{"id":109418,"date":"2020-02-17T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T04:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=109418"},"modified":"2020-02-17T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T04:24:54","slug":"youth-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=109418","title":{"rendered":"Youth Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109423\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-17-at-10.16.51-AM-663x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"375\" \/>Boot Camp day 2 for Tanaka-san. \u00a0every time we surf, i can see so much more confidence and so much more happiness. \u00a0it&#8217;s unbelievable that she only surfs when she comes to Hawaii. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109421\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-17-at-10.13.40-AM-663x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"377\" \/>and today was a special day. \u00a0Seira-chan was out so i introduced them. \u00a0it&#8217;s funny that Seira-chan had no idea who Tanaka-san was, but since Tanaka-san translates my blogs, she knew Seira-chan very well. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109425\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-17-at-10.17.56-AM-663x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"376\" \/>we were watching Seira-chan surf so good. \u00a0i think that gave Tanaka-san some inspiration because when the next big set came, she wanted it! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109420\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-17-at-10.12.37-AM-663x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"375\" \/>i yelled &#8220;GO&#8221; and this wave was BIG! \u00a0this is what you call commitment! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109419\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-17-at-10.14.57-AM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>perfectly ridden and perfectly calm. \u00a0i was so stoked to see Tanaka-san doing so good! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109422\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-17-at-10.15.15-AM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>Seira-chan told me she caught over 30 waves this morning. \u00a0so stoked to see her enjoying Hawaii to the fullest!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109424\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-17-at-10.17.30-AM-663x459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"459\" \/>the waves were big so i taught Tanaka-san how to go under the sets. \u00a0throw the board, dive under, and enjoy the ride. \u00a0haha&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109426\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2857.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>both these girls were happy to meet each other. \u00a0both can inspire each other in their own way. \u00a0then grow into great surfers and great people!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109427\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-17-at-10.23.40-AM-663x380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"380\" \/>then\u00a0went to eat lunch with the whole Tanaka-san family. \u00a0we always have a great time! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109428\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>thank you Chiyoko-san and the Tanaka-san family for the goodies! \u00a0since i can&#8217;t go to Japan for a while, i&#8217;ll enjoy Japan right here in Hawaii!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boot Camp day 2 for Tanaka-san. \u00a0every time we surf, i can see so much more confidence and so much more happiness. \u00a0it&#8217;s unbelievable that she only surfs when she comes to Hawaii. \u00a0and today was a special day. \u00a0Seira-chan was out so i introduced them. \u00a0it&#8217;s funny that Seira-chan had no idea who Tanaka-san [&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-109418","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\/109418","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=109418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}