{"id":278375,"date":"2026-01-20T10:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/?p=278375"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:11:59","slug":"jordy-smith-on-a-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/01\/jordy-smith-on-a-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordy Smith on a Blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Best Surf of My Life!\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KlE6qG271KY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Graceful power surfing at its best, dunking Durban Doughnuts with the one and only Jordy Smith. 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