The Cove

Mat Vision




View from the rocks






After surfing out at Wrecky the previous day and getting rolled and bounced across the reef, I was still sore all over with a nice corked thigh to boot, so when we arrived at the carpark and looked  down our kneelo cove with not a sole out ….yep, we were out there, even if we had to limp down the track!




Having ridden my kneeboard the previous day I was keen to surf on my MT5 and give my corked thigh a break from kneeling, whilst da Bolt and Paul both rode their kneeboards, which was unusual for the da Bolt as he is normally the first one to say ‘where’s me Vespa’…na na na na matman!

da Bolt aka matman




Paul ‘oiley’ Newman




Message on the reef….





With the time confusion the daylight saving usually brings , it was great to surf this just to ourselves for close to two hours and with the incoming tide it  was also pushing the swell up, so I new it wouldn’t be long before the hoards would arrive and me being the lone mat rider amongst a flurry of foot boarders would not be good, so after having some of the best mat waves that I have ridden to date, it was easy to come in and call it quits , as surfer after surfer came scrambling down the bush track and out into the surf!



A big thank you to Paul who got out of the water and took these pics below....thanks matee!


































Kneelo Cove Sequence




















Womped!




Highlights of the Day

1 Scoring great waves with just two friends
2 Watching Paul bust his nose with the GoPro attachment on his board
3 Learning more about controlling and riding my surf mat
4 Climbing up the track to see 20 odd surfers all looking at what we had just surfed to ourselves
5 Being told…’I cant believe you went out there on a mat’
6 Having the best brunch at Cudmirrah Shop.






View from the carpark as we leaving




A few more frame grabs and pics from the mornings surf





































Some footage that I shot via my helmet cam

WOMP the movie