{"id":74590,"date":"2013-01-22T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T22:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=74590"},"modified":"2013-01-22T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T22:04:37","slug":"kneeboard-culture-thriving-again-in-huntington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=74590","title":{"rendered":"Kneeboard culture thriving again in Huntington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Knee riding has been around since the early Hawaiians started surfing,&#8221; said Alvarez, of Huntington Beach. &#8220;When surfing was first seen, the common people were allowed to surf on their knees, and only the royalty were allowed to stand up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez, also known as &#8220;Big Tony&#8221; and organizer of the Kneeboard Surfing USA Titles and Festival, gave me a bit of history as we stood at the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier while the 10th annual Kneeboard Surfing Titles was going on Saturday and Sunday\u00c2\u00a0 &#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/surfing-408681-huntington-year.html\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"425\" height=\"288\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=2109980294001&#038;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ocregister.com%2Fvideo%2Fc%2F1125998380%2Fnews%2F2109980294001%2Fhuntington-beach-news&#038;playerID=47552158001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAADrXnTk~,prBKvYCdnSiknd7rp1Q8snfUaKBeGCbh&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=2109980294001&#038;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ocregister.com%2Fvideo%2Fc%2F1125998380%2Fnews%2F2109980294001%2Fhuntington-beach-news&#038;playerID=47552158001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAADrXnTk~,prBKvYCdnSiknd7rp1Q8snfUaKBeGCbh&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"425\" height=\"288\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\">www.stokednews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Knee riding has been around since the early Hawaiians started surfing,&#8221; 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