More Grabs From "Jamie Does NZ"

Hi Paul,

Here's the link to my flickr gallery .

I am slowly working through rolls of film and digital images, will email you some soon and let you know when I have updated my online gallery.

The weather closed in today so Jamie and I scored some great little waves just in time. I'm going to forward this email to Jamie also, I hope he is as stoked with the pics as I am!

cheers, Mike C

aka micro

Maui Matt Matting Malibu

Hi Paul,

I was visiting my folks in LA and found a great niche for matting. High tide inside Malibu is custom made for matting. Easy to keep riding in the barrel until all the water drains from the bottom! (By the way, the lifeguards didn't hassle me, maybe because it was winter?)

Photos by Rob Mitchell.

Aloha,

:) Matt

Micro, Jamie, and the White Ghost

Jamie riding one of the "Fantasma Blanco" (White Ghost) 4GF prototypes...very thin, very fast, and very fragile!

Hi Paul,

We had a mat session at Sandy Bay, Northland NZ with Jamie at dawn. He was amazing to watch and photograph. Uber fast...the guy is insane! He has helped me out with my mat riding technique and I had a vast improvement in just 1 hour in the water with him.

I have lots of pics, these are just a few for you for now. Will send you more asap. Full stoked with my mat, super stoked to meet Jamie and Tatum. Best time in the water ever!

Thanks again,

mike c

aka micro

Latest from Keven (with an E) ...

Hey Paul,

I hope that you and Gloria had a good holiday! We had a great first Christmas with Milo.

(Milo)

We all traveled down to Santa Cruz and spent most of the extended weekend there with my parents and brother Ira who's back from Germany (where he lives.)

(Ira)

(Also, here's Ira standing on the beach, with me body surfing in the background.)

We got some fun waves Thursday at Capitola beach, Friday at the Hook, and Saturday at Platforms (South Seacliff beach.)

My Mom and I rode mats on Saturday. I've gotten a chance to use mine 3 or 4 times now and have really been enjoying it. It's such an organic way to ride waves! I still haven't quite figured out how to punch it through a big, thick wall of white wash, but I'm sure that will come. :)

(Typical shorebreak out front of my house.)

I've taken Vaughn out a couple of times and he's had a blast.

(Mat newbie Vaughn having a blast.)

My Mom has been loving her mat, too. You just can't believe how jazzed she is about it:) She's so fired up that she was hoping to order another one or two so that she can go out with her friends. Robert here wants to get another one, too for his buddy Jeff Lyon, a bike frame builder/surfer.

How was your holiday? And have you had the chance to catch any of this recent swell? Vaughn bought me the "Inner Most Limits of Pure Fun" as an Xmas gift this year. We're stoked! Hi to Gloria! Milo is growing fast!

Keven

(Keven)

Jamie in New Zealand...Report #2

Hey Paul,

We haven't had much in the way of communication for days now. No phone, net, etc. Camped out in the traditional Maori grounds up north. The waves were probably better than what the photos show. Will send a full update when I'm sober and have time. Just got back to Mike's in Whangarei and have a computer to use.

Currently drinking pirate beer and getting prepped for the early tomorrow. Will send photos when we're done, hopefully some swell tomorrow.

Also have pics of Tatum getting some great slides at Sandy Bay on our way up north. I sat on the beach and shot pics of her. She also got a few at Shippies too. Really impressed that she went out in building swell with 8-wave sets at head high or so!

Be back in touch soon...

Jamie

Micro Is Fizzing!

Hi Paul,

I am SO STOKED mate! Rode my new mat this morning for the first time...far out it flies. The waves were rubbish but I got 6 waves and I am fully hooked.

Jamie from the Gold Coast AU came and stayed on Xmas day, and had a NZ kiwi style feed and a few ales. Great guy. He gave me a heap of tips, we are going to catch up on his return from up north for a photo session in the next few days.

Thank you so much for the mat, summer is going to be even better! I AM SO STOKED! Fizzing all over the place!

Mike C
aka micro

Merry Holidays

Yee hah!

Happy Holidays, Inflatable Style!

Jamie in New Zealand...Report #1

Same shot, cropped closer.

A bit closer. :)

Note coolant on the pavement!

Hi Paul,

Had my first surf in NZ this morning at Manu Bay, Raglan. The wind finally let up a bit and there were a few lefts coming through. Stayed in the water about an hour, maybe a bit longer and had an enjoyable first surf, except for the temperature. Apparently, I've become a pussy on the Gold Coast because there were guys in boardshorts and I was shivering in my fullsuit.

The real adventure started after I got out of the water though. As I got back to the van Tatum informed me we had a flat tire. Apparently some locals decided to let the air out of my back tire while we slept. A generous local had a compressor in his van and pumped us up enough to get to town. We fixed the tire up and headed across the island towards the east coast. With just about a half-hour before we hit Mt. Maunganui, the campervan decided it had had just about enough driving for the day. We had just gotten up a mountain pass above Matamata and the thing overheated. (Yeah, I know. Everything we touch overheats...) We pulled over and watched all of the coolant blow out of the bottom of the van, then it smoked to it's death. We waited for the tow truck, got towed to Mt. M and are now hanging out in a motel waiting for our wheels to get fixed.

They say they will have us on the road by tomorrow, fingers crossed...

Jamie

Winter At The Jersey Shore...

Photos courtesy of John Hamm.

An Endless Wave

Last month I completed a 3 week adventure on the Colorado River, from Marble Canyon to Lake Mead. Prior to the trip my boat-mate told me about a standing wave him and some friends were riding with kayaks and sleeping pads and said I should definitely bring my mat. So I did. And here is some footage to prove it.

River water dynamics are a world unto themselves. The feeling of being sucked through the pour over & bashed about by the frothing, churning whitewater is unique to say the least. Like nothing I've ever experienced!

Mat Riding In Phys-Ed!

Hi Paul,

The photos were taken this Tuesday by Joel Mayer at Oceanside Pier during surf P.E. with Oceanside High School. Lissie is fifteen years young. She just started matting this summer. She also rides a longboard very well.

She charges when some other girls just sit pretty.

Peace, and again thanks for the mats!

Tom

The Time Has Come!!!

(Listen Here!)

THE TIME HAS COME...

...TO BRING BACK THE BEAVER TAIL!