Neal Cameron pictured above with a Western Australian species of Mermaid called a ’Cassandra’….its amazing what you see when leaving the surf!

BLUE LAGOON from adam williams on Vimeo.

All I could find was a pair of flippers and a air mattress!

pictures below by Justin Spittle via his Go Pro camera

Justin had a dig at finding one as well……

and found a flipper and surf mat

as did Johnny Tofu

and Terry Towelling

Darth tried his Jedi Knight Powers to find one

ItS a dArTH dAy !! from Bulkheads Stuff on Vimeo.

but to no avail…

VIMEO from adam williams on Vimeo.

Finders are Keepers!

SCUMM GIRL

Da Bolts daughter Julie has decided to join us in the fun

pictured by Daddy da Bolt

Had a matt ride at shallows today! Now I'm hooked! S.C.U.M.M!!!!!! The water is beautiful and warm

Blown Out

some pictures from Brian ‘rocks’ Manahan from a couple of weeks ago

Technique is purely up to the rider…..some like to paddle their mats into a wave like they do with a board, where as I like to kick into my waves..

Keep your weight forward and onto your mat

as you feel your mat taking off, slip your body forward with one hand on the deck and the other on the rail

by keeping your inside hand palm down , you can lift and squeeze your outside rail to help control your direction, with your inside leg and flipper acting as a stabilizing rudder.

once on the fly you can release the outside rail, keeping your head down and body weight forward

Lift both flippers up and feel the slingshot effect of having no drag and just pure frictionless slide…why keep your hands flat on the deck? instead of gipping the front ‘body board style’?
Mats are soft and pliable , so its a natural to ‘pull ‘ onto the front causing the mat to stall and lose speed , so its no different to pushing forward on your deck when riding a kneeboard or footboard…keeping your weight forward will always help with forward propulsion and speed.

SCUMM FUN

A third mat rider up Werri Beach way ?

Nice Hat

Wairo Womp

wairo wompfest from adam williams on Vimeo.

After Saturdays miserable weather it was great to wake up to some sun shine and off shore winds last Sunday. Paul and myself ventured down south and scored some fun waves for a hour on the beach before being over run by a dozen foot boarders…a quick breaky and then a slide on a empty reef break…

Lifes a Beach
vision from Paul’s camera

Lifes a beach March 2014 from Bulkheads Stuff on Vimeo

Tree Hugging Hippie

The Bum Tree has finally be removed from the side of the road by Council, much to the efforts of locals and our own SCUMM representative Eric da Bolt was there to help save the tree but to no avail.