{"id":66247,"date":"2016-04-06T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T20:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=66247"},"modified":"2016-04-06T05:30:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T20:30:20","slug":"minor-surfboard-adjustments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=66247","title":{"rendered":"Minor Surfboard Adjustments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-05-at-3.00.30-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-05 at 3.00.30 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66248\" \/><br \/>\ngosh, this trip seems like years ago.  it seems so long ago that i want to go back already.  i met Gil on the beach, walked up to him, and we just connected.  he&#8217;s a surf instructor, so am i.  one thing surf instructors have in common is to make people happy.  it&#8217;s our job, and it&#8217;s the most awesome feeling to see the results in a simple smile.  Gil ended up taking care of us on this trip, took us to surf secret spots, took us to eat, and took us to sightsee.  every trip i take, i learn something.  on this trip, i learned how to give more from the heart.  thanks to this wonderful surf filipino surf instructor named Gil.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-05-at-3.01.37-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-05 at 3.01.37 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66251\" \/><br \/>\nGil even let me use his personal board.  it wasn&#8217;t in the best condition, but it was the closest to a high performance board we could find.  of course i took care of it as it was my own.  i know how precious surfboards are to surfers in these remote areas.  i wish i took one of my boards so i could have gave it to him when i left.  maybe next time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-05-at-3.04.00-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-05 at 3.04.00 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66255\" \/><br \/>\ncheck out the fin system.  different size fins but better than nothing right?  right!  i can&#8217;t believe i was pulling into backside thick barrels over shallow reef with these fins.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-05-at-3.03.12-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-05 at 3.03.12 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66252\" \/><br \/>\nthis is when Carter and i just jumped into the ocean.  it was our first dip!  the night before, i went to get a full body oil massage.  and our first hotel, the shower didn&#8217;t work so i couldn&#8217;t wash off the oil.  so paddling out with oil all over my body, i felt like a slimy fish.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-05-at-3.02.31-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-05 at 3.02.31 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66254\" \/><br \/>\nthen after a couple of waves slipping off, i managed to get a good one.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-05-at-3.02.50-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-05 at 3.02.50 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66249\" \/><br \/>\nlooking back at this trip, i realized how Carter must have been tripping out on me, especially when i was eating all the weird street food.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8268.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8268\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66250\" \/><br \/>\nwant to thank Yumi-chan&#8217;s mother for the konbu from osaka!  i&#8217;m heating up the rice right now!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-03-at-12.57.49-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-03 at 12.57.49 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-66253\" \/><br \/>\nthank you again Yumi-chan&#8217;s mother!  look at your amazing daughter enjoying the underwater world!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gosh, this trip seems like years ago. it seems so long ago that i want to go back already. i met Gil on the beach, walked up to him, and we just connected. he&#8217;s a surf instructor, so am i. one thing surf instructors have in common is to make people happy. it&#8217;s our job, [&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-66247","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\/66247","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=66247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}