{"id":58471,"date":"2015-08-02T15:37:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T06:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=58471"},"modified":"2015-08-02T15:37:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T06:37:10","slug":"braveheart-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=58471","title":{"rendered":"Braveheart Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.58.38-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.58.38-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 2.58.38 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58478\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nomg, had a super fun time this morning with Kishi-san and his cute kid Yugo-kun.  last year was his first time surfing at a tender age of 6 years old.  this year at 7, he was so excited to get his first wave!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.55.36-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.55.36-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 2.55.36 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58472\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe kept riding and riding so many good waves.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.59.16-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.59.16-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 2.59.16 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58479\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni started surfing at this age the same exact way.  a memory i remember clearly 40 years later.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.59.50-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.59.50-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 2.59.50 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58481\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKishi-san caught some really nice waves too.  super good balance and super good surfing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.57.09-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.57.09-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 2.57.09 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58476\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen Yugo-kun says &#8220;i want to surf by myself.&#8221;  really????  so i give him his own board, i explain to him what to do, and he had so much determination as we waited for a wave.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.56.11-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.56.11-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 2.56.11 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58477\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfirst ride perfect!  omg, this kid is so brave!!!!  he was so cute and everybody told me after &#8220;what a brave kid!&#8221;  gosh, this photo is priceless!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.57.01-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.57.01-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 2.57.01 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58473\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni still had the camera rolling when he finished the wave.  i truly believe that surfing brings out a pure smile and this is the perfect example of that.  good job Yugo-kun!  you&#8217;re a very brave kid!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.57.17-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-2.57.17-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 2.57.17 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58480\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand of course, i had to congratulate this young kid for doing such a great job today!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-3.00.05-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-3.00.05-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 3.00.05 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58482\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we came back to the beach and enjoyed the perfect weather in hawaii.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-3.00.46-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-3.00.46-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 3.00.46 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58474\" \/><\/a><br \/>\na kid just being a kid.  haha.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_8933.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_8933.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58475\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen us hungry surfers went to eat pho.  same place as last year because Yugo-kun loved it!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-3.02.13-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-3.02.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 3.02.13 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58483\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen i went to take the high school kids out for an afternoon session.  another 5 hour surf day and i&#8217;m totally satisfied again!  same thing tomorrow so better get going to sleep.  goodnight from hawaii! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>omg, had a super fun time this morning with Kishi-san and his cute kid Yugo-kun. last year was his first time surfing at a tender age of 6 years old. this year at 7, he was so excited to get his first wave! we kept riding and riding so many good waves. i started surfing [&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-58471","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\/58471","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=58471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}