From Ben

 

Photos: Jesse Coker

From Joe

 

Hey Paul,

Hope you're doing well over there. It's a wild world all the time, but it sure is a weird one at the minute. 

The difference between my old omni and the lotus is unbelievable. Thanks for the advice and the recommendations.

The lotus holds, the lotus fits, the lotus' flywheel winds up faster and releases with greater torque. It seems happier sitting and holding higher up the face of the wave, its banking turns are incomparable. In saying all this I finished repairing my omni and am really excited to get back on it. 

I'm pretty lithe and light, so the lotus sizing feels better, less space to get the arms up on the mat which has in turn resulted in some very positive right arm/both arms back discipline.

We've had some very good and unseasonale swell over summer here and I've been out at least thrice a week. Most of my surfboards are looking at me quite forlornly as I pass them in the garage...

I've attached a few media moments of joy below for your / but also my/ pleasure.

All the best,

joe

From Bryan

 

 

Hi Paul,

I had a great time on my fatty in hard offshores today. I was a little worried about my mat getting blown to Hawaii but thankfully I maintained a firm grip throughout the session. I attached a clip of my best wave of the day. I was right on the edge of holding the rail and sliding out for this whole wave and it felt great.

Bryan

From Aaron

 

In these clips from Andrew, I was running high inflation on my 4gf Standard because of the south wind chop. High inflation let me hold an edge for the brief moments of water contact.

Waves here have been very soft and hard to catch this year. Most days, I've been running inflation extra low, to the point where the mat can be folded into 3...

San Diego Loaner Mats

 

Travel Safety...

 

The Pro Lite travel bag crew has developed an inflatable liner for travel bags...to protect surfboards in transit. Of course, you could just save the hassle and take deflated inflatables rolled up in a suitcase and surf them...

From Steiny

 

                                                  Sarah and her Omni. More about Sarah here!

                                                                    Photo: Alex Vierra