{"id":48980,"date":"2014-09-17T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=48980"},"modified":"2014-09-17T13:06:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T04:06:00","slug":"drop-in-bowls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=48980","title":{"rendered":"Drop in Bowls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1424.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1424.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1424\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48982\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni&#8217;ve been surfing in town my whole life.  people are saying this is the best swell in 10 years.  here&#8217;s what i think.  there has been consistent swell for the past 30 days.  this past 4 days has been incredible.  for size, i think last year was bigger.  as for conditions, i don&#8217;t remember the last time the conditions were this good.  luckily i got to take Mayuki out and check every spot on the south shore these past few days.  and everywhere i checked, it was perfect.  perfect swell direction, perfect winds, perfect size, and perfect everything.  so in my eyes, this past swell was the best ever for me as a surfer on the south shore.  surfing my secret spot yesterday made me realize how lucky i am to be living in hawaii.  and if you ask me how this summer was?  the best ever too!  i am completely surfed out.  so tired and burnt.  i&#8217;m going on a boat for 12 days to indonesia this weekend and i really don&#8217;t have any energy left to surf.  good thing half of us are divers because that&#8217;s where i want to be.  welcome to the endless summer again!!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1502-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1502-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1502 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48981\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nbowls is crowded and if expect to get dropped in on.  sometimes a simple sorry will work, sometimes it won&#8217;t.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1506-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1506-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1506 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48984\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthis wave, the bodyboarder got the best of it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1500-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1500-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1500 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48983\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ngood to see Daniel Jones out in the water surfing and shooting.  good kid!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1508-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1508-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1508 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48985\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni&#8217;m going out the channel slowly watching the waves.  i see a set coming as 10 guys start paddling wild for it.  i spot my nephew Isaiah Moniz.  inside my head, i&#8217;m saying &#8220;come on Isaiah, take it!!!&#8221;  maybe he heard me as i see the other 9 guys back off.  Isaiah takes off, puts his hand in the wave to slow down and wait for the barrel, and does it so flawlessly.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1516-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1516-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1516 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48986\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni see him pull into the barrel, i shoot my 400mm lens into the barrel.  we are 50&#8242; away but looking eye to eye.  inside my head, i&#8217;m saying &#8220;good boy!&#8221;  i just love this kid!<br \/>\nmore south swells coming this weekend.  surf your dream!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;ve been surfing in town my whole life. people are saying this is the best swell in 10 years. here&#8217;s what i think. there has been consistent swell for the past 30 days. this past 4 days has been incredible. for size, i think last year was bigger. as for conditions, i don&#8217;t remember the [&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-48980","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\/48980","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=48980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}