{"id":100503,"date":"2019-04-04T15:49:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T06:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=100503"},"modified":"2019-04-04T15:49:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T06:49:26","slug":"snappers-rocks-is-foiling-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=100503","title":{"rendered":"Snappers Rocks is Foiling Paradise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100505\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0there is a casino in my hotel! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100504\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3704-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0went there with the boys to gamble. \u00a0 but i&#8217;m not a gambler so i didn&#8217;t lose anything. \u00a0but it was fun watching the boys lose all their money. \u00a0haha.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100509\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/>\u00a0i get a call this morning at 5:30am from Peter King. \u00a0he invites me for a foil and told me i don&#8217;t need to bring anything. \u00a05 minutes later, i was running to his hotel full speed. \u00a0no brushing teeth, no breakfast, and no nothing. \u00a0i didn&#8217;t want to miss the chance to try the new JS foil board he just got. \u00a0by the way, it was super cold but after running that much, i was sweating. \u00a0haha..<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100512\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0Peter King is hooked more than anyone i know on foiling. \u00a0this kid makes me laugh so much. \u00a0thanks for setting up my board!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100514\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0then the Chinese came to check us out. \u00a0they were probably thinking &#8220;i can make that $2,000 foil for $60.&#8221; \u00a0haha..<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100510\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/>\u00a0you should have seen us out early this morning at Snapper Rocks. \u00a0i caught my first wave all the way to the beach past Greenmount. \u00a0it took 2.5 minutes to get there and my legs were burning! \u00a0then i caught so many more good ones. \u00a0those were my longest waves in my life! \u00a0one guy said that these past few days were the best it ever gets for foiling.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100513\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3735.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0after 2 hours of foiling, i came back to my best friend Matthew&#8217;s foil shop and we got ready to go back out again. \u00a0yes, Matt is my new best friend! \u00a0haha&#8230;\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100511\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3734.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0borrowed JS foil board from Peter King, borrowed Dakine leash from John John Florence, and borrowed Signature Foil from Matthew. \u00a0 i&#8217;ve been foiling 2 rounds per day on the best foiling waves of my life. \u00a0nothing in Hawaii can even compare to the waves here. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100507\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" \/>\u00a0then come home and get a text and photos from Nana-chan. \u00a0OMG! \u00a0she took these beautiful photos of Seth yesterday during his heat. \u00a0i just love it!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100506\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" \/>\u00a0i&#8217;m still in disbelief that this day has finally come. \u00a0it feels just like yesterday when Seth was just a little baby&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100508\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/>\u00a0i love this photo so much! \u00a0Seth coming in after winning his heat. \u00a0total calmness and total confidence. \u00a0he just created the upset of the day beating Julian Wilson.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100515\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3732-663x1065.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"1065\" \/>thank you again Nana-chan for the priceless photos!!! \u00a0i&#8217;m totally living in my dream life right this moment and i don&#8217;t want anyone to wake me up!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0there is a casino in my hotel! \u00a0\u00a0went there with the boys to gamble. \u00a0 but i&#8217;m not a gambler so i didn&#8217;t lose anything. \u00a0but it was fun watching the boys lose all their money. \u00a0haha.\u00a0i get a call this morning at 5:30am from Peter King. \u00a0he invites me for a foil and told [&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-100503","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\/100503","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=100503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}