{"id":93129,"date":"2018-08-09T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=93129"},"modified":"2018-08-09T05:00:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T20:00:51","slug":"surfers-spot-and-surfers-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=93129","title":{"rendered":"Surfers Spot and Surfers Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.31.42-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"722\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93132\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i took Nao-san to study the ocean.  i was on the top explaining things to her about currents, swells, entry, and calmness.  they she wanted me to catch a couple waves so i went because i&#8217;ll never turn down an opportunity to surf this magical spot.  a spot i use to surf in high school&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.28.23-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>lots of people die here each year so it&#8217;s not the safest place to surf.  i told Nao-san that surfing here is totally different than surfing Bowls.  Bowls is like a swimming pool compared to this.  you actually have to take off right on the edge of the rocks.  there is no other way.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.29.33-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i caught a wave and rode it right pass Nao watching on the rocks.  a very long and very wild one but it felt so dam good!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.31.24-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93131\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i caught 8 waves at perfect Bowls earlier in the day, but this one wave fulfilled me the most.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0899-e1533700757567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93134\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this is Nao-san&#8217;s angle as the got out her iPhone.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0907-e1533700765424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93136\" \/><\/p>\n<p>slippery rocks, poky sea urchins, big moray eels, heavy locals, and strong current.  it&#8217;s not a place for everyone.  thank you Nao-san for asking me to surf.  just those 2 waves made my whole day&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_7191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93135\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and thank you for the gifts!  so happy!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_7121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93138\" \/><\/p>\n<p>went to have a nice Chai Tea at Surfers Coffee.  it was the best ever&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_7124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93139\" \/><\/p>\n<p>only at Wahiawa, Hawaii&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_7127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93137\" \/><\/p>\n<p>yes, it was more than a cup of coffee&#8230;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i took Nao-san to study the ocean. i was on the top explaining things to her about currents, swells, entry, and calmness. they she wanted me to catch a couple waves so i went because i&#8217;ll never turn down an opportunity to surf this magical spot. a spot i use to surf in high school&#8230; [&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-93129","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\/93129","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=93129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}