{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["47613", "518", "8' boards", 52, "El Meezy", "May 24, 2013", "2013-05-24T01:28:06-0400", "I'm about functionality and to me, there's nothing functional about potato-chip thrusters and I haven't met a sub-7 foot platform that I particularly like, hence...mid-lengths.  You still have decent paddling but can throw the board around more than a log.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy current mid of choice is the 8-4 Hot Generation I picked up in January.  Love that board.  I've had it out in thigh to head high stuff and for those that have talked about not being able to duck dive something over 8 foot?  I've done it with the HG, albeit with some oomph."]], "columns": ["post_id", "thread_id", "thread_title", "post_number", "author_username", "post_date", "post_date_iso", "post_body"], "primary_keys": ["post_id"], "primary_key_values": ["47613"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7456399998773122, "license": "Public Domain"}