{"id":82850,"date":"2017-09-09T05:12:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T20:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82850"},"modified":"2017-09-09T05:12:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T20:12:06","slug":"deadly-hurricane-irma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82850","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Hurricane Irma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82852\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-24-at-6.06.15-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1037\" height=\"577\" \/>\u00a0one of the fascinating things about diving in other countries is being able to hunt different species. \u00a0sometimes you need different techniques, sometimes you don&#8217;t. \u00a0when i saw this delicious looking fish swimming in the channel on an outer island off Okinawa, i couldn&#8217;t help myself to dive down and investigate. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82853\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-24-at-6.06.42-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1031\" height=\"578\" \/>\u00a0i swam up really calmly, tried not to look at it in the eyes, and when it came in, i took the shot from the back gill to the head. \u00a0a pretty much perfect shot. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82851\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0then when i was walking through the fish market in Naha, i saw the exact same fish for sale. \u00a0it was 3,200 yen or about $30. \u00a0it&#8217;s so crazy how expensive fish is!!! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82854\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-24-at-6.10.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1037\" height=\"573\" \/>\u00a0speared a nice rainbow runner too. \u00a0the best for sashimi! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82856\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hurricane-Irma-NHC-Atlantic-Ops-Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"551\" \/> Hurricane Irma is the biggest storm in history. \u00a0it&#8217;s passing by islands wreaking havoc! \u00a0storms like this are super deadly, but at the same time, storms like this are a surfers dream. \u00a0we chase it to get the ultimate ride of your life. \u00a0i&#8217;ve chased storms like this for 25 years and i know the risks, and i know the rewards. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82855\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/surfer-death__oPt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"584\" \/>unfortunately,\u00a0Hurricane Irma claimed a young aspiring surfers life. \u00a0 this 16 year old kid Zander Venezia died from surfing this storm at his home break in Barbados. \u00a0he hit the reef and drowned. \u00a0 right before he drowned, he told his friend &#8220;i caught the best wave of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>some news channels are reporting that he shouldn&#8217;t have been surfing those waves generated by\u00a0Hurricane Irma. \u00a0yeah, a normal person would think the same. \u00a0but as surfers, we all know the risks we take. \u00a0it&#8217;s something we live with and it&#8217;s something we could die with. \u00a0 most surfers want to go out with the ultimate ride of their lives. \u00a0this kid just did that. \u00a0he&#8217;s my hero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0one of the fascinating things about diving in other countries is being able to hunt different species. \u00a0sometimes you need different techniques, sometimes you don&#8217;t. \u00a0when i saw this delicious looking fish swimming in the channel on an outer island off Okinawa, i couldn&#8217;t help myself to dive down and investigate. \u00a0\u00a0i swam up really [&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-82850","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\/82850","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=82850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}