{"id":144389,"date":"2026-09-19T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=144389"},"modified":"2026-09-19T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:45:00","slug":"staying-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=144389","title":{"rendered":"STAYING ALIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144390\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-134-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Round 1: \u00a0The Aloha Friday sunrise. \u00a0A new swell and a calm day.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144391\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1467\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-135.jpg 1467w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-135-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-135-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-135-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-135-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-135-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-135-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1467px) 100vw, 1467px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boot Camp Day 4 with Imai-san. \u00a0He&#8217;s gotten so much better!!! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144392\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1548\" height=\"871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-136-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1548px) 100vw, 1548px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Surfing will always get better if you keep calm. \u00a0This is perfect calm! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144393\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1413\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-137.jpg 1413w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-137-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-137-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-137-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-137-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-137-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-137-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1413px) 100vw, 1413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mighty Mouse charging the sets this morning. \u00a0The waves were coming up throughout the day.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144394\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1448\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-138.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-138-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-138-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-138-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-138-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-138-1068x600.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-138-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lucky to surf in Hawaii. \u00a0It&#8217;s the best! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144395\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1861\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139.jpg 1861w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139-1068x600.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-139-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1861px) 100vw, 1861px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Round 2: \u00a0A big wave afternoon with the coolest couple! \u00a0I told them the waves were small BUT it was BIG! \u00a0I didn&#8217;t want them to be nervous. \u00a0Haha.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144397\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1325\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-140.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-140-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-140-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-140-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-140-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-140-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-140-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1325px) 100vw, 1325px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Masa-san had so much energy. \u00a0He rode some really nice sets and was super stoked!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144398\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-23.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-23.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-23-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-23-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-23-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-23-696x392.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-23-1068x601.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-23-747x420.jpeg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cool surfer with lots of surfing experience. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144399\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1406\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-141.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-141-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-141-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-141-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-141-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-141-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GPTempDownload-141-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1406px) 100vw, 1406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Haru-san was very brave. \u00a0She caught the biggest and longest waves of her life. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144400\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-24.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1394\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-24.jpeg 1394w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-24-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-24-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-24-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-24-696x391.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-24-1068x601.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-24-747x420.jpeg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1394px) 100vw, 1394px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perfect take off and drop. \u00a0It got bigger and bigger this afternoon. \u00a0Keyword was &#8220;STAYING ALIVE!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bigger waves this weekend as another swell approaches. \u00a0Then more swell next week. \u00a0The best summer ever continues though September&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Round 1: \u00a0The Aloha Friday sunrise. \u00a0A new swell and a calm day. Boot Camp Day 4 with Imai-san. \u00a0He&#8217;s gotten so much better!!! \u00a0 Surfing will always get better if you keep calm. \u00a0This is perfect calm! \u00a0 Mighty Mouse charging the sets this morning. \u00a0The waves were coming up throughout the day. Lucky [&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":["post-144389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirbyblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144389","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=144389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144402,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144389\/revisions\/144402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}