{"id":487,"date":"2012-05-08T09:26:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/thisisus\/?p=487"},"modified":"2012-05-08T09:26:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T16:26:46","slug":"profile-big-wave-surfer-richard-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/2012\/05\/08\/profile-big-wave-surfer-richard-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: Big Wave Surfer, Richard Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y5JtuIbSE90?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>John Gregg, Steve Kern and the TiU crew spent a day at Richard Schmidt&#8217;s surf school (Nice work if you can get it!) in Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt is legendary big wave surfer, who shares his passion with others who dream of riding the waves. He has perfected an unusual teaching technique. 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