{"id":26,"date":"2009-05-17T02:07:08","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2009-05-17T05:08:53","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T12:08:53","slug":"first-real-winter-storm-in-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/first-real-winter-storm-in-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"First real winter storm in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up with the beating rain against my window and the temperature down by more than a bit. The buzz was out amongst the tow in crew&#8230; 9m swell. And to get 9 meter swell you need wind!<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday delivered a squally bit intense session (Small kite) and look out for the gusts.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is a picture of Long beach<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27\" src=\"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_6390-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Riding the storm\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_6390-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_6390.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding the storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The waves started pounding last night&#8230; Unfortunatly today, the wind is on the light side and from experience, I avoid being out in large surf with dodgy winds. This what the beach looked like this morning:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28\" src=\"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_6402-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Long Beach after the wind\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_6402-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_6402.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach after the wind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tomorrow another smaller front&#8230;. maybe.<\/p>\n<p>Catch you later.<\/p>\n<p>Ced<br \/>\nPeter Lynn team rider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up with the beating rain against my window and the temperature down by more than a bit. 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The Saturday delivered a squally bit intense session (Small kite) and look out for the gusts.\u00c2\u00a0 Here &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/first-real-winter-storm-in-cape-town\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First real winter storm in Cape Town<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kiteboarding","tag-peter-lynn-kiteboarding-cape-town"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First real winter storm in Cape Town - Ced&#039;s Kiting Blog<\/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:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/first-real-winter-storm-in-cape-town\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First real winter storm in Cape Town - Ced&#039;s Kiting Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Woke up with the beating rain against my window and the temperature down by more than a bit. 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