{"id":9312,"date":"2009-07-23T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=9312"},"modified":"2009-07-23T09:58:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T16:58:37","slug":"the-quiet-before-the-us-open-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=9312","title":{"rendered":"The Quiet Before The US Open Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"071209M<\/a><\/p>\n

Mornings are still quiet at the Huntington Beach Pier, but that is all about to change as the weekend crowds (and monster swell<\/a><\/strong>) begin to roll in. We cruised the scene early to check things out. Follow the link for more photos from the beginning of the 2009 US Open of Surfing<\/strong>.
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\nJennifer <\/strong>and Christy<\/strong> are still smiling even though they are already getting harrassed about when the event T-shirts will go on sale.<\/p>\n

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\nThe entire set up looks a little more compact and controlled this year. More corporate event and less festival free-for-all, but it is early.<\/p>\n

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\nThe tents of the wandering VIPs offer the only shade on the beach during the US Open of Surfing.<\/p>\n

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\nBreakfast? There’s no line right now.<\/p>\n

\"Anastasia<\/a>
\nAnastasia Ashley<\/a><\/strong> backside snapping out of her round of 48 heat.<\/p>\n

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\nThe smoothest rides on the beach are in the Converse Coastal Carnage<\/strong> bowls.<\/p>\n

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\nConverse’s Steve Luther <\/strong>about to roll out another amazing skate event.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Skateboard Mag’s Kevin Wilkins<\/strong> vs. The Smith Grind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mornings are still quiet at the Huntington Beach Pier, but that is all about to change as the weekend crowds (and monster swell) begin to roll in. We cruised the scene early to check things out. Follow the link for more photos from the beginning of the 2009 US Open of Surfing.<\/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":[3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9312"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9326,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312\/revisions\/9326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}