Is he Navy, Marine, Army or Air Force? I spent 3 years in HI as a Marine. Gave up surfing in HI for two reasons: (1) I am white and the locals are not friendly, and (2) there is massive volcanic corral just below the waves.
He’s Navy. He’s a nuclear machinist mate on the fast attack sub, the Buffalo. He’s just past his 4 year point. 2 more to go. He’s wanting to get out, get a degree, and come back in, so he says, into Spec Ops. Or as a Marine dealing wth Helicopters. He’s young, his wants are constantly changing.
I've a relative that lived on Maui...for over 15 yrs. He was real into windsurfing....
He and his family moved back to the states...for many reasons. But one of the reasons...was no matter how long they lived there, no matter how many "locals" liked them..they would NEVER fit in.
What's even crazier...is that it was all color of skin. IOW...it didn't matter if that brown skinned dude over there was mexican, american indian, from india, etc..etc...It is ALL about the color of your skin. Period.
I used to surf a lot....but never went to HI. Never wanted to really.....we had good waves on the west coast. And didn't have to deal with that racism over there.