{"id":128604,"date":"2023-09-11T13:56:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T04:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=128604"},"modified":"2023-09-10T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T05:29:32","slug":"128604","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=128604","title":{"rendered":"Appreciation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128607\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_03-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_03-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_03-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_03-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After 4 weeks of not standing up, it felt so good to surf again. Standing up for the first time the other day felt the same when I caught my first wave at 7 years old. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128608\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_14-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_14-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_14-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_14-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_14.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s crazy how you can be injured but still surf. \u00a0I limp at home and on the beach, but once I&#8217;m in the ocean, the pain is totally gone. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128609\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_10-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_10-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_10-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_10-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230905_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If I were to choose just one surfboard out of my 80 board collection, this would be it. \u00a0This one is definitely going to Indonesia with me. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128596\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_04-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_04-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_04-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_04-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It seems pretty far away from the camera, but it&#8217;s actually very close. \u00a0Neal&#8217;s shooting with a fisheye lens so the closer you get, the better the photo will be. \u00a0The only thing is it&#8217;s very dangerous so you kind of have to trust each other. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128598\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_21-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_21-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_21-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_21-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/230906_21.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been surfing my entire life but having the most fun right now. \u00a0Crazy how life only gets better with age. \u00a0More appreciation, more simple, and more flow. \u00a0This is my happy place&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you again Neal Miyake for putting yourself in very uncomfortable positions. \u00a0You&#8217;re the man!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 4 weeks of not standing up, it felt so good to surf again. Standing up for the first time the other day felt the same when I caught my first wave at 7 years old. \u00a0 It&#8217;s crazy how you can be injured but still surf. \u00a0I limp at home and on the beach, [&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":{"0":"post-128604","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\/128604","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=128604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128614,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128604\/revisions\/128614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}