{"id":25814,"date":"2018-01-15T07:39:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T07:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25814"},"modified":"2018-01-14T21:51:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T21:51:29","slug":"surf-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/01\/surf-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Surf!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The surf&#8217;s been pretty good here the last few days. I\u00a0haven&#8217;t had time to edit any video so here are a load of stills from Sunday mornings surf ski session at Ynyslas. Which is your favourite?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25814 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Paddling.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Paddling-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Paddling\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Paddling-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Paddling-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Paddling.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25815'>\n\t\t\t\tPaddling\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-over-the-Dunes.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-over-the-Dunes-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sunrise over the Dunes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-over-the-Dunes-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-over-the-Dunes-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-over-the-Dunes.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25816'>\n\t\t\t\tSunrise over the Dunes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Window.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Window-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Surf Window\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Window-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Window-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Window.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25817'>\n\t\t\t\tSurf Window\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swell.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swell-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Swell\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swell-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swell-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Swell.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25818'>\n\t\t\t\tSwell\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Foam.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Foam-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Foam\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Foam-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Foam-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Foam.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25819'>\n\t\t\t\tFoam\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater-in-the-sun.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater-in-the-sun-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Whitewater in the sun\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater-in-the-sun-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater-in-the-sun-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater-in-the-sun.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25820'>\n\t\t\t\tWhitewater in the sun\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Ski-Ynyslas.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Ski-Ynyslas-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Surf Ski Ynyslas\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Ski-Ynyslas-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Ski-Ynyslas-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surf-Ski-Ynyslas.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25821'>\n\t\t\t\tSurf Ski Ynyslas\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Whitewater\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Whitewater.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25822'>\n\t\t\t\tWhitewater\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-with-waves-ahead-of-me.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-with-waves-ahead-of-me-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sunrise with waves ahead of me\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-with-waves-ahead-of-me-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-with-waves-ahead-of-me-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sunrise-with-waves-ahead-of-me.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25823'>\n\t\t\t\tSunrise with waves ahead of me\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surfing.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surfing-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Surfing\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surfing-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surfing-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Surfing.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25824'>\n\t\t\t\tSurfing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Getting-some-Air.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Getting-some-Air-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Getting some Air\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Getting-some-Air-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Getting-some-Air-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Getting-some-Air.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25825'>\n\t\t\t\tGetting some Air\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Off-the-Top.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Off-the-Top-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Off the Top\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Off-the-Top-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Off-the-Top-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Off-the-Top.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25826'>\n\t\t\t\tOff the Top\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Splash-Down.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Splash-Down-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Splash Down\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Splash-Down-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Splash-Down-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Splash-Down.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25827'>\n\t\t\t\tSplash Down\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Parting-the-Waters.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Parting-the-Waters-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Parting the waters\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Parting-the-Waters-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Parting-the-Waters-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Parting-the-Waters.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25828'>\n\t\t\t\tParting the waters\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I&#8217;d been surfing on Saturday morning before our meal at Ynyshir Hall as the waves were a little too big for the surf ski. It\u00a0was pretty big for surfing to be honest with a difficult paddle to get out the back. It looked a fair bit smaller on Sunday though so I took the surf ski over for a paddle. It was bigger than it looked and quite full on with some big waves out the back and some pretty thrilling rides back in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The surf&#8217;s been pretty good here the last few days. I\u00a0haven&#8217;t had time to edit any video so here are a load of stills from Sunday mornings surf ski session at Ynyslas. Which is your favourite? I&#8217;d been surfing on Saturday morning before our meal at Ynyshir Hall as the waves were a little too&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1312,"featured_media":25817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1562],"tags":[1602],"class_list":["post-25814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canoeing","tag-surf-ski"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Surf! - A Simple Life of Luxury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/01\/surf-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Surf! - A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The surf&#8217;s been pretty good here the last few days. 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