{"id":2570,"date":"2009-11-16T03:39:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T18:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori3.sakura.ne.jp\/kirbyfukunaga\/2009\/11\/16\/olympic-gold-medal\/"},"modified":"2009-11-16T03:39:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T18:39:44","slug":"olympic-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=2570","title":{"rendered":"OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>good morning.  small waves around the island.  cloudy and windy.  going for a doggie swim, then do some computer work.  have a great day!!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2761.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nthis is Richard &#8220;Sonny&#8221; Tanabe.  sonny&#8217;s been competitive swimming and free diving in hawaii since the duke kahanamoku days.  he was on the 1956 USA olympic swimming team, which is a huge accomplishment.  i was super lucky to go on a trip to the tuumolu islands in tahiti with sonny.  we had a blast!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2496.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\ni was amazed by his bottom time, his approach to fish, and his big warm heart&#8230;.<br \/>\nduring the trip.  there was this big channel between islands that had current that looked like a river on days.  it was deep blue and infested with sharks.  everyday we seen it, we&#8217;d joke about having a swimming competition across it.   tahitians vs. hawaiians.  none of us wanted a part in it because if you miss the island, you will get swept out to sea and will need a boat to rescue you.  but being the competitor sonny was, he pushed it and it happened on the last day of our trip&#8230;.  it was a relay with team tahiti vs. team hawaii.   no fins, no masks, and no joke.  but lot&#8217;s of fun and laughs&#8230;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1010131.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nthe tahitians came to hawaii in october and sonny put together a reunion party.  i was in japan so i missed it but sonny didn&#8217;t leave me out.  he personally made this wooden plaque for all of us.  this is something i will cherish for the rest of my life&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1010133.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nsonny also gave me this USA olympic gold medal.  my first ever!!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1010134.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\non the back, it says 2008 HAWAII &#8211; TAHITI TAIRAPA PASS SWIM CHAMP.<br \/>\nthat trip, that swim, that dive, and the members on that special trip will never be forgotten&#8230;.  thanks to red sea adventures, kyle, james, sonny, tim, wendell, and all the tahitian divers for a great time!!!  maruru!!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiiswim.org\/legacy\/sonny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">*for sonny tanabe&#8217;s credentials, check out this link:  CLICK HERE FOR RICHARD &#8220;SONNY&#8221; TANABE&#8217;S LEGACY&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>good morning. small waves around the island. cloudy and windy. going for a doggie swim, then do some computer work. have a great day!!! this is Richard &#8220;Sonny&#8221; Tanabe. sonny&#8217;s been competitive swimming and free diving in hawaii since the duke kahanamoku days. he was on the 1956 USA olympic swimming team, which is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-go-naminori"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570","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=2570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}