{"id":22997,"date":"2016-07-27T08:40:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T07:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=22997"},"modified":"2016-07-27T22:51:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T21:51:25","slug":"first-year-roundup-ace-spades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/first-year-roundup-ace-spades\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year Roundup &#8211; The Ace of Spades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always good to hear that others like the same things as you do.  We love the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/ace-of-spades-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ace of Spades<\/a> here at Unsponsored HQ and we still have one of the very first as our main kayak.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/first-year-roundup-ace-spades\/screen-shot-2016-07-27-at-08-37-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-27-at-08.37.20.png\" data-orig-size=\"873,469\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"First Year Roundup &amp;#8211; The Ace of Spades\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-27-at-08.37.20.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-27-at-08.37.20.png\" alt=\"First Year Roundup - The Ace of Spades\" width=\"873\" height=\"469\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-27-at-08.37.20.png 873w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-27-at-08.37.20-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-27-at-08.37.20-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-27-at-08.37.20-676x363.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adrian Mattern speaks about his first year with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/ace-of-spades-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ace of Spades<\/a>, with footage from Norway filmed by Olaf Obsommer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/175247168\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/175247168\">First Year Roundup &#8211; The Ace of Spades<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/spadekayaks\">Spade Kayaks<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always good to hear that others like the same things as you do. 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