{"id":73154,"date":"2016-11-12T05:22:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T20:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=73154"},"modified":"2016-11-12T05:22:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T20:22:13","slug":"true-local-surfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=73154","title":{"rendered":"True Local Surfers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.07.34-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-07-34-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73159\" \/><br \/>\nhad a cool surf session with Seigo-san.  he wanted to surf Diamond Head for the first time so that&#8217;s where we went.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.07.46-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-07-46-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73163\" \/><br \/>\nclimbing down the local trail.  kind of steep!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.07.59-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-07-59-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73161\" \/><br \/>\nsurfing a new spot for the first time is nerve racking.  i could tell Seigo-san was nervous when we first paddled out.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.09.58-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-09-58-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73166\" \/><br \/>\nbut after a few good rides, the nerves went away and he started ripping!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.13.44-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-13-44-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73156\" \/><br \/>\nSeigo-san probably caught the most waves out of every surfer in the water.  he just kept catching good wave after good wave.  and surfed it perfectly.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.11.33-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-11-33-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73165\" \/><br \/>\ngood to see Maki-san out there too.  one of the most hard core surfer in hawaii.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.12.26-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-12-26-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73158\" \/><br \/>\nit was packed!  totally different crowd and different vibe than ala moana.  love um both.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.13.10-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-13-10-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73157\" \/><br \/>\nawesome surfing Seigo-san!  good to see you surfing better and better each day!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.13.24-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-13-24-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73164\" \/><br \/>\nthe conditions at Diamond Head doesn&#8217;t get any better than this.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.11.01-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-11-01-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73162\" \/><br \/>\ngood to see my long time friend Barry out today.  super cool local that takes care of the spot.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.14.38-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-14-38-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73155\" \/><br \/>\nBarry and friends made Diamond Head Cliffs look like a national park.  plants, shower, grass, and sitting areas.  awesome work guys!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-2.14.27-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-2-14-27-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-73160\" \/><br \/>\nSeigo-san with the after surf shower.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_6631.jpg\" alt=\"img_6631\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73169\" \/><br \/>\nwhen you see cars parked along the left and right side, you know the waves are good.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_6640-e1478843790247.jpg\" alt=\"img_6640\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-73168\" \/><br \/>\nthe perfect ending with Seigo-san.  thank you for the wonderful 3 days of surfing!  see you in wakayama!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>had a cool surf session with Seigo-san. he wanted to surf Diamond Head for the first time so that&#8217;s where we went. climbing down the local trail. kind of steep! surfing a new spot for the first time is nerve racking. i could tell Seigo-san was nervous when we first paddled out. but after a [&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-73154","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\/73154","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=73154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}