Totally Killin' It!
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Say hello to "Totally Killin' It!", a 70/70 RB-JMC for Matt Healy. Matt lives and surfs around Encinitas and has been riding mats for the last decade or so. There is a strong mat community around there with a long heritage and some good waves to surf them in.
Matt came pretty clear on what he wanted, a lightweight RB-JMC custom with super-free-breather venting and neg rocker and a low-profile spring valve. That's a good choice and I'm visualising super-fast high line speed runs on some Swami's peelers. Dreamy stuff!
Matt also had another request... He wanted it to look like a whale shark, having fallen in love with them during encounters in Mexico. Matt already has a surfboard painted like one in brown with white spots but after some to-and-fro with designs we settled on a navy shark. Not biologically accurate but looks pretty fancy.
I asked Matt about his journey into mats and he said:
“I began riding waves getting dropped off at the beach for a day of boogie boarding and body surfing and shenanigans with the neighborhood bros. We grew up and morphed into stand up surfers. But the prone zone has been calling me, and I got on the mat about ten years ago. The pure joy and simplicity. From local mushburgers, to Baja close out barrels, to one particular pumping southern Mexico point. And now this beautiful custom piece of art. Glide on, brothers, glide on…”
I love building mats for experienced matsurfers and I'm looking forward to feedback and hearing about her adventures with Matt.
Thanks Matt and take care.
Cheers
G