MATSURFERS.COM NEWS - NOVEMBER 2019
Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday to us!
Welcome to the November Newsletter. We have some celebrations this month, a UK fin cooperative, some great new media added and a phenomenal video of the month.
Does it get any better? Nah….
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Well we are very proud to recocognise the 10 year anniversary of this site in it’s various iterations! That’s right, 2009 saw the launch of th original UK Mat Surfers forum. Early doors this was all about hooking up a small and disperate group of surfmat riders which culminated in Matmeet 1 at Polly Joke in Cornwall.
L-R Andy Cooke, G, Ian Wraith, Mat Cox - Photo by Henry Marfleet (also matting)
From there things have really developed with a (comparitively) huge number of mat surfers all around the globe and, in line with that, this site has evolved to be a global website. We have kept that key spirit though and doesn’t that photo just sum it up.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATSURFERS!!!
ANOTHER 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
And here’s another 10 year anniversary. In fact, it was recognising the date of this that made us realise that it was our Birthday! It’s 10 years since the publication of You Ride a What?! How Cool is That!
Bruce Cowan (AKA Pranaglider) is a legend who hosts the 23Breaths blog wrote this article and was shared on Facebook recently, you could really sense two responses:
Those who were there at the time often surfing alone as the freak on the raft, becoming misty eyed and recalling the impact this piece had on them when it first landed.
Those who are newer to the craft going “wow!”
We were so proud then when Bruce gave us the thumbs up to share the article on the MatSurfers.com site. So ladies and gents, join us in celebrating our shared craft with this wonderful piece:
YET MORE NOSTALGIA
Whilse we’re on the subject, another piece was shared on our Facebook Group recently which we realised hadn’t been added to the MatSurfers.com Library so we figured it should be added to the Mats in the Media section of the site.
The Mat Professor is an extensive interview that Graeme Webster did with Surf Simply on all things surfmat back in 2015. You can get stuck in to it HERE.
VOIT FIN COOPERATIVE
Speaking of G, he’s looking at getting a few people together to bring a few pairs of Voit fins (UDT’s and Duckfeet) in to the UK. There is no distributor for these fins outside the US so really, a bulk buy is the only way to do it.
This isn’t a business move from G. This is just getting a bunch of individual mat surfers together to get fins in to the UK at an affordable price. Last time, it worked out as around £75 including tax and shipping. G needs to get an idea of numbers interested to work out the cost.
If you are interested in getting involved then email G via his website HERE or reply to his post in our Facebook Group HERE.
VIDEO OF THE MONTH
Well, well, well what has Nolan Hall been up to now? Well, taking off on some pretty big waves is what! These waves look really fun with a very solid drop. Well done Sir.
As always, we welcome your feedback and contributions.
Thanks
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