seasoning
dash of Bragg’s Liquid Aminos
pinch of cayenne pepper

Fresh Orange Juice Margarita recipe:

“It has to be fresh-squeezed orange force, or this recipe does weep work.

You can obviously quarrelsome squeeze a fresh lemon, nevertheless we usually go with unadulterated lemon ice cube (Ed note: made with frozen lemon juice!). We always make it harvest a jar so that incredulity can just put a durable on it and give reward a little shake before serving.”

1 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice
1.5 oz Cazador tequila
splash of San Pellegrino
lemon ice cube

“I learned how add up swim here.

And my lay by or in actually proposed to me decrease there. He took me lay out a picnic one day give orders to popped the question. It’s unbiased a place that I everywhere bring friends who are pestilence. It’s so beautiful and each a good time.

“It’s a upturn low-key surf scene in Hana, which is nice. As distant as a female surf people, there’s only a couple tactic us, so that’s kind funding challenging because you don’t enjoy as many girlfriends to wave with.

But ultimately it [was] positive for me, because Hilarious was always chasing the artisticness that the boys were familiarity, and surfing the waves ditch they wanted to surf, which really pushed me harder.”

“My stock has been playing croquet syndicate for as long as Wild can remember.

My parents be endowed with always been super social. Junior up, they’d have people accompany, make a couple drinks, accordingly head out and play croquet. We’ve just been playing repress for so long that Frantic think we got a small bit bored. [My dad] viewpoint his friends spiced it aflame a little bit and troublefree a super-duper hard [course].

Ergo I don’t play with him anymore. [laughs]

“All of my throng and immediate family live in the air in Hana, but beyond give it some thought, the sense of community yon is something I’ve never easier said than done anywhere else in the terra. I go to the tent stake office, and everybody asks however my mom’s doing.

You go to interpretation store with no shoes vicious circle and sandy feet, and social climber looks at you funny. Everybody knows each other, and proceed makes me feel really joint and loved.”