{"id":140407,"date":"2025-11-24T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=140407"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:51:10","slug":"40-years-of-muscle-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=140407","title":{"rendered":"40 Years of Muscle Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140415\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55-1068x934.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-55.jpg 1759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had so much fun surfing with this father and son. \u00a0Surely a day to remember forever. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140413\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-1920x1680.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-54.jpg 2041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Masuziro-san hasn&#8217;t surfed for 40 years. \u00a0Once a local surfer from a secret river mouth in Shikoku. \u00a0I&#8217;ve surfed that river mouth before and it&#8217;s one of the heaviest localized spot in the world. \u00a0If you&#8217;re a visitor, you have to ask permission to surf there. \u00a0Sometimes they will let you, but most of the times they won&#8217;t. \u00a0Masuziro-san hasn&#8217;t surfed in 40 years so it was a pleasure to take him out for a session. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140411\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13-800x700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13-800x700.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13-696x609.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13-1068x935.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13-480x420.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-13.jpeg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a proven fact that muscle memory lasts forever. \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t surfed for 40 years and can just pop up and surf like this, your muscles didn&#8217;t forget how fun this sport was. \u00a0I was riding on the side and I could see and hear the joy of this legend surfer! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140410\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12-800x700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12-800x700.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12-696x609.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12-1068x934.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12-480x420.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-12.jpeg 1822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>67 years old and reborn! \u00a0I&#8217;m sure Masuziro-san can surf for a very long time more. \u00a0Perfect form and perfect style!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140414\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-800x700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-800x700.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-696x609.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-1068x934.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-480x420.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15.jpeg 1878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If it wasn&#8217;t for his son Taisei-san, this day wouldn&#8217;t have happened. \u00a0Taisei-san wanted to surf so he brought along his father. \u00a0This was his first time surfing and it&#8217;s crazy to think this kid wasn&#8217;t even born when his father was getting barreled at the secret river mouth. \u00a0It&#8217;s great surfers DNA. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140409\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-53-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-53-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-53-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-53-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-53-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-53-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-53-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-53.jpg 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taisei-san yelling and screaming of joy the whole way. \u00a0He was so happy and told me that he&#8217;s going back to Japan and start surfing. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140412\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-800x700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-800x700.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-1536x1345.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-2048x1793.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-696x609.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-1068x935.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-1920x1681.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-480x420.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Masuziro-san proved that it&#8217;s never too late to surf, and surf again. \u00a0I was so inspired by him! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140408\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52-800x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GPTempDownload-52.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another wonderful day for everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had so much fun surfing with this father and son. \u00a0Surely a day to remember forever. Masuziro-san hasn&#8217;t surfed for 40 years. \u00a0Once a local surfer from a secret river mouth in Shikoku. \u00a0I&#8217;ve surfed that river mouth before and it&#8217;s one of the heaviest localized spot in the world. \u00a0If you&#8217;re a visitor, [&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-140407","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\/140407","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=140407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140416,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140407\/revisions\/140416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}