{"id":15893,"date":"2014-02-16T16:47:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T16:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=15893"},"modified":"2014-02-16T16:47:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T16:47:03","slug":"dreaming-of-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/dreaming-of-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreaming of New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a few months now since I returned to the UK from New Zealand but I can&#8217;t stop thinking about the time I spent there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/New-Favourite-River.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15894\" alt=\"New Favourite River\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/New-Favourite-River.jpg\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/New-Favourite-River.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/New-Favourite-River-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The first couple of weeks were spent in domestic servitude for the Great British Ladies White Water Rafting Team, at their World Championships near Roturua. With only time for five or six runs of the Kaituna a day in between our duties we had to be pretty quick..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Domestic-Servitude.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15895 alignleft\" alt=\"Domestic Servitude\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Domestic-Servitude-225x300.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Domestic-Servitude-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Domestic-Servitude.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Speedy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15896 alignnone\" alt=\"Speedy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Speedy.jpg\" width=\"354\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Speedy.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Speedy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ladies were training super hard, doing everything they could to prepare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Training-Hard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15899 alignnone\" alt=\"Training Hard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Training-Hard.jpg\" width=\"608\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Training-Hard.jpg 868w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Training-Hard-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/waterfall-practice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15900 alignnone\" alt=\"waterfall practice\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/waterfall-practice.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/waterfall-practice.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/waterfall-practice-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Hold-On.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15901 alignnone\" alt=\"Hold On\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Hold-On.jpg\" width=\"263\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Hold-On.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Hold-On-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it would have been rude not to join them on the river&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tutea-Falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15909 alignnone\" alt=\"Tutea Falls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tutea-Falls.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tutea-Falls.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tutea-Falls-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Boil-Slam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15910 alignnone\" alt=\"Boil Slam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Boil-Slam.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Boil-Slam.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Boil-Slam-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and occasionally we&#8217;d be allowed to load up the beast and follow the team to one of the other competition rivers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Beast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15913 alignnone\" alt=\"The Beast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Beast.jpg\" width=\"628\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Beast.jpg 969w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Beast-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bob-on-Jeffs-Joy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15914 alignnone\" alt=\"Bob on Jeffs Joy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bob-on-Jeffs-Joy.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bob-on-Jeffs-Joy.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bob-on-Jeffs-Joy-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After a week of solid training it was competition time&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Competition-Time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15917\" alt=\"Competition Time\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Competition-Time.jpg\" width=\"509\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Competition-Time.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Competition-Time-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More on that story in the next episode&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a few months now since I returned to the UK from New Zealand but I can&#8217;t stop thinking about the time I spent there. The first couple of weeks were spent in domestic servitude for the Great British Ladies White Water Rafting Team, at their World Championships near Roturua. With only time &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/dreaming-of-new-zealand\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":215,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paddler-lifestyle-articles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tk9G-48l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/215"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15893"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15919,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15893\/revisions\/15919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}