{"id":104135,"date":"2019-08-12T15:07:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T06:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=104135"},"modified":"2019-08-12T15:07:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T06:07:47","slug":"10-years-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=104135","title":{"rendered":"10 Years of Excellence&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104139\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.57.16-PM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>it was so exciting to paddle out with Matsuda-san and Kaito-kun this morning. \u00a0a perfect day with the perfect family&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104138\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.55.47-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>if you&#8217;ve been following my blog for the last 10 years, you would have seen this kid transform from a little boy to a 16 year old man! \u00a0omg, i couldn&#8217;t believe how big he got!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104136\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.56.12-PM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>bigger body, and bigger smile!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104141\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.57.37-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>we&#8217;ve been surfing together for the past 10 years and Matsuda-san was at his best today. \u00a0super calm and super confident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104137\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.55.30-PM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>and super happy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104140\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.56.33-PM-663x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"377\" \/>the joy of watching kids growing up throughout out years is a treat. \u00a0and to be able to connect in the ocean is even better.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104142\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.58.05-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>Matsuda-san wanted more and more so we went bigger and bigger. \u00a0i was so impressed with his energy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104143\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.58.42-PM-663x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"378\" \/>thank you boys for the amazing time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104146\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7762.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>then i took the Matsuda-san family to Chinatown for some dimsum lunch&#8230; \u00a0my favorite!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104147\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>the service is pretty bad in Chinatown. \u00a0the staff get mad at me even when i ask for water. \u00a0and today, the waitress bumped my plate on my lap and acted like it was my fault. \u00a0haha. \u00a0but i&#8217;m use to it and just go with the flow because it&#8217;s just a culture thing. \u00a0it was pretty funny because the Matsuda-san family couldn&#8217;t believe it. \u00a0haha. \u00a0 thank you to this lovely family for the past 10 years of amazing memories&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104148\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7766.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>then we went to a very sacred temple that has hundreds of years of history, Izumo Taisha. \u00a0 imagine if somebody wanted to build a telescope on it???? \u00a0sorry, but that&#8217;s the way i&#8217;ve bene thinking recently. \u00a0can&#8217;t help it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104150\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7803.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>then went to Kelia Moniz&#8217;s house for a baby shower! \u00a0100 beautiful family and friends there to celebrate Micah and Ashley&#8217;s baby boy that will be hatched next month! \u00a0 the Moniz Family is growing and growing. \u00a0and i&#8217;m happy and happy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104149\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-2.00.23-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>then went to pick up Arai-san for an amazing evening session. \u00a0the wind turned off shore, the waves started pumping, and we scored till sunset. \u00a0thank you everybody for another wonderful day in paradise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it was so exciting to paddle out with Matsuda-san and Kaito-kun this morning. \u00a0a perfect day with the perfect family&#8230; if you&#8217;ve been following my blog for the last 10 years, you would have seen this kid transform from a little boy to a 16 year old man! \u00a0omg, i couldn&#8217;t believe how big he [&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-104135","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\/104135","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=104135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}