{"id":40417,"date":"2013-11-27T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T04:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=40417"},"modified":"2013-11-27T13:29:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T04:29:07","slug":"moniz-brothers-shine-at-triple-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=40417","title":{"rendered":"Moniz Brothers Shine at Triple Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.32.48-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.32.48-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-11-27 at 5.32.48 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40416\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni arrive in honolulu, i check to see if the contest is on.  why?  because my 3 nephews are in the prestigious triple crown of surfing.  then there it is on the internet streaming live, Josh Moniz getting ready for his first round heat.  perfect timing!!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.33.26-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.33.26-AM-640x372.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-11-27 at 5.33.26 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40421\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthis kid goes out and has a super hard heat. yeah, 6X triple crown champion and 1X world champion Sunny Garcia in the same heat.  but no, Josh isn&#8217;t intimidated by the champion as he beats Sunny and advances to the next round.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.33.31-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.33.31-AM-640x376.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-11-27 at 5.33.31 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40418\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthey were calling this a major upset but i don&#8217;t think so.  Josh is surfing like a champion and i&#8217;m sure he will beat a lot more champions.  speed turn!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-6.11.58-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-6.11.58-AM-640x360.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-11-27 at 6.11.58 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40410\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen little brother Seth Moniz in the next heat.  seth surfing against top world professional surfers but no nerves for him too.  he wins his heat easily and advances to round 2.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.45.39-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.45.39-AM-640x356.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-11-27 at 5.45.39 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40419\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nsee the right arm in the water?  Seth stalling and slowing down so he can get position in a huge barrel to come.  perfect technique!  i was so stoked to see him standing tall in a huge barrel at sunset beach.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-6.12.01-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-6.12.01-AM-640x379.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-11-27 at 6.12.01 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40411\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n1st place Seth Moniz now in the international media making his mark here in his first triple crown ever.  16 years old and taking down world tour competitors.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-6.12.45-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-6.12.45-AM-640x350.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-11-27 at 6.12.45 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40413\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand yes, this kid in the winners circle and better get use to having interviews.  so proud of these kids.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.32.34-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Screen-shot-2013-11-27-at-5.32.34-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-11-27 at 5.32.34 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40415\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand yes, proud parents Tony and Tammy Moniz always on the beach supporting the kids.  i bet Tammy is happy?  look at her smile.  haha.<br \/>\ncontest might continue tomorrow but if not, a huge swell for friday.  i&#8217;m so happy to be back in hawaii getting back to my normal life.  can&#8217;t wait till tomorrow comes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i arrive in honolulu, i check to see if the contest is on. why? because my 3 nephews are in the prestigious triple crown of surfing. then there it is on the internet streaming live, Josh Moniz getting ready for his first round heat. perfect timing!!! this kid goes out and has a super hard [&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-40417","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\/40417","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=40417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}