Surf Cat

We’ve seen some pretty unusual proposals but none as rad as this one.

A boyfriend who shares a love of the ocean with his girlfriend wanted to honour that and so proposed while she was surfing.

Christopher Garth, 38, had gone out surfing with his sweetheart Lauren Oiye, 32 in Queen’s Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii where they both live.

While Lauren caught a wave, Christopher expertly propped himself up on a surfboard and got on one knee.

Just as Lauren noticed her beau making the sweet gesture, to which she said yes, Christopher, unfortunately, dropped the ring into the ocean.

But the forward-thinking surfer anticipated it might happen so luckily, he purposely proposed with a decoy ring.

The real thing awaited the couple at shore where they were able to celebrate their engagement.

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And a photographer stood by, capturing the sweet moment, which Lauren later shared on her Instagram.

She wrote: ‘We caught a wave together at the surf break we met at and had many of our first dates.

‘I turn back to make sure he was on the wave with me and he was on one knee with a ring box and screamed out “Lauren, I love you! Will you marry me?!”.

‘At first I thought it was a joke and then realised it clearly wasn’t.

‘I am beside myself that I get to spend the rest of my life with this man that I LOVE from the depths of my entire being, is a bigger feminist than I am, and makes me laugh every day and reminds me how simple and beautiful life is.’

Lauren added: ‘Christopher Garth, I love you and am so grateful the stars aligned and our ancestors that came before us so beautifully orchestrated this for us!

‘Here’s to a lifetime of laughter and keeping things simple and authentic!’

Congrats to the rad couple.

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