{"id":65972,"date":"2016-03-28T16:02:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T07:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=65972"},"modified":"2016-03-28T16:02:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T07:02:18","slug":"the-bond-mother-and-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=65972","title":{"rendered":"The Bond:  Mother and Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.01.41-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.01.41 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65977\" \/><br \/>\nhad an wonderful day with mother and son.  Nozaki-san and 9 year old Shui-kun.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.02.12-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.02.12 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65978\" \/><br \/>\ni think spending such quality time in the ocean with your child is priceless.  something a child will never forget for the rest of his life.  i know that because that&#8217;s the only happy experiences of my childhood.  Shui-kun is very lucky.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.03.32-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.03.32 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65973\" \/><br \/>\nwhen he caught his first wave, i was surprised on how good he was!  omg, so good, and so cute!  look at him go!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.04.36-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.04.36 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65974\" \/><br \/>\nthen Nozaki-san went on a good one.  now i know why her son surfs so well.  they surf together all the time in japan and support each other.  amazing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.07.05-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.07.05 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65975\" \/><br \/>\nthis kid is not only a good surfer, he&#8217;s a good turtle spotter.  he saw turtles we couldn&#8217;t even see.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.06.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.06.13 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65982\" \/><br \/>\nyes, this one was so small that i missed it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.03.04-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.03.04 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65979\" \/><br \/>\nsome of the waves Shui-kun rode were overhead.  and he kept charging them!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.07.24-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.07.24 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65976\" \/><br \/>\nhis goal was to improve in surfing.  today, that was accomplished.  by the end of the session, he was surfing totally perfect!  gosh, i love kids!!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.07.44-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.07.44 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65981\" \/><br \/>\nanother good one for Nozaki-san!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.09.00-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.09.00 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65983\" \/><br \/>\nanother beautiful and happy day in hawaii.  so stoked to surf today with Nozaki-san and Shui-kun.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.09.19-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.09.19 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65984\" \/><br \/>\nthen we went to check out diamond head.  it was absolutely perfect!  head high waves, no wind, glassy conditions, and whales on the outside.  pure paradise!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.09.38-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.09.38 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65985\" \/><br \/>\nthank you for the awesome morning!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_7924-e1459146947581.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7924\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-65986\" \/><br \/>\nand this little surfer was so hungry after.  the cutest smile ever!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-28-at-3.12.03-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 3.12.03 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-65992\" \/><br \/>\nthen had an amazing afternoon surf session with Asayama-san.  caught good waves, and had a golden sunset time at the park.  the perfect end to a perfect day!  by the way, look how fit Asayama-san is now!  much more inner and outer muscle from 2 weeks ago.  probably the fittest 67 old surfer in hawaii.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>had an wonderful day with mother and son. Nozaki-san and 9 year old Shui-kun. i think spending such quality time in the ocean with your child is priceless. something a child will never forget for the rest of his life. i know that because that&#8217;s the only happy experiences of my childhood. Shui-kun is very [&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-65972","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\/65972","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=65972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}