{"id":141480,"date":"2026-02-18T15:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=141480"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:10:51","slug":"fresh-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=141480","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141482\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-28.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-28-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-28-1024x896.jpg 1024w, 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width=\"1707\" height=\"1494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-30.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-30-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-30-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-30-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-30-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-30-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-30-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-30-480x420.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a 15 year break, it must feel pretty dam good to surf again. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141481\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1167\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-27.jpg 1167w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-27-700x800.jpg 700w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-27-896x1024.jpg 896w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-27-768x877.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-27-696x795.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-27-1068x1220.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-27-368x420.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1167px) 100vw, 1167px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were turtles swimming around everywhere.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141483\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1548\" height=\"1355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29-1068x935.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-29-480x420.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1548px) 100vw, 1548px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Isobe-san has been surfing for a long time. \u00a0Really good balance and really strong at paddling. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141486\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1678\" height=\"1468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-32.jpg 1678w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-32-800x700.jpg 800w, 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src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-31.jpg 1560w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-31-800x700.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-31-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-31-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-31-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-31-696x609.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GPTempDownload-31-1068x935.jpg 1068w, 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cool. \u00a0And because they are surfers, it makes them even cooler. \u00a0Keep on surfing boys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kinoshita-san is a surfer but hasn&#8217;t surfed in 15 years. \u00a0From his first wave, it seemed like he didn&#8217;t forget a thing. \u00a0Perfect style and smiling the whole way! After a 15 year break, it must feel pretty dam good to surf again. \u00a0 There were turtles swimming around everywhere. Isobe-san has been surfing for [&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-141480","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\/141480","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=141480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141489,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141480\/revisions\/141489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}