{"id":29547,"date":"2013-02-20T13:52:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T04:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=29547"},"modified":"2013-02-20T13:52:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T04:52:20","slug":"makapuu-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=29547","title":{"rendered":"Makapuu Challenge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=29548\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29548\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo-310.jpg\" alt=\"photo 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29548\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni was at makapuu the other day and was looking at the ocean.  it was one of the most challenging conditions i&#8217;ve ever seen.  don&#8217;t let the beautiful sun fool you.  super strong 40mph winds onshore with 8-10&#8242; open ocean swell.  the time i paddled it, it was probably 7 of 10 for dangerous.  this day, it was 10 of 10.  as i was watching it, i wish i had my paddle board.  these are the kind of days that you might make it to waikiki, or you might die at sea.  i was actually getting excited thinking about it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=29549\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29549\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo-53.jpg\" alt=\"photo 5\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-29549\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthis is the paddle around 1 of 3 dangerous corners.  paddling around there at pitch dark was pretty crazy.  i will never forget all the seabirds flying around me.  i was at a place i love to be.  pure nature!  hey mike, i might be calling you up for a ride because i think i&#8217;m ready for another challenge.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=29550\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/\u5199\u771f-2-e1361335345352-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\u5199\u771f 2\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-29550\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nif i don&#8217;t paddle, i&#8217;ll probably go diving. but the conditions are very very dangerous for diving.  high risk, high return.  i&#8217;ve dove in these conditions before and it&#8217;s pretty crazy.  i&#8217;m craving for red fish so i might sneak out for an afternoon dive session!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=29552\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo-131-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"photo 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-29552\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhere are a few photos Yuki-san took.  this was the awesome day at haleiwa.  fun big surf!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=29553\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo-141-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"photo 14\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-29553\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nof course i&#8217;m a happy guy after i come in from getting barreled.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=29551\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN0190.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0190\" 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-29551\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYuki-san also took this photo when i was towing her in from ala moana.  i paddle up front, then use my feet to tow people in.  you&#8217;re pulling double the weight so this is my natural gym.  my paddling right now hasn&#8217;t been stronger in my whole life.  i feel like i can paddle to japan.  haha.<br \/>\nanyway, the windy days continue.  surf safe and watch out for the falling trees!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i was at makapuu the other day and was looking at the ocean. it was one of the most challenging conditions i&#8217;ve ever seen. don&#8217;t let the beautiful sun fool you. super strong 40mph winds onshore with 8-10&#8242; open ocean swell. the time i paddled it, it was probably 7 of 10 for dangerous. this [&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-29547","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\/29547","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=29547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}