{"id":407,"date":"2008-03-03T19:48:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T10:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori3.sakura.ne.jp\/kirbyfukunaga\/2008\/03\/03\/my-longest-barrel\/"},"modified":"2008-03-03T19:48:16","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T10:48:16","slug":"my-longest-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"My Longest Barrel&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>good evening, i feel like i&#8217;ve been saying this for the past month but &#8220;shit, the waves were going off today!!!&#8221;  perfect surf and weather with no crowds&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/20080303162605.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20080303162605.jpg\" width=\"315\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nonce again, i pulled up to off the wall and as i was walking through the path to the beach, i seen this perfect 4&#8242; wave peel across and spit.  and get this?  not one guy out&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/20080303162820.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20080303162820.jpg\" width=\"315\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nthen i look right and saw this perfect wave peeling at pipe\/backdoor.   like always, i don&#8217;t check it for more than a minute before i&#8217;m running back to my car to grab my board.  paddled out and scored&#8230;.  i caught a set at backdoor, pulled in off the take off, and was driving through the barrel.  kept going and going.  next thing you know, i was already at off the wall.  i tried to squeek out but the lip caught me at the end.  by far my longest barrel of the year&#8230;  and the whole time i was in the barrel, it was just me and the crystal lip going over my head.  no photographers or bodyboarders getting in the way.  that&#8217;s how empty it was&#8230;  after that, you couldn&#8217;t wipe the smile off my face.  and i&#8217;m still smiling&#8230;  i love surfing&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_0313.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0313.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nafter i came in, i was looking down the beach at the little sandbar.  it was as beautiful as it gets.  i just couldn&#8217;t resist&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_0387.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0387.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nthis is mermaid aoi koike.  10X japan champ and 2008 pipeline pro champ&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/IMG_0397.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0397.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nand check this out.  this is a hawaiian monk seal having the beach to himself&#8230;.  one month ago, this beach would be lined by 100 photographers, pro surfers from all over the world, girls in g-strings, and a lot of stress.  i can&#8217;t believe i made it through that.  i&#8217;d rather have it the way it was today.  there was nobody&#8230;  gosh, it was beautiful.  and the good news is, it&#8217;s going to be like this for a while more&#8230;.  so get your ass out of your house and enjoy this island we call &#8220;paradise&#8221;&#8230;..[:Zzz:][:Zzz:][:?????????:][:?????????:][:??????:][:??????:][:????????\u001b$B!r\u001b(B:][:????????\u001b$B!r\u001b(B:][:??????:][:??????:]<br \/>\n<font color=\"blue\">**by the way, kelly slater vs. mick fanning surfing in the final at snapper rocks right now&#8230;.  it&#8217;s going to be a good heat.  don&#8217;t miss it&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>good evening, i feel like i&#8217;ve been saying this for the past month but &#8220;shit, the waves were going off today!!!&#8221; perfect surf and weather with no crowds&#8230;. once again, i pulled up to off the wall and as i was walking through the path to the beach, i seen this perfect 4&#8242; wave peel [&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":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-go-naminori"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","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=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}