{"id":87537,"date":"2018-02-07T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=87537"},"modified":"2018-02-07T15:00:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T06:00:56","slug":"foil-foil-surf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=87537","title":{"rendered":"Foil, Foil, Surf!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-2.11.15-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87545\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i go surfing with Takahashi-san this morning and he asked me &#8220;why isn&#8217;t there anyone out????&#8221;  i told him &#8220;i don&#8217;t know???&#8221;  felt weird to be in the ocean yesterday evening and this morning with nobody else out.  and of course, the waves were clean and fun!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-2.11.01-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"746\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87547\" \/><\/p>\n<p>glassy conditions and golden sunrise.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-2.11.32-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87548\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i caught 5 waves and felt like i did a 2 hour workout in the gym.  this foil board is getting me into the best shape i&#8217;ve been in years.  anyway, thank you Takahashi-san for the wonderful time in Hawaii.  have a safe flight home and tell all our Okinawan friends i said &#8220;haisai!&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2071.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87539\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i took a drive by Diamond Head because i knew it was the perfect day for the foil.  and yes it was!  my hair was still wet from Bowls as i got ready for another amazing session.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-2.12.42-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87542\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i finally learned how to get the foil up to the perfect height.  i&#8217;m 3&#8242; or 1 meter above the water surfing in the air.  the closest thing i can compare the feeling to is snowboarding in the deepest powder snow.  it&#8217;s freaking amazing!  i ended up foiling 4 hours this morning.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2083.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87541\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then went up to Nuuanu to check out the house my Grandpa Osaki built back in the 1940&#8217;s.  he built this whole house by himself and i remember spending so much time up there.  felt good to feel my Grandpa again.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2089.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87538\" \/><\/p>\n<p>was driving home and seen a car on the freeway?  i knew it was a surfer because of the board bag, then i looked at the driver from behind and thought &#8220;i know that guy!&#8221;  turns out to be Hayato Maki!  haha.  i swear this world is way too small&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-2.14.30-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87543\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then went for round 3.  Boot Camp day 2 and Fukuda-san surfing way better!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-2.15.52-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87544\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was riding behind watching him on this very long ride!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-2.15.18-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i caught a few waves but got bored because my board wouldn&#8217;t lift out of the water.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-2.17.31-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87546\" \/><\/p>\n<p>stayed out till sunset.  another amazing full day playing in the ocean.  good night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i go surfing with Takahashi-san this morning and he asked me &#8220;why isn&#8217;t there anyone out????&#8221; i told him &#8220;i don&#8217;t know???&#8221; felt weird to be in the ocean yesterday evening and this morning with nobody else out. and of course, the waves were clean and fun! glassy conditions and golden sunrise. i caught 5 [&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-87537","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\/87537","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=87537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}