{"id":40468,"date":"2023-08-17T13:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40468"},"modified":"2023-08-17T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:26:14","slug":"wake-up-todays-gonna-be-a-good-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/08\/wake-up-todays-gonna-be-a-good-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake Up, Today&#8217;s Gonna be a Good Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, I commented yesterday that you can&#8217;t beat an early morning swim before a day at work. Maybe I was wrong, because an early morning windsurf in perfect conditions before work is equally as good, probably better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8jNfAxYAIyU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>30-35 knots with sunny skies and warm temperatures. A little bit of chop at this side of the estuary, some flatter water towards the point. More chop over the point, some rolling swell in the channel and then calm waters in front of the beach at Aberdyfi. Just perfect. Lots of fun just blasting back and forth with plenty of carve gybes, some lay-down gybes, the odd duck gybe and a few chop hops. 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