{"id":96663,"date":"2018-12-07T14:34:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T05:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=96663"},"modified":"2018-12-07T14:34:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T05:34:36","slug":"how-to-make-a-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=96663","title":{"rendered":"How to make a Champion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96668\" \/><br \/>\ni heard a little girl in the back telling her Mom, &#8220;i want to give Seth a lei, please come with me.&#8221;  then the little shy girl gave Seth a lei and said &#8220;congratulations.&#8221;  it was so cute!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96667\" \/><br \/>\nand being the cool kid Seth his, he give the little girl a big hug.  if you know Seth, you will know this kid has a heart of gold.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96666\" \/><br \/>\nthe Moniz family has been sponsored by Billabong for the past 15 years.  it&#8217;s more than a sponsorship, it&#8217;s a family relationship.  now it&#8217;s Seth&#8217;s turn to show Billabong and the world what this Hawaiian\/Japanese can do!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96664\" \/><br \/>\nmy sister had a few words on her own.  always thankful for all the support from family and friends.  i already blocked some of my 2019 schedule to go watch Seth surf some WCT&#8217;s around the world!  see you there!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96665\" \/><br \/>\nstanding room only.  it was a night for Seth, and it was a night for Hawaii.  i know so many Hawaiians will be cheering for Seth next year.  and lots of Japanese too!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1036\" height=\"1278\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96671\" \/><br \/>\nspeaking of another kid that has big dreams, look at Shunsuke-kun!  he made it all the way to the quarter finals in the All Japan Student Championship!  i&#8217;m so proud of him!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"840\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96670\" \/><br \/>\nall those days of boot camp must have worked because Shunsuke-kun is surfing way better than before!  awesome!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96672\" \/><br \/>\nand 2nd place in another contest in Miyazaki?  it won&#8217;t be long until this kid wins a contest!  good job Shunsuke-kun, see you in Hawaii later this month for more boot camp training!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-07-at-1.32.23-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96673\" \/><br \/>\ni did some boot camp training with Oogane-san this morning at Bowls.  the waves were perfect and you wouldn&#8217;t believe how good he got!  another reborn surfer!!!<\/p>\n<p>*foiled Diamond Head this afternoon and had the time of my life!  my foil is going faster and getting looser.  and i&#8217;m feeling so high right now!!!  good happy night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i heard a little girl in the back telling her Mom, &#8220;i want to give Seth a lei, please come with me.&#8221; then the little shy girl gave Seth a lei and said &#8220;congratulations.&#8221; it was so cute! and being the cool kid Seth his, he give the little girl a big hug. if you [&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-96663","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\/96663","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=96663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}