{"id":49399,"date":"2014-10-08T14:12:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T05:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=49399"},"modified":"2014-10-08T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T05:12:35","slug":"obama-sandy-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=49399","title":{"rendered":"Obama Sandy Beach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hot-weather.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hot-weather-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"hot-weather\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nok, i came back to hawaii and expected it to start getting cold as we near winter.  it&#8217;s already october and the temperature and water should be getting cooler.  i was wrong.  it is hotter than before i left.  and it is hotter than summer.  the month of september was the hottest month since the 1940&#8217;s.  and this month of october will surely break more records.  perfect waves on the south and north shores as our endless summer continues.  i&#8217;m so happy!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sandy-beach-park.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sandy-beach-park-640x359.jpg\" alt=\"sandy-beach-park\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49401\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nok, some government officials want to rename &#8220;Sandy Beach&#8221; after our president.  &#8220;President Obama Sandy Beach?&#8221;  are you kidding me?  just because President Obama bodysurfed there before, they want to rename the beach after him?  the reasoning is to create more tourism.  i&#8217;m totally against that!  i grew up at Sandy Beach and it&#8217;s one of the only untouched stretch of beach left on this island.  leave the beach and leave the name as it is.  go rename Waikiki after the president, not Sandy&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0270.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0270.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0270\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49402\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhad a great time with Naganuma-san this morning.  he surfed much better than last year and i was stoked to surf such perfect waves with him this morning.  uncrowded and super glassy!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0314.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0314-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0314\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49404\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we had Oxtail Soup and the famous Asahi Grill.  thank you Mr. and Mrs. Naganuma for spending a wonderful morning with me.  take care and see you again next year!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0308.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0308.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0308\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49403\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni was craving oxtail soup and this bowl made my stomach very happy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0318.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0318-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0318\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49408\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen in the afternoon, it was time to take care of my baby.  before i clean the bottom of the boat, it was recommended to me that i take her out to the ocean and go full speed ahead.  so if you seen a beautiful white boat called &#8220;Mayuki&#8221; speeding around outside waikiki this afternoon, that was me.  then i threw out the anchor and surfed Bowls again.  what an awesome surf day!  feels good to be back in the ocean of paradise!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0324.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0324-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0324\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49409\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen went to TasteTea for a milk tea to cool me down.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0329.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0329-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0329\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49410\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand yeah, the beautiful sunset to end the beautiful day.  going to eat some sukiyaki, take a shower, and sleep early like a baby.  tomorrow is another long day in the ocean.  i can&#8217;t wait!  goodnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ok, i came back to hawaii and expected it to start getting cold as we near winter. it&#8217;s already october and the temperature and water should be getting cooler. i was wrong. it is hotter than before i left. and it is hotter than summer. the month of september was the hottest month since 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-49399","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\/49399","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=49399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}