Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Squeeze



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A few tight bazza’s on my surf mat from the other week…..looking down the Rabbit burrow!

Black Rabbit Fun!

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Looking down the rabbit hole from adam williams on Vimeo.



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Eric da Bolt

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How to wrangle your surf mat!


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Eric pictured below with Justin Spittle on a recent surf trip


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Six  Degrees of Separation

Surf mat adventures last Sunday morning,


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with Paul and I deciding to go out to Wreck Bay for a slide on the reef


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Mean while, at the same time, a few hours drive south of us, Phil was hooking into some great beach break bazza’s, followed by a relaxing FABBA concert, where he was invited up on stage…..girls just love men who ride mats!!


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Phil’s Sunday Slides below





So whilst Phil was pulling into some nice clean barrels, we were out on the reef, enjoying some slightly onshore but totally fun waves on our mats, with just 3 other local crew for 2 hr's...no post FABBA  performance though, just some nice egg n bacon rolls and coffee!



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wAnDEriNg rOUNd wRECkY from Bulkheads Stuff on Vimeo.



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Paul pictured above and below


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Going up the Country



Paul was kind enough to get out of the water and grab my 70D to record some action from the land..many thanks Paul Newman!
Music cover by Kitty, Daisy and Lewis


Maybe not exactly FABBA, but certainly toe tapping material.



going up the country from adam williams on Vimeo.


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It’s all in the hands

MT with a nice mackerel and tuna , note the shark bite near the tail of that tuna.

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Mark the Maestro
 Look at where his hands are on the mat….inside hand flat on the deck, with the outside hand gently squeezing the rail

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Head and shoulders down for maximum speed


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inside hand still flat on the deck, gentle outside rail lift


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swivel those hips and lift that outside rail , inside leg rudder


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top turn..reverse the hand placement and twist those hips, pivoting off the outside leg


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4 comments:

  1. Very cool! some awesome pics and video! hopefully im buying an older mat from matt pierce this weekend

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    1. Good to hear Tom, Matt is the guy who inspired me to buy a mat 4 years ago, go for a surf with him , and get a few inflation tips off him as well, he rips on mats!

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  2. got the mat this weekend! met matt at the cove and Im stoked he responded so quickly...now Ive got to spend some time on the mat!
    hope he lets me pick his brain a bit for some tips!
    and thanks to your blog I kind of see the correct way to use the mat
    overnout
    tom

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    1. Yew! a Mattie will help you out for sure, just spend time in the water surfing it and it will come together. Mixing your surfing up with different craft is way fun, was super keen to ride my spoon again yesterday, but it was only about 3ft, so the mat was the go. Still keen to ride my knees and was talking to Neal about bonzers yesterday, so a new board might be on the cards down the line

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