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This is the look of a man who's relieved he's not in charge anymore!

Barack Obama and wife Michelle jetted off on vacation to pal Richard Branson's private island after the inauguration, and rather than worrying about our economy or terrorism, the former POTUS' only focus was beating the British billionaire in a kite surfing competition. We haven't seen him smile that big in eight years!

The Virgin founder shared some details of the trip, and it sounds like B.O. is happy to get back to a somewhat regular life.

"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. So it was tremendous to offer him the chance to learn to kite surf," Branson wrote in a post.

"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 meters, three feet above the water. I was feeling very pleased with myself, only to look over and see Barack go 100 meters on his kiteboard! I had to doff my cap to him and celebrate his victory. After all he has done for the world, I couldn’t begrudge him his well-deserved win. Now he has left, I’m going back into the water to practice for the next challenge. On his next visit, we plan to do the long kite over to Anegada together. Next time, may the best (British) man win!" he playfully added.

Ugh! We want our calm, cool, and collected hip President back!