{"id":72142,"date":"2016-10-10T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T07:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=72142"},"modified":"2016-10-10T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T07:29:10","slug":"special-birthday-girls-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=72142","title":{"rendered":"Special Birthday Girls Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-10-at-1.02.34-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-10-at-1-02-34-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72149\" \/><br \/>\nalways have fun coaching Aoi.  the most rewarding thing is watching him getting better and better.  this kid has so much potential that he can&#8217;t even see. but i sure can.  once he gets a little more confidence, he will get a whole lot better.  perfect style on this perfect turn!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-10-at-12.59.49-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-10-at-12-59-49-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72146\" \/><br \/>\nlooking at this kid at the young age at 14, it&#8217;s like me looking at myself in a mirror when i was that age.  the only difference is he is surfing way better than i did when i was 14.  that&#8217;s why i have so much faith in him.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-10-at-1.00.41-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-10-at-1-00-41-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72145\" \/><br \/>\nperfect waves, perfect turn.  gosh, we scored this morning!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-10-at-1.01.47-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-10-at-1-01-47-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72148\" \/><br \/>\nawesome surfing Aoi!  just remember what we practiced today, remember it, and apply it everyday.  you are doing great!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-10-at-1.02.53-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-10-at-1-02-53-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72144\" \/><br \/>\nthe love and support Aoi&#8217;s mother gives to him is amazing.  i keep telling him how lucky he is to have such a supportive surf mother.  when you&#8217;re 14, you take things for granted.  this kid has no idea yet how lucky he is to have your mom take you to the beach every single day.  someday he will.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_5011.jpg\" alt=\"img_5011\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72150\" \/><br \/>\nthen went to pick up the Birthday Princess!  i asked her what she wanted to do last week and when she said &#8220;i want to spend the day on Mayuki with my friends,&#8221;  i was so happy because there is nowhere else i&#8217;d rather be on this special day!  Happy 15th Birthday Mia!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-10-at-1.03.09-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-10-at-1-03-09-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72147\" \/><br \/>\nyou have six 15 year old girls snorkeling, singing, and dancing all afternoon long.  i just kept to myself laughing and laughing so hard.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-10-at-1.03.29-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-10-at-1-03-29-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-72143\" \/><br \/>\nthen went to take a little nap under the shade because i wanted to let the kids be kids.  peace on earth!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>always have fun coaching Aoi. the most rewarding thing is watching him getting better and better. this kid has so much potential that he can&#8217;t even see. but i sure can. once he gets a little more confidence, he will get a whole lot better. perfect style on this perfect turn! looking at this kid [&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-72142","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\/72142","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=72142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}