Six Generations of Family

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Imagine pulling up to the beach early in the morning and seeing this?  It’s showing you the kind of day it will be.

The waves were head high and good this morning.   The rain water at the Ala Wai canal is still draining into the ocean so there has been a weird current.  A current that goes up the wave making it hard to take off.  It reminds me of the currents at the river mouths in Japan.

So happy to see Larry getting barreled.  When he took off on this wave, I was yelling “pull inside!!!”  He was yelling “ok!!!” right as I got this shot.

Our family had a picnic to celebrate 6 generations of Fukunaga’s.  My great grandparents came to Hawaii back in the 1860’s.  I’m the 4th generation so if you include my nephews and grand nephews, there was a total of 6 generations here at this picnic.  My great grandparents worked very hard to build this legacy we are all living in now.  We are always so grateful of that.  

I’ve been working on Mayuki everyday for the past week.  I usually get things done in 3 days but since I’m parking it at my sisters house, I’m taking my time.  There is no rush because I enjoy hanging out with family.  And when the kids come over, I stop everything so I can play with them.  My dreams are for them to enjoy the ocean just as much as I do.

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。
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