{"id":83441,"date":"2017-09-28T16:16:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T07:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=83441"},"modified":"2017-09-28T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T07:16:24","slug":"mr-monk-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=83441","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Monk Seal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-1.55.36-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"807\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83449\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ogaki-san is from Tochigi-ken.  a super cool surfer that surfs at Oarai in Ibaraki.  seems like i&#8217;ve been meeting so many surfers from Oarai recently?  anyway, it&#8217;s Ogaki-san&#8217;s first time to Hawaii, and his first surfing day here.  when we got out, the first thing he said was &#8220;wow, the view is so beautiful!  and the water is so clear!&#8221;  haha.  i could see how stoked he was as we waited in the glassy conditions for our first wave.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-1.55.58-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83446\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and here it is!  Ogaki-san&#8217;s first Hawaiian wave!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-3.39.51-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83452\" \/><\/p>\n<p>he was super stoked!  can&#8217;t you tell?  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-3.39.16-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"722\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83444\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then i was teaching him how to turn left and right.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-1.56.28-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"715\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and when Ogaki-san took off and rode the right all the way to the end, he was so stoked.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-3.40.02-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"712\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83445\" \/><\/p>\n<p>awesome surfing day!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-1.58.16-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then Mr. Monk Seal swam by to say hi.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-1.57.21-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83448\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i had to make sure i got the photo.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-1.56.49-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83443\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was watching him go hunting.  i think he was looking for tako.  but Ogaki-san was pretty lucky to see a Hawaiian Monk Seal on his first experience in the water in Hawaii.   very lucky!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-3.40.30-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"722\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83447\" \/><\/p>\n<p>poke bowl for lunch.  thank you dude!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-3.48.47-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83451\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then went surfing with Rikita-san this afternoon.  arrived this morning and surfing till sunset.  hard core!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ogaki-san is from Tochigi-ken. a super cool surfer that surfs at Oarai in Ibaraki. seems like i&#8217;ve been meeting so many surfers from Oarai recently? 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