{"id":12625,"date":"2013-06-19T03:40:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T10:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=12625"},"modified":"2013-06-19T03:40:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T10:40:04","slug":"wacky-surf-contests-redefine-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wacky-surf-contests-redefine-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Wacky Surf Contests Redefine the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/surfrodeo.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured is the Surf Rodeo in Ventura.<\/p>\n<p>The famed California beaches are tantalizing attractions filled with pretty girls in swimsuits, beach bonfires, activities, exercise opportunities and cults&#8211;specifically surfing culture. Though surfing is big business in California, as a sport it can&#8217;t compete for audience exposure, sponsor dollars and athlete salaries like professional baseball, basketball, football or even golf. \u00a0That doesn&#8217;t stop the surfing crowd from putting on a great show that pleases crowds throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-surf-festivals.html\">surfing events &amp; festivals <\/a>\u00a0that truly are a Beach Blast!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\"><strong>BIGGEST<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/huntington-beach-usopen-surfing-festival.html\">US Open of Surfing &amp; Beach Games<\/a> in Huntington Beach July 20-28, 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>MOST EXCITING \/ DANGEROUS<\/strong> &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/mavericks-big-wave-surf-competition-season-begins\/\"> Mavericks Big Wave Surf Contest<\/a>\u00a0Jan- March season<\/li>\n<li><strong>MOST ORIGINAL<\/strong> &#8211; Surf Rodeo in Ventura July 13-14, 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>MOST PUBLICITY<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/california-surfing-dogs.html\">Surfing Dog Contests<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Loews Surf Dog Competition June 22, 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>BEST BEACH PARTY<\/strong> &#8211; San Diego&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0Revolt Summer Surf Series Final on October 5, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured is the Surf Rodeo in Ventura. The famed California beaches are tantalizing attractions filled with pretty girls in swimsuits, beach bonfires, activities, exercise opportunities and cults&#8211;specifically surfing culture. Though surfing is big business in California, as a sport it can&#8217;t compete for audience exposure, sponsor dollars and athlete salaries like professional baseball, basketball, football [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}