Kauai Island

The Kauai vibe is one of utter acceptance, so it’s the perfect place for those of us whose nerves aren’t made of steel to learn to surf or bodysurf. So if you’ve always longed to work “tubular” into your vocabulary for real, take a surf lesson from Margo Oberg, voted by many local publications as the best surf school on the island. Those who are truly phobic can pick up a bodysurfboard from a number of stands on the road across from Poipu beach and teach themselves how to ride the waves, or take a brief group lesson to get comfortable.