{"id":126389,"date":"2023-04-26T05:09:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=126389"},"modified":"2023-04-25T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T05:39:26","slug":"the-road-to-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=126389","title":{"rendered":"The Road to Greatness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126399\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_6400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_6400.jpg 640w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_6400-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Moniz kids grew up in a very competitive way. \u00a0Everything they did was a competition. \u00a0That taught them how to win, how to lose, and how to become great. \u00a03 out of 5 already became World Champions. \u00a0 So now the bloodline continues. \u00a0These kids are having their own kids so I&#8217;m excited what other kind of World Champions are on the way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126391\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4484-554x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4484-554x800.jpg 554w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4484-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4484-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4484-696x1006.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4484-291x420.jpg 291w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4484.jpg 886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Honouliwai is Kelia&#8217;s son. \u00a0He started skateboarding when he was 1 year old. \u00a0He also started riding a bicycle at 1 year old. \u00a0And of course surfing at 1 year old too. \u00a0Now he&#8217;s 2 years old and riding a dirt bike. \u00a0NO, not an electric toy one, a REAL one! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126392\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4476-528x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4476-528x800.jpg 528w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4476-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4476-768x1163.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4476-696x1054.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4476-277x420.jpg 277w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4476.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When Kelia sent me this video, I couldn&#8217;t believe it. \u00a0But shortly after, I believed it. \u00a0Honouliwai is special. \u00a0He&#8217;s talented, brave, confident, smart, and already acts like a teenager. \u00a0When Kelia was 7 years old I predicted her becoming a World Champion. \u00a0She doubled down on that. \u00a0Now I&#8217;m predicting her son to be a World Champion in whatever he pursues. \u00a0Let&#8217;s all watch it happen!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126393\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4485-576x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4485-576x800.jpg 576w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4485-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4485-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4485-696x966.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4485-303x420.jpg 303w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4485.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And with the support of family and friends, anything is possible. \u00a0Look at his Dad Joe and Grandpa Tony chasing him and telling him to slow down. \u00a0And he&#8217;s only 2 years old! \u00a0Haha. \u00a0Go-Honouliwai!<\/p>\n<p>THE ROAD TO GREATNESS&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moniz kids grew up in a very competitive way. \u00a0Everything they did was a competition. \u00a0That taught them how to win, how to lose, and how to become great. \u00a03 out of 5 already became World Champions. \u00a0 So now the bloodline continues. \u00a0These kids are having their own kids so I&#8217;m excited what [&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":[43,11,170,107,203,553,138,70,97],"class_list":{"0":"post-126389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog","7":"tag-go-naminori-2","8":"tag-hawaii","9":"tag-joshua-moniz","10":"tag-kelia-moniz","11":"tag-photography","12":"tag-roxy","13":"tag-roxy-girl","14":"tag-seth-moniz","15":"tag-surfing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126389","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=126389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126400,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126389\/revisions\/126400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}