{"id":3395,"date":"2022-08-25T12:53:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T10:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2022-09-08T15:27:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:27:54","slug":"sterkies-classic-2022-race-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/sterkies-classic-2022-race-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Takla Sterkies Classic 2022 Race Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3395\" class=\"elementor elementor-3395\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33b199a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33b199a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eaf8a1\" data-id=\"6eaf8a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d926f61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d926f61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Takla Sterkies Classic 2022 -  <br \/>Jump to Action!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cbe223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cbe223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Monday the 8th of August, I came across a message (by total chance) from Josh Emanuel on a wind report group about an event in Sterkfontein Dam. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/takla_sterkies_classic\/\">Takla Sterkies Classic<\/a>.<\/p><p>The event was to take place on Saturday the 13th and was aimed at amateurs.\u00a0<br \/>I just messaged Josh and wished him luck with event.<\/p><p>Josh&#8217;s reply; &#8220;Are you in SA and available?&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02bc570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-read-more\" data-id=\"02bc570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"read-more.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/sterkies-classic-2022-race-director\/#more-3395\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Takla Sterkies Classic 2022 Race Director\">Read more<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Takla Sterkies Classic 2022 &#8211; Jump to Action! On Monday the 8th of August, I came across a message (by total chance) from Josh Emanuel on a wind report group about an event in Sterkfontein Dam. The Takla Sterkies Classic. The event was to take place on Saturday the 13th and was aimed at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/sterkies-classic-2022-race-director\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Takla Sterkies Classic 2022 Race Director<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":3399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24,16,81,182,110,180,9,181,23,179],"class_list":["post-3395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kiteboarding","tag-ced","tag-cedric","tag-cedric-vandenschrik","tag-josh-emanuel","tag-kiteboarding","tag-kiteboarding-contest-south-africa","tag-kitesurfing","tag-kitesurfing-competition-south-africa","tag-kiting","tag-sterkies-classic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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