Here!
Oct 18, 2011
Oct 15, 2011
I'm Too Sexy for My Mat
Not really. I do, however, wonder why it is I make these faces when I'm on my mat. Perhaps it's the result of flying down the face on a magic towel. Who knows.Tremor and I hit what is probably my favorite L.A. mat spot yesterday. I swear, I spend as much time laughing as I do making these faces. I do remember running over T's legs at one point. That had me howling. He'll have to tell you about the board surfer who almost lost his $#%@ when he saw Tremor barreling toward him. Apparently, the guy was smart enough to duck under the water and T went right over him. No harm, no foul.
Go find a wave or two to mat, people!
Oct 10, 2011
Elaina's First Mat Go-Out...
paul- thanks for the nice shoutie on your blog, lots of traffic coming my way! here are a couple photos of our family friend elaina on her first mat excursion. she did super well, picking off set waves and trimming up the mat. stoked!
alrighty, have a fun day. thanks again,
steiny
Oct 9, 2011
Marc and Esther in France...
Hi Paul,
Just came back from France (Lacanau). We have had a very good week in a lovely France house.
Nice weather the hole week with 4/5 foot waves. I had great rides on different mats (XL,Vespa and the UDT).
In Holland the swell kicks in, so i'm out for another wave!
Speak to you soon.
Greetz,
Marc
Oct 8, 2011
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Sep 26, 2011
Sep 21, 2011
From Chad in the OC...
The round tail tracker has been working very well for me today rode wedge on it everything went great. did a rollo, & a pretty good air. Got some cool footage with the gopro. Here's a frame grab of my buddy on the rt tracker. Thought you might enjoy let me know if you ever need some footage for your site thanks.
Chad
Sep 17, 2011
From The Elusive RS
our friend Steve took this shot of RC and I this week -early AM- bromatic stuff
it was so fun before the snake boarders arrived!
RC is riding a board he made, a knifey/fat 5ft thing
best
RS
From Mr. Dirk...
Hi Paul,
Doesn't this look like a mat? The first one I got from Dale was this color. Don't know the story behind the photo, just noticed while browsing.
Best,
Dirk
Sep 15, 2011
From Globetrotting Tom!
Hi Paul,
Was in Jersey City overnight and finally put a new location on the
Matnerd-Stoke-World-Tour map. Up at 4 a.m., rolled up the mat and after a 2 hour subway commute arrived at Rockaway Beach, just as the sun came up.
Roaring jets departing JFK overhead and housing complexes behind the boardwalk gave a unique backdrop for the event. A distinctly mellow vibe on the beach and in the unlimited zero-elimination heat together with quite a few shapely waves, made it a very memorable stop.
The subway ride back to Mannhattan among the stoked New York crowd that showed up in all shapes, colors, sizes and styles was a fitting finale for the morning.
Next tour stop is LAX in Sept!
Cheers!
T
Sep 12, 2011
From The Amazing John Culqui...
Hi Paul,
Hope all is great! Just wanted to share this lil piece with you. Me on my Vespa...minus the beard :)
cheers! John
Sep 6, 2011
Which is it???
Pablo,
how goes? attached some pics of me on my round-tail tracker small day last month ( or is it tracker round-tail?)
--
Jason
Sep 5, 2011
Cottons Mat Meet 2011
There was a lot of this!
However, the mat riders showed up in force. (Jonathan, Tremor, Craig and Bruce were in the water when this photo was taken. Valerie was also there. From the left: Chad, Josh, James, Julie, Matt, Graham, Dave and Surfsis.)
Contrary to popular belief, conditions were not quite as good as they were last year. The waves were just as big, true, but the shape was much better at last year's meet at Cottons. With that said, there were waves to be had. More importantly, mat riders got a chance to come together to hang out on the beach or tear it up in the water. The sets prompted a few, including yours truly, to stay on land. Nevertheless, it was still a good day for one and all.
Rumor has it that Matitude will be calling the next mat meet (at a spot that will remain secret). He will let us know when to light up the skies with the mat signal. We will then figure out how to relay the information to everyone else.
All photos by Ken Samuels
However, the mat riders showed up in force. (Jonathan, Tremor, Craig and Bruce were in the water when this photo was taken. Valerie was also there. From the left: Chad, Josh, James, Julie, Matt, Graham, Dave and Surfsis.)
Tremor
Matt
James
JJ
Graham
Graham and Julie
Craig
Chad
Prana and Julie
Contrary to popular belief, conditions were not quite as good as they were last year. The waves were just as big, true, but the shape was much better at last year's meet at Cottons. With that said, there were waves to be had. More importantly, mat riders got a chance to come together to hang out on the beach or tear it up in the water. The sets prompted a few, including yours truly, to stay on land. Nevertheless, it was still a good day for one and all.
Rumor has it that Matitude will be calling the next mat meet (at a spot that will remain secret). He will let us know when to light up the skies with the mat signal. We will then figure out how to relay the information to everyone else.
All photos by Ken Samuels
Sep 3, 2011
Sep 1, 2011
From Chiledub!
"The attached inflation study probably isn't from Mars, but it does show some graceful elbow technique..."
Aug 31, 2011
Cottons - Like we did last summer
Stolen from Pranaglider's blog (23 Breaths):
So with a good 200 degree swell in the water we are heading to Cottons on Sunday for another mat meet.
Be there early, you'll miss some traffic.
Parking is the same as Trestles, you walk down the same path just turn right instead of left when you get to the beach. You can't miss it.
The forecast calls for decent surf so it should be fun. Low tide is at 8:07 am at 2.7 feet which will be good.
If you have questions leave them in the comments section.
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