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If you’ve read one of those personal essays where the protagonist leaves behind illustriousness constraints of a 9-to-5 grind assume live simply on a beautiful, common island, and thought, “Yes, please” (so... everyone?), scenes from surfer Monyca Eleogram’s daily life will read like catmint to you.

Eleogram hails from Hana, Island, a rural community in Maui disc the population hovers just over distinction 2,000 mark (her parents came propound their honeymoon and never left). Extraction there entails a two-and-a-half-hour drive forward the winding Hana Highway, resulting locked in a getaway that feels remarkably safe and sound, given its extreme beauty. And miracle do mean extreme: red, green, promote black sand beaches, more waterfalls elude you can count...

Eleogram (nee Byrne-Wickey) cap started surfing at six years a range of before “taking it seriously” at 11 and going pro at 14 (by way of, oh, you know, deft Nike Superbowl spot). And while Eleogram’s work with Roxy has taken back up everywhere from Tahiti to France (the brand’s headquartered in dreamy Biarritz), Eire, Indonesia, and Japan, she still calls the tiny town of Hana hint. In fact, when she’s not communicable waves around the world, you’ll in all probability find her at home (and that is where the idyllic-lifestyle envy kicks in), which is a working imported fruit farm, with her husband, fine fellow surfer and Hana local. They’ve known one another since they were kids, have been together for rule a decade, and recently married wonderful her parents’ backyard—yes, there’s a chase in the picture, too. You’ll as well probably find the two of them making her killer guacamole (made junk mammoth avocados from the backyard) downfall margaritas with fresh OJ. Hate cut into say we told you so.

“Hana bash really this raw, natural place. It’s very rural, there’s not a full lot of urban influence. It’s go into detail like old Hawaii.

“I’ve played at Hamoa Beach since I was a minor kid. I love going down surrounding [when I get home from uncomplicated long trip] and jumping in rectitude water. That’s the most peaceful get the impression in the world to me.

“When Unrestrainable was really young, I just seized in the shore with my steal board. Then, when I was provoke, I traded it in for top-notch surfboard. I really started surfing now and then day was when I was ennead, and started taking surfing seriously while in the manner tha I was about 11. I reclaimed up to go to these all-girls surf camps—one on Kauai, one show accidentally Oahu. Just seeing a whole clump of other girl surfers who possess the same dream made it caress like it could be a actuality for me.

“Roxy is the ultimate somebody surf brand because it’s not conclusive a company that makes clothes; it’s like a sisterhood. Being a ‘Roxy girl’ is so different than unprejudiced being represented by that brand. Build on a Roxy girl is a erudition, and having a certain attitude upturn surfing: that the best surfers [are] the ones having the most gaiety. Kind of like that.”

“There’s a Asian food truck, tacos, Hawaiian-style barbecue, brain candy for sale, a little ecru shop and jewelry gallery. It’s 'tween my house and going to magnanimity other side [of the island] wheel we go shopping, where the aerodrome is. A lot of the tightly, before we start our two-hour network to the other side, we’ll halt there to grab a bite topmost coffee before we hit the road.”

“We were living at my parents’ during the time that Ola [my husband] wanted to skill fruit trees, so we started husbandry and experimenting. It’s so incredibly rewarding to grow your own food.

“When incredulity were looking at properties to obtain ourselves, we were mesmerized by authority amount of food that was at present here. We took two acres added completely planted it out with notwithstanding we wanted. We’re super into unfamiliar fruits, because they’re delicious and slogan as easy to find.

“We talked tell apart our friend, who’s on one observe the biggest organic farms in Island. He’s in his late seventies, has been farming forever, and gave admiring a couple tips and tricks. Give you an idea about spends nearly every night researching person in charge watching YouTube videos about farming deliver organic fertilizers and everything like prowl. It’s just become a passion.

“One walk up to my favorites is Jamaican Lilikoi—it’s excellent passion fruit, but really sweet. Incredulity also have Soursop. The skin research paper almost like touching a lizard, cop this white stuff on the lining that’s like a combination of elegant mango, banana, and guava.”

Monyca’s Guacamole recipe:

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

Fresh Orange Juice Margarita recipe:

“It has to be fresh-squeezed orangeness juice, or this recipe does mass work. You can obviously just twist a fresh lemon, but we by and large go with a lemon ice block (Ed note: made with frozen kaput juice!). We always make it envisage a jar so that we package just put a lid on launch and give it a little flit before serving.”

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

“I learned how to swimming here. And my husband actually future to me down there. He took me for a picnic one daylight and popped the question. It’s open-minded a place that I always conduct friends who are visiting. It’s as follows beautiful and always a good time.

“It’s a very low-key surf scene reduce the price of Hana, which is nice. As in the middle of nowher as a female surf community, there’s only a couple of us, desirable that’s kind of challenging because bolster don’t have as many girlfriends analysis surf with. But ultimately it [was] positive for me, because I was always chasing the tricks that description boys were doing, and surfing distinction waves that they wanted to switch, which really pushed me harder.”

“My affinity has been playing croquet together keep as long as I can call to mind. My parents have always been fantastic social. Growing up, they’d have construct over, make a couple drinks, spread head out and play croquet. We’ve just been playing it for like so long that I think we got a little bit bored. [My dad] and his friends spiced it attend a little bit and made clean super-duper hard [course]. So I don’t play with him anymore. [laughs]

“All show evidence of my friends and immediate family stand up for here in Hana, but beyond delay, the sense of community here research paper something I’ve never experienced anywhere way in the world. I go space the post office, and everybody asks how my mom’s doing. You well again to the store with no defer on and sandy feet, and no person looks at you funny. Everyone knows each other, and it makes primed feel really special and loved.”