Surf Mats & Goat Whispering

Neal Cameron

Mat Rider

&

Goat Whisperer

Well someone has to feed the animals!

Allan Deadman ( below ) , is the owner of this harem of goats as well as the  local Ray White Real Estate Agent. A true Farmer at heart, he is also not a bad knee boarder when not working on the farm or selling properties.

Kneemo Island

After dragging Neal away from his Goat feeding duties, we slipped around the corner to Gilligans  for a look and was surprised there was only 3 guys out surfing  with and another 2 joining us at the lookout ….and they were all knee boarders!

Phil

With the World Kneeboard titles kicking off the following week in Kiama , there was a few knee men floating around. Jake below and Phil above had travelled from South Australia for the comp and were pretty stoked to get clean, offshore and    uncrowded waves , which is something they don’t normally experience back home….even got Jake onto a mat for one wave!

Jake

Kneemen

Pommie  ( James Anderson ) ,  Irish ( Paul Wright ) and MyGod  ( Mark McCloud), enjoyed some waves early in the morning with us and I was able to catch up for afternoon surf the following day.

Kneemo's Morning & Afternoon from adam williams on Vimeo.

Mat Riding

Neal and I had a epic 4 hour session, and with the incoming tide the sets just kept on pushing thru with some nice long 3 foot sets winding down the line.

With all the knee men heading in search of better waves? we basically surfed the last 2 hours to ourselves and probably one of the best sessions I have enjoyed for pure mat riding fun and crossovers!

Astro-Nuts

ASTRO-NUTS from adam williams on Vimeo.

We swapped mats and camera man roles, so in these  frame grabs , I am riding Neal’s 4GF Tracker whilst Neal is riding my Krypt and wearing the camera helmet.

What's the Difference?

Not a lot really, Neal found the Krypt to be a  faster on the wall,  I felt I was laying higher out of the water as the 4GF’s have rail profile that is thicker than the Krypt’s. I had to let air out of Neal’s mat and he put more in mine, so it all comes down to the rider and his personal choice. Watch the video below and you can see both of us keep our hands back from the nose of the mat when riding, its most important to keep that air to the front of the mat . You dont want to have not enough inflation either, not enough will lead to cavitation in the tail, which causes drag, so its always only a few breathes between having the perfect inflation!

DUO from adam williams on Vimeo.

Paipo Man

Surf Cart

Home Sweet Home

SPOON’S

Nathan with a couple of Neal Cameron specials, the red one is mine, 5’ X 21” triaxlel / polyester glass, Nathan’s black one is carbon fibre and from the same mould . Both are single fins though Nathan’s did start off as a 4 fin then  3 fin and finally a single fin as pictured below.

Why Ride Spoons?

Cause they have a different FEEL ! It’s like surfing a Egg Shell. Spoon’s do not really show their true potential unless the surf is 4ft and over with plenty of juice, but you can still ‘ride’ them in smaller surf , but don’t expect them to ‘drive’ like a normal knee board made of foam and glass with 3 fins , its not gunna happen. In saying that they make a great paipo as well, super fast with your body weight distributed along the length on the shell, and beats it  hanging on the wall as a show piece!

Two different Ride’s and Fin placements

GG explains it best about Spoons in the article below.

Nathan has been riding spoons for a few years now and this was the first time I was able to catch up and have a ride with him. We shared some fun waves for a couple of hours with just another surfer, so plenty of time t talk between waves and for me to pick Nathans knowledge on spoon riding.

The lack of floatation is no different to the humble timber paipo , so crossing over from one to the other is easy! I hadn’t ridden my spoon for over 12 months and was very surprised how easy it was to kick one out, take off and ride , since I have surfing paipos !

Some Spoon Vision from the morning below

spooned1 from adam williams on Vimeo.

Still not enough grunt in the wave, but still caught a few on the spoon.

Gilligan Island Fun

spooned from adam williams on Vimeo.

Alan Deadman

 The First Morey Boogie brought into the country. You actually bought a kit and had to glue them together to make the board, with written instructions on how to ride them….so classic ! Neal was able to save these notes and board from Pete Berry shed and told me a funny story how Pete wrote to Tom Morey to tell him how good these ‘new ‘ boogie boards were, with Tom replying and asking if he was interested in the Australian Licence to distribute them. Pete wrote back and declined Tom’s offer stating that even though they are a great board, I don't think many people here would pay $38 for a ‘foam ‘ belly board ….

A Day in the Life of SCUMM

Mat Man Eric da Bolt Bridge's has turned 62and as you can see , retirement has had a great effect on his personality as well as his dress sense!

Levelrock from Bulkheads Stuff on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday Eric!!

a day in the life scumm from adam williams on Vimeo.

Welcome Ainslie Dickson to our SCUMM group! It’s good to see more girls giving mat riding a go and Ainslie has certainly embrace the sport and always has a big smile on her face when surfing!

May the Force be with You

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