Central Coast Sliding

 

From Cher

 

Hello, Paul,

We’re thinking of you and hope that you are enjoying a nice weekend. Happy Father’s Day!

Steve and I have been having tons of fun riding our Lotuses on the swells this Spring.

I’m constantly amazed at the thrilling speed that we can achieve with the high line drives on a good lined up wave.

Steve is carving and streaking fast lines with fluidity. He’s a joy to watch! 

He’s inspiring me, and the Lotus is helping me to learn more ways to achieve speed and tighter maneuverability control.

All that, combined with GG and Brocky teaching me the Dolphin kick, which allows me to get over the ledge of a steep wave earlier, so I can set up a highline = speed.

One of the most intriguing factors of riding a 4GF is that the learning evolves and seems endless, as is the creativity of riding one.

Paul, thank you for all that you do, and for bringing us so much joy with riding your mats. Riding on the wave surface with your fluid, flexible craft + bubble of air is a blast and a thrill. 'Truly feeling one with the wave.

How have you been? We look forward to catching up with you when you have time.

Take good care.

Warmest Aloha,

Cher and Steve

From Mat Max

 

What's The Matter?

It's been way too long since last posting. So here goes...

What I've been thinking about lately: After thirty-seven years on 4GFs matting has become an ingrained process of seeking profoundly surreal moments when everything clicks and sublime feelings of cheating physics melded with minimalist simplicity to produce unique sensations of zen perfection. 

Chasing this elusive attainment propels mat questing through mundane slop sessions and frustrating days dealing with cruel crowds in anticipation of eventual top gear speed runs and solo soul super sessions. Just when matting gets a bit bothersome a fresh day unfolds and the elements combine to provide novel situations where new challenges evolve into more stoke than ever before. On a mat the variables are inherently dynamic for seemingly infinite possibilities that keep turning up unimaginable experiences with subtle nuances that make all the struggles and downtime well worthwhile. 

This post is intended to express my gratitude for the continually evolving adventure of surfmatting. It's taken me to heaps of amazing places and spaces with tons of interesting characters along the way. George and PG and the whole airmat community have opened up the innermost limits of pure fun for we who are lucky enough to have adopted this means of expression that is so basic and yet refined. 

Above all is the thrill of getting it right... Ideal air volume on a fast walling wave... Letting the the mat find its own way... Just being there... Balanced with no effort... Gliding along the perfect line... This is the true heart of the matter.

Mat Max