{"id":88372,"date":"2018-03-04T05:03:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T20:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=88372"},"modified":"2018-03-04T05:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T20:03:32","slug":"family-and-friends-loyal-to-the-foil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=88372","title":{"rendered":"Family and Friends:  Loyal to the Foil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-15-at-12.47.42-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"789\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88377\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ever since i started foiling, my surfing life has changed.  it&#8217;s like starting to surf all over again and i can feel the same excitement i felt 40 years ago.  i feel like a kid again and this adrenaline is making me very happy!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-20-at-5.29.07-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and to watch my closest friends feel the exact same thing as i&#8217;m feeling is amazing.  the beers taste a lot better after a good session.  Carter Lee on Cloud 9!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tony.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3624\" height=\"2034\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>foiling has brought Tony Moniz and i much closer than we ever were.  the excitement after every ride and cheering each other on is so precious.  and moments like this sunset session is totally priceless&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_2593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"660\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88382\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hayato came to Hawaii 3 weeks ago.  he always asked me to go surf the North Shore but i told him &#8220;no thank you, i&#8217;d rather foil in town.&#8221;  by his reaction back then, i could tell he couldn&#8217;t understand what i was feeling because nobody else could either.  he probably thought i was joking.  then after the first time i took him out to the worst waves at Diamond Head to foil, he told me &#8220;omg, now i know why you don&#8217;t want to go to the North Shore anymore.&#8221;  haha.  then he goes back to Okinawa and the next day, buys a foil, and now he&#8217;s foiling!  haha.  welcome to the club!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-02-at-1.16.28-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"774\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we were out surfing the other day and my friend Danno was foiling.  he just started so like everyone else, he looks like a beginner.  but what people don&#8217;t know is that Danno surfs shortboard super good!!!  my friends that were out with me that day didn&#8217;t believe me when i told them that.  haha.  hey Danno, your day will come&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-02-at-1.15.20-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88383\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i still feel like a beginner too.  most local surfers in these spots i never surfed before think i&#8217;m a Japanese tourist beginner surfer.  i sit in the inside and ride the leftovers while they catch all the good waves.  that&#8217;s what gives me the drive to get better and better each day.  when i do, i&#8217;ll fly past them like lightning and i ain&#8217;t stopping&#8230;  can&#8217;t wait for that!  but in the meantime, i&#8217;m going to be Loyal to the Foil&#8230;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ever since i started foiling, my surfing life has changed. it&#8217;s like starting to surf all over again and i can feel the same excitement i felt 40 years ago. i feel like a kid again and this adrenaline is making me very happy! and to watch my closest friends feel the exact same thing [&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-88372","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\/88372","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=88372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}