{"id":118368,"date":"2021-05-28T10:57:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T01:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=118368"},"modified":"2021-05-28T10:57:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T01:57:41","slug":"minami-cup-japanese-surf-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=118368","title":{"rendered":"Minami Cup:  Japanese Surf Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118371\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060702_23198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060702_23198.jpg 639w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060702_23198-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060702_23198-590x420.jpg 590w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060702_23198-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this is the coolest photo ever! \u00a0back in 1994, it was Bol&#8217;s first trip to Japan. \u00a0he surfed the Minami Cup and Tokura-san, Ganti, and i were coaching him from the beach. \u00a0he got 1st place against stiff competition from Hawaii&#8217;s Nainoa Surrat and Jason Shibata. \u00a0that was a great memory! \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118373\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060917_101730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060917_101730.jpg 470w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060917_101730-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060917_101730-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060917_101730-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i really miss Japan surf culture. \u00a0we would drive all around Japan to shop contests. \u00a0it was fun watching everybody enjoying it. \u00a0 this was the Rise and Shine Users Cup in Chigasaki.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118374\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102381.jpg 400w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102381-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102381-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102381-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then the happy party followed. \u00a0i remember walking around with 2 big beers in my hand filling up everyone&#8217;s glass for a cheers. \u00a0i would do that all night until we ran out of beer. \u00a0then we would go the the store and get more, and do the same thing all night long. \u00a0and that was almost every weekend. \u00a0and yes, that was my job. \u00a0lucky me huh? \u00a0haha. \u00a0that was Japanese surf culture and i enjoyed it all! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118372\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102382.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102382.jpg 400w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102382-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102382-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20060918_102382-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>by the end of the night, everything was a blur. \u00a0i don&#8217;t remember most of it but it didn&#8217;t matter. \u00a0all us surfers knew how to have a good time and we surely did that&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118370\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image4.jpeg 959w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image4-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image4-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image4-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image4-696x929.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image4-315x420.jpeg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>super happy to see Nao-san living the happy Shonan life. \u00a0i hope someday she can enjoy one of those big surf parties! \u00a0and if i&#8217;m there she better hide because i&#8217;m coming with those 2 big bottles of beer. \u00a0haha&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>this is the coolest photo ever! \u00a0back in 1994, it was Bol&#8217;s first trip to Japan. \u00a0he surfed the Minami Cup and Tokura-san, Ganti, and i were coaching him from the beach. \u00a0he got 1st place against stiff competition from Hawaii&#8217;s Nainoa Surrat and Jason Shibata. \u00a0that was a great memory! \u00a0\u00a0 i really miss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-118368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118368","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=118368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118375,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118368\/revisions\/118375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}