{"id":5020,"date":"2010-04-30T06:39:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T05:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftsurfingmagazine.driftdigital.co.uk\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2010-07-29T16:28:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T15:28:27","slug":"nigel-semmens-and-the-foam-asylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftsurfingmagazine.driftdigital.co.uk\/index.php\/archives\/5020","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Semmens and the Foam Asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"javascript:openwinP('\/surf_article.php?id=1869');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/driftsurfingmagazine.driftdigital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/foam_asylum.jpg\" alt=\"foam_asylum\" title=\"foam_asylum\" width=\"275\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5021\" \/><\/a> Tim Stafford looks back with Nigel Semmens over his definitive surfing career, and considers his position as one of the finest shapers in the land.<\/p>\n<p>Read our eighteen page encounter with Nigel <a href=\"javascript:openwinP('\/surf_article.php?id=1869');\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Stafford looks back with Nigel Semmens over his definitive surfing career, and considers his position as one of the finest shapers in the land. 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