{"id":65595,"date":"2016-03-18T05:06:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=65595"},"modified":"2016-03-18T05:06:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T20:06:27","slug":"gentleman-vs-gentlekid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=65595","title":{"rendered":"GENTLEMAN VS. GENTLEKID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.19.56-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.19.56 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65598\" \/><br \/>\nyeah!!!  nice riding!!!  Asayama-san day 2 of 14.  we really got lucky yesterday afternoon because the waves got super good right when we went out and it was empty.  i told him, &#8220;ok, we are going to take your surfing up another level.  we are only catching the best sets.&#8221;  from the first wave, he was super stoked!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.21.12-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.21.12 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65606\" \/><br \/>\npaddled back out with the big smile, and we did it again.  again and again and Asayama-san didn&#8217;t want to stop.  after 2 hours and many many waves, i told him the same thing i told him on day 1, &#8220;ok, i think you caught enough waves for today.  we have 12 more days to go so better pace your energy.&#8221;  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.19.34-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.19.34 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65602\" \/><br \/>\nAsayama-san told me that he wants to stay longer in hawaii.  and he is already thinking about his next trip.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_7542.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7542\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65599\" \/><br \/>\nwe had some extra time so he got out his list of &#8220;things to do&#8221; and we did things one by one.  i understand how good it feels good to cross things out.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_7543.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7543\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65603\" \/><br \/>\nthen we went shopping and had a great time.  i think after 14 days straight with Asayama-san, i might cry when he leaves.  he&#8217;s such a very kind gentleman.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.17.31-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.17.31 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65600\" \/><br \/>\nyesterday morning out at bowls, this young japanese kid paddles out.  he paddles up to me and nods his head.  it&#8217;s the japanese respectful way of saying hi.  i really like when kids respect their elders.  it comes from great parenting.  so i say hi and watch him surf.  omg, this kid was ripping!  his name is Raiki-kun and is from miyazaki.  i&#8217;m guessing he&#8217;s about 13 or 14 years old?  i watch him take of on this beautiful wave.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.17.36-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.17.36 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65596\" \/><br \/>\nthen he lays the perfectly timed bottom turn.  speed, power, and flow.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.17.42-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.17.42 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65604\" \/><br \/>\nkeeping his eyes on the target coming off the bottom.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.17.47-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.17.47 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-65605\" \/><br \/>\nkeeping his knees bent before getting ready to hit the lip.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.17.56-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.17.56 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65597\" \/><br \/>\nthen he smashes the lip, Mick Fanning style.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-1.18.10-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-17 at 1.18.10 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-65601\" \/><br \/>\nand comes around and completes the ride.  it&#8217;s the first time i seen this kid surf and he really impressed me a lot.  but the thing that impressed me the most was him paddling up to me and saying hi.  it takes balls to paddle up to a scary guy like me.  haha.  Raiki-kun is also a Dove Wetsuits rider so it made me really proud to be wearing Dove too.  good kid and i wish him the best professional surfing career ahead.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>yeah!!! nice riding!!! Asayama-san day 2 of 14. we really got lucky yesterday afternoon because the waves got super good right when we went out and it was empty. i told him, &#8220;ok, we are going to take your surfing up another level. we are only catching the best sets.&#8221; from the first wave, he [&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-65595","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\/65595","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=65595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}