{"id":58920,"date":"2015-08-18T05:28:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T20:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=58920"},"modified":"2015-08-18T05:28:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T20:28:17","slug":"godzilla-el-nino-and-spearfishing-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=58920","title":{"rendered":"Godzilla El Nino and Spearfishing Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/el-comparo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/el-comparo.jpg\" alt=\"el-comparo\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58921\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe are expecting a Godzilla El Nino this year!  good for us surfers because warm water means big storms means big waves.  BUT, the weather will be unpredictable too.  super storms, super rain, landslides, and all sorts of natural disasters.  get ready for a crazy year!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-8.58.05-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-8.58.05-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-17 at 8.58.05 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58924\" \/><\/a><br \/>\npaddling out with Masamune-kun yesterday was fun.  we went over some big waves on the way out.  normal people would be freaking out, but this kid was laughing.  it&#8217;s been a year since he surfed so Masamune-kun was super stoked to be back in the water.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-8.58.30-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-8.58.30-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-17 at 8.58.30 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58926\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfirst wave perfect!  he remembered everything i taught him.  so surfing was super fun and pretty easy!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.00.13-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.00.13-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-17 at 9.00.13 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58923\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe were riding so many waves.  a super happy day!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.01.28-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-9.01.28-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-17 at 9.01.28 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni asked again what Masamune-kun&#8217;s dreams were.  he said the same thing as last year &#8220;i want to become an engineer, or become a doctor.&#8221;  i&#8217;m pretty sure he can become both!   see you again tomorrow Masamune-kun!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/P4190015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/P4190015.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58936\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfound these photos in my super old hard drive.  this was about 15 years ago in north sumarta, indonesia.  we were one of the first to explore that area by boat.  in fact, we were the only boat there, no surf camps, or absolutely nothing around.  turned out to be good waves and excellent diving.  now, there are lots of boats, and too many surf camps.  this place will never be the same.  anyway, back then, i would dive every afternoon for our evening pupu&#8217;s.   each drop on each dive was like walking through a fish market.  i would get to the bottom, wait around, then pretty much choose what i wanted to eat.  30 minutes later, i&#8217;d be back to the boat with a mixed bag of sashimi.  that was the easy part.  the hard part was cleaning the fish, filleting it, and making the sashimi platter.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN2861.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN2861.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN2861\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58935\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthis would go on 11 days straight.  there wasn&#8217;t a day we didn&#8217;t get to eat fresh sashimi, including lobster too.  it went very well with the bin tang beers.  gosh, i really miss those very simple living days!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>we are expecting a Godzilla El Nino this year! good for us surfers because warm water means big storms means big waves. BUT, the weather will be unpredictable too. super storms, super rain, landslides, and all sorts of natural disasters. get ready for a crazy year! paddling out with Masamune-kun yesterday was fun. we went [&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-58920","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\/58920","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=58920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}