{"id":91772,"date":"2018-06-25T18:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=91772"},"modified":"2018-06-25T18:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:04:04","slug":"luckiest-dolphin-day-of-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=91772","title":{"rendered":"Luckiest Dolphin Day of our Lives&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91761\" \/><\/p>\n<p>since the waves were flat today, i thought it would be a good time to teach foiling.  so loaded up Mayuki and headed out to the beautiful sea.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6074.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91760\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Toda-san was first.  i know he&#8217;s still super nervous and super scared because i had that same feeling.  so we started off slow.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6085.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91762\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then once we picked up speed, the foil came up and Toda-san got the ride of his life!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91763\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then Maki-san told me she wanted to try?  what?  Maki-san use to be a very cautious person but recently, something changed within herself.  she&#8217;s living the &#8220;i only have one life&#8221; style which i love about her.  high risk, high return!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6099.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91764\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maki-san got up on her very first try!  it was amazing!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-25-at-12.35.02-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"868\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91767\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then as i was towing Toda-san again, a pod of dolphins came to watch us have fun.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91765\" \/><\/p>\n<p>they were everywhere!  so beautiful!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then we all jumped in and swam around.  it was the first time i swam with such calm and cool dolphins.  they were swimming around us for an hour.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-25-at-12.35.15-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"760\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91769\" \/><\/p>\n<p>throughout all these years in the ocean, i feel a cool connection with wildlife.  i can feel it on the boat, but i can feel it more in their environment.  so when ever i get the chance like this, i take it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-25-at-12.38.07-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91766\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was making my dolphin whisper noises under water and i could see them look at me so curiously.  they were swimming around me so gracefully and so carefree.  so i did the same and they would keep on coming closer and closer.  it was another amazing moment.  this normal Sunday turned out to be one of the best Sunday&#8217;s of my life&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>since the waves were flat today, i thought it would be a good time to teach foiling. so loaded up Mayuki and headed out to the beautiful sea. Toda-san was first. i know he&#8217;s still super nervous and super scared because i had that same feeling. so we started off slow. then once we picked [&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-91772","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\/91772","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=91772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}