{"id":63806,"date":"2016-01-25T05:29:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T20:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=63806"},"modified":"2016-01-25T05:29:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T20:29:39","slug":"turtle-fish-and-surf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=63806","title":{"rendered":"High Risk:  Surgeon Fish and Big Surf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.24.24-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.24.24 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63812\" \/><br \/>\nok, our laniakea surf yesterday was incredible.  from the nerves in the passenger seat in my car, to the first wave ever ridden on the north shore for Koike-san.  i was so stoked to get this shot!  i&#8217;m sure this wave will be in his mind and conversations for years to come.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.24.45-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.24.45 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63813\" \/><br \/>\nthe swell and conditions were pretty dam good!  just perfect laniakea.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.26.34-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.26.34 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63814\" \/><br \/>\nnice bottom turn Koike-san!  all that boot camp training the day before at bowls paid off.  you got good in one day and now you will keep on improving.  just remember what we talked about.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.28.55-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.28.55 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-63809\" \/><br \/>\nso stoked to get the turtle shot of him popping his head up right next to us.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.29.31-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.29.31 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63811\" \/><br \/>\nwhen surfing on the north shore, it&#8217;s a matter of time you will get caught off guard by a big &#8220;obake&#8221; set.  it&#8217;s pretty fun for me because i understand that comes with surfing.  it was Koike-san&#8217;s first time getting cleaned up by a big set.  i was laughing and laughing swimming on the side of him as 4 waves pounded us.  he must think i&#8217;m crazy.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.29.25-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.29.25 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63810\" \/><br \/>\ni told him, &#8220;high risk, high return.&#8221;   i remember the days clearly when i use to panic too.  then i would see experienced big wave surfers laughing at me when i came up thinking i was going to die.  so getting laughed at helped me a lot.  that&#8217;s why i&#8217;m doing the same thing.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.27.54-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.27.54 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63815\" \/><br \/>\n&#8220;high risk, high return!&#8221;  you take chances, you get pounded, you try, and it pays off.  Koike-san caught the most perfect wave of the day.  i was so stoked yelling behind him &#8220;go!!!&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.28.05-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.28.05 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63808\" \/><br \/>\nand he kept on going!  this wave was like the fast and the furious!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.26.04-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.26.04 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63807\" \/><br \/>\nand i got a few good ones myself.  just loving every minute of every day.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.44.25-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.44.25 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63816\" \/><br \/>\ngood job Koike-san.  i was super proud of your courage on the north shore.  next time you come to hawaii, get ready for bigger and better.  high risk right?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-24-at-10.28.31-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 10.28.31 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-63817\" \/><br \/>\nseen this school of &#8220;kala&#8221; swimming under me.  these fish are prized on the south pacific islands.  people rather eat this than tuna.  you have to be very careful spearing these fish because they have knives razor sharp on their tails.  if it whacks you, you will need stitches.  that&#8217;s why another name of this fish is &#8220;surgeon fish.&#8221;  be very careful.<br \/>\nanyway,  jumping on a flight to somewhere far.  it&#8217;s my vacation and i think i deserve it.  cheers!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ok, our laniakea surf yesterday was incredible. from the nerves in the passenger seat in my car, to the first wave ever ridden on the north shore for Koike-san. i was so stoked to get this shot! i&#8217;m sure this wave will be in his mind and conversations for years to come. the swell and [&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-63806","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\/63806","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=63806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}