{"id":25182,"date":"2017-09-14T08:35:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T07:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25182"},"modified":"2017-09-12T15:12:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T14:12:04","slug":"not-falling-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/09\/not-falling-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Falling In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look at this, it&#8217;s me getting onto my surf ski in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-race-report\/\">Shrewsbury Quadrathlon<\/a> and not falling in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25183\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Surf-Ski-Mounting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25183\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Surf-Ski-Mounting.jpg\" alt=\"Surf-Ski Mounting\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Surf-Ski-Mounting.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Surf-Ski-Mounting-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Surf-Ski-Mounting-720x480.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surf-Ski Mounting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Quite some accomplishment considering my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/falling-off-surf-ski\/\">first attempts on the surf ski<\/a> back in June.\u00a0Thanks to Simon from T7 Proshot photography for the photo. 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