{"id":91903,"date":"2018-06-30T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T06:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=91903"},"modified":"2018-06-30T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T06:02:12","slug":"old-school-japan-asp-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=91903","title":{"rendered":"Old School Japan ASP Memories&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-6.30.24-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91909\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was so stoked to surf with Kalani Robb this morning!  i haven&#8217;t seen this guy for a very long time so it was good to catch up and talk about the good old days.  i was with Kalani the very first time he went to Japan back in 1992.  then hung out with him during all the ASP events throughout the years.  this kid was one of the most famous pro surfers in the world.  good surfer, good looks, and good attitude.  good to see you in the water today Kalani!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-6.29.20-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91905\" \/><\/p>\n<p>good to surf with Dr. Sato-san this morning too.  super cool guy that loves to surf so much.  his first wave at Bowls this morning was as perfect as it gets.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-6.30.08-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"714\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91908\" \/><\/p>\n<p>lots of rights, and lots of turns.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-6.28.46-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91907\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the past 2 days, i&#8217;ve been getting some very long rights, and some very long lefts.  it&#8217;s crazy how this amazing surf spot is 15 minutes away from my home.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-6.32.49-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91906\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sato-san&#8217;s from Shikoku and loves the rights at this secret river mouth we all surf at.  so going right is very natural for him.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-6.31.37-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"716\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91904\" \/><\/p>\n<p>surf and smile.  that&#8217;s the great way to enjoy life.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-6.30.40-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91910\" \/><\/p>\n<p>good to see you both Kalani and Sato-san.  keep on surfing and keep on the wonderful life&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-30-at-6.33.03-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91911\" \/><\/p>\n<p>until we meet again.  maybe in Shikoku?  or maybe in Hawaii.  either way, it&#8217;s all good!<\/p>\n<p>**by the way, Seth Moniz is in the quarter finals in South Africa.  contest will start at 7:15pm so don&#8217;t miss it.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldsurfleague.com\/events\/2018\/mqs\/2742\/qs-mens-event-ballito-pro-pres-by-billabong\">www.worldsurfleague.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i was so stoked to surf with Kalani Robb this morning! i haven&#8217;t seen this guy for a very long time so it was good to catch up and talk about the good old days. i was with Kalani the very first time he went to Japan back in 1992. then hung out with him [&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":["post-91903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirby-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91903","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=91903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}