{"id":9409,"date":"2011-12-29T17:17:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T17:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9409"},"modified":"2011-12-29T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T17:17:29","slug":"end-of-year-windsurf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/12\/end-of-year-windsurf\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Year Windsurf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December seems to be remaining surprisingly mild this year and thankfully brought with it plenty of wind between Christmas and New year, so it was business as usual here with plenty of windsurfing.<\/p>\n<p>Steve and AndyW joined me and there were a number of kite-surfers out too including Spooker, Neal, Neil, Andy, Dunk and probably a few others. It&#8217;s nice to have other people to sail with for a change. We were all well-powered on our 5m sails and little wave boards. 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