{"id":124039,"date":"2022-12-02T05:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=124039"},"modified":"2022-12-01T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T03:27:13","slug":"the-2022-2023-eddie-aikau-big-wave-invitees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=124039","title":{"rendered":"The 2022-2023 Eddie Aikau Big Wave INVITEES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124044\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eddie-22-23-POSTER-396w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eddie-22-23-POSTER-396w.jpg 400w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eddie-22-23-POSTER-396w-309x500.jpg 309w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eddie-22-23-POSTER-396w-259x420.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>EDDIE WOULD GO! \u00a0And JOSH MONIZ WOULD GO! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124043\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-12.31.15-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1418\" height=\"1352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-12.31.15-AM.png 1418w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-12.31.15-AM-524x500.png 524w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-12.31.15-AM-1024x976.png 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-29-at-12.31.15-AM-768x732.png 768w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124040\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-4-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Getting back to yesterday. \u00a0Once in a while, we will get a surprise swell in town during the winter. \u00a0The surf reports really can&#8217;t report it because it&#8217;s very unpredictable. \u00a0You just have to show up and hope the ocean wants you to ride her. \u00a0I happily rode her till the end&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124041\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GPTempDownload-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2208\" height=\"1242\" 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