{"id":78453,"date":"2017-04-25T14:41:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T05:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=78453"},"modified":"2017-04-25T14:41:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T05:41:58","slug":"old-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=78453","title":{"rendered":"Old Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5931.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>was going through my photo album and came across my old love!  this little boat really did a lot for me.  caught me a lot of fish and memories.  i use to drive it around the island and take it anywhere and everywhere.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and this is the boat i taught my nephews how to fish and dive on.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78459\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and this is the boat the kids had tako fights on too.  haha.  i remember taking them to my secret spot and there were tako everywhere!  it was their first time and now they&#8217;re bringing home the tako themselves.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-25-at-10.55.37-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78458\" \/><\/p>\n<p>yesterday was Day 13 of surfing everyday.  Asayama-san and i went out for an afternoon session.  different crowd, different people, and different experience.  totally different than the morning.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-25-at-10.56.06-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>on his second wave, Asayama-san caught the best wave of his life!  he was so happy that he wanted to go in already.  i told him &#8220;no, not yet.&#8221;  he paddled back out and got another good one.  now we could go in.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-25-at-10.56.29-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78460\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s amazing how surfing can bring out a smile, and have it last for so long.  i&#8217;ve never seen Asayama-san this happy before.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-78457\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then we went to look at some dream houses, had dinner with friends, and enjoyed his last night in Hawaii.  i&#8217;m surely going to miss him a lot.  in fact, i already do.  <\/p>\n<p>hey Asayama-san, you did so great this trip.  from the first day, you were super confident, super happy, and super amazing.  i&#8217;m sure Onosei-san from Wedge Surf Shop helped you a lot, and i&#8217;m sure he is very proud of you too.  i had a great time with you and i want to thank you for your inspiration and kindness.  i&#8217;m sure you have a lot of new fans, including me!  have a wonderful time in Japan with family and friends.  keep healthy, keep happy, and keep smiling!  see you again my friend!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>was going through my photo album and came across my old love! this little boat really did a lot for me. caught me a lot of fish and memories. i use to drive it around the island and take it anywhere and everywhere. and this is the boat i taught my nephews how to fish [&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":["post-78453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirby-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78453","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=78453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}