{"id":64128,"date":"2016-02-06T14:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T05:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=64128"},"modified":"2016-02-06T14:55:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T05:55:47","slug":"clear-blue-hawaii-pipeline-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=64128","title":{"rendered":"Clear Blue Hawaii:  Pipeline Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.14.25-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.14.25 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64137\" \/><br \/>\nwow!  another full satisfying day in hawaii.  beautiful water, beautiful weather, beautiful waves, and beautiful smiles!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5765.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5765\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64131\" \/><br \/>\nstarted off early morning when i got up to check the surf.  diamond head was the biggest spot on the south shore and it was still looking small.  what should i do?  where will the wind take me?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5767.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5767\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64132\" \/><br \/>\nYuki-san and Ayumi-san just got married so it&#8217;s the newlyweds first trip to hawaii.  even though they wanted to surf a small fun wave, i thought in my mind that town was too small for that.  so being the person i am of going with the wind, i had another idea.  let&#8217;s go to the north shore!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5772.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5772\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64135\" \/><br \/>\ni was going to take them to a small spot near laniakea but thought i&#8217;d just check out pipe\/backdoor just in case.  when i seen perfect overhead waves and not too many people out, i said &#8220;hey, it&#8217;s your lucky day!  your first time and first surf in hawaii will be right here at PIPELINE!&#8221;  you should have seen their faces!  total shock!  haha!  i told them &#8220;hurry, let&#8217;s go get a few before it gets crowded!&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.12.24-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.12.24 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64133\" \/><br \/>\nwent back to the car, changed, and walked back to the beach.  nobody was talking now.  no smiles, just total silence.  i was laughing so hard inside because i knew they were freaking nervous.  but they know if you surf with me, be prepared to exceed your expectations!  and i know Yuki-san&#8217;s father very well.  in fact, for the past 24 years.  so i know what his father would have wanted too.  which was this.  boy turns man.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.12.59-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.12.59 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64134\" \/><br \/>\nnerve racking.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.13.14-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.13.14 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64136\" \/><br \/>\non the way out, we seen Shun Murakami.  hello to Team Wavy!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.14.11-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.14.11 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64140\" \/><br \/>\ni did mention how shallow it was too.  so shallow that i couldn&#8217;t even duck dive.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.14.38-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.14.38 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64141\" \/><br \/>\nYuki-san caught so many waves!  the nerves were gone and welcome a new pipeline surfer.  as for Ayumi-san, she went backdoor too!  omg!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.13.39-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.13.39 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64139\" \/><br \/>\nif you ever seen what lies beneath pipeline, you would freak out.  and this is why people die out there.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.15.06-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.15.06 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64138\" \/><br \/>\nguys like Kelly Slater raise their hands in the air after a good ride.  so why not Yuki-san.  it just shows how stoked you are at any level in surfing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.16.25-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.16.25 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64142\" \/><br \/>\nsurvivors.  it&#8217;s time to smile.  Matchi was out swimming getting some video of Shun.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.17.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.17.13 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64129\" \/><br \/>\nback at the billabong house washing up and getting ready for the happy ride back to town.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-06-at-12.17.42-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 12.17.42 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-64130\" \/><br \/>\ngosh, it was the most perfect day for a first time pipeline experience.  just perfect!<br \/>\nthis is only part 1 of 2.  scored again in the afternoon.  too tired to type.  going to sleep because we are going to dawn patrol it tomorrow morning.  good night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>wow! another full satisfying day in hawaii. beautiful water, beautiful weather, beautiful waves, and beautiful smiles! started off early morning when i got up to check the surf. diamond head was the biggest spot on the south shore and it was still looking small. what should i do? where will the wind take me? Yuki-san [&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-64128","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\/64128","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=64128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}