{"id":82122,"date":"2017-08-18T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T06:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82122"},"modified":"2017-08-18T15:03:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T06:03:15","slug":"believers-first-timers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82122","title":{"rendered":"Believers:  First Timers&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.16.49-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82127\" \/><\/p>\n<p>had a great time with the Kogure-san couple this morning.  their first time surfing so i could see all the excitement in their eyes.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.13.39-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82123\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Noriko-san is very energetic.  from the first wave to the last, she kept on going strong.  here is the smile before the first wave of her life.  no nerves here.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.14.29-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>her first wave ever!  omg, such an amazing ride and amazing smile.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.15.58-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then after that, it was almost too easy for Noriko-san.  riding, laughing, and smiling all at the same time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.14.03-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"716\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82126\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shingo-san looking pretty exited too.  not as excited as Noriko-san, but once he stood up, he was stoked.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.14.59-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"728\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82124\" \/><\/p>\n<p>words can&#8217;t describe how surfing can bring out the best emotions in oneself.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.17.20-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82128\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and yes,the long and beautiful ride into Waikiki.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.17.43-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"724\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82129\" \/><\/p>\n<p>had an amazing lunch after our long surf.  after we ate hot pho, Shingo-san and Noriko-san went back to their hotel to take a long afternoon nap.  gosh, it must have felt great!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-18-at-2.20.01-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82135\" \/><\/p>\n<p>as for me, no time for a nap.  straight back to the beach and surfing with Hattori-san.  long rides of Boot Camp day 1.  day 2 coming tomorrow at sunrise.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-22-at-4.44.41-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82131\" \/><\/p>\n<p>sequence from Taiwan:  somebody just asked me how to do a turn.  i told them to imagine it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-22-at-4.46.26-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i told them to have confidence.  know you can do it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-22-at-4.46.42-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82134\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i told them to push 70% off the back foot and 30% off the front foot.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-22-at-4.45.10-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82132\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and i told them to believe in yourself.  that&#8217;s the most important part.  because if you believe in yourself, you can so more than turns, you can do anything in life&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>had a great time with the Kogure-san couple this morning. their first time surfing so i could see all the excitement in their eyes. Noriko-san is very energetic. from the first wave to the last, she kept on going strong. here is the smile before the first wave of her life. no nerves here. her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82122","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\/82122","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=82122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}