{"id":92992,"date":"2018-08-03T17:08:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T08:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=92992"},"modified":"2018-08-03T17:08:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T08:08:33","slug":"talk-of-the-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=92992","title":{"rendered":"Talk of the Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-02-at-3.11.05-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92996\" \/><\/p>\n<p>love talking little kids out into the open ocean.  just to see them enjoying it at such a young age reminds me of my first time too.  yes, i was right around this age when my Step-Father took me on his boat from Oahu to Kauai.  i was totally seasick the whole time in the front cabin.  it was a long nightmare, but that experience made me a stronger kid.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-02-at-3.10.48-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92995\" \/><\/p>\n<p>maybe someday this kid will be a waterman.  and i&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll never forget this ride.  experiences like this last in a persons mind forever.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-02-at-3.11.36-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92994\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Father and son.  a beautiful moment&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-02-at-3.09.47-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92993\" \/><\/p>\n<p>such a cool place to feel so free in the ocean.  so happy to see Takahashi-san&#8217;s wonderful family enjoying this beautiful day!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92991\" \/><\/p>\n<p>every person i talked too about Mao-san was totally impressed.  from locals on Molokai, to watermen on Oahu, Mao-san was the talk of the town.  it makes me proud to be Japanese!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92989\" \/><\/p>\n<p>from the start, to this finish line, there was no taking a break.  where in the world does this girl get all this energy from?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_8172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92990\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ever since i started foiling, my main goal was to be able to ride the biggest wave possible.  but after watching the guys foil past me in the channel, now i wouldn&#8217;t mind doing the same thing.   so next time i go to Molokai, i&#8217;m taking my foil!  can&#8217;t wait&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>love talking little kids out into the open ocean. just to see them enjoying it at such a young age reminds me of my first time too. yes, i was right around this age when my Step-Father took me on his boat from Oahu to Kauai. i was totally seasick the whole time in 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-92992","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\/92992","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=92992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}