Barack Obama seems to be enjoying life post-White House, vacationing in the British Virgin Islands with his family and friend Richard Branson.
Branson, who once asked then President Obama for weed while at a fancy White House dinner, invited the Obamas to stay on Mosikto Island.
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The businessman shared his experiences taking Obama kitesurfing in a video to his YouTube channel and in a blog post.
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Branson writes:
One of the first stories Barack told me when he and Michelle arrived on Moskito Island was how, just before he became President, he had been surfing on a dangerous break in Hawaii. When he came in from an exhilarating session, the new head of his security team turned to him and said: “This will be the last time you surf for eight years.” For the next eight years he didn’t have the chance to surf, enjoy watersports or do many of the things he loved.
It seems Obama took the opportunity to make up for lost time, taking on the new challenge of kitesurfing. Meanwhile, Branson decided to see if he could master a foilboard.
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The two even started up a friendly competition to see who could travel the farthest.
As you can see in the video, Barack and I both fell many times, but we kept trying again and again and made progress over the days. We were neck and neck until the last run on the last day, when I got up on the foilboard and screamed along for over 50 metres, three feet above the water. I was feeling very pleased with myself, only to look over and see Barack go 100 metres on his kiteboard! I had to doff my cap to him and celebrate his victory.
Watch the video Branson posted online below.
Photo: YouTube screenshot
Bob LaBlah
Nice catch Richard. I wouldn’t have passed on him either.
jason_evans
Obama enjoying the high life with his billionaire pals. Chicago and its slum ghettos must seem a million miles away to him….
dwes09
Not nearly as far away as they do to your master Trump, who thinks all Negros, except for his personal friends live in squalor. This man spent the last 8 years dragging the country back out of recession while your folks were screaming that they’d rather see the economy falter than Obama succeed (yup, they said that, it is well documented and in context). And a pissant like you has the gall to begrudge him some down time, while the man whose ass you lick pays well over a million dollars a day of our money so his wife does not have to slum in the white house!
Get a life! Get a brain!
1EqualityUSA
dwes09, Thanks for having the will to take on these trolls. They’re just so disgusting that it’s difficult to respond. I do appreciate your articulate, enlightened counterstrikes. Neutralize these puds. Go get ’em.
Blackceo
Daddy come back!!!!!!!! 🙁
rmarin776
Come on. He’s the former president and an adult man. Do we really have to call this a “bromance”?
I’m glad they’re having fun, and I’m guessing they’ve hung out before. I’m sure the Obamas aren’t at a loss when it comes to invitations.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
“For the next eight years he didn’t have the chance to surf, enjoy watersports or do many of the things he loved.”
Can Trump go even 4 yrs without indulging in water sports? Some say “nyet”
1EqualityUSA
I cannot imagine Trump on a surfboard.
Mo Bro
The lesson here?
Rich people are only evil if they associate with conservatives.
1EqualityUSA
When they use their money to oppress others, it is harmful to their reputations. The GOP’s reputation is irreparably damaged by this circus.
Mo Bro
@1EqualityUSA:
The GOP utilizes “their money to oppress others”?
Yet again showcasing the liberal dogma that you’re nothing if you’re not a victim of straight white men.
1EqualityUSA
Oppression is trying to take away inalienable rights. We are no victims. We will kick ass, legally speaking. The GOP is going to take a hit with these antics.
AprilRussell
Chicago and its slum ghettos must seem a million miles away to him…. Rich people are only evil if they associate with conservatives.
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