{"id":17732,"date":"2017-06-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=17732"},"modified":"2020-10-22T08:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T08:39:55","slug":"2017-06-22-rhythm-howto-landing-flare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2017-06-22-rhythm-howto-landing-flare\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhythm How-to: Landing Flare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explaining the flare in a really simple way \u2013 really useful for newer skydivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The landing flare\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tUFSss3guic?feature=oembed\" 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