{"id":65344,"date":"2016-03-10T15:08:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T06:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=65344"},"modified":"2016-03-10T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T06:08:41","slug":"total-eclipse-of-the-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=65344","title":{"rendered":"Total Eclipse of the Barrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/3500.jpg\" alt=\"3500\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65357\" \/><br \/>\nseemed like Indonesia was the best spot to view the total eclipse.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/3446.jpg\" alt=\"3446\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65356\" \/><br \/>\nso amazing!  i saw one before in hawaii and actually got scared.  it was super sunny and a beautiful day and all of a sudden, it got really dark and scary.  i don&#8217;t like dark and scary.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-10.37.10-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-10 at 10.37.10 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65351\" \/><br \/>\nomg, the waves were going off again today.  solid 4-5&#8242; and barreling!  took out Kei-san in the morning and gave her the challenge of her life.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-10.36.40-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-10 at 10.36.40 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65349\" \/><br \/>\nonce you teach someone how to throw the board and swim under big waves, they can survive anything.  Kei-san is now a pro at that.  got some amazing photos from our session coming soon.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-10.38.07-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-10 at 10.38.07 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65353\" \/><br \/>\nwith these gusty 50mph off shore winds, the waves stand tall and barrel in places that normally don&#8217;t barrel.  i swear i seen some waves at ala moana that looked like g-land today.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_7053.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7053\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65346\" \/><br \/>\nthank you Kei-san for a wonderful challenging day.  awesome surfing and i&#8217;m so happy you survived!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_7054.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7054\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65348\" \/><br \/>\nwent for an afternoon private solo session.  on the way, i seen tourists getting blown down the street.  it was like typhoon winds.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_7061.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7061\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65350\" \/><br \/>\nnew board, new board case, and new life.  i couldn&#8217;t wait to get out there!  i drove full speed out of the harbor.  took me 1 minute from bowls to big rights.  good thing there isn&#8217;t any speed limit in the ocean.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-10.42.31-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-10 at 10.42.31 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65347\" \/><br \/>\nthrew the anchor and only had 4 guys out.  the waves started to pump!!!  perfect timing as i watched so many empty barrels go unridden.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-10.42.17-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-10 at 10.42.17 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65355\" \/><br \/>\neven concessions was going off.  seen my friend Carter out there ripping!  it was empty and the waves were as good as it gets.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-10.40.08-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-10 at 10.40.08 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65345\" \/><br \/>\nwhen ever i go to big rights, all i look for is the barrel.  so as i take off on my first wave, i place myself in the perfect spot.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-10.40.37-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-10 at 10.40.37 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65354\" \/><br \/>\nthen i get barreled and i&#8217;m a very happy man!   i&#8217;ve been doing this out there for over 30 years and it feels better and better as i get older and older.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-10.41.27-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-10 at 10.41.27 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-65352\" \/><br \/>\nthen do a turn.  this was the first wave i rode with my brand new board.  after i kicked out, i knew i had a magic wave and a magic board!  so stoked!<br \/>\ntomorrow more south shore perfect waves.  i&#8217;ll be in the ocean all day long.  better go to sleep early.  goodnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seemed like Indonesia was the best spot to view the total eclipse. so amazing! i saw one before in hawaii and actually got scared. it was super sunny and a beautiful day and all of a sudden, it got really dark and scary. i don&#8217;t like dark and scary. omg, the waves were going off [&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":["post-65344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirby-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65344","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=65344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}