{"id":1289,"date":"2009-01-23T16:06:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T07:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori3.sakura.ne.jp\/kirbyfukunaga\/2009\/01\/23\/my-okinawa-friends\/"},"modified":"2009-01-23T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T07:06:22","slug":"my-okinawa-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=1289","title":{"rendered":"My Okinawa Friends&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>good evening.  big waves still rolling into the north shore.  i heard that sunset was the spot.  i took a break from surfing today and stayed in town.  got a few things to do this week but after it&#8217;s all done, i&#8217;m moving back out to the north shore again.  town and country?  surf, eat good food, and have fun with my friends around the world.  i love this life.  oh, wanted to say hello to garut. sorry bro, i&#8217;ve been busy.  we&#8217;re having a barbecue on saturday so see you there.  kamu chinta saya????  haha&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/20090123105042.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20090123105042.jpeg\" width=\"315\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nteam okinawa is finally here!!  kazuma(9) and shoki(13) jumped in to get wet at kewalo&#8217;s.  it was head high for them and perfect.  only 2 other guys were out.  i got kazuma&#8217;s first ever wave ridden in hawaii on video.  youtube coming soon&#8230;.  wanted to welcome kazubo-san, takahashi-san, mago-san, kimura-san, kazuma, and shoki to hawaii.  the waves are going to be good all week long&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/20090123105319.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20090123105319.jpeg\" width=\"315\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nwhen i see parents and their friends sitting on the beach cheering on their kids, it makes me happy.  it&#8217;s something i didn&#8217;t have while i was a kid so seeing this is kind of touchy for me.  i hope these kids appreciate all the love and support their getting.  and if they don&#8217;t, uncle kirby will kick their asses&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/20090123105539.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20090123105539.jpeg\" width=\"315\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\ni remember the first time i crawled out of the water at kewalo&#8217;s.  it was freakin scary.  vana, crabs, eels, and rusted fish hooks all in those rocks.  abunai&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/20090123105657.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20090123105657.jpeg\" width=\"315\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nand one last thing.  i want to thank calvin maeda and steinlager pure for the love and support.  these beers will be in good hands&#8230;  more on this oishi beer coming soon.  but for right now, i&#8217;m going to drink one&#8230; or two&#8230; kampai[:?????????:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>good evening. big waves still rolling into the north shore. i heard that sunset was the spot. i took a break from surfing today and stayed in town. got a few things to do this week but after it&#8217;s all done, i&#8217;m moving back out to the north shore again. town and country? surf, eat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-go-naminori"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289","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=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}