{"id":140302,"date":"2025-11-15T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=140302"},"modified":"2025-11-15T14:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:00:36","slug":"the-ultimate-dream-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=140302","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Dream Session…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s pretty crazy how things flow when we travel. \u00a0For this trip, we planned to take the slow life in Japan. \u00a0Things started off slow until the Typhoon swell started to show and my friends started calling me. \u00a0If you ever traveled with me, plans change by the minute. \u00a0And everything is decided by the ocean. \u00a0I had zero expectations on surfing, but as a surfer, if there is opportunity, we take it. \u00a0Cold water, freezing cold winds, no surfboards, no wetsuits, no towels, and no wax. \u00a0Thank goodness for friends as they can make it happen. \u00a0So we arrive to the secret spot, the waves are perfect, nobody out, and \u00a0hard to get motivated to jump into the freezing cold temperatures. \u00a0Then I see my brother and Tony dig a hole, gather firewood, and light the perfect fireplace. \u00a0Things started to get warm really fast.\"\"<\/p>\n

I never go on a trip without surf trunks. \u00a0It’s always been mandatory. \u00a0Toda-san and Takami-san provided us with the rest. \u00a0Surfing in the cold is a mental game. \u00a0You have to really want it, and you have to really be a little crazy too. \u00a0Haha. \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

Walking down the beach, I couldn’t feel my hands, feet, face, and ears. \u00a0I also couldn’t talk because it was so cold. \u00a0I was shivering until I touched the water with my feet. \u00a0Then I looked out and saw one of the most perfect waves a surfer will ever see. \u00a0The adrenaline kicks in, the heart beats faster, and once I’m in the ocean, I’m wide awake. \u00a0I live my life for times like this. \u00a0And this time turned out to be one of the most memorable surf sessions in my life. \u00a0Surfing side by side with the surfer who taught me how to surf big waves, and taught me how to adapt to any kind of conditions. \u00a0Tony Moniz taught me it all. \u00a0Just the two of us in our surf trunks, on borrowed surfboards, taking turns on waves, and embracing the moment. \u00a0My sister, brother, and friends on the beach watching, it was a surfers ultimate dream session. \u00a0Nobody expected this, and that’s what made it even better…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s pretty crazy how things flow when we travel. \u00a0For this trip, we planned to take the slow life in Japan. \u00a0Things started off slow until the Typhoon swell started to show and my friends started calling me. \u00a0If you ever traveled with me, plans change by the minute. \u00a0And everything is decided by the […]<\/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":["post-140302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirbyblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140302","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=140302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140306,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140302\/revisions\/140306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}