{"id":9104,"date":"2013-08-29T07:52:33","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T06:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk:\/press\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2013-08-29T08:01:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T07:01:57","slug":"the-nantahala-world-kayak-pro-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/the-nantahala-world-kayak-pro-am\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nantahala World Kayak Pro-Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/73178235?color=c9ff23\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/73178235\">The Nantahala World Kayak Pro-am<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/jezjez\">Jez Jez<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pro am is a gathering of professional athletes and amature kayakers raising money for the First Descents Charity at the Nantahala river NC.<\/p>\n<p>Each pro paddler is paired with two amateurs, forming a team of three. 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