{"id":2352,"date":"2012-04-13T00:49:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T00:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pritchardwindsurfing.com\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2012-04-13T00:49:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T00:49:11","slug":"windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back","title":{"rendered":"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Aussie mates were over for the past 2 weeks of EXCELLENT windsurfing conditions... if you haven't noticed we have been a little slack on the blog updates.... that is because Kev has been Starboard photo shooting and I have been busy as ever showing people some new tricks!<\/p>\n<p>It has been almost 2 years of talk with my buddy David about getting his kid Ben out on the water! \u00a0I threw Benny boy on my back for a blast on the 6.9 Cross and Rocket 125! It was blowing a good 25 knots, most of the boys were on 4.7's pretty wound up so I figured we should have no excuses for going slow. I wanted to give Benny the ride of his life out there, we had talked about doing a forward loop but decided (with his mom's input) to wait till next year!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the CLEW VIEW, I got some pretty cool clips!!!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39998703?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Aussie mates were over for the past 2 weeks of EXCELLENT windsurfing conditions&#8230; if you haven&#8217;t noticed we have been a little slack on the blog updates&#8230;. that is because Kev has been Starboard photo shooting and I have been busy as ever showing people some new tricks! It has been almost 2 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back! - Pritchard Windsurfing<\/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:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back! - Pritchard Windsurfing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My Aussie mates were over for the past 2 weeks of EXCELLENT windsurfing conditions... if you haven&#039;t noticed we have been a little slack on the blog updates.... that is because Kev has been Starboard photo shooting and I have been busy as ever showing people some new tricks! It has been almost 2 years [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pritchard Windsurfing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-13T00:49:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Pritchard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Pritchard\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt Pritchard\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#\/schema\/person\/11f0027ff187864389062513ef4af15e\"},\"headline\":\"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back!\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-13T00:49:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back\"},\"wordCount\":160,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back\",\"name\":\"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back! - Pritchard Windsurfing\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-13T00:49:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#\/schema\/person\/11f0027ff187864389062513ef4af15e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/\",\"name\":\"Pritchard Windsurfing\",\"description\":\"Over the past two decades, Kevin and Matt Pritchard have both won several PWA Windsurfing World Titles and impressed the windsurfing world with their unique style, outstanding performance and great personality.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#\/schema\/person\/11f0027ff187864389062513ef4af15e\",\"name\":\"Matt Pritchard\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61efbb83993cde084f4bc26e34aaac0fb16982d192f458294a473a9cbcfeb81a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61efbb83993cde084f4bc26e34aaac0fb16982d192f458294a473a9cbcfeb81a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matt Pritchard\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/author\/matt-pritchard\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back! - Pritchard Windsurfing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back! - Pritchard Windsurfing","og_description":"My Aussie mates were over for the past 2 weeks of EXCELLENT windsurfing conditions... if you haven't noticed we have been a little slack on the blog updates.... that is because Kev has been Starboard photo shooting and I have been busy as ever showing people some new tricks! It has been almost 2 years [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back","og_site_name":"Pritchard Windsurfing","article_published_time":"2012-04-13T00:49:11+00:00","author":"Matt Pritchard","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt Pritchard","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back"},"author":{"name":"Matt Pritchard","@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#\/schema\/person\/11f0027ff187864389062513ef4af15e"},"headline":"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back!","datePublished":"2012-04-13T00:49:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back"},"wordCount":160,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back","url":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back","name":"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back! - Pritchard Windsurfing","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2012-04-13T00:49:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#\/schema\/person\/11f0027ff187864389062513ef4af15e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/windsurfing-with-an-8-year-old-on-my-back#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Windsurfing with an 8 year old on my back!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/","name":"Pritchard Windsurfing","description":"Over the past two decades, Kevin and Matt Pritchard have both won several PWA Windsurfing World Titles and impressed the windsurfing world with their unique style, outstanding performance and great personality.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#\/schema\/person\/11f0027ff187864389062513ef4af15e","name":"Matt Pritchard","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61efbb83993cde084f4bc26e34aaac0fb16982d192f458294a473a9cbcfeb81a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61efbb83993cde084f4bc26e34aaac0fb16982d192f458294a473a9cbcfeb81a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matt Pritchard"},"url":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/author\/matt-pritchard"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}