{"id":82585,"date":"2017-09-01T14:22:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T05:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82585"},"modified":"2017-09-01T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T05:22:07","slug":"the-golden-smile-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82585","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Smile Photo&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.22.35-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82594\" \/><\/p>\n<p>today was another very happy day for me.  just by the smiles in everyones faces, that&#8217;s the ultimate reward.  imagine seeing these kind of happy faces every single day?  it&#8217;s totally amazing!   10 year old Koyuki-chan on her first wave of her life, and enjoying every moment.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.22.49-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82595\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this was her smile from the time we left the beach until the time we got back.  smiling and screaming and enjoying the beautiful ocean experience.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.24.12-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"813\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82597\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then it was time to go bigger so  we went outside and caught a pretty big wave.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.23.45-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82596\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i try to tell everyone i teach surfing to keep calm, smile, and enjoy the ride.  this is exactly how you do it.  the bigger the wave, the bigger the smile.  good job Koyuki-chan!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.25.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82586\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m sure i&#8217;ll see this little girls smile again.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.20.58-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"722\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82590\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mom was no different.  Kaori-san on her first wave of her life and enjoying the ride too!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.20.38-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82592\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the magic ocean provides the magic smile.  as i downloaded the photos when i got home, i could feel the sense of total satisfaction.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.21.37-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82593\" \/><\/p>\n<p>keep calm and go naminori!  just like this!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.27.32-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82591\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then it was Dad&#8217;s turn.  super cool guy that loves to make his daughter happy.  surfing perfectly with the very long rides.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.25.48-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"791\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82588\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and when you complete a wonderful ride, you can&#8217;t help but have the wonderful smile.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.27.11-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"716\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82587\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the Diamond Head back shot.  this is surfing, this is Hawaii!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.27.48-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"724\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82589\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then we had a wonderful lunch, fun talk, lots of laughs, and a very wonderful day.  thank you to the Yakuwa-san family for sharing your smiles!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-01-at-1.24.28-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82598\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m going to use Koyuki-chan as an example for all you kids and parents out there.  surfing will bring out the best in your child.  surfing will open their young minds.  it&#8217;s healthy, it&#8217;s exciting, it&#8217;s peaceful, and it&#8217;s better than any Disneyland ride.  i&#8217;ve taken hundreds of kids surfing for the first time and the end result is always the same.  the golden smile just like this.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>today was another very happy day for me. just by the smiles in everyones faces, that&#8217;s the ultimate reward. imagine seeing these kind of happy faces every single day? it&#8217;s totally amazing! 10 year old Koyuki-chan on her first wave of her life, and enjoying every moment. this was her smile from the time we [&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-82585","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\/82585","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=82585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}