{"id":102959,"date":"2019-07-03T05:22:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=102959"},"modified":"2019-07-03T05:22:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:22:06","slug":"7-1-2019-lucky-day-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=102959","title":{"rendered":"7\/1\/2019:   Lucky Day of the Year&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102960\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.10.09-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0the boys wanted to surf all day and this was the only way out. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102961\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.10.34-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>some of the words i heard on the way out were, &#8220;OMG! \u00a0wow! \u00a0beautiful! \u00a0lucky! \u00a0dream! paradise!&#8221; \u00a0these words are standard when riding on beautiful Mayuki&#8230;\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102962\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.19.13-PM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>\u00a0it was the boys first ever surf boat trip and they were enjoying every moment of it. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102966\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.12.08-PM-663x386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"386\" \/>\u00a0when you have a boat, you can search for an empty wave. \u00a0and we found just that. \u00a0only 2 other people out and totally perfect conditions. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102970\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.15.20-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0Tokukura-san was in heaven. \u00a0riding wave after wave after wave. \u00a0he was having the time of his life. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102963\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.17.24-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0Namikoshi-san is Black Belt Karate, and now he is Black Belt Surfer! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102968\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.13.28-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0i spent 5 years in college to be able to live my dream life. \u00a0if i knew it was going to be this good, i would have tried harder. \u00a0haha. \u00a0i want to thank my Grandpa for telling me that i can succeed in anything i choose. \u00a0i believed him and it&#8217;s those words that got to where i am today. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102971\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.14.42-PM-663x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"413\" \/>\u00a0i was paddling out and seen a big set coming. \u00a0it was absolutely perfect and there was only one guy waiting for it. \u00a0it was Tokukura-san and he didn&#8217;t miss the chance of this perfect wave! \u00a0i was screaming of joy for him!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102967\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.16.55-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0Namikoshi-san rode some overhead sets and was loving the ride. \u00a0for him, this will be a day to remember forever&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102965\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.10.57-PM-663x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"376\" \/>\u00a0it&#8217;s my job to put everyone on the perfect wave according to the conditions and their ability, plus a little more. \u00a0for these 2 lucky guys, this was it! \u00a0 it was totally paradise!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102964\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.19.32-PM-663x395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"395\" \/>\u00a0good job boys! \u00a0keep calm and keep on surfing&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102969\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-02-at-4.23.11-PM-663x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"402\" \/>then after a full day with the boys, i went to pick up Nao-san and took her to a very sacred spot. \u00a0it was her very first time here and she figured out the waves pretty quickly. \u00a0it&#8217;s more than surfing, it&#8217;s about figuring out nature. \u00a0good job girl! \u00a0 we surfed into sunset&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0the boys wanted to surf all day and this was the only way out. \u00a0some of the words i heard on the way out were, &#8220;OMG! \u00a0wow! \u00a0beautiful! \u00a0lucky! \u00a0dream! paradise!&#8221; \u00a0these words are standard when riding on beautiful Mayuki&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0it was the boys first ever surf boat trip and they were enjoying every moment of [&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-102959","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\/102959","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=102959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}