{"id":37766,"date":"2013-08-24T05:41:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T20:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=37766"},"modified":"2013-08-24T05:41:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T20:41:53","slug":"a-new-beginning-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=37766","title":{"rendered":"A New Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>a few days ago i met one of the most shyest kids i&#8217;ve ever met.  now, the kid isn&#8217;t shy anymore.  it amazes me how surfing can bring out the best in a person of any age.  just take a look at these photos and it will make your day!<br \/>\nwhen we were surfing, i seen 2 manta rays playing on the outside.  we paddled out and watched it swim right under us.  Masamune-kun told me &#8220;i&#8217;ve only seen manta rays at the aquarium.&#8221;  hey kid, welcome to natures free aquarium!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8422.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8422.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8422\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37769\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni let Masamune-kun use one of Kelia Moniz&#8217; surfboard.  when i told him she was the world champion, he couldn&#8217;t believe it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8357.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8357.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37767\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand i still can&#8217;t believe he caught a wave all by himself and rode it all the way in.  Kelia&#8217;s board is super narrow and thin and is built for high performance surfing so even i have a hard time paddling it.  now, Masamune-kun is the new owner of this one of a kind surfboard that thousands would die for.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8363.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8363.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8363\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37768\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwho&#8217;s shy?  not this kid!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8373.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8373.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8373\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37770\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhen i first seen this photo, i had tears of joy in my eyes.  you just have to love this kid!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8369.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8369.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8369\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37771\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nif you don&#8217;t think surfing can change a persons life for the better, think again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a few days ago i met one of the most shyest kids i&#8217;ve ever met. now, the kid isn&#8217;t shy anymore. it amazes me how surfing can bring out the best in a person of any age. just take a look at these photos and it will make your day! when we were surfing, i [&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-37766","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\/37766","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=37766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}