{"id":126757,"date":"2023-05-21T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T05:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=126757"},"modified":"2023-05-21T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T05:20:09","slug":"direct-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=126757","title":{"rendered":"Direct Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126758\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-3-9.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This morning was good again. \u00a0The swell was a little tricky but if you found the right one, you will be happy. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126762\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GPTempDownload-6-8-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" 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\u00a0Some people say you can&#8217;t have everything, but I say you can! \u00a0Haha. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126760\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4822-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4822-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4822-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4822-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4822-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4822-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4822-1068x801.jpg 1068w, 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I put on my mask and started scrubbing the bottom. \u00a0The water turned dirty dark brown and I could barely see. \u00a0I was scrubbing for over an hour and I thought about sharks a lot. \u00a0Not because I&#8217;m scared, but because I know that&#8217;s where the biggest sharks are. \u00a0And if something happened, nobody would even know I&#8217;m down there.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126763\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4824-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4824-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4824-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4824-768x576.jpg 768w, 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