{"id":136,"date":"2009-11-22T22:38:46","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T21:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/?p=136"},"modified":"2009-11-22T22:38:46","modified_gmt":"2009-11-22T21:38:46","slug":"surf-quendale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/11\/22\/surf-quendale\/","title":{"rendered":"Surf Quendale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_207\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ycotuao.cluster027.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC_0419-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-207\" title=\"Jonathan &amp; Bonar\" src=\"http:\/\/ycotuao.cluster027.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC_0419-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Surf Kayak image\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC_0419-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC_0419-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC_0419-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayak Surfing at Quendale<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A punishing but very exciting and enjoyable introduction to beach surfing for Bonar, Deborah and Mark, instructed and supported by Jonathan and Mavis.<\/p>\n<p>After taking a look at the seething maelstrom that was the West Voe of Sumburgh, Jonathan decided that Quendale would be better suited and would yield better, safer waves for the purpose &#8211; and so the group diverted to the turbulent maelstrom of Quendale instead!<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon started with some lively but reasonably manageable waves, but as the tide ebbed and the waves became steeper and taller, everyone took a tumble bar Jonathan. Some of the bigger waves were truly spectacular and Mavis&#8217;s high speed nose-stand on the face of one of the larger sets was an image unforgettable.<\/p>\n<p>For the early part of the afternoon there was a kite-surfer on the far end of the beach. Always good to see folk making the best of the winter weather, however chilly it was.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/gallery\/?shashin_album_key=4\">Gallery for more images.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A punishing but very exciting and enjoyable introduction to beach surfing for Bonar, Deborah and Mark, instructed and supported by Jonathan and Mavis. After taking a look at the seething maelstrom that was the West Voe of Sumburgh, Jonathan decided that Quendale would be better suited and would yield better, safer waves for the purpose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shetlandcanoeclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}