{"id":66649,"date":"2016-04-20T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=66649"},"modified":"2016-04-20T05:00:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T20:00:02","slug":"same-but-different-wonderful-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=66649","title":{"rendered":"Same But Different:  Wonderful Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/photo_53.jpg\" alt=\"photo_53\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66658\" \/><br \/>\ncheck out this photo from 5 years ago with the Aida-san family.  gosh, look how young the kids were!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8118.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8118\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66657\" \/><br \/>\nand the Aida-san family now.  the kids all grown up.  so stoked to surf with them 5 years later and watch them surfing so good!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8792.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8792\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66652\" \/><br \/>\nand this will probably be the last time i can carry Rio-kun.  haha.  thank you Nanami-san for this photo.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8786.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8786\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1108\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66656\" \/><br \/>\nand want to thank Matsu for taking these photos from Nihiwatu.  it&#8217;s incredible to be able to travel around the world and surf just with your friends.  this is probably the most perfect wave in the world for Kimura-san.  it&#8217;s a goofy footers paradise.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8783.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8783\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66653\" \/><br \/>\nMatsu and i shared this huge villa.  we would wake up in the morning and see the waves peeling perfectly right out in front.  in fact, one of the days, we surfed it 3 times.  sunrise, second morning, and sunset. why not right?  it was way to irresistible!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8781.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8781\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66651\" \/><br \/>\nthen jump in our private villa pool and think to ourselves &#8220;it this a joke?&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8784.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8784\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66655\" \/><br \/>\nwent up to the yoga studio that overlooks the beautiful ocean.  a breathtaking view.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8787.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8787\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66650\" \/><br \/>\nmaybe someday in the future, i could buy one of these villas from Nihiwatu and make it my second office.  dream big right?  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_8785.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8785\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1108\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-66654\" \/><br \/>\nmy vision for surf trips have changed drastically.  i now longer have the urge to surf with a lot of people anymore.  i just want to go with a couple of friends and enjoy every single moment together.  it&#8217;s easier, more relaxing, and just so peaceful.  and it&#8217;s also a great time to catch up on our lives, friendship, and precious memories.  because to me, that&#8217;s all that matters these days.  thank you again guys for the awesome trip.  can&#8217;t wait to do it again!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>check out this photo from 5 years ago with the Aida-san family. gosh, look how young the kids were! and the Aida-san family now. the kids all grown up. so stoked to surf with them 5 years later and watch them surfing so good! and this will probably be the last time i can carry [&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-66649","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\/66649","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=66649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}