{"id":62884,"date":"2015-12-27T05:07:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T20:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=62884"},"modified":"2015-12-27T05:07:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-26T20:07:06","slug":"merry-christmas-surfing-and-fat-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=62884","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas Surfing and Fat Bat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-12.05.54-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-12.05.54-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-26 at 12.05.54 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-62889\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nomg, yesterday was an amazing day.  one of the best christmas ever for me.  started off with the most amazing golden sunrise, then ended with the most amazing smile.  christmas means family and friends.  up until 3 years ago, i use to work on every christmas day.  since then, i decided to dedicated myself to spending it with family and friends.  we all went surfing!  Naomi-san surfed for the first time in her life.  it was a day i will remember for the rest of my life!  peace!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3752.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3752.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3752\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62885\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nbut first, have to catch up on things.  christmas eve was a day for the fat bat.  the waves were kind of small so this board was the perfect match.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-11.54.42-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-11.54.42-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-26 at 11.54.42 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-62893\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni took indou-san surfing in the morning.  it was his first time ever leaving japan.  he decided to come to hawaii to surf on his college break.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-11.55.12-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-11.55.12-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-26 at 11.55.12 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-62894\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nindo-san&#8217;s from osaka and surfs isanoura.  he didn&#8217;t know how to turn and this was his first wave turning.  you should have seen how stoked he was!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-11.56.56-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-11.56.56-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-26 at 11.56.56 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-62890\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nafter every wave, he would paddle back out with the biggest smile!  once again, a smile only surfing can bring out.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-11.57.13-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-26-at-11.57.13-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-26 at 11.57.13 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-62891\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nsuch a cool kid.  super hooked on surfing.  now even more hooked after learning how to turn.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3753.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3753\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62886\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen a quick pho for lunch.  a perfect christmas eve day!  keep on surfing dude!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3754.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3754\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62887\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwant to thank Shin-san and Midori-san for the gifts.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3755.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3755\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62888\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nomg, i love these!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3756.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3756\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62892\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand this is what i&#8217;ve been wanting for a very long long time.  the next time i sit down and sip on some whisky, i&#8217;ll show you why.<br \/>\nthe holiday season is flying by.  soon it will be new years.  have lots to do in these upcoming days.  going to enjoy the rest of this year to the fullest!  have a wonderful day!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>omg, yesterday was an amazing day. one of the best christmas ever for me. started off with the most amazing golden sunrise, then ended with the most amazing smile. christmas means family and friends. up until 3 years ago, i use to work on every christmas day. since then, i decided to dedicated myself to [&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-62884","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\/62884","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=62884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}