Crazy Gaijin in Shonan

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another beautiful morning here at Ala Moana.  lovely off shore breezes…

if you have the right board, you can have a lot of fun.  walking on water is like a dream…

back in 1992, i moved to Japan.  i spoke no Japanese, and i had no friends.  there was no internet, no cellular phones, and definitely no google maps.  i lived in Shonan so i use to drive this mini car every morning to the beach.  i would look for surf up and down the coast getting lost everywhere i went.  it took me 3 months to figure out that Shonan is a bay.  so when it’s flat, it’s totally flat.   i didn’t give up searching for waves every single day and when i found it, i would illegally park the car on the main road, grab my surfboard, and run screaming to the beach.  people must have thought i was crazy.  and for a guy that surfed everyday in his life to go without waves for weeks, i was literally crazy.  haha.

KIRBY FUKUNAGA
ハワイで生まれ育ち、プロサーファー、フォイラー、スキンダイバー、カメラマンの肩書きを持ち、ウォーターマンとして、海で多くの時間を過ごし、海から多くのモノをもらいながら生活しています。彼が伝えようとしていることは、海がある生活は僕らを豊かにしてくれるということ。そして、自分だけではなく、いろいろなことをみんなにシェアし、人生を楽しむということ。現在は、ハワイでプライベートサーフィンガイドを主催。
カービー福永のハワイサーフィンガイド
https://go-naminori.com/kirbyhawaiisurfingguide