Mats are taking over the world!
Today I wanted to share a bit of correspondence from Mark Thompson, his son Daniel finally jumped on a mat. As many of you know, Daniel is a very talented surfer / shaper in his own right.
"Here are a few shots of my son Daniels first ever mat surf.
He said ….I finally understand your addiction dad."
"He has surfed the mat every day since
Ha ha ha another speed junkie."
".. check the water flow under the mat on the last photo
MT5 concave and rocker working perfectly"
So it seems that our plans for world domination is proceeding according to schedule.
Well if not world domination at least a bunch of stoked surfers on mats!
Speaking of stoked surfers on mats. The surf forecast is not predicting a new swell for next weekend.
I'm thinking that the following weekend might hold more promise for the mat meet.
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and Steve had ridden his mat for 41 surfs lately. . .
Aloha, Cher
PS: Thanks for sharing. . .
great looking shots
if we are in that area i would consider making tstreet the alt mat meeting site its very close to cottons has a blackball we can take advantage of . takes more swell angles and less swell then cottons to break. if itsw very large then go for cottons we can announce local as date nears i
would still vote HB the sandbars are good its centraly located to the most matters + distance between san diego and ventura and doable drive from both.
the SD crew has fallen apart more or less its just ken dog as far as i know and he loves hb
Really good to see DT on a mat. He's a properly innovative shaper and surfer. I hope he keeps going.
G
Wht kinda dimensions are you?k If ou don't mind me asking. I know a coule of people who've considered the MT-5 but been put off by the apparent need for quality waves to get it going.
G
I took the krypt out for its second session at a point that has a few burgery sections that you really need alot of glide to ride through and connect sections.
i used the feeling of how much my hips are being supported to tune the air levels till i felt it wants to fold and leave my legs pointing downward instead of parallel with waters surface.
the valve on the krypt allows for extremly fine tuning while laying on the mat which is a big plus. i lowered it to the lowest i could get away with and was happy to be able to connect the sections at the point.
she runs fine at the lowest inflation and still seemed to turn great! i found less deck area to work with compared to a neu since there simply is not as much air in mat to float you .
i felt i was pretty far forward in standerd forward speed position with nose even with front of mat.on nue i have been past solar plexus over front of mat . the deck skin is still to slippery for me Mark says it will get more grippy over time.