I like this one because it’s on “every day mushy surf”… looks so fun.
By the way i looks to me that the “Honolua Man” is using the mat as a bodyboard, canting the mat a lot while traveling along the face, while Greenough seems to suit the mat to the wave’s shape being the mat really flat to the water and traveling faster… just my thoughts, but i know nothing about mat surfing.
Coque.
Surfmat/ surf mat needs leash.
anyone have any ideas about how to attach a secure leash in a way that minimally affects the performance of the mat?
Conceptually, I think I know the answer.
Leash will cause drag and definitely change performance for the worse unless its short and kept out of the water BUT if you use a leash it will stress the heck out of the mat and shorten its life. Just hang on tight. Quick hands, grip of steel and in a pinch, the Russian bear wrestler hug! “Leashes? We don’ need no stinkin’ leashes…” Esp in small waves. In bigger surf where harder to hang on, leash will do much more damage to the mat. So like those Japanese tea cups w/ no handle “too hot to hold; too hot to drink.” With mats “too big to hold onto; too big for matting” Or…“get a grip.” Actually, this is in one of several reasons I just made a plywood paipo. If surf is REALLY thumping, I get wood!
‘it will stress the heck out of the mat and shorten its life’
Actually this was a ‘think out of the box’ post and your definetly not thinking of the leash solution I’m thinking of!
C’mon guys , no one has been able to succesfully attach a leash to a mat so you rationalize that you dont need one…blechh and arrgghh!
Get to a higher level!
Surfmat / Surf mat needs leash!
In addition to many failures, I’ve successfully used a number of leash attachments/leashes on a variety of surf mats. Part of what I discovered was the best mats for surfing were not the best for hosting restraint systems.
In keeping with Murphy’s Law: surf mat restraints will fail at the point when they’re most needed!
A few options:
No restraints
Sea anchor
Leash attached to mat
Mat attached to rider
Hand grips
Extra weight
Rapid deflation valve
The most experienced mat surfers in the world prefer unencumbered, high strength-to-weight equipment that approaches gossamer, with a very aggressive deck traction.
DrStrange said it well:
"So like those Japanese tea cups w/no handle, “too hot to hold, too hot to drink.” With mats: “too big to hold onto, too big for matting” Or… “get a grip.”
I as the most open minded carbon loife form in the history of mankind
have chosen to reach down and lift ya’ll
up.
the first and final no miss Reash[ japan patent # 48276983]
adhears mat to rider w/ out failure co-efficient
unlike urethane leashes used in surfboard communities world wide.
while sitting with mat inflating restrain from repeating ohm
or hail marys or our fathers
or asorted psalms
quotes from grays anatomy
repeat the elvis lyric while exhaling into the air chamber
RETURN TO ME
also popular with the post Bella Lugosi crowd of vampires,
and vampire wannabeez.
who infact perfected the method while surfing overnight rincon malibu pitas CoJo pleasurre point cowells four mile Jordache river millipede point N.Y.
and jeffries bay.
For farther lyric info check the Graceland song book
and the new matting handbook,
‘‘Vampire world mat surfing tour 2005’’
availiable soon at an all night liquor store near you.
''the appendix is a real delicasy"
…Hannibal Lecter new york times food critic…
…ambrose…
I sure hope this helps
we also are marketing magic black
feathers that make your mat
come back after wipeoffs.
pip pip .
Redding will be added to the 2006 tour.
hot irrigation ditches
have come to the attention
of the Vampire tour board of defectors
Otis keep the halloween weekend open.
…ambrose…
love your informative profile.
checkes your web site couldnet
find your signature pnumatics
with leetches.
cool watches and pedometers though.
…ambrose…
yea, and let’s make something that inflates it automatically too. I get tired trying to do that.
Ambrose nailed it (as usual). “Chhaaaaammm to meeee…”
As for inflation I find same as riding…the less you do the easier it gets. Tension makes you run out of breath and get light headed. Just breathe slow normal full breaths. Kinda like you were meditating pre go-out (now there’s an idea). And just aim your normal exhale into the bag. Really doens’t take any longer to fill and you can even do it while walking. Much harder to do while taking or singing though.
I give up,
You guys are right!
The mat will never have a leash system if none of you are creative enough ‘materially speaking’ to make one work.
Here is your bonus gift, a tethered flower.
would it help if I said I don’t like leashes on surfboards as well?
If you’re creative enough ‘materially speaking’ then why don’t you make the ultimate surfmat leash?
leashes are for dogs
aerials are for cars
…ambrose…
free running fun hogs
sparta was of mars.
shackled minds beset by tthe security of a tethered ride/or
working the whirl of surface tension’s glide line
demonstrative breaking out busting air
is losing the connect to continum a higher form?
not till you hit the reentry clean
access to this freedom with no risk
is a selfish slice of the contemporary mores
the olympic Ideal of personal best
attained by high difficulty / physical parameters
with risky rewards guilds the outcome.
to never or rarly swim
to be in position
to blame equiptment failure
rather than
holding pilot acquity
fully responsible
is less than regal.
hunting Boar with a knife and a dog
is far greater accomplisment
than a howitzer and a trip wire.
…ambrose…
why would you need a leash for a mat??? if-per rare chance- you lose it, hell ya got swim fins on, so swim!
so you could ride it in OFFSHORE conditions and NOT lose your 300 $$$ inflatable investment…durr…c’mon this is a great idea you punkers…open minded enough to ride a mat, but spit and snarl at the idea of a leash???..what gives??..im with otis on this one…bicep leash =no drag and keeps it out of the way…=more matting less bodysurfing…lets evolve
S’nott the idea of a leash that’s the prob, its the idea of having a $300+ mat rip itself to death from the point load of a leash. Also, leash attachment likely to change handling characteristics…
Some things to consider:
1)You shouldn’t be out in OFFSHORE conditions if you have difficulty hanging on to your mat.
2)Mat surfing and bodysurfing are symbiotic, not counteractive. They have almost nothing in common with bodyboarding.
3)Many experienced watermen believe wearing a leash to avoid swimming and bodysurfing is devolution.
4)I’ve only heard of 3 or 4 mat surfers ever permanently loosing their equipment.
5)Do-it-yourself! There are a variety of inexpensive surf mats/inflatables available that have hand grips, ropes and/or accept leashes:
http://www.cheetahtradingco.com/gallery1.htm
http://rebelsport.com.au/?action=view&id=701947
http://www.seaeagle.com/accessories/static/Surf_Mat.asp
http://www.qualityinflatables.com/bwsurfmats.html
http://www.tikisurf.co.uk/tikihardware.asp?subcategory=Surf%20Mat
http://www.goodtime.com.au/index.php?PCID=1913&PSO=85&PSID=surfmatsurfoplane&PSV=Primary&CDO=
http://www.waveblasters.com/surfridermats.html
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http://www.landandsea.com.au/Home_page/catalogue.html
Have fun!