{"id":77601,"date":"2017-03-30T15:48:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T06:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=77601"},"modified":"2017-03-30T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T06:48:31","slug":"happy-surfing-family-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=77601","title":{"rendered":"Happy Surfing Family Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.28.52-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77602\" \/><\/p>\n<p>wow, i&#8217;m so lucky again!  i got to teach 11 year old Ayumi-chan and her mom how to surf today!  i just love days like today when i can see the beautiful smiles through surfing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.29.31-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77611\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ayumi-chan was kind of freaking out when we caught her first wave.  she was surprised, and at the same time, super stoked!  mixed feelings huh?  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.30.35-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77607\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then once she felt what it was like to glide on the ocean naturally, the golden smile came out.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.34.58-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77605\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then it was mom&#8217;s turn.  Hiragi-san stood up perfectly on her first wave of her life!  super good balance!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.37.01-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77604\" \/><\/p>\n<p>another day, another wave, and another happy face.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.38.21-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77603\" \/><\/p>\n<p>found out later that Hiragi-san is a hula dancer.  no wonder her balance was absolutely perfect!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.32.39-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77608\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i act like a kook to get the kids laughing and feeling comfortable.  imagine at the end of the wave their surf instructor falling off the board?  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.32.56-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77606\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m pretty sure every kid thinks i&#8217;m the worst surfer in the world.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.33.24-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77609\" \/><\/p>\n<p>but kids can think what ever they want of me so long i can get a smile like this.  priceless!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.34.35-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77612\" \/><\/p>\n<p>great surfing Ayumi-chan!  keep on surfing and keep on laughing at me.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.38.55-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77613\" \/><\/p>\n<p>now that mother and daughter surfed for their first time, i&#8217;m sure they will be much more connected in the nature.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-11.39.12-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-77610\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then Ayumi-chan wanted to eat a locomoco so we went to eat the best locomoco on the island.  thank you girls for the wonderful day!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>wow, i&#8217;m so lucky again! i got to teach 11 year old Ayumi-chan and her mom how to surf today! i just love days like today when i can see the beautiful smiles through surfing. Ayumi-chan was kind of freaking out when we caught her first wave. she was surprised, and at the same time, [&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-77601","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\/77601","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=77601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}