{"id":51667,"date":"2014-12-21T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=51667"},"modified":"2014-12-21T05:00:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T20:00:16","slug":"lost-champions-and-traffic-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=51667","title":{"rendered":"Lost Champions and Traffic Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2371.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2371.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51662\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfirst i threw a bicycle and skateboards in the truck so we didn&#8217;t get stuck in traffic.  pipeline masters final day draws tens of thousands of people so i was expecting the worst.  then my brother said &#8220;why don&#8217;t you take the motorcycle?&#8221;  Oh Yeah!  great idea!  we load up the motorcycle and head to the north shore.  park the truck at sharks cove, and get to pipeline in 1 minute.  park in the driveway of the billabong house and it couldn&#8217;t have been any easier.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2377.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2377.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2377\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51665\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nomg, i couldn&#8217;t believe how many people were on the beach!  people from all over the world!  so amazing how popular surfing has come.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0942-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0942-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0942 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51663\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwith all the social media exposure, you still can&#8217;t beat the front row seats.  it&#8217;s free!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0945-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0945-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0945 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51666\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhalf of the people came to see Kelly Slater try to win his 12th world title.  he ended up being upset in the first round of the morning.  then half the beach left.  haha.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0963-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0963-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0963 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51668\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ntoday was a historic day for brazil!  i was so stoked for 20 year old Gabriel Mendina winning the world championship!  he really deserved it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1013-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1013-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1013 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51664\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand yes, the motorcycle was the best choice.  the traffic was crazy!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2380.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2380.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51669\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we came back to town and surfed bowls from sunset until dark.  fun waves and fun time.  a long exciting day in the history of the sport of surfing.  slept like a baby!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>first i threw a bicycle and skateboards in the truck so we didn&#8217;t get stuck in traffic. pipeline masters final day draws tens of thousands of people so i was expecting the worst. then my brother said &#8220;why don&#8217;t you take the motorcycle?&#8221; Oh Yeah! great idea! we load up the motorcycle and head to [&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-51667","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\/51667","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=51667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}