{"id":1105,"date":"2009-02-10T23:13:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2009-03-17T21:01:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T04:01:48","slug":"103-surfers-battle-it-out-in-pro-am-bodysurfing-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=1105","title":{"rendered":"Bodyboard &#8211; 103 surfers battle it out in Pro-Am bodysurfing competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SURFBOARDING has been a popular water sport in Cherating beach near Kuantan for many years.<\/p>\n<p>The extreme sport attracts scores of teenagers to surf and ride the waves on a surfboard displaying their skills in balancing while manoeuvring within the waves.<\/p>\n<p>In Cherating, the competition for body surfing was usually held during the monsoon season due to the strong waves and wind.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a time when red flags are hung to warn visitors to stay away from the sea, but ironically, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the best time for the bodysurfers to take on the waves&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my\/metro\/story.asp?file=\/2009\/2\/10\/southneast\/3221412&amp;sec=southneast\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<center><br \/>\n[ad#cor1]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SURFBOARDING has been a popular water sport in Cherating beach near Kuantan for many years. The extreme sport attracts scores of teenagers to surf and ride the waves on a surfboard displaying their skills in balancing while manoeuvring within the waves. In Cherating, the competition for body surfing was usually held during the monsoon season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,54,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-board-sports","category-bodyboarding","category-surf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4684,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/4684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}