{"id":92932,"date":"2018-08-02T05:58:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T20:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=92932"},"modified":"2018-08-02T05:58:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T20:58:13","slug":"molokai-2-oahu-the-first-foiler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=92932","title":{"rendered":"Molokai 2 Oahu:  The first Foiler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_6951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92939\" \/><\/p>\n<p>went up a day early to Molokai.  parked the boat and went to experience a typical Saturday afternoon in the little town.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_6952.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92940\" \/><\/p>\n<p>fresh homemade pies made with lots of Aloha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92934\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tony hasn&#8217;t paddle boarded since last years race.  but ultimate watermen like him don&#8217;t have to practice.  he just picks up a paddle and goes.  see all those muscles?  that&#8217;s all from foiling!  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92936\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alika don&#8217;t need practice too.  it&#8217;s amazing how the ocean is in their blood.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92933\" \/><\/p>\n<p>no, there was no doggie division.  and it&#8217;s amazing this doggie didn&#8217;t fall off the boat in the rough seas.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92935\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the prone paddlers started first.  then the SUP&#8217;s came flying by about an hour later.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92941\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then out of the blues, this foiler came out of nowhere and flew right past us!  that&#8217;s when i got really excited!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92937\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then he kept going and going.  this guy was the first to pass us and Isaiah and i were wondering where Kai Lenny was?  i&#8217;ll tell you later&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92938\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mao-san was going side by side with this paddler and never giving in.  yeah, i would have been paddling my hardest too if i where him.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92943\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the hardest part was the last 5 miles.  seen Mao-san and another male paddler racing to the finish line.  Mao-san got there first and gained this mans respect.  she gained all of our respect too.  still so amazed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>went up a day early to Molokai. parked the boat and went to experience a typical Saturday afternoon in the little town. fresh homemade pies made with lots of Aloha. Tony hasn&#8217;t paddle boarded since last years race. but ultimate watermen like him don&#8217;t have to practice. he just picks up a paddle and goes. 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