{"id":19327,"date":"2012-06-27T05:37:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T20:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=19327"},"modified":"2012-06-27T05:37:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T20:37:50","slug":"matt-meolas-crazy-air-macaronis-mentawai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=19327","title":{"rendered":"Matt Meola&#039;s Crazy AIR @ Macaroni&#039;s, Mentawai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i will never forget the amazing surfing that went down at macaroni&#8217;s on our last trip.  the young top kids from around the world doing some innovative maneuvers that don&#8217;t even have names for.  there is this one kid that stood out.  Matt Meola is 22 years old from maui.  not even guys like kelly slater, clay marzo, john florence, or anybody comes close to this kids air talent.  last year, he won a $100,000 check for Taylor Steel&#8217;s first innersection.  if this guy goes on tour, he would be getting 10 point rides with one maneuver.  i wasn&#8217;t going to shoot the guys out at macaroni&#8217;s because they weren&#8217;t with me.  but because i&#8217;m from america and i&#8217;m proud to live in a free country!  i can do anything i want. haha.  check out this sequence of a trick that&#8217;s probably not even named yet.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19328\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7473-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7473 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19328\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nget ready for the take off!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19329\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19329\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7474-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7474 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19329\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ncontrol and confidence.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19330\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19330\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7475-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7475 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19330\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhold on.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19331\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7476-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7476 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19331\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ntorque the body.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19332\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19332\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7477-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7477 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19332\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ntorque it more.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19333\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7478-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7478 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhere am i?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19334\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19334\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7479-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7479 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19334\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nam i really going to make it?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19335\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19335\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7480-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7480 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19335\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOMG!  crash landing!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19336\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19336\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7481-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7481 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19336\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI did it!!!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=19337\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19337\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7482-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7482 copy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-19337\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nnow get ready for the next one!<br \/>\n*check out this kids amazing surfing!  he&#8217;s definitely the kid to beat!<br \/>\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2VOK7PW0pQ[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i will never forget the amazing surfing that went down at macaroni&#8217;s on our last trip. the young top kids from around the world doing some innovative maneuvers that don&#8217;t even have names for. there is this one kid that stood out. Matt Meola is 22 years old from maui. not even guys like kelly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[744,745,746,407],"class_list":{"0":"post-19327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs","7":"tag-macaronis","8":"tag-matt-meola","9":"tag-maui","10":"tag-mentawai"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19327","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=19327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}