The Chief

This is G-Mat 193, a RB-JMC built for Jamie McClellan by way of wages for his work on the MatSurfers.com website. This mat named “The Chief” is a super free breathing, neg rockered affair. Well, Jamie is an exceptional mat rider so that makes sense.

Jamie has gone for a hard-hitting image on the bottom of this mat as you can see below. A technically very difficult image way beyond my skills, which required Jamie to collaborate with the immense talent of Ian Jermyn from Organic Devolution.

You can see Ian’s workings and Jamie’s inspiration Ian’s Instagram post below:

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Acid dye on 70 denier TPU banked nylon - Custom artwork completed for a client in the US. The artwork was supplied and then scaled up for the fabric - 80cm x 130cm. From the client: "The bandana is my favorite (of many, I’ve got heaps ) and it’s made by Kapital Japan. The image itself on the bottom of the mat is a not so subtle reminder that in the US we stand on stolen ground and this country was built on a foundation of native genocide and slavery."

A post shared by Ian Jermyn (@organicdevolution) on Aug 24, 2020 at 3:42pm PDT

As someone who really cannot draw, I am always in awe of those who can and Ian is an exceptional talent even among his peers. His work carries Jamie’s message off perfectly I think. My job was the easy bit, thinking with Jamie about colour matching to fit the artwork. I really do like the effect of the brown grip and with the white logo, I think this three-way collab has landed.

The Chief is en route to North Carolina right now to get into some of that east coast goodness.

Cheers

G

Jungle Fever!

It’s always good to see developments in the custom mat world and for me this mat symbolizes one of those moments.

Ian Jermyn is the man behind Organic Devolution. A talented artist and mat surfer, Ian has devoted himself to the art of dying Surfmat skins, having contributed to some colourful creations over at Warpmats.

I dye plenty of mat skins but there is a significant difference on that front between me and Ian. I can use dye to create some pleasing, simple, designs. But Ian is a hugely talented artist who can create complex and awe inspiring pieces that you could happily hang on a wall in their own right.

So I was over the moon when Ian made the decision to broaden his business and went free-lance, meaning that anyone (including my customers) can get his artwork on their mats! To kick off it was obvious that we needed to build a mat for Ian. And given Ian’s talent as a mat surfer, it was a pretty short discussion around which mat to build him.

On to Ian’s mat then… G-Mat 190 had to be named. It has been a tradition since number 1 that my custom mats are named. I won’t even ship them until they have one! After some consideration, Ian  has named this mat Dengue.

Dengue is a G-Mat RB-JMC 70/70 with negative rocker. A super-free-breather and with a light ¾ grip in clear Sikaflex EBT with front corners gripped. After some discussion, Ian opted for a Hestered valve.

 The navy fabric has a very open weave so feels super light and pliable, and the acid dying process makes the material more supple so along with the light grip, very free venting and neg rocker, Dengue should go like the clappers!

Dengue is en route to Ian on the West Coast of Ireland to get in to some of those long, quiet points and reefs. Very much looking forward to the feedback on this one.

Back to Ian, as I said he is a real talent and produces all sorts of wonders, many of which are for sale, so take a look at his website:

https://organicdevolution.com/

Cheers

G