Monyca byrne wickey biography of mahatma

If you’ve read one of those personal essays where the protagonist leaves behind the constraints of a 9-to-5 grind to live simply on a beautiful, far-flung island, and thought, “Yes, please” (so...

everyone?), scenes from surfer Monyca Eleogram’s daily life will read like catnip to you.

Eleogram hails from Hana, Hawaii, a rural community in Maui where the population hovers just over the 2,000 mark (her parents came for their honeymoon and never left).

Monyca byrne wickey biography of mahatma

Getting there entails a two-and-a-half-hour drive along the winding Hana Highway, resulting in a getaway that feels remarkably untouched, given its extreme beauty. And we do mean extreme: red, green, and black sand beaches, more waterfalls than you can count...

Eleogram (nee Byrne-Wickey) first started surfing at six years old before “taking it seriously” at 11 and going pro at 14 (by way of, oh, you know, a Nike Superbowl spot).

And while Eleogram’s work with Ro