{"id":57100,"date":"2015-06-20T08:12:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T23:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=57100"},"modified":"2015-06-20T08:12:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T23:12:32","slug":"surfing-akita-35-years-of-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=57100","title":{"rendered":"Surfing Akita:  35 Years of Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.06.45-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.06.45-PM-640x363.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-19 at 1.06.45 PM\" class=\"align none size-medium wp-image-57103\"><\/a><br \/>\nok, part 2 of yesterday.  so many things happening, so many things going on, and not enough time to keep up.  i picked up Hirano-san yesterday afternoon and we went for a quick surf session.  paddled out to bowls but after seeing 40 surfers out, i looked left and seen empty rock piles.  only a few surfers and the waves were as perfect as it gets.  so we turned left and had the best 1 hour session ever!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.05.38-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.05.38-PM-640x364.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-19 at 1.05.38 PM\" class=\"align none size-medium wp-image-57102\"><\/a><br \/>\nit&#8217;s the first time i surfed with Hirano-san so i didn&#8217;t know what to expect.  then i saw him paddle for his first wave, stood up, and surfed like a pro!  he was ripping!  35 years of experience under his belt making for perfect rail to rail surfing.  we exchanged many waves for an hour, even a few barrels, then it got crowded, and then we went in.  couldn&#8217;t have timed it any more perfectly.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.06.33-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.06.33-PM-640x420.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-19 at 1.06.33 PM\" class=\"align none size-medium wp-image-57106\"><\/a><br \/>\nHirano-san duck dive in the dark room.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.07.15-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.07.15-PM-640x357.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-19 at 1.07.15 PM\" class=\"align none size-medium wp-image-57104\"><\/a><br \/>\ncoming from Akita, i&#8217;m sure it felt good to take off, go down the line, and do the biggest carving cutback in paradise.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.09.00-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.09.00-PM-640x381.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-19 at 1.09.00 PM\" class=\"align none size-medium wp-image-57105\"><\/a><br \/>\nthank you Hirano-san for the wonderful afternoon.  see you again this morning and let&#8217;s do it all again!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.07.50-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-1.07.50-PM-640x363.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-19 at 1.07.50 PM\" class=\"align none size-medium wp-image-57112\"><\/a><br \/>\nand yes, the water has been so clean this summer!  cleaner than usual so even going under the wave feels so good!  i love this amazing world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ok, part 2 of yesterday. so many things happening, so many things going on, and not enough time to keep up. i picked up Hirano-san yesterday afternoon and we went for a quick surf session. paddled out to bowls but after seeing 40 surfers out, i looked left and seen empty rock piles. only a [&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-57100","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\/57100","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=57100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}