{"id":2749,"date":"2013-04-16T06:49:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T13:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2013-04-17T17:31:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T00:31:13","slug":"south-by-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2013\/04\/south-by-northwest\/","title":{"rendered":"South by Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2013\/04\/south-by-northwest\/2013-pp-04-16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg?fit=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013-PP-04-16\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg?resize=525%2C525\" alt=\"2013-PP-04-16\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-PP-04-16.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surf: 7.9 ft at 10.0 s from the NW at 305\u00c2\u00b0<\/p>\n<p>With the wind howling locally and swell in Santa Cruz being inconsistent at best, finding in a window of &#8220;not awful&#8221; to paddle out in has been tricky. <\/p>\n<p>While the sunrise was lovely, I was really struggling. The new leash works much better (no tangled up feet) but I couldn&#8217;t get in to a wave to save my life. I finally got one and very slowly rode it in. Uff. <\/p>\n<p>Oh, thanks to the orange board, I&#8217;m quite visible on the cams:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-16-at-3.30.34-PMedited.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2754\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2013\/04\/south-by-northwest\/screen-shot-2013-04-16-at-3-30-34-pmedited\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-16-at-3.30.34-PMedited.png?fit=1000%2C722&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,722\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2013-04-16 at 3.30.34 PMedited\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-16-at-3.30.34-PMedited.png?fit=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-16-at-3.30.34-PMedited.png?fit=525%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-16-at-3.30.34-PMedited.png?resize=525%2C379\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-04-16 at 3.30.34 PMedited\" width=\"525\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-16-at-3.30.34-PMedited.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-16-at-3.30.34-PMedited.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf: 7.9 ft at 10.0 s from the NW at 305\u00c2\u00b0 With the wind howling locally and swell in Santa Cruz being inconsistent at best, finding in a window of &#8220;not awful&#8221; to paddle out in has been tricky. While the sunrise was lovely, I was really struggling. The new leash works much better (no &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2013\/04\/south-by-northwest\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;South by Northwest&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,36,26,24],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YKrJ-Il","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2755,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/2755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}