{"id":105,"date":"2013-04-07T22:27:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T05:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/?p=105"},"modified":"2013-04-08T00:46:52","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T07:46:52","slug":"105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/2013\/04\/07\/105\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rich Man&#8217;s Sport Just Got Richer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does he look familiar?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/images\/sports\/2012\/04\/bubba-watson\/bubba-watson-628.jpg\" width=\"628\" height=\"434\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe not.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5u_2bGPdUY?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing you&#8217;ll remember him now? Ya, I thought so.<\/p>\n<p>I initially saw the video about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/adfreak\/how-bubba-watsons-hovercraft-golf-cart-not-april-fools-joke-148368\"><strong><em>Bubba&#8217;s<\/em><em> Hover<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>on Adweek<\/a>. The article by Tim Nudd really caught my attention because of the picture it had on display. After reading the article, it seemed plausible that the entire video was a prank considering it was &#8220;released suspiciously close to\u00a0April Fools&#8217; Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After confirmation, Bubba Watson and Oakley really did collaborate on the new hovercraft that is designed by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neoterichovercraft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neoteric Hovercraft<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>In my opinion<\/strong>, this is, hands down,\u00a0the coolest thing to happen to golf.<\/p>\n<p>This innovative design has many people asking for it in their local golf courses. But at a steep price of approximately $40,000 per vehicle, it is only making the rich man&#8217;s sport even richer.<\/p>\n<p>So, what <em><strong>value<\/strong><\/em> does a $40,000 hovercraft bring to golfers?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">makes their sport\u00a0infinitely\u00a0cooler\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>allows for easier access of the golf course, especially on water and in the woods<\/li>\n<li>doesn&#8217;t mess up the flawless green grass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does he look familiar? Maybe not. Watch this video. I&#8217;m guessing you&#8217;ll remember him now? Ya, I thought so. I initially saw the video about the Bubba&#8217;s Hover\u00a0on Adweek. The article by Tim Nudd really caught my attention because of the picture it had on display. After reading the article, it seemed plausible that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8085,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cdingcomm296\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}