{"id":102073,"date":"2019-05-30T05:48:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T20:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=102073"},"modified":"2019-05-30T05:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T20:48:59","slug":"foil-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=102073","title":{"rendered":"Foil Surgery&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102083\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-3.31.27-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0i was watching Seth&#8217;s first round heat last night. \u00a0even though the waves weren&#8217;t barreling, i had a feeling Seth was going to get one. \u00a0that&#8217;s pure wave knowledge. \u00a0good boy Seth! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102082\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-3.49.57-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>the heat come down to the last score. \u00a0could you imagine how these guys are feeling? \u00a0luckily Seth made it to the 3rd round. \u00a0i could imagine how Tony and Tammy must have felt waiting for that score??? \u00a0i&#8217;m glad i wasn&#8217;t there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102076\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-1.50.30-PM-663x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"414\" \/>\u00a0yesterday i was trying to catch my biggest wave. \u00a0but before then, i was practicing in the inside. \u00a0everything going smooth and i was super confident taking off on this one. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102074\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-1.50.00-PM-663x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"442\" \/>\u00a0then the turbulence picked my foil up and threw me over. \u00a0this might look like a major wipeout, but this is exactly how you want to fall when you foil. \u00a0the farther away, the safer&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102075\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-1.50.15-PM-663x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"434\" \/>\u00a0happy feet! \u00a0haha&#8230; \u00a0after a wipeout like this, i can only get back up and try again. \u00a0and by the end of the session, i did catch the biggest wave of my foiling career! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102077\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8400-663x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"442\" \/>\u00a0after 40 years of short boarding, i thought i seen and experienced it all. \u00a0but now, i&#8217;m looking forward to my next 40 years foil boarding. \u00a0it feels like my life has started all over again. \u00a0and i&#8217;m so excited! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102078\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_5409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>but before i can foil anymore, i have to fix my eye. \u00a0pterygium started on my right eye a few months ago and it&#8217;s getting worst and worst by the day. \u00a0look how thick it got! \u00a0the only way to remove it is surgery. \u00a0and since i see pterygium in so many of my surfer and fishermen friends eyes, i will document this process so you know what to expect. \u00a0and being that this is my 3rd time getting surgery in my eyes, nothing is fun about it. \u00a0this is just part of a surfers life. \u00a0some people leave it, and some people fix it. \u00a0get back to you when i wake up from my surgery today&#8230; \u00a0and for some reason i don&#8217;t wake up, i just want to say that i had a wonderful life&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0i was watching Seth&#8217;s first round heat last night. \u00a0even though the waves weren&#8217;t barreling, i had a feeling Seth was going to get one. \u00a0that&#8217;s pure wave knowledge. \u00a0good boy Seth! \u00a0the heat come down to the last score. \u00a0could you imagine how these guys are feeling? \u00a0luckily Seth made it to the 3rd [&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-102073","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\/102073","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=102073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}