{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lazy Surfer Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/lazysurfer.app\/blog","author_name":"Danny Schmiegel","author_url":"https:\/\/lazysurfer.app\/blog\/author\/dasc8856colorado-edu\/","title":"The Birth of Modern Surfing: Tom Blake - Lazy Surfer Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Q3PZbt6JOv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lazysurfer.app\/blog\/the-birth-of-modern-surfing-tom-blake\/\">The Birth of Modern Surfing: Tom Blake<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/lazysurfer.app\/blog\/the-birth-of-modern-surfing-tom-blake\/embed\/#?secret=Q3PZbt6JOv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Birth of Modern Surfing: Tom Blake&#8221; &#8212; Lazy Surfer Blog\" data-secret=\"Q3PZbt6JOv\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/lazysurfer.app\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"One of the most influential surfers in history was born far from the oceans. Tom Blake, a Wisconsin native, arguably did as much for the evolution of surfing as Duke and the famous authors of the time who helped popularize this activity, such as Mark Twain and Jack London. He is the establisher of &#8220;surf &hellip; Continue reading \"\"","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/lazysurfer.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/TomBlakeSurf.jpg"}