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Get Your Tickets for Wanderlust O’ahu!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes as a pulsing feeling deep inside the heart and gut, and sometimes as a burst of adrenaline that leaves the muscles burning and trembling and hands clammy. This feeling goes beyond butterflies, as if the monster is actually feeding on the butterflies in your stomach.”\u00a0– Ian Ahaki Masterson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Meet the Surf Professor<\/a>, aka Ian Ahaki Masterson, an O\u2019ahu-based<\/a> educator and surf instructor specializing in Hawaiian culture, archaeology, and ocean recreation and safety. His approach to surfing relates to his deep reverence for the natural life and rich cultural history of his home. For Ian, surfing is a practice; a daily ritual of the Hawaiian people. He is interested in the way that Hawaiian myths exist lyrically within the environment, and how this can be experienced directly through the practice of surfing. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSurfing is more than just a popular sport, it’s part of a greater poetic vision encoded with environmental and cultural information,” Ian says. He\u00a0<\/span>was born in 1971 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. His family moved around a lot when he was young, as his father worked for an international bank. When Ian was nine, they moved to Ko\u2019olau in Oahu, where his mother\u2019s family had emigrated to from Madeira, Portugal in 1879.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother wanted to raise us the Hawaiian way,\u201d he tells me. Masterson has surfed all his life; both his mother and father were avid surfers and taught him when he was young. Ian recalls his days growing up in Ko\u2019olaupoko as inspiring. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a sleepy town with motivated young athletes like Lynn and Jill Boyer, who taught me to windsurf and told stories of surfing the North Shore; Hans Hedemann and Buzzy Kerbox, who took me out on a Jet Ski when it first came out in 1982,\u201d he says. By eleven he was jumping waves at the longboard break, Castle Point.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It around this time that Ian learned to foster deep respect and reverence for the land he explored. \u201cBut we also had some great mud battles as well!\u201d he jokes. He and his friends were quite wild and adventurous, often \u201cpushing each other to the edge, doing wild things that required both skill and courage.” Ian reports they would climb banyan trees hanging 150 feet over a cliff, traverse rickety old irrigation flumes spanning valley streams, and climb rock walls and doing backflips from 25 feet in the air into the small Maunawili pool.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Growing up with such rich experiences of the Hawaiian landscape ignited Ian’s interest in the relationship between Hawaiian culture, natural life, and the physical body, particularly in relation to the ocean. Studying the history of surfing \u201cled him beyond surfing as a way of life, toward integrating it rather as a\u00a0<\/span>kuleana<\/span><\/i><\/a>, a personal responsibility towards the proper care and representation of surfing around the world.\u201d He made it his goal to teach surfing as a traditional, spiritual practice<\/a> rather than mere sport. His studies led him to integrate his historical findings into his own surfing practice; he even built his own ancient-style <\/span>olo<\/span><\/i> surfboards from wood and plant materials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Surfing as a Study\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What Masterson lacks in longstanding Hawaiian lineage, he makes up for in extensive study. He received his Masters of Arts Degree in Pacific Islands Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Ian\u00a0<\/span>recalls the excitement he felt when surfing was first officially considered a subject of academic study.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn March 1999, a small article came out in the Honolulu Advertiser<\/i> about the Surf Science and Technology Bachelor in Science Degree created by Plymouth University in England,” Ian says. „For the first time in academic history, surfing was being acknowledged as a valid form of knowledge at an industry-based school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hawaii is the cradle of surfing, thought Masterson, so why not introduce such a course into Hawaiian schools? Led by feverish passion to study and share his findings, Masterson has since taught a number of courses at schools around Hawaii, including Windward Community College, Hawaii Pacific University, Kamehameha Schools, Punahou School, and Hakipu\u2019u Learning Center.<\/p>\n

To give me a taste of what his classes look like, Ian sent me some essays that he\u2019s written. In one essay called Science of Soul<\/i>, Ian writes, \u201cThe greatest surfers of our time are often considered to be mystical gurus that live beyond our abilities and understanding of the surfing world. They accomplish maneuvers that we may have never even considered possible\u2026 They move with a silent rhythm that seethes with pure soul\u2026We are constantly searching for a way to become the soulful surf gurus that they are. Is there any hope for the rest of us, thrashing about on crowded wave faces amongst the throngs of accessory clad look-alikes? Absolutely, every one of us has soul, and it can be cultivated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Gifts of Discipline Lead to Awareness<\/h3>\n

Ian lives by the notion that discipline and training leads to ease and wakefulness, much like the practice of yoga. He posits that the way to achieve the grace and ease of those who we look up to is by simply observing and becoming more in tune with our natural surroundings<\/a>. The ability to notice and make connections between things builds up the strength of the soul. It\u2019s important to revel in the learning process and not expect to be perfect right away. Once the practice becomes intuitive, the poetry of the practice emerges.<\/p>\n

Masterson lives by the mantra \u201crespect, train hard, and believe.\u201d He emphasizes the importance of believing in the natural flow of the universe. When you are surfing, you are riding this natural flow. Trust in it. <\/span><\/p>\n

„The simple principles that I have seen in all great surfers on this planet are easy to embody: respect yourself, other surfers, and the ocean; train your mind and body to handle physically and emotionally stressful moments in and out of the water; and believe in yourself, others, and the good, positive reality that is our universe. It is a simple code to live by but one that changes lives for the better\u2014systematically, scientifically, and soulfully.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ian’s theories of surfing are in line with a number of meditative practices. It’s moving meditation. He continues, telling me \u201cIt sends that shiver of excitement down the spine that enacts universal energy, the welling up of the soul from the unique experience of every individual wave, a moment of space and time where we flow with the currents of the universe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For Ian, the ocean is a way of life that directly connects us to nature. It is vital to make a connection with the ocean regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhether virtual or actual,” He explains. „Exposure to and constant observation of the sea will guide us.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But his theoretical background of the practice doesn\u2019t diminish the raw exhilaration of the practice. Ian\u2019s life is busy (three kids, a band, and numerous jobs), but he makes sure to make a daily ritual of spending time in nature every day. His descriptions of what he calls \u201cthe monster,” or the urge to surf, are tantalizing.\u00a0He describes waking up in the dark of the morning to catch a wave before work:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a certain smell to the whispering breeze\u2014crisp, oxygenated air drifting down from the mountains mixed with a heavy and dense mist dancing on the spindrift of a rising sea. The thunder is apparent in the distance, again and again, like your own heartbeat, and you know the surf is here. Believing yourself\u2014trusting your feelings\u2014leads you to the surf where you score the epic session; and so your day continues, full of creative expression and with a confident, knowing feeling inside that will only reinforce your sense of swell in the future.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Getting hungry for your own dose of surf culture and history? Ian will be leading culture walks at Wanderlust O\u2019ahu in March 2018. Experience the gorgeous landscape with this knowledgeable, poetic mind and expand your awareness of the language of nature. <\/span><\/p>\n

„There soars a sea bird on high, a turtle near the shore, these are all the signs in nature that the universe loves us and is full of bounty. Just connect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Get your tickets for Wanderlust O’ahu<\/a>, March 1\u20134. We’ll see you on the water.<\/h3>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

\"\"Jillian Billard is a poet, yoga teacher, cellist and avid wanderer. A native New Yorker, she is often caught daydreaming of sprawling green fields and mountains. She trained and received her ashtanga yoga teacher\u2019s certification in Goa, India and works at Laughing Lotus Yoga Center in Brooklyn. You can often find her with her head buried in a book, doused in lavender. Follow her on her (very newly developed)\u00a0Instagram page<\/a>\u00a0for class schedules and updates at @jillboyoga<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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