If Everybody Had an Ocean…
That’s ROXY Girl Iris Yen at the beach.
We spent most of the day there, watching surfers prepare for the Eddies, a tournament in honor of lifeguard and surfer Eddie Aikau, who died while saving a capsized boat full of his friends (they survived).
To mark the opening of the competition, Eddie’s peers held a paddle-out, the traditional memorial service for surfers, where riders form a circle on their boards while a prayer is chanted into the ocean and sky.
Then there was a luau. And lots of mai tais.
It’s 8 am here in Hawaii, but I’m already up, prepping for a full day in the water – maybe I’ll actually get up on a wave by sundown.
Maybe. 
xo Faran
PS – Being a ROXY Girl apparently has its privileges around here. When a local cop saw the “ROXY Team” sticker on our car, he cleared a parking spot for us ON THE GRASS next to the beach. “You girls are the bomb!” he said. Um, amazing.
Iris on the beach.
The paddle out.
The ceremonial circle.
Surfette!
The ROXY girls in their house. Yes, they were also singing the OC Theme Song.
This land is your land.
That’s me. Having fallen into the water. Again. Yep.