{"id":89876,"date":"2018-05-14T05:25:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T20:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=89876"},"modified":"2018-05-14T05:25:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T20:25:53","slug":"free-surf-the-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=89876","title":{"rendered":"Free Surf:  The Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3755-e1524810383348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89882\" \/><\/p>\n<p>just picked up the new Freesurf magazine.  so stoked to see fellow Dove Teammate Takayuki Wakita on the cover!  i&#8217;m pretty sure he&#8217;s the first and only Japanese to get a cover in a Hawaiian Magazine.  great accomplishment!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89877\" \/><\/p>\n<p>there was a big article on Josh Moniz.  i read it and was tearing most of the way.  i&#8217;m so proud of this kid and all his accomplishments.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3756.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89885\" \/><\/p>\n<p>yeah, Josh Moniz is the 2018 Volcom Pro Champion!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3760.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89879\" \/><\/p>\n<p>under pressure in the final, Josh kept calm and did the job.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89878\" \/><\/p>\n<p>one of his quotes was &#8220;It was crazy to see my family and friends running down the beach to me after I won, I was like &#8220;woah, did that just happen?  it was the best thing ever, it felt like we all won.&#8221;  yes Joshua, we all won that day!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89880\" \/><\/p>\n<p>get use to this people.  this is the first, but not the last time this kid will be holding the trophy over his head.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89881\" \/><\/p>\n<p>yes Joshua, we all won!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89883\" \/><\/p>\n<p>sweet smile kid&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3762.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89884\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this photo is my favorite.  the 5 Moniz kids all in the moment.  Seth, Micah, Isaiah, and Kelia.  this photo and memory is priceless&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_3765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89886\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and stoked to see Micah Moniz in the magazine too.  he&#8217;s the bull of the family.  if you make trouble to one, you will have to deal with this Hawaiian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>just picked up the new Freesurf magazine. so stoked to see fellow Dove Teammate Takayuki Wakita on the cover! i&#8217;m pretty sure he&#8217;s the first and only Japanese to get a cover in a Hawaiian Magazine. great accomplishment! there was a big article on Josh Moniz. i read it and was tearing most of the [&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-89876","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\/89876","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=89876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}