{"id":103646,"date":"2019-07-25T15:57:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T06:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=103646"},"modified":"2019-07-25T15:57:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T06:57:06","slug":"mauna-mana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=103646","title":{"rendered":"Mauna Mana&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103651\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-25-at-3.29.42-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0had an amazing time with Kimura-san this morning. \u00a0waves good, weather good, and surfing great! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103648\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-25-at-3.31.14-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0i was practically on Kimura-san&#8217;s back! \u00a0haha. \u00a0i just love riding behind yelling &#8220;go, go, go!!!&#8221; \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103652\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-25-at-3.32.24-PM-663x370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"370\" \/>\u00a0super good surfer with super good surfboard. \u00a0want to say hello to Toru-san from JAPPS Surf Shop in Sendai! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103657\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-25-at-3.33.55-PM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>\u00a0thank you Kimura-san for the amazing session. \u00a0so fun short boarding with you!!!\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103649\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18e3185c0310d5693eb75a69fb3422d5-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0i watched some of the contest in Padang Padang. \u00a0before the contest even started, i knew Benji Brand was going to do good! \u00a0but what i didn&#8217;t know is that he would win every single heat he surfed.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103650\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/712a8aaf8a68cf53973f8d6774afc6d5-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>\u00a0and that&#8217;s including the final! \u00a0congratulations Benji! \u00a0Unko is very proud of you!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103656\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7110-663x436.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"436\" \/>\u00a0it&#8217;s been one year since Mao-san won the world championship for the Molokai to Oahu race. \u00a0ever since then, she&#8217;s got a new hobby, stand up paddle board! \u00a0want to bet me that she will be world champion this year in the SUP division? \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103655\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/>\u00a0so happy to see you back in Hawaii Mao-san. \u00a0i&#8217;ll see you at the starting line in Molokai this weekend and i&#8217;ll be cheering for you the whole way back to Oahu. \u00a0have fun World Champ! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103647\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0and want to thank Mao-san&#8217;s friend Shingo-san for the snacks from Okinawa. \u00a0and also thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting &#8220;We Are One!&#8221; \u00a0hope to surf with you someday&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103653\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web1_20190723_brk_tmt01-663x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"427\" \/>\u00a0as far as the TMT protest is going, it seems like the Hawaiians will finally prevail! \u00a0i get chicken skin watching these guys put their heart and soul in protecting their land. \u00a0it&#8217;s time to give the Hawaiian&#8217;s back the power they deserve. \u00a0i&#8217;m not Hawaiian but my heart is with you guys all the way! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103654\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web1_20190723-IGE-MAUNA-KEA-663x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"442\" \/>and to see Governor Ige finally step up and go visit Mauna Kea was very touching. \u00a0he met the people, he met the movement, and he met the protectors. \u00a0now he can feel the &#8220;mana&#8221; and hopefully feel for the Hawaiian&#8217;s like the rest of Hawaii is. \u00a0it&#8217;s not time to control, it&#8217;s time to compromise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0had an amazing time with Kimura-san this morning. \u00a0waves good, weather good, and surfing great! \u00a0\u00a0i was practically on Kimura-san&#8217;s back! \u00a0haha. \u00a0i just love riding behind yelling &#8220;go, go, go!!!&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0super good surfer with super good surfboard. \u00a0want to say hello to Toru-san from JAPPS Surf Shop in Sendai! \u00a0\u00a0thank you Kimura-san for the [&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-103646","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\/103646","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=103646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}