Woah, my parent would be spoked if I did somthing like that, plus I can't swim ;_ ;.
Trust me I've tried to learn so many times, but I suck no matter what. My mum and dad ended up wasting so much money on trying to get me to learn, in the end we gave up. oh well, So you live in hawaii, lucky. I've never been there but stories from people who have make me want to go there. Especially the parts about the volcanoes, I love that kind of stuff.