Beach Boys...

Saw this story on the news about changing how the beach boys

are tested and run in Waikiki.

I know that over the years, there are more and more water

activities that are taking place on the beaches and in the waters of

Hawaii.  Now a lot of them aren't sanctioned and the instructors

aren't trained.

In Waikiki, the beach boys are the ones that keep an eye on the beach

and are usually the first ones on the scene if something should happen.

To be a surf instructor or canoe captain, they have to past test and

show that they know CPR and life-saving skills.

This article makes it sound like it's a way to make money

for the DLNR by charing another fee and turning this over to

another outside business.  The beach boys have their own

organization that has kept watch over their group and what goes on.

I hope that this just isn't another way that someone thinks they

can make a "quick buck" but by doing so they take away more of the 

spirit that's Waikiki and the beach boy tradition.