{"id":101523,"date":"2019-05-08T15:38:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T06:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=101523"},"modified":"2019-05-08T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T06:38:08","slug":"we-are-building-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=101523","title":{"rendered":"We are Building Champions!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"omg, i foiled morning and afternoon at Diamond Head today. \u00a0it was as good as it can ever get for foiling. \u00a0super long rides flying like a bird. \u00a0i just love it!<\/p>\n

\"\"since i’m going to Bali in a few days, i was thinking back about the first time i took Seth there. \u00a0he was only 12 years old and had no idea he’d be going back there 9 years later to surf the World Championship Tour. \u00a0but Uncle Kirby did… \u00a0here’s the caption i wrote on my blog 9 years ago.<\/p>\n

“if it wasn\u2019t for surfing, i would be less 10,000 friends. and if it wasn\u2019t for surfing, i\u2019d probably be in jail. surfing has given me things that money can\u2019t buy. making friends and traveling with family is priceless. so i wanted to thank everybody that has supported my surfing career\u2026 mahalo”<\/p>\n

\"\"i remember teaching Seth how to eat with his hands too. \u00a0he was tripping out at first, then got use it towards the end of our trip. \u00a0look how cute this kid was!<\/p>\n

\"\"first trip to Bali and he won his division in the International Grom contest!<\/p>\n

\"\"and Isaiah won his division too! \u00a0i was so proud of these boys.<\/p>\n

\"\"this was our very first session at Keramas. \u00a0i remember Seth adapting very well to this tricky wave. \u00a0 i would shoot photos all morning, then we’d go back to our hotel and look at them. \u00a0learning frame by frame what it takes to get to the top. \u00a0fast forward 9 years, this is where the WCT event starts next week! \u00a0Seth should feel like home out there…<\/p>\n

\"\"by the end of the trip, Seth had his barrel riding perfected. \u00a0and he was only 12 years old.<\/p>\n

\"\"Kazuma-kun from Okinawa came along for the ride and he’s now the top pro surfer in Okinawa. \u00a0it’s amazing how these kids grew up to where they are today. \u00a0 us Uncles are super proud!<\/p>\n

\"\"Seth was always very approachable and very good with kids. \u00a0this is why everybody loves him. \u00a0Kazuma-kun feeling comfortable. \u00a0haha. \u00a0by the way, look at Seth’s abs! \u00a0just like superman!<\/p>\n

\"\"back then, the exchange rate was 8700 rupiah to $1USD. \u00a0now, it’s 14500 rupiah to $1USD. \u00a0i’m going to be rich when i get there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

omg, i foiled morning and afternoon at Diamond Head today. \u00a0it was as good as it can ever get for foiling. \u00a0super long rides flying like a bird. \u00a0i just love it! since i’m going to Bali in a few days, i was thinking back about the first time i took Seth there. \u00a0he was […]<\/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-101523","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\/101523","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=101523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}