Lucky 13 - Steiny Hits the Airwaves!

How stoked are we to see the King of stoke stoking the mat stoke?

Super-Stoked!

Jonathan "Steiny" Steinberg is  one of mat surfing's big personalities. An absolute gent and ambassador for what this art is all about. As such, we were so happy to see the This is Ocean Life Podcast do the honourable thing and interview him.

You can listen to this wonderful interview here:

https://thisoceanlifetv.podbean.com/e/this-ocean-life-episode-13-jonathan-steinberg-and-style-for-the-ages/

For those who don't recall, Steiny was interviewed by another mat legend in the form of our very own Kendog in 2014. The perfect companion piece!

Read that here:  

https://www.matsurfers.com/jonathan-steinberg/

Slide on maestro!

MatSurfers.com

Re-Branded

Re-Branding acheived!

Check our updated social media handle - @matsurfers

We are waiting for full migration to complete so if any old links on other sites don't work, just take out the 'UK' in ukmatsurfers and it will work:

eg: https://www.UKmatsurfers.com/forecast-map/ beomes 

Thanks for your ongoing support.

MatSurfers.com

Re-Branding!

Hello there mat fans! We are going to be making some changes to the site over the coming months, starting with one pretty big one.

Andrew Stephen Buck - Photo: Will Adler

UK Mat Surfers has been in existence since 2009. Originally, established as an online forum to bring together a diverse band of weirdos hiding in various corners of the UK. That first matmeet at Polly Joke (AKA the spiritual home of UK mat surfing) was amazing! 5 mats in the water together... Imagine that!

It fair to say we built a really tight crew of close friends who have stayed tight for nearly a decade. It's also fair to say that the face of mat surfing has changed enormously over that time too. Surfmats have have become far more widely recognised as a valid means of riding a wave in the mainstream. We've seen a number of pro stand-up surfers and bodyboarders take up mat surfing (with varying degees of success!) and surf shops now stock what previously involved a degree in IT to find on the internet!

Henry Marfleet - Photo: Mike Holland

Graeme Webster - Photo: Anon

All of this has been amazing and over the years the UK Mat Surfers site has expanded it's reach being a favourite resource for mat surfers from all over the globe. The site has moved on from being a forum. This is a shame but the technology just outgrew it (although we do have the Facebook Group) and today it is a really broad resource with lots of info on equipment, tech stuff about mats themselves, surf forecast for wherever you are in the world, online store and, of course, amazing interviews with mat surfers from around the globe.

Ella Scott Photo: Ella's Mum

And that's the point. The interviews are from around the globe, 2/3 of the UKMS staff are from the US and, to be honest, with the way the world is right now, there's a really strong case of opening up the boarders, not drawing attention to them!

Jamie McClellan - Photo: Anon

So, with all that in mind, UK Mat Surfers will be getting a bit of a re-brand over the next few days. Nothing will change in terms of using the site and the group, etc, but we will be launching a new name that reflects the site as it is today.

We will also be freshening up some of the content as time goes on.

Stay tuned!

Scott Matthews - Photo: Seacraft Supply Co

G-MAT BODYBAGS!!!

They're in but won't last long. Get em now! Available HERE

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UPDATE 21/07/18 @ 11:17 - All gone. 

PG Goes Under the Knife

Word from Dirk Brandts via the In Greenough We Trust group on Facebook.

Good news!

Hey friends -- Paul Gross had a heart valve replacement today, as well as a few other touch ups. He had a congenital problem but arrived in otherwise great health and had a strong medical team. The doctors said it went really well, no bleeding and a clean, tight procedure. Gloria was able to see him a few hours afterwards and she and all the nurses were really happy at how healthy he looked. He's still too sedated to talk but she asked me to report to all of his Facebook friends. Knowing Paul, I predict he'll be back at the keyboard within days and back in the water within weeks.

We talked a lot about all the possible options going into and after such a procedure. As a testament to his overall optimism, he shaped 3 hulls in the last month, for my son (9'), for me (9'6"), and for himself (9'8" pig). We're not giving up mats by any means, but we're going to attack the 2-foot days with new style. 🤓👍

Send an email to Paul Gross and wish him well at <fourthgearflyer@yahoo.com>.

Fast recovery Paul. People need mats mate!  

  😁

UK Mat Surfers.