WATCH: Barack Obama Learns To Kitesurf With Richard Branson

Image: PHOTO: Barack Obama entered the kitesurfing phase of his vacation. (Photo via Flickr/ Pete Prodoehl)
Image: PHOTO: Barack Obama entered the kitesurfing phase of his vacation. (Photo via Flickr/ Pete Prodoehl)
Gabe Zaldivar
by Gabe Zaldivar
Last updated: 12:20 AM ET, Wed February 8, 2017

OK, the Obamas are just trolling us now.

Much like your friends who post awesome images of their current vacation on social media while you suffer through work, the President and former first lady are showing off what certainly looks like one enormously fun holiday.

The latest chapter in the life after the presidency found Barack Obama taking up in a challenge of sorts with Richard Branson.

A post on Virgin.com and video posted by Branson himself offer a glimpse into the festivities, which included a spirited kitesurfing contest.

Here is how that all went down.

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Branson explains that being the leader of the free world has its unique downsides. It seems someone like Obama, an avid water enthusiast, had to give up some things.

Branson explains via Virgin.com: "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."

The above video shows Branson and Obama as each learns to foilboard and kiteboard.

In the end, it was Obama who came away the victor in a friendly wager to see who could pick up a new sport and go the longest in the water.

As Branson states, and we have noted in the past, this was just one of a few days spent in the British Virgin Islands for Barack and Michelle Obama who were invited to frolic and splash along with the billionaire at his own beautiful oasis.

Meanwhile, we are stuck back at home filled with absolute jealousy.


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