{"id":6494,"date":"2009-03-16T09:10:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2009-03-31T20:56:45","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T03:56:45","slug":"window-seat-on-mavericks-surf-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=6494","title":{"rendered":"Window Seat On Mavericks Surf Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/20090316-css20b8031-galleryjpg.jpeg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/20090316-css20b8031-galleryjpg.jpeg','popup','width=400,height=266,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/20090316-css20b8031-gallery-tm.jpg\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"20090316  Css20B803~1 Gallery.Jpg\" \/><\/a>Forget slip-sliding a muddy cliff all day, the new best seat for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maverickssurf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Mavericks Surf Contest<\/a><\/strong> might just be a blimp, according to a story in the <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/centralcoast\/ci_11922445?nclick_check=1\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For $199 for a half hour or $299 for the 45-minute final, surfing fans can get a new perspective on the contest, which draws 24 of the world&#8217;s best big-wave surfers to the reef on 24-hour notice to compete on waves with faces from 20 to 40 feet. &#8220;We&#8217;re constantly looking for novel ways to offer Mavericks fans unique experiences,&#8221; said Mavericks Surf Ventures CEO <strong>Keir J. Beadling<\/strong>. &#8220;Our official boat tours have always been very popular, and now Airship Ventures is allowing us to bring that experience to the next level.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Or, you could just watch it free online in HD on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuel.tv\/maverickssurf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fuel<\/a><\/strong> and forgo the airsickness. The waiting period ends in two weeks on March 31, 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/centralcoast\/ci_11922445?nclick_check=1\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget slip-sliding a muddy cliff all day, the new best seat for the 2009 Mavericks Surf Contest might just be a blimp, according to a story in the San Jose Mercury News. For $199 for a half hour or $299 for the 45-minute final, surfing fans can get a new perspective on the contest, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6494"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7043,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6494\/revisions\/7043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}