{"id":24269,"date":"2012-09-29T04:51:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T19:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=24269"},"modified":"2012-09-29T04:51:21","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T19:51:21","slug":"from-okinawa-to-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=24269","title":{"rendered":"From Japan to Niihau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=24270\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24270\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-137.jpg\" alt=\"photo 1\" title=\"photo 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24270\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nstaying at the club house fronting sunabe main point is the best.  you wake up and get the best view ever.  waves or no waves, it&#8217;s refreshing to see the blue ocean.  the trees grew tall so the boys started cutting it down before the swell arrived.  here is shinpei deep inside getting dirty to make a clear view from room to surf.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=24271\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24271\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-228.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2\" title=\"photo 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-24271\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nsatoru-san is one of okinawa&#8217;s big local surfers.  i met him in g-land about 18 years ago and have been friends ever since.  when ever the waves get good, i sit on the side of satoru-san in the lineup and wait for him to say &#8220;GO-KIRBY!&#8221;  and once he says that, i go and nobody else even dares to paddle.  that&#8217;s what you called respect!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=24272\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-323.jpg\" alt=\"photo 3\" title=\"photo 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-24272\" \/><\/a><br \/>\njust another sunset time at the sunabe wall with friends.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=24273\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-419.jpg\" alt=\"photo 4\" title=\"photo 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-24273\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni woke up on the airplane, looked outside, and seen the first of our islands, niihau.  this is one island i really want to visit.  only a few lucky people are allowed there.  i&#8217;m sure the water must be filled with wildlife!  but on the way back to hawaii, once i see niihau, i know i&#8217;m only a few minutes away from my home sweet home.  and boy does it feel so good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=24274\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nakamoto.jpg\" alt=\"nakamoto\" title=\"nakamoto\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-24274\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhen i surfed with nakamoto-san, all he kept on saying was &#8220;kimochi.&#8221;  that means &#8220;feels so good.&#8221;  yes, riding a long wave in the clean blue water is &#8220;kimochi.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=24275\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Fujiki.jpg\" alt=\"Fujiki\" title=\"Fujiki\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-24275\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfujiki-san surfed better and better each wave he caught.  i&#8217;m sure when he got back to japan and rode his magic boards, he got even better and better.<br \/>\nwell, gotta run off to work in the ocean.  hope you&#8217;re getting waves where ever you are because in about 15 minutes, i&#8217;ll be riding a wave with a big smile on my face.  south swell all week long!  i love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>staying at the club house fronting sunabe main point is the best. you wake up and get the best view ever. waves or no waves, it&#8217;s refreshing to see the blue ocean. the trees grew tall so the boys started cutting it down before the swell arrived. here is shinpei deep inside getting dirty to [&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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24269","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=24269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}