Well, now that he won the Presidency, he belongs to the nation and the world.
Still, I suspect there are very few Illinois residents that are good at this:
Sandy's Beach where he surfed is NOTORIOUS for more broken bones and neck injuries than any other beach in Hawaii. You have to know what you're doing to surf here well.
And you can't learn it in a weekend's visit. Meaning simply to acquire the form he has in the above picture takes lots of practice.
Yes, the President surfs! Not on one of those fiberglass boards neither.
He surfs the old-fashioned way, just like the Hawaiians did and still do.
With the body alone.
Go Obama!