{"id":22586,"date":"2016-05-13T20:15:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=22586"},"modified":"2016-05-13T20:15:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:15:28","slug":"pfd-health-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/pfd-health-check\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: PFD Health Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your PFD is one of the most important pieces of safety gear that a paddler owns.  It&#8217;s got work right first time, every time.  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