{"id":103131,"date":"2019-07-07T15:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T06:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=103131"},"modified":"2019-07-07T15:45:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T06:45:31","slug":"last-day-vacation-the-dream-is-never-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=103131","title":{"rendered":"Last Day Vacation:  The Dream is never over&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103137\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.33.15-AM-663x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"375\" \/>\u00a0Nao-san&#8217;s final day of her dream surf vacation has come. \u00a0and we left off where we started, right at Diamond Head. \u00a0bigger waves, stronger current, but that&#8217;s no problem for this girl. \u00a0getting a few waves before jumping on a flight back to Japan is always my advice for everyone. \u00a0and this girl listens really good! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103138\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.33.33-AM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0jump into the warm water at sunrise, watch the sky turn blue and the ocean turn emerald. \u00a0paddle out with the flow and ride a wave that Mother Nature serves up. \u00a0you just can&#8217;t beat this feeling&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103135\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.38.36-AM-663x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"431\" \/>\u00a0Toda-san and Takami-san have been photographers, coaches, cheerleaders, and everything else you would want in a friend. \u00a0so when i&#8217;m in the ocean with them, i&#8217;m a very happy surfer.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103133\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.39.41-AM-663x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"407\" \/>\u00a0so good to see Takami-san in the perfect rhythm of the ocean. \u00a0catching the best waves and surfing it with speed, power, and flow.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103136\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.39.21-AM-663x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"411\" \/>\u00a0Takami-san use to be a JPSA judge so she knows how to turn a 6 point wave into a 8 point ride. \u00a0just like this.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103134\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.35.59-AM-663x422.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"422\" \/>\u00a0after a year, finally Toda-san figured it out! \u00a0this guy never gave up and now he&#8217;s flying like a free bird. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103139\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.36.11-AM-663x418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"418\" \/>\u00a0and just like that, he&#8217;s doing cutbacks already! \u00a0i just love watching foilers transform from falling to flying&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103140\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.36.35-AM-663x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"419\" \/>\u00a0i saw the most frustrated man turn into the happiest man in the world! \u00a0just in one week!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103143\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.34.17-AM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>\u00a0to see this girl start off from the very beginning, to where she is today, i&#8217;m totally amazed. \u00a0better surfing and better life for sure. \u00a0i can see it in her surfing, and i can see it in her smile. \u00a0good job Nao-san!\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103141\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.39.56-AM-663x406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"406\" \/>\u00a0have a safe flight back to Japan. \u00a0 put back on your work face and try to hide that dark tan of yours. \u00a0and try not to smile too much because not everybody will like it. \u00a0haha. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103144\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-07-at-11.40.15-AM-663x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"385\" \/>\u00a0a very hot and very happy day. \u00a0thank you guys!\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103142\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_1086.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>peace. \u00a0this is the last day of calm Diamond Head for a while because the strong trade winds are coming back tomorrow. \u00a0hope you didn&#8217;t miss it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Nao-san&#8217;s final day of her dream surf vacation has come. \u00a0and we left off where we started, right at Diamond Head. \u00a0bigger waves, stronger current, but that&#8217;s no problem for this girl. \u00a0getting a few waves before jumping on a flight back to Japan is always my advice for everyone. \u00a0and this girl listens really [&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-103131","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\/103131","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=103131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}