{"id":58161,"date":"2015-07-25T16:26:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T07:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=58161"},"modified":"2015-07-25T16:26:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T07:26:53","slug":"last-day-board-or-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=58161","title":{"rendered":"Where&#039;s &quot;The Search?&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8692.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8692-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8692\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58162\" \/><\/a><br \/>\njumped on the Nankai Ferry yesterday evening.  a nice relaxing 2 hour ride except for all the kids running all over the place.  a kid even came up to me and stole my pillow when i looked the other way.  he and his friends were laughing at me.  classic.  reminds me of myself at that age.  haha.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8693.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8693-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8693\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58163\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhappy people in shikoku!  keep on surfing dudes!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8694.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8694-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8694\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58164\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni woke up this morning to a nice fresh bowl of shirasu on the table.  so happy!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8696.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8696-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8696\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58165\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nmy Yamari power breakfast.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8697.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8697-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8697\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58166\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen played with the kids for a little while.  amazing how fast kids grow up.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8700.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8700-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8700\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58170\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen went for a surf around 8am.  super magical place and super locals only surf spot.  waves overhead and barreling.  i&#8217;m not going to say i&#8217;m lucky anymore, i&#8217;m going to say i&#8217;m dreaming because this can&#8217;t be real???<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8712.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8712-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8712\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58168\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKimura-san and Hatabo-san hanging out at the locals surf club.  such a cool place.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8714.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8714-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8714\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58171\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthis spot is very very shallow so if you ride too far in, you will hit the reef.  Kimura-san smashed his board into the rocks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8706.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8706-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8706\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58167\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nas soon as i smashed my hand into the reef, the first thing i did was to check if my board was ok.  board ok, hand not ok.  freaking stinging all day!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/job_fire.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/job_fire-640x357.jpg\" alt=\"job_fire\" class=\"align none size-medium wp-image-58172\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhy would a surfer light himself on fire and go surfing?  i really don&#8217;t understand this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/quest_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/quest_1-640x322.jpg\" alt=\"quest_1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58169\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nif you&#8217;ve ever been to the mentawai&#8217;s, you probably saw the Rip Curls Search boat.  not anymore.  this beautiful boat sank during a recent charter so the boat sits on the bottom of the indian ocean right now.  everybody survived.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-copy-28.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-copy-28-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"FullSizeRender copy 2\" class=\"align none size-medium wp-image-58174\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nnow it&#8217;s time to go backwards.  it was exactly a week since i took off in hawaii.  i remember leaving the runway thinking to myself &#8220;i wonder how the waves are going to be?&#8221;  well, the past 3 days answered that.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender22-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"FullSizeRender\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58175\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhope my motorcycle is still at the airport waiting for me.  and glad i put in gas on the way to the airport because when i get back, all i want to do is go straight home, grab my board, jump in the truck, and go surfing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-copy10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FullSizeRender-copy10-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"FullSizeRender copy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58176\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n$4.97 to fill up the tank.  the cheapest way to get to and from the airport.  a taxi would cost me $100 round trip.  i pay less than a dollar.<br \/>\nanyway, great trip.  can&#8217;t wait to get on the flight and go into a deep sleep.  want to thank each and everyone that made this one week feel like a year full of wonderful experiences.  thank you al from the bottom of my heart and hope to see you again for typhoon 13?  haha.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>jumped on the Nankai Ferry yesterday evening. a nice relaxing 2 hour ride except for all the kids running all over the place. a kid even came up to me and stole my pillow when i looked the other way. he and his friends were laughing at me. classic. reminds me of myself at that [&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-58161","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\/58161","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=58161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}