THE PHILEAS PROJECT
Phileas was the 50th mat to come out of the G-Mat workshop. To celebrate this, and to say thank you for all the support I've been shown by the global mat collective, I thought it fitting to send her off around the world for my mat brethren to ride and to add their own artwork to. Please get in touch to get involved.
This blog is a record of Phileas' journey. Around the world in... Well... Who knows how long?
Arriba!
/So Phileas has had a long weekend in Mexico and it looks like it's done her the world of good. ASB took her of to Scorpion Bay, Baja for a long weekend.
ere's what he had to say:
"Managed to borrow a go pro for a session and shot a few waves while holding it in my teeth. Won't see how they came out for a few weeks. The camera is down here until after they get home on the 24th.
Each wave I filmed was about 30-45 seconds and Phileas rides great. Had a guy tell me today he watched me get the best waves he saw anyone get all day yesterday. It's a great mat."
"Get back to states on Tuesday will do some art then send it on to Matt [Herman]."
What I wouldn't give for some 45 second rides right now! Looking forward to seeing this.
As promised, Andrew has added some artwork.
It's always nice to see people getting creative. I have no idea what any of that Spanish means but I'm sure it's all very nice.
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Baja Bound!
/Phileas is on the move!!!
We have word from ASB and it's looking good. After a prolonged period of hibernation, it sounds like Phileas will be getting some waves with the Rincon crew... In Mexico?!
Here's what Andrew said:
"Just dropped of the mat with my buddy whose doing the 24 hour drive to scorpion bay, I'll vonnect with him on Friday and finally get it in real waves"
Look a mat wave too!
So then, let's see what comes off all this. My mouth is watering over the thought of seeing some footage of Phileas on that wave.
Didn't even think Mexico was going to be on the list!
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