{"id":130282,"date":"2024-01-04T13:04:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T04:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=130282"},"modified":"2024-01-04T13:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T04:04:50","slug":"mid-length-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=130282","title":{"rendered":"Mid-length Hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130296\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-43-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 3 of 2024 and another early morning Boot Camp with the boys. \u00a0Ryu-san is getting a lot better!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130285\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-32-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After surfing crowded Tracks last week, this surfer has changed. \u00a0I was explaining to him about being more aggressive in the water. \u00a0Trying to be more of a hunter instead of being the hunted. \u00a0Ever since then, he&#8217;s averaging 30 waves per session. \u00a0The hunt is on!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130288\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-35-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Konosuke-kun wanted to shortboard so I brought a mid-length board. \u00a0I thought it would be very difficult for him because it&#8217;s a big transition from a 11&#8217;0 longboard he&#8217;s been riding. \u00a0The first few waves, he was having a hard time. \u00a0BUT, the youth always love the challenge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130289\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-36-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His first 5 wave, he fell and I got his board in my face 5 times. \u00a0Abunai!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130287\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-34-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ryu-san surfing very calm as Konosuke-kun in the back still struggling. \u00a0Haha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130291\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-38-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then once this kid figured it out, he stood up on every single wave after. \u00a0Amazing!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130284\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-31-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now Konosuke-kun is going to be more addicted to surfing. \u00a0And he&#8217;ll probably never go back to the longboard. \u00a0Haha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130290\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-37-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The competitiveness runs in the family. \u00a0Papa Ryu-san tried it out and stood up on his very first wave. \u00a0Very impressive!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130286\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GPTempDownload-33-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This guy caught 30 waves this morning and 40 waves this afternoon. \u00a0The newborn HUNTER! \u00a0More photos of today coming tomorrow. \u00a0Goodnight for now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 of 2024 and another early morning Boot Camp with the boys. \u00a0Ryu-san is getting a lot better! After surfing crowded Tracks last week, this surfer has changed. \u00a0I was explaining to him about being more aggressive in the water. \u00a0Trying to be more of a hunter instead of being the hunted. \u00a0Ever since [&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-130282","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\/130282","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=130282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130297,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130282\/revisions\/130297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}