{"id":110057,"date":"2020-03-13T05:18:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T20:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=110057"},"modified":"2020-03-13T05:18:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T20:18:22","slug":"dive-and-dont-say-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=110057","title":{"rendered":"Dive and don\u2019t say SHARK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110069\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3471.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>whenever somebody asks me before a surf or dive: \u00a0are there sharks??? \u00a0i think to myself &#8220;omg, you just jinxed it. \u00a0now we&#8217;re going to see one!&#8221; \u00a0so right as Benji boarded Mayuki, he asked me &#8220;uncle, are there sharks?&#8221; \u00a0OMG! \u00a0hey boy, if there is ocean, there are sharks! \u00a0got it! \u00a0so don&#8217;t ever ask me again!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110063\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.56.31-AM-663x451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"451\" \/>just as i thought, the boys came out of the water and said there were 3 really aggressive sharks. \u00a0i just laughed. \u00a0i threw Benji my camera, Kyle threw in some bait, and told him to dive down and take a photo for me. \u00a0he looked at us like we were crazy. \u00a0but no we&#8217;re not&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110064\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.56.42-AM-663x445.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"445\" \/>so Benji actually took this photo. \u00a0i&#8217;m sure he was freaking out&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110061\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.59.13-AM-663x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"434\" \/>this kid surfs some of the biggest Pipeline waves and is scared of sharks? \u00a0you got to be kidding me right?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110060\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.59.02-AM-663x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"411\" \/>Seth just laughs when it comes to sharks. \u00a0he knows it&#8217;s their world and he knows that if we just relax, it will be ok. \u00a0all those time of making this kid swim with sharks finally paid off. \u00a0haha&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110065\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.56.59-AM-663x428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"428\" \/>sharks or no sharks, we continue to dive. \u00a0Benji taking a deep one looking for dinner.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110071\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>and since the big fish we were looking for wasn&#8217;t there today, we just took home small ones just enough for dinner. \u00a0nice catch Benji!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110059\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.58.46-AM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>these fish are the hardest to spear. \u00a0they swim in all directions and are small. so lining up a good shot takes patience. \u00a0i only got one fish out of 6 tries. \u00a0frustrating!!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110066\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.57.59-AM-663x380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"380\" \/>it was Benji&#8217;s first blue water dive and he caught the most fish. \u00a0beginners luck? \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110070\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3484-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>washed up Mayuki and headed home. \u00a0such a long day&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110062\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-11.00.10-AM-663x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"424\" \/>thank you to my dive buddies. \u00a0we learn about the ocean each dive. \u00a0it&#8217;s not about a competition, it&#8217;s about connecting to the ocean and feeling like one. \u00a0someday you will be able to spear big fish like your uncles, but until then, never give up and enjoy the journey. \u00a0it&#8217;s the best feeling in the world&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>whenever somebody asks me before a surf or dive: \u00a0are there sharks??? \u00a0i think to myself &#8220;omg, you just jinxed it. \u00a0now we&#8217;re going to see one!&#8221; \u00a0so right as Benji boarded Mayuki, he asked me &#8220;uncle, are there sharks?&#8221; \u00a0OMG! \u00a0hey boy, if there is ocean, there are sharks! \u00a0got it! \u00a0so don&#8217;t ever [&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":["post-110057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirby-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110057","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=110057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}