Monyca byrne wickey roxy surf shop

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).

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