In a lot of ways The Pass at Byron Bay is the spiritual home of surf mat riding. The long right point, with its myriad of sections and moods, and pleasant, warm water, makes is a paradise for the ...

Why: After years of surfing all kinds of boards, I was introduced to mats. Mat surfing is done on an inflatable air mat. The old school tool was a rubberized canvas, multi-chambered mattress with ...

Surfers searching for a way to practice their pop-ups away from the waves may be interested in a new quality training mat for surfers from the team at Popupmatic. Watch the demonstration video below ...

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In a recent conversation with Graeme Webster, the surfmat builder to the stars and owner of G-Mat Custom Surf Mats, he talked of the influence of Steven “Stevo” Halpin. Webster mentioned how Stevo had ...

A Melbourne surfer has had a close encounter with a shark, which he filmed on an action camera. Roger Essig was mat surfing at Gunnamatta Beach on the Mornington Peninsula when he looked down and saw ...

THIS COULD BE IT: the summer you put down the iPad and that fruity drink with the paper-umbrella garnish, relinquish your beach chair and hit the surf. We get it—if you've never ventured past the ...