{"id":119993,"date":"2021-09-03T05:13:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T20:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=119993"},"modified":"2021-09-02T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T06:28:57","slug":"ben-aipa-and-triangles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=119993","title":{"rendered":"Ben Aipa and Triangles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92734\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_6575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>when Ben Aipa use to coach me 33 years ago, he use to sit right here on top of Diamond Head Cliffs. \u00a0he taught me about the lineup, the current, the winds, the waves, and the swell direction. \u00a0he basically made me master the lineup because we had many contests there. \u00a0i had to run up and down the cliff multiple times a day. \u00a0when i did something he didn&#8217;t like, he would whistle to me, then i would have to come back in, climb up the trail, and he would tell me what i did wrong. \u00a0then i would have to go back down and do it all over again. \u00a0that trained me to surf Cliffs physically and mentally. \u00a0and now i love to pass that knowledge on to my students. \u00a0so they&#8217;re getting some Ben Aipa coaching techniques. \u00a0maybe i should make them run up and down the hill too. \u00a0that taught me how to listen really good. \u00a0haha&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92733\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_6578.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>you have a gorgeous view from the top. \u00a0look to the right and you can see the island of Molokai. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92732\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_6573-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ben use to teach me the secret about triangles. \u00a0do you know what it means? \u00a0probably not but if you did, it would make you a much better surfer at every surf spot around the world. \u00a0sorry, that secret is just for my students&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92735\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_6660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then after sweating on the top of the hill, i go down and cool off in the beautiful ocean. \u00a0then ride a couple waves to fulfill my day. \u00a0can&#8217;t beat that feeling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>when Ben Aipa use to coach me 33 years ago, he use to sit right here on top of Diamond Head Cliffs. \u00a0he taught me about the lineup, the current, the winds, the waves, and the swell direction. \u00a0he basically made me master the lineup because we had many contests there. \u00a0i had to run [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirbyblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119993","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=119993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119994,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119993\/revisions\/119994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}