Aloha Brothers Surf Lessons

Specialties

Fun! Our primary objective at Aloha Brothers is to make sure all of our clients enjoy themselves as much as possible every time we surf!

Surfing at times can be frustrating and the ocean is impossible to control, but our combined experience growing up together surfing in Hawaii (and the rest of the world) enables us to help our students pass through the initial difficulties, which every beginner inevitably experiences substantially quicker than most surf schools.

Surfing is our life! Every one of us at Aloha Brothers absolutely cherishes it (if they didn’t I wouldn’t hire them). Our enthusiasm for surfing is infectious and readily apparent. We are not your run of the mill, disingenuous surf instructor types acting out some tired routine secretly counting the minutes on our water proof watches until your lesson is over. We are surfing right there along side you the whole time, having a blast and making sure you are too. When you are stoked, we are stoked!

History

Established in 2011.

I began surfing at age 5 when I was pushed into my 1^st wave by former world champion Fred Hemmings. Growing up in Hawaii it’s impossible to avoid the water, fortunately I was instantly hooked!

Ever since that day surfing has remained my favorite activity. I am obsessed, this obsession however initially kept me from teaching people I wasn’t already friends with and charging them because I was afraid of turning my passion into a job that I might end up resenting.

As a freelance language instructor however, I was very familiar with posting my services on craigslist. It was on cl that I 1^st noticed the exorbitant rates some surf instructors (who oftentimes appear like they could use a lesson or 2 themselves) charged. It honestly appeared like hwy robbery to me so I decided to create my own website and literally test the waters offering competitive rates myself. I had no idea how enjoyable teaching people to surf could be. 100+ clients later in under 1.5 years I am as stoked as ever!

Meet the Business Owner

Nick F.

Business Owner

I am 5^th generation Portuguese-​Hawaiian, born and raised on the island of O’ahu.

I was pushed into my first wave by the former world champion Fred Hemmings when I was around 5 and have been in love with the ocean ever since. I have been sponsored by a few companies over the years and I am very experienced.

I won a surf contest in Chile in 2003 and have appeared in a surf video put out by Ladera Longboard skateboards.

Surfing has dictated the direction of my life since «grommet-​hood.» I studied at UC Santa Cruz because of the school’s proximity to quality surf. I studied linguistics in Chile because the country is known for its long, empty waves.

I took a year off and lived in Tahiti in order to improve my French, and surf powerful French-​Polynesian barrels. I teach and translate languages online because I can’t bear to miss good waves working a 9 – 5 job.

I surf daily and have taught countless friends and their friends too over the years. I almost always get them up and riding.