Hawaii Marathon Surfing

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welcome to another marathon surfing day. left my house at 7:30am and got back home at 7pm. was in the water most of the time surfing, surfing, and surfing. super sunny all day long and now i’m really black! if i don’t smile in the dark, you won’t see me. as dark as can be and the next 7 days straight is looking like 7 hour/day of surfing. happy, but black! black happy? haha.
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paddling out this morning to perfect waves and perfect conditions was awesome. just happy to see everybody else happy and enjoying this perfect summer day.
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today was Haruko-san’s first time surfing. and this was her first wave. this is as perfect as it gets!
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Susumu-san use to surf 30 years ago. today, he didn’t forget at thing. long fast riding!
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and of course, if there is an empty wave, somebody has to ride it. i’m a surfer so if a wave comes to me, i’ll take it. backside grab rail.
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thank you Haruko-san and Susumu-san for the wonderful surf morning. you both did awesome!
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and thank you Hikaru-san for introducing me to these wonderful people. good surf, good lunch, good people, good life.
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then i went to pick up Ikuko-san this afternoon for our marathon surfing. we paddled out at 2pm and surfed till almost sunset. last year i surfed with Ikuko-san, she could only take off and go straight. now, she’s bottom turning, turning right, left, zig zag, and surfing every wave perfectly.
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for the first 3 hours, both of our hair was completely dry. perfect rights after rights with no mistakes. flawless surfing.
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then after 3 hours, i finally got my hair wet in the barrel! gosh, the waves were perfect all day long. i am totally sunburnt, i am totally fried, i have total surfers rash on party of my body, and i am so content. i need more, i want more, and i’ll get more. surfing all day tomorrow!
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the lucky rainbow and the lucky girl this afternoon.
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thank you Ikuko-san for the amazing afternoon session. have a safe trip back to hokkaido and tell Kei-san i said “aloha!” see you again soon!

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