{"id":104469,"date":"2019-08-22T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=104469"},"modified":"2019-08-22T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T06:00:05","slug":"how-to-surf-watch-and-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=104469","title":{"rendered":"How to Surf:  Watch and Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104472\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.31.36-PM-663x446.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"446\" \/>the swell didn&#8217;t get at big as it was supposed to, but it was big enough for all the rippers to be surfing at the best spot on the South Shore, which was Bowls!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104477\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.36.34-PM-663x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"452\" \/>Greg Nakamura catches more waves than any one else out there. \u00a0always at the right spot&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104471\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.42.17-PM-663x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"411\" \/>good to see Mickey Bruneau out there. \u00a0super cool guy i&#8217;ve known since he was 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104473\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.31.59-PM-663x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"474\" \/>seen Kahea Hart do a pretty nice off the lip. \u00a0this is how you want it to look like from the back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104479\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.39.49-PM-663x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"402\" \/>longboard chicks out enjoying the long walls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104482\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.41.18-PM-663x443.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"443\" \/>Makua Rothman snapping it back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104481\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.40.50-PM-663x454.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"454\" \/>than it was Seira-chan&#8217;s turn. \u00a0it was her first experience at real Bowls and it was really hard to catch a wave with all the aggressive guys out. \u00a0but she did good!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104478\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.41.59-PM-663x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"379\" \/>if you watch how the Professionals surf Bowls, you will learn a lot. \u00a0watch where they catch the wave from, watch how the set up for their first bottom turn, and watch how they attack the sections. \u00a0it looks easy but it&#8217;s actually pretty hard&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104474\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.32.44-PM-663x371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"371\" \/>then interpret everything and repeat it. \u00a0Go-Seira-chan!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104475\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.32.55-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>i was riding behind just watching how beautiful this wave was. \u00a0it was a perfect wave at Bowls for a perfect turn.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104476\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.33.05-PM-663x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"377\" \/>i wasn&#8217;t yelling anything from behind because everything was looking super good.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104470\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.33.24-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>this is where you have to make the spit second decision on where to hit the lip. \u00a0timing is everything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104480\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-22-at-1.33.35-PM-663x449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"449\" \/>hit it now!!! \u00a0good job Seira-chan! \u00a0i know it was frustrating at times dealing with the crowd this morning. \u00a0please don&#8217;t get discouraged because i deal with that everyday. \u00a0haha. \u00a0just go out, keep calm, and Mother Nature will send waves to you. \u00a0and if that doesn&#8217;t happen, you can have all mine. \u00a0see you tomorrow morning for another aggressive session. \u00a0in the end, it will make you a stronger and better surfer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the swell didn&#8217;t get at big as it was supposed to, but it was big enough for all the rippers to be surfing at the best spot on the South Shore, which was Bowls!!! Greg Nakamura catches more waves than any one else out there. \u00a0always at the right spot&#8230; good to see Mickey Bruneau [&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-104469","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\/104469","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=104469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}