{"id":39878,"date":"2013-11-09T16:46:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T07:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=39878"},"modified":"2013-11-09T16:46:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T07:46:34","slug":"lighthouse-means-todai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=39878","title":{"rendered":"Lighthouse means &quot;Todai&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/photo-51.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/photo-51.jpg\" alt=\"photo 5\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39882\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhad a super fun morning surfing with Yokota-san.  it&#8217;s his second vacation trip to hawaii in the past 6 months so he&#8217;s a very lucky surfer.  we surfed at bowls last time, so decided to surf somewhere different today.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1950.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1950.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1950\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39879\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ndiamond head was the best spot today.  i love surfing there but don&#8217;t love the walk down the hill.  it&#8217;s a hike\/surf session but when the waves are good, it&#8217;s all ok!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1957.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1957.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1957\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39881\" \/><\/a><br \/>\na super cool surfer that loves to surf.  Yokota-san on the TSSC FatBat.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1961.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1961.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1961\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39883\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nsurfing ala moana side is like surfing the city.  surfing diamond head is is like surfing the nature.  so close, but yet so far.  we had such a great time surfing cliffs first with 30 surfers, then we paddled to lighthouse and surfed with only 2.  lighthouse was probably the most uncrowded spot on the island today.  score!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1955.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN1955.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1955\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39880\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni see the craziest things in hawaii.  this japanese surfer guy on the left, and his girlfriend on the right.  the girlfriend jumped in the water and i could tell she was a decent surfer.  the boyfriend on the left jumped into the water and when i saw him paddle his short board, i knew he was a beginner.  the wrong size surfboard for his level.  i thought to myself &#8220;this guy won&#8217;t catch a wave.&#8221;  and sure enough, he was out trying, but no way even close to riding a wave.  i almost wanted to paddle up to him and let him try the fat bat, but Yokota-san was using it so that was not an option.  if you paddle out with too short of a board, you won&#8217;t catch waves and will have the worst surf experience in hawaii.  but if you paddle out with the right surfboard for your level, you will have a dream session.  my advise?  take a guide from somebody that can lend you the right equipment to make your hawaiian surfing experience one to remember.<br \/>\ngoing to sleep, waking up early, and going to play in the ocean all day tomorrow.  can&#8217;t wait till the morning comes!  good night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>had a super fun morning surfing with Yokota-san. it&#8217;s his second vacation trip to hawaii in the past 6 months so he&#8217;s a very lucky surfer. we surfed at bowls last time, so decided to surf somewhere different today. diamond head was the best spot today. i love surfing there but don&#8217;t love the walk [&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-39878","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\/39878","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=39878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}