Ongoing Project

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I've been putting thought and now time into a design idea recently and have come up with this 200/70 free-breather..

G-Mat 27. Full bellied goodness.

This is a mat more in the belly and less of a hook on the rail than other models mixing characteristics of the Bullet and Glider designs. Hopefully this will give a good all-rounder but needs testing.

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Lambeau & Bluey's Big Adventure

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I received some great feedback from Henry Marfleet about a mat from my quiver; an Ubercat named "Lambeau".

Henry posted his feedback on the UK Mat Surfers forum and said the following:

"Got back last week from a 2 week holiday in west oz.

G-Mat 19 aka "Lambeau" hitched a ride with me, as it needed to get over to east oz, and thought it would be nice for it to get a taste of west oz.

Was in the water 2 hours after arriving in Perth, and because it was small and the spot was shallow reef took the fatty out, nice to be surfing in boardies for a change.

Then down to the south west of west oz around the Yallingup region, to surf some proper waves.
Grabbed Lambeau, and never looked back, poor sod had no rest up as I surfed it for the rest of my time over there .

Surfed a variety of reef breaks, handled the steep take-offs, loved the fast walls, and held nicely into the barrelling sections.

It was just as happy in the hollow beachies, was slightly worried that it would not want to track and stay in the barrels but no worries on that count, slipped and stayed into them perfectly."

Sounds like Henry's scored himself some pretty sweet waves!

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Hoth Monster

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This is a mat for California's Matt Pierce named "Hoth Monster", a 200/70 Ubercat with a flat rocker. Gripped with Sikaflex. This mat is completely un restricted in terms of airflow but as the stablity of the Ubercat. The flat rocker should help to give it a wee bit more and I've done a little something to help to keep the nose in order without the need for asymmetrical corners.

G-Mat 26 (AKA "Hoth Monster")

G-Mat 26 (AKA "Hoth Monster")

Matt is something of a big hairy monster himself and has been looking for a little something to get into those tight wedges kicking around down there. Hopefully this mat will fit the bill being slightly undersized but with enough in the gut to compensate.

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Jamie McClellan - Feedback

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For those unaware, Jamie McClellan is a mat surfer of some note from North Carolina on the US East Coast. (Find out more about Jamie HERE). 

Anyway, Jamie has ridden a few of my mats (see the banner pic at the top of this blog!) and recently scored a G-Mat Bullet named "Lucky" which is the orange mat featured on the home page of this site. After a really long lay off due to work commitments, Jamie has finally managed to get a session in on Lucky.

Jamie McClellan riding G-Mat 13.

Photo by Dan Murphy

Jamie offered some brief feedback:

"Lucky did everything I asked of her and I didn't have to think about it which is a very good first impression. Felt great!"

Action without thought... Music to a mat builder's ears. 

Cheers

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Boston Valves

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I'm always on the lookout for new materials and after a good deal of pondering, decided to give a Boston Valve a go.

This performed well in some pretty heavy surf today, including being bearhugged on a trip to the bottom, rolling under a very heavy wedge which I took on the head. The advantages are two-fold: firstly, they look pretty good. Secondly, the valve has two parts, a small cap for inflation and deflation on the go, and a larger thread allowing the whole valve to be removed from the mat for rapid deflation.

I particularly like the fact that it is a screw-cap design. No need to be tugging away on the mat.

Cheers

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Surfmat with Boston Valve

Surfmat with Boston Valve