{"id":133626,"date":"2017-07-09T08:28:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T15:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=133626"},"modified":"2017-07-09T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T15:28:44","slug":"5-surfers-whove-gotten-in-serious-trouble-with-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=133626","title":{"rendered":"5 Surfers Who\u2019ve Gotten in Serious Trouble with the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Historically, surfers haven\u2019t exactly been upstanding citizens. Sure, there are some, but they\u2019re boring. Upstanding citizens, unless they\u2019re truly exceptional, rarely make for a good story. Think of it: OJ Simpson or Brett Simpson? Jack the Ripper or Jack Freestone? Jesse James or Jessi Miley-Dyer? Crime might not pay, but it sure makes a hell of a good story. Surfing has long had a stereotype\u2013one that the WSL is trying hard to break free from\u2013of slacker ne\u2019er-do-wells, interested only (in the words of the character who almost single-handedly created the stereotype) in some tasty waves and a cool buzz.<\/p>\n<p>But stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. They are often\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinertia.com\/surf\/5-surfers-whove-gotten-in-serious-trouble-with-the-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoked News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically, surfers haven\u2019t exactly been upstanding citizens. Sure, there are some, but they\u2019re boring. Upstanding citizens, unless they\u2019re truly exceptional, rarely make for a good story. Think of it: OJ Simpson or Brett Simpson? Jack the Ripper or Jack Freestone? Jesse James or Jessi Miley-Dyer? Crime might not pay, but it sure makes a hell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","category-surf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133626","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=133626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133627,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133626\/revisions\/133627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}