SURFMATTERS

This is an interesting shot from the early 70's...probably 1971. The footage is from the Witzig film "Animals," and was pos...

Hi Paul, This is from the Cronulla Body Board Museum... Cheers, Bretto

Paul, FYI at some of my local breaks in south o.c. the guards would try to not let me ride my fatty because they thought it was a ra...

Nice play on words! Aaron

Hi Paul - Seen this one?  Thought of you shaping when I saw it on Craigslist.  HAHA John

The palm trees along Refugio Beach are succumbing to the high tides. This one fell overnight. Campers reported that it was leaning but...

Hi Gloria and Paul, Howzit? My passport ran out of pages so I took it as a sign to visit the US.    Three months now growing le...

Joni Sternbach is documenting surf communities throughout the world using a process as old as photography itself. Wet plate tintypes. Like...

"4 second mark...not much, but something!" Aaron

        Hi Paul We all have those great days, with sunny, offshore, pumping waves that we cherish. BUT what about those ordina...

"DIOR CREATES MILLIONAIRE SKATEBOARDERS' PERFECT WARDROBE " And that's skateboarders' ... as in plural possess...

           

Hi Paul, A good start of 2016!   Some nice winter swell in the Netherlands last week.   Went out on the Standard.   Marc...

Hi Paul — Hello from Santa Cruz! Me and the Vespa have been getting along splendidly. Its an incredibly fun mat in small waves, b...

Hello Paul I finally got some kind of footage of the matt - had the gopro strapped to my wrist  - when I get some better shots I w...

Matt D forwarded this classic clip from Pacific Vibrations. There's some smoking hot mat riding going off at 1:55.  It's amazin...

Hi Paul, Here's an old photo from Cronulla surf museum with the following comment from their Facebook page. "Mats were popu...

Tracker Roundtail in full flight! -- Nico

2015 was a breakout year for mat surfing. But then again, so was 2014, 2013 and 2012. The culture of inflatable wave riding continues to ex...