tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post3316912544813777972..comments2024-03-27T17:18:01.042-07:00Comments on SURFMATTERS: One Day To Remember ...Paul Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614071361550493917noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-78760719650586602762009-03-06T05:42:00.000-08:002009-03-06T05:42:00.000-08:00Jamie - take photos!Jamie - take photos!nathanojhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011595834486391605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-40924020815437643662009-03-06T02:28:00.000-08:002009-03-06T02:28:00.000-08:00Wow, that mat with the blue canvas strips brings b...Wow, that mat with the blue canvas strips brings back lots of good memories! Really fun go-outs with friends and family who bought their own mats or borrowed some of mine. However, all the very best mat sessions were solo surfs on obscure days at difficult spots with sharp rocks and reefs and high winds and such. Somehow, big perfect waves with high risk factors and no one to come to the rescue adds up to epic fun!Pahl Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449203526304743394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-33152926832337880492009-03-05T20:43:00.000-08:002009-03-05T20:43:00.000-08:00I was in Holland then. I left Walla Walla in May o...I was in Holland then. I left Walla Walla in May of 1984, never to return!Surfsisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765971136509837841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-35061107392504059792009-03-05T16:50:00.000-08:002009-03-05T16:50:00.000-08:00I guess then that my best mat session would have t...I guess then that my best mat session would have to be the one I'm going to have tomorrow. And I'm very much looking forward to Sunday. Proneman, Tatum, and I will be joining a few other friends and a bunch of stoked sliders at The Alley Fish Fry at Currumbin. The forecast calls for small groundswell and light winds, and though I don't have any swallowtails anymore, I will be toting around a bag full of mats to ride and pass around. Should be a great day, will report how it turns out. Anyone reading this and attending the Fry please come up and say hello, the mats are for sharing.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429425998065304040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-42747368092798431672009-03-05T16:45:00.000-08:002009-03-05T16:45:00.000-08:00Great story PG! I was just thinking to myself tha...Great story PG! I was just thinking to myself that every time I come out of the water from a session lately, I think to myself, "That was the best surf I've ever had. Definitely the best waves I've ever gotten, and best I've ever felt with regards to my performance on the mat." It feels like it gets easier every time, but I learn something new or am fine-tuning techniques every single go-out. My timing is getting better, fitness is getting way better, and I feel like my body is more relaxed on the wave, actually giving me more control and speed. Also, I must publicly state that I am very gracious and incredibly stoked to test the new blue prototype when it arrives.<BR/>Thanks Paul!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429425998065304040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-85976997324080722972009-03-05T16:40:00.000-08:002009-03-05T16:40:00.000-08:00Do you see the irony here, SS?I was in So Cal on t...Do you see the irony here, SS?<BR/><BR/>I was in So Cal on this Thanksgiving Day, and you were probably in Walla Walla. And now I'm in Walla Walla and you're back in So Cal. (I think it was 1985.)<BR/><BR/>OK, not an irony, but kind of interesting.<BR/><BR/>OK, not that interesting, but worth mentioning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-85244300527459958542009-03-05T16:36:00.000-08:002009-03-05T16:36:00.000-08:00That's an epic day for the history books. I don't ...That's an epic day for the history books. I don't know that you can find an uncrowded break that easily down here anymore. I've done it once or twice in the last six years. I love this story, Paul!Surfsisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765971136509837841noreply@blogger.com