{"id":59174,"date":"2015-08-26T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T07:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=59174"},"modified":"2015-08-26T16:28:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T07:28:10","slug":"yoku-moku-surf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=59174","title":{"rendered":"Yoku Moku Surf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.20.26-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.20.26-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-25 at 3.20.26 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-59178\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ntwo days ago, the waves were super perfect.  no wind so very glassy conditions.  very rare for the summer swells.  but hey, we&#8217;ll take it!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.21.57-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.21.57-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-25 at 3.21.57 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-59180\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni learned a lot from talking to Asayama-san.  he told me that age is only a number.  it&#8217;s not the number, it&#8217;s they way you live your life.  ever since he started surfing at the tender age of 59, his life has become a better place.  better body, better mind, and better soul.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.23.26-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.23.26-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-25 at 3.23.26 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-59186\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nto all the 1st time surfers in hawaii:  if you know where to go, what wave to ride, and how to ride it, i guarantee you will ride the longest wave of your life!  over a hundred japanese surfers have told me &#8220;OMG! this is the longest wave i rode in my life!&#8221;  and you know what?  it&#8217;s the best feeling in the world!  just ask Asayama-san.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.22.25-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.22.25-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-25 at 3.22.25 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-59184\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ntowards the end of our session, the waves kept on getting bigger and bigger.  some huge 8&#8242; faces breaking right in front of us.  and when you make it over one, it felt like you&#8217;re going over a mountain.  a big mountain!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.21.29-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.21.29-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-25 at 3.21.29 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-59182\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthis day was by far the biggest waves challenged by Asayama-san.  i kept right along the side of him the whole time.  and when i seen the big wave coming right to us, i yelled &#8220;paddle!!!!&#8221;  he took off on a perfect one, stood up, and rode it all the way in.  after this, he said &#8220;let&#8217;s go in, i want to remember my last wave in hawaii like this.  i&#8217;m so happy!&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.23.46-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-25-at-3.23.46-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-25 at 3.23.46 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-59188\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nawesome job Asayama-san.  you are a very healthy and happy surfer.  watching you surf makes me want to surf for the rest of my life!  i want to be stoked like you!  take care and keep on surfing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_9391.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_9391.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9391\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59189\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand thank you very much for the Yoku Moku snacks!  i love it!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>two days ago, the waves were super perfect. no wind so very glassy conditions. very rare for the summer swells. but hey, we&#8217;ll take it! i learned a lot from talking to Asayama-san. he told me that age is only a number. it&#8217;s not the number, it&#8217;s they way you live your life. ever since [&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-59174","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\/59174","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=59174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}