{"id":92637,"date":"2018-07-22T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T06:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=92637"},"modified":"2018-07-22T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T06:26:09","slug":"friday-night-yacht-races-and-saturday-morning-bowl-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=92637","title":{"rendered":"Friday night yacht races and Saturday morning Bowl surfing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.31.19-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92639\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was really impressed by the Wasabi&#8217;s crew.  super young and super focused.  each member had a specific task so it was total teamwork.  Captain Jimmy told me to sit back and watch, so that&#8217;s what i did.  just by racing around Diamond Head, i learned so many thing.  it was a totally different world than what i&#8217;m use to.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.31.39-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>people think i&#8217;m crazy when i drive Mayuki.  people will think i&#8217;m more crazy when i start sailing because the more wind, the more speed.  expect me to be out on the windiest days&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.32.30-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"782\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92642\" \/><\/p>\n<p>these 2 young ladies impressed me a lot.  they could read the ocean better than me.  they would yell &#8220;PUFF!&#8221; which is a gust of wind coming up.  and i&#8217;d look out and see nothing.  they said the could tell by the different shades in the ocean.  i felt like a baby entering the open ocean for the first time&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.32.14-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92641\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i can&#8217;t wait till next Friday night races!  i want to learn more so i can be the Captain of a race too!  but i&#8217;m not sailing around Diamond Head, i&#8217;m sailing around the world!!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.33.11-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"722\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92638\" \/><\/p>\n<p>now let&#8217;s talk about this morning which is Saturday.  good to see some of the boys ripping up the Bowl.  Edrik Baldwin on a nice one.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.36.06-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mike Akima preparing for his upcoming Indonesia trip.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.33.42-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"735\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92643\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Makua Rothman at home after paddling into a 20&#8242; wave in Fiji and almost dying.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.34.21-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92647\" \/><\/p>\n<p>big boys know how to power surf.  this turn was freaking amazing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.34.42-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92644\" \/><\/p>\n<p>when you see a big Hawaiian like this coming down the line, get the heck out of his way!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-6.34.54-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"715\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92645\" \/><\/p>\n<p>big boy, big spray, Wade Tokoro surfboard.<\/p>\n<p>i ended up foiling Bowls and getting a lot more comfortable in the lineup.  i still feel like a beginner on the foil but practice is the key to getting better.  someday i&#8217;ll be riding waves out there just like i ride my shortboard.  hopefully soon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i was really impressed by the Wasabi&#8217;s crew. super young and super focused. each member had a specific task so it was total teamwork. Captain Jimmy told me to sit back and watch, so that&#8217;s what i did. just by racing around Diamond Head, i learned so many thing. it was a totally different world [&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-92637","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\/92637","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=92637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}