{"id":9931,"date":"2015-04-15T13:49:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T18:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=9931"},"modified":"2015-04-15T13:49:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T18:49:29","slug":"windsurfing-dear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=9931","title":{"rendered":"WINDSURFING, NEAR AND DEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/17668545\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/17668545\">Wind &amp; Water &#8211; the Invention of Windsurfing (2007)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/josephschuster\">Joseph Schuster<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I believe I first met Hoyle and Diane in 1970 at a boat show. We stayed in touch. I ended up in San Diego rebuilding a boat for the next Olympics; spending almost every weekend with Hoyle and Diane.<br \/>\nI returned from the 1972 Transatlantic to compete in the first world championships of Windsurfing held in Mission Bay.<br \/>\n I ended up taking sail number 48 to France.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_9936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9936\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MISSION.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MISSION-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"THE COMPETITORS\" width=\"558\" height=\"366\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MISSION-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MISSION-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MISSION.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE COMPETITORS<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_9935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9935\" style=\"width: 656px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DIANE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DIANE.jpg\" alt=\"DIANE SCHWEITZER\" width=\"656\" height=\"1006\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DIANE.jpg 656w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DIANE-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DIANE-300x460.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIANE SCHWEITZER<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_9934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9934\" style=\"width: 669px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wind-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wind-2.jpg\" alt=\"HOYLE SCHEWITZER\" width=\"669\" height=\"990\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wind-2.jpg 669w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wind-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wind-2-300x444.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOYLE SCHEWITZER<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_9933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9933\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WIND.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WIND-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"SKIPPERS MEETING, FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP\" width=\"558\" height=\"370\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WIND-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WIND-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WIND.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SKIPPERS MEETING, FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_9932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9932\" style=\"width: 771px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/windsurfing-payolle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/windsurfing-payolle.jpg\" alt=\"FIRST WINDSURFER IN FRANCE\" width=\"771\" height=\"982\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/windsurfing-payolle.jpg 771w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/windsurfing-payolle-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/windsurfing-payolle-300x382.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FIRST WINDSURFER IN FRANCE<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wind &amp; Water &#8211; the Invention of Windsurfing (2007) from Joseph Schuster on Vimeo. I believe I first met Hoyle and Diane in 1970 at a boat show. We stayed in touch. I ended up in San Diego rebuilding a boat for the next Olympics; spending almost every weekend with Hoyle and Diane. I returned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=9931\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WINDSURFING, NEAR AND DEAR<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,240,78],"tags":[2414],"class_list":["post-9931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hoyle-schweitzer","category-original-windsurfer","category-windsurfing","tag-windsurfing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9937,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9931\/revisions\/9937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}