{"id":108205,"date":"2019-12-27T05:48:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T20:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=108205"},"modified":"2019-12-27T05:48:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T20:48:46","slug":"a-year-before-christmas-eve-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=108205","title":{"rendered":"A Year Before:  Christmas Eve 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-108210\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-25-at-2.48.43-PM-663x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"466\" \/>2018: \u00a0i took this photo last years Christmas Eve. \u00a0David was walking on the beach like he does every single morning. \u00a0it seemed ordinary but it turned out to be the opposite. \u00a0David almost lost his life that day. \u00a0if it wasn&#8217;t for other local surfers watching out for him, this story wouldn&#8217;t have had a happy ending&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108206\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2349-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>2019: \u00a0this Christmas Eve was David&#8217;s one year anniversary. \u00a0i totally forgot about the date, but i guess he didn&#8217;t. \u00a0he walked around the parking lot thanking all the people that saved his life. \u00a0i just told him &#8220;happy birthday David, you&#8217;re 1 years old!&#8221; \u00a0it&#8217;s amazing how some people get a second chance of life&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-108207\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-25-at-10.38.18-AM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>i use David as an example for a lot of my students. \u00a0David is a local and surfs at Bowls everyday. \u00a0so everybody knows him and everybody watches over him. \u00a0and that&#8217;s the reason he is alive. \u00a0some surfers want to challenge themselves and surf other spots by themselves. \u00a0i always discourage that because if you do that, nobody knows you and nobody will watch over you. \u00a0and if something happens, nobody will help you. \u00a0a board can simply hit your head and you will knock out, then drown. \u00a0so unless you&#8217;re very experienced, i&#8217;d advise you to surf with a buddy at all times. \u00a0and when your buddy rides a wave, watch to see where he his and make sure he gets back out safely. \u00a0being unconscious underwater, every second counts. \u00a0the faster you get rescued, the greater chance you will survive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>anyway, Happy 1st Birthday again David!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018: \u00a0i took this photo last years Christmas Eve. \u00a0David was walking on the beach like he does every single morning. \u00a0it seemed ordinary but it turned out to be the opposite. \u00a0David almost lost his life that day. \u00a0if it wasn&#8217;t for other local surfers watching out for him, this story wouldn&#8217;t have had [&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-108205","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\/108205","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=108205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}