{"id":93041,"date":"2018-08-07T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T08:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=93041"},"modified":"2018-08-07T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T08:03:34","slug":"californias-best-of-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=93041","title":{"rendered":"California&#8217;s Best of the Best!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>opps, forgot to post this last night.  probably fell asleep before i could click on the publish button.  sorry&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/a50dfa59f6996822a935c5fcb1eb842f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"712\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93044\" \/><\/p>\n<p>could you imagine how much pressure is on the line at huge career changing events like this?  all of us family and friends are all stressed out, but guess who is the most calm?  yes, Seth.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-8.22.24-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93042\" \/><\/p>\n<p>no matter who ends up winning the contest, Seth Moniz stole the show.  this air will be on the highlight reel forever.  here&#8217;s the replay.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-8.22.25-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"733\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93043\" \/><\/p>\n<p>no, Seth doesn&#8217;t have glue on his feet.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-8.22.26-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"724\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93047\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i always teach people to become ONE with your surfboard.  this is what you call becoming ONE with your surfboard.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-8.22.26-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93051\" \/><\/p>\n<p>from here, there is no possible way to pull something like this off.  good try though.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-8.22.28-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"712\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93050\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this is where the crowd went silent because everybody thought Seth fell.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-8.22.34-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then the kid pops up and completes the nearly impossible air.  the crowd erupts!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-8.22.35-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93049\" \/><\/p>\n<p>that&#8217;s my boy!  i&#8217;m so proud of this kid!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-06-at-1.57.44-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1323\" height=\"670\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93045\" \/><\/p>\n<p>even Benji, my sister, and Joshua were in disbelief.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-06-at-1.57.45-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1341\" height=\"668\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93046\" \/><\/p>\n<p>my sister was so stoked she started to bang the pole so hard!  haha.  i never seen her this excited before.  Seth ended up winning the heat and a lot of surfers hearts around the world.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>opps, forgot to post this last night. probably fell asleep before i could click on the publish button. sorry&#8230; could you imagine how much pressure is on the line at huge career changing events like this? all of us family and friends are all stressed out, but guess who is the most calm? yes, Seth. 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