Sunshine, surf and President Obama

Jan 2, 2010 is a day for record. Myself and two buddies headed out to Pyramid Point to get in some surfing. (Pyramid Point is one of the only medium to big wave spots on the windward side of Oahu. It's great because it's located on the Marine Base, so very few people have access to it.) The two I'm with were born with surf board stuck to their feet (like most Hawaiians) so they spent the majority of the time riding waves. It was my third time and first on the big waves. So I pretty much did the washing machine thing for two hours. Once my arms turned to noodles I headed in. The two other took pity on me and headed out of the water not long after.

We headed over to wash our boards when I notice a few plain-clothes officers walking around. Soon I noticed other dudes in khakis and silk Hawaiian shirts attempting to fit in but were really standing out. We put two and two together and soon realized that the president might be heading to this beach. A few minutes later this huge caravan of black SUVs showed up and out walked President Obama and his family.
How awesome is that. So we ran over to see if we could get our picture with the president. Secret service had set up a perimeter so we can't get that close. We didn't want to waste the opportunity to have our picture taken with the president so we improvised. President Obama was sitting under the green umbrella and Michelle Obama is standing just beyond it. (she's wearing pink). The idea behind the picture was for me to have my arm around the president, even though he was way off in the distance. However it appears the dude who took the picture did quite understand what we were trying to achieve.