{"id":140101,"date":"2025-10-28T13:38:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T04:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=140101"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:39:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T04:39:24","slug":"before-dawn-patrol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=140101","title":{"rendered":"Before Dawn Patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140111\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-2048x1792.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-1920x1680.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-122-480x420.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday once more. \u00a0We were surfing in the pitch dark. \u00a0You couldn&#8217;t see the wave, you could only feel it. \u00a0So yes, we surfed it by feel. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140110\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-121.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once it started to get lighted, you could see at 50%. \u00a0Abe-san taking off on a good one. \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140108\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-119-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-119-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-119-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-119-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-119-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-119-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-119-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-119.jpg 1341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The light came out and it was so easy. \u00a0So happy to see Abe-san looking and surfing so much better. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140109\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-120-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-120-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-120-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-120-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-120-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-120-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-120-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-120.jpg 1517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amazing rides for Round 1.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140106\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-117.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back out for Round 2. \u00a0Mauna-chan wanted to surf again because she felt more confident. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140107\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-118.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amazing progress. \u00a0She just popped up and surfed every wave perfectly. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140105\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-116.jpg 1779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ikuko-san riding some really nice waves over the shallow reef. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140103\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-114-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-114-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-114-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-114-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-114-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-114-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-114-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-114.jpg 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mauna-chan wanted to surf on her own and this was her very first wave on her own. \u00a0Such a brave and confident 8 year old.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140104\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-115.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After every wave we caught together, we both jumped off at the end of the wave. \u00a0So when it was her time to surf alone, she simply jumped off at the end of the wave. \u00a0She loved it! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140102\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-113-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-113-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-113-1024x897.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-113-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-113-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-113-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-113-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GPTempDownload-113.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An amazing surf session with the girls. \u00a0Keep on surfing and keep on smiling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday once more. \u00a0We were surfing in the pitch dark. \u00a0You couldn&#8217;t see the wave, you could only feel it. \u00a0So yes, we surfed it by feel. Once it started to get lighted, you could see at 50%. \u00a0Abe-san taking off on a good one. \u00a0 The light came out and it was so easy. 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