{"id":103324,"date":"2019-07-13T15:10:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T06:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=103324"},"modified":"2019-07-13T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T06:10:16","slug":"contest-magic-from-africa-and-bowls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=103324","title":{"rendered":"Contest Magic from Africa and Bowls!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103331\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-12-at-4.27.30-PM-663x364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"364\" \/>\u00a0Seth stealing the limelight again. \u00a0no matter what this kid does, he always makes a statement somehow. \u00a0and the media seems to love him too. \u00a0 Round 3 starting now!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103328\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.52.05-PM-663x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"402\" \/>\u00a0we paddled out to Bowls and something was strange??? \u00a0there was only Greg out at the main peak. \u00a0where is everybody??? \u00a0come to find out, there was a contest today! \u00a0 so we got to surf perfect Bowls for an hour before the contest started. \u00a0perfect timing again! \u00a0Greg and I were taking turns riding set after set. \u00a0it was like a dream session&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103333\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.54.25-PM-663x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"390\" \/>\u00a0i was going left and Funaki-san was going right. \u00a0he couldn&#8217;t believe nobody was out either. \u00a0what a lucky guy!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103330\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.52.31-PM-663x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"378\" \/>\u00a0then the first heat paddles out and i hear somebody yell &#8220;uncle!&#8221; \u00a0omg, it was Josh Moniz! \u00a0i didn&#8217;t even know he was in Hawaii! \u00a0i thought he was still in Africa?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103329\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.52.58-PM-663x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"375\" \/>\u00a0i was so happy to see this kid. \u00a0then the heat started and Josh caught his first wave. \u00a0i watched him surf it perfectly. \u00a0and then i hear the judges say &#8220;Josh, your last wave was a 9.5!&#8221; \u00a0omg! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103332\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.53.25-PM-663x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"376\" \/>\u00a0Funaki-san was a little nervous because of the water patrol that was kicking everybody out of the lineup. \u00a0i told him &#8220;don&#8217;t worry, these guys are my friends.&#8221; \u00a0so we kept on surfing and surfing! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103327\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.51.29-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0and Funaki-san kept on riding and riding. \u00a0look how beautifully empty it was! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103334\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.55.23-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>\u00a0then we went to pick up the rest of the family and had a wonderful chicken lunch&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103325\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.58.13-PM-663x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"441\" \/>\u00a0then it was Mama Mutsumi-san&#8217;s turn. \u00a0empty again and i was watching her ride the best waves of her life&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103326\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-1.59.38-PM-663x395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"395\" \/>i love kids. \u00a0so when i met 4 year old Ena-chan today, i couldn&#8217;t stop playing with her. \u00a0 the cutest little girl!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Seth stealing the limelight again. \u00a0no matter what this kid does, he always makes a statement somehow. \u00a0and the media seems to love him too. \u00a0 Round 3 starting now!\u00a0we paddled out to Bowls and something was strange??? \u00a0there was only Greg out at the main peak. \u00a0where is everybody??? \u00a0come to find out, there [&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-103324","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\/103324","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=103324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}