{"id":100144,"date":"2019-03-25T05:50:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T20:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=100144"},"modified":"2019-03-25T05:50:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T20:50:03","slug":"sorry-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=100144","title":{"rendered":"Sorry World Champion!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100158\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.05.07-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0i get to Waikiki and see my family there. \u00a0Kelia Moniz asked Mateus to go surfing and he said &#8220;no, i want to go with Unko Kirby.&#8221; \u00a0haha! \u00a0sorry World Champion! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100156\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.03.28-PM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>\u00a0this is how i teach kids how to surf. \u00a0i take it very slow and try not to make a mistake. \u00a0because one mistake could turn this newborn surfer into a land lover if he gets traumatized. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100150\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.03.44-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0and along the way, i&#8217;m documenting everything! \u00a0 i don&#8217;t miss precious moments like this&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100157\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.04.01-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0and along the way, i make sure we&#8217;re having fun. \u00a0when you hear an old Unko like me yelling, screaming, and making funny faces, even a nervous kid will laugh. \u00a0haha&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100148\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.04.19-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0then once you get the kid to laugh, it&#8217;s only pure stoke after that&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100145\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.06.44-PM-663x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"384\" \/>\u00a0i&#8217;ve known this kid for 5 years and play with him all the time. \u00a0BUT, i&#8217;ve never seen him so happy like this! \u00a0 such a precious moment for me&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100149\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.06.11-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0practice makes perfect. \u00a0so the more we go, the better Mateus will get. \u00a0look at Grandpa Mason in the background sharing a wave with his grandson. \u00a0priceless&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100151\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.07.32-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0good boy Mateus! \u00a0call me anytime and i&#8217;ll drop everything to take you surfing!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100152\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.08.29-PM-663x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"384\" \/>\u00a0it&#8217;s been a while since i surfed with Nakahodo-san so it was good to see him yesterday evening. \u00a0oh, we surfed in January so that&#8217;s not a while right? \u00a0haha&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100147\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.10.21-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0i got out my foil drone and went to work. \u00a0the waves were absolutely beautiful! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100154\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.09.28-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0and so is this photo! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100146\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.09.56-PM-663x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"376\" \/>\u00a0taking my foil out and shooting photos gives me so many different options. \u00a0i like this angle too.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100153\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.09.10-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0but this is the shot i&#8217;m looking for. \u00a0 calm, cool, and happy! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100155\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-5.13.36-PM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>good surfing Nakahodo-san! \u00a0you must be so tired after catching 20 plus waves. \u00a0 happy tired! \u00a0haha&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0i get to Waikiki and see my family there. \u00a0Kelia Moniz asked Mateus to go surfing and he said &#8220;no, i want to go with Unko Kirby.&#8221; \u00a0haha! \u00a0sorry World Champion! \u00a0\u00a0this is how i teach kids how to surf. \u00a0i take it very slow and try not to make a mistake. \u00a0because one mistake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-100144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}