{"id":115487,"date":"2008-10-15T02:42:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori3.sakura.ne.jp\/kirbyfukunaga\/2008\/10\/15\/north-shore-grommet-contest-haleiwa-photos\/"},"modified":"2008-10-15T02:42:02","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T17:42:02","slug":"north-shore-grommet-contest-haleiwa-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=115487","title":{"rendered":"North Shore Grommet Contest @ Haleiwa Photos&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>good morning.  i can&#8217;t open my eye&#8230;  it&#8217;s stuck closed.  i have an appointment this morning so i hope they can find a way to open it.  gosh, this sucks&#8230;  hey, the waves on the north shore look good.  seen a bodyboarder get a long barrel at 5&#8242; backdoor.  gosh, i wish i could surf it right now.  only 4 guys out.  lani&#8217;s looks super good.  4-6&#8242; an pretty dam good.  town, forget it.  it&#8217;s only the first day and i want to get in the water already.  ahhhh&#8230;.  oh, i just seen another bodyboarder get barreled.  ahhhh&#8230;  i&#8217;m going to turn off the cams.  i can&#8217;t take it anymore.  have a nice day&#8230;.<br \/>\n**check out these photos from the menehune contest last sunday&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_1863.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1863.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\ni love to shoot photos of kids.  they grow up so fast so these kind of moments are priceless&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_1903.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1903.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nthis is carissa moore&#8217;s younger sister.  gosh, she&#8217;s ripping already.  i remember seeing her not too long ago and she barely could surf.  another champion?  stay tuned&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_1912.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1912.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\ni was watching the hyuga grommet contest in miyazaki the other day online and the kids in japan were ripping.  ripping so hard that it kind of blue my mind.  then i was watching the grommet contest at 6&#8242; haleiwa the other day and it blue my mind even more.  then i was thinking about something&#8230;.  i&#8217;m going to invite all the kids from japan next year for our 2nd annual grom contest we&#8217;re making in hawaii.  mix them up and watch them push each other to another level and more importantly, form friendships..  this is 10 year old kalani david throwing tail..<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_1957.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1957.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\njosh moniz is only 12.  but he surfs with so much power that he throws more spray than adults.  this is the sunny garcia of the family&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_1980.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1980.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nthat&#8217;s right, i said josh is only 12.  he caught the best wave of the contest and probably got a perfect 10 point ride.  i was tripping out on how good his surfing and style got&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_1964.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1964.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nseth moniz just turned 11 years old but got more experience in the water than your average adult.  this kid can read the ocean.  he&#8217;s the waterman of the family.  and he&#8217;s riding a minami bullet.  just like his favorite uncle.  haha&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_1993.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1993.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nand seth doesn&#8217;t hold back.  once he sets his rail on the bottom turn, he&#8217;s going for it.  and most of the time, making it.  just like this&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">**full gallery on GO-NAMINORI.COM&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>good morning. i can&#8217;t open my eye&#8230; it&#8217;s stuck closed. i have an appointment this morning so i hope they can find a way to open it. gosh, this sucks&#8230; hey, the waves on the north shore look good. seen a bodyboarder get a long barrel at 5&#8242; backdoor. gosh, i wish i could surf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-115487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-go-naminori"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115487","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=115487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}