{"id":45876,"date":"2014-07-14T13:53:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T04:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=45876"},"modified":"2014-07-14T13:53:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T04:53:26","slug":"dasai-and-ben-aipa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=45876","title":{"rendered":"Dasai and Ben Aipa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fujiki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fujiki.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45881\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhad a great time surfing with Fujiki-san.  super kind guy that loves to surf.  we got to surf uncrowded bowls and had a great time!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6050160.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6050160.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45883\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nriding behind Fujiki-san and taking photos.  i don&#8217;t think he knew i was even there.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/josh-moniz-c-cole-yamane.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/josh-moniz-c-cole-yamane.jpeg\" alt=\"josh moniz c cole yamane\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45877\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJoshua Moniz at Kewalos.  photo by Cole.  wanted to congratulate Josh Moniz for getting 2nd, and Isaiah Moniz for getting 3rd.  good surfing guys!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6050147.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6050147.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45878\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nlegend hawaiian surfer Ben Aipa is a world known name.  he&#8217;s coached world champions throughout the years.  to see him out surfing at the age of 74 is amazing!  Ben was my shaper back in the 1980&#8217;s, and also my surfing coach.  i remember meeting him down the beach day after day at kewalos or diamond head.  a very strict, talented, and smart man, which equals to a great coach.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6050149.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6050149.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45879\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n74 years old and ripping.  that&#8217;s super cool because i know i&#8217;ll be surfing at that age too.  thanks Ben for always being so nice to me.  see you in the water!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shimizu.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shimizu.jpg\" alt=\"shimizu\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45880\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwant to thank Shimizu-san for bringing me all these goodies from Yamaguchi, Japan.  super stoked to try these kinds of japanese food and sake.  that sake is called &#8220;Dasai&#8221; and i heard it&#8217;s really good.  i can&#8217;t wait to try it!  kanpai!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/yamaguchi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/yamaguchi.jpg\" alt=\"yamaguchi\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45882\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni don&#8217;t know what this is but i&#8217;ll eat it anyway.  a surprise in every box.  i love japan, the food, and mostly the people!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>had a great time surfing with Fujiki-san. super kind guy that loves to surf. we got to surf uncrowded bowls and had a great time! riding behind Fujiki-san and taking photos. i don&#8217;t think he knew i was even there. Joshua Moniz at Kewalos. photo by Cole. wanted to congratulate Josh Moniz for getting 2nd, [&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-45876","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\/45876","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=45876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}