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Stand Up Paddle => SUP General => Topic started by: Sup-position on July 13, 2014, 09:09:20 AM
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Brings back memories of the 1970's.
Found these at Ace Hardware for $12.00.
1-2' waves today were double over head and fun on
the Raft...
Ralph
Sup-position
Huntington Beach, California USA
(714) 899-3020
www.Sup-position.com
sup.position.com@gmail.com
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Great retro comeback Ralph. I used to have one of the blue and yellow ones that I rode my first wave on about 50 years ago.
I have to check out our Ace Hardware now.
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Right on Ralph, I'm on my way to Ace. I remember renting them down in Pacific Beach by the pier when I was a kid. They were also the blue ones with yellow ends and a rope. Lost many a Fed-Mart fin at the pier on my rented surf mat.
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Those were about all we had on the east coast when I was a kid. Loved "surfing" them. Might have to add one to the board rack. Or roll one up behind the truck seat.
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Order On Line and Pick Up at Your Local Store.
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3065329
Ralph
Sup-position
Huntington Beach, California USA
(714) 899-3020
www.Sup-position.com
sup.position.com@gmail.com
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Great retro comeback Ralph. I used to have one of the blue and yellow ones that I rode my first wave on about 50 years ago.
I have to check out our Ace Hardware now.
Deb used to love to surf those exact rafts back in our college daze...pretty fun...check out her smile...that was until there started to be a number of increasing shark bites on surfers at her fav spot...;-)
Of course, our local surf god, George Greenough was the king of all mat surfers...I shared an over DOH wave with him in front, that I will never forget...
GG mat wave ride slowed down on Maui in '67...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SnHlsDA5nM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsDhEhWhkJQ&feature=kp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igN3FqwC29E
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I remember renting those canvas rafts at Virginia Beach back in 1969 when I was 12 years old. I was there on account of brothers wedding. Waves were big that week. I spent every day in the water.
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Those were about all we had on the east coast when I was a kid. Loved "surfing" them.
Yeah got my start on them too, ~1970 in Atlantic and Jones beaches on
Long Island.
Seem to remember they would give a nasty rash. No surf shirts yet.
H2Oman posted up some videos here awhile back showing their come back.
El Porto beachies I think.
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I remember renting those at laguna beach in the early 70's. What a fun way to thrash in the shore-break! And yes, they gave some serious rashes :-( When we were tired and hungry we would grab a burger across PCH at " wimpys ". If memory serves me right ( and thats fading fast ) Thanks for helping me revisit my childhood. ;D
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Need a GoPro Raft mount! ;)
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Army surplus green in the 50's
Nasty nip rash
Nasty pit rash
Huge fun in any waves
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http://youtu.be/5hEU2v4XAaI
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Bit late to the thread, didn't show on ACE when I looked.
But Amazon has them for $11.78 delivered with PRIME for the 60" x 29" size. Need to order some for the kids for use in Lake Michigan later this summer. If it warms up.
Brian
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Just ordered the 45" one. Might be able to snap off the top better than the 60 incher.
I might have given up some glide.
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We got a quiver of the Cali 805 made 4th Gear Flyers for the shop with the wifey's prompting after I resurrected some of her mat surfing pics from college...
It's been a fun call with the 70*F H20 temps and wind swell lately here in SB...
Even though we all started on the low tech rafts...we went up a notch on getting these surf mats...there has been some evolution over the last 25 years...;-)
One of our good friends has been carrying on the torch of George Greenough since he left...so, we went with a 4GF Tracker, Standard, & some Omnis...
These were locally hand made by Paul Gross and have his latest internal technology...etc...
Slap in a waterproof iPod, a good pair of fins, and a waterproof camera and you can have yourselves a fun time body whomping...;-)
Some fun vids that one of the local mat surfers put together...
#stokedforlfe @standuppaddlesports #matsurfing #georgegreenough #standuppaddlesports #santabarbara #4GF
http://vimeo.com/12382213
http://vimeo.com/14432622
http://vimeo.com/25696551
http://vimeo.com/61855661
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1p3d3rrzc
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Wow
This one looks like it is worth checking out.
I already have the 60" And 45" Intex.
Swimline Speedster Nylon Covered Inflatable Body Board (Blue/Multi Color, 45 x 26 x 3-Inch)
Slick Bottom with Handles...WHOOOO ! ! ! $30 Bucks...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004PPPIJY/ref=pe_850240_122118160_em_1p_0_im
Ralph
Sup-position
Huntington Beach, California, USA
(714) 8989-3020
www.Sup-position.com
sup.position.com@gmail.com
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Great retro comeback Ralph. I used to have one of the blue and yellow ones that I rode my first wave on about 50 years ago.
I have to check out our Ace Hardware now.
Deb used to love to surf those exact rafts back in our college daze...pretty fun...check out her smile...that was until there started to be a number of increasing shark bites on surfers at her fav spot...;-)
Of course, our local surf god, George Greenough was the king of all mat surfers...I shared an over DOH wave with him in front, that I will never forget...
GG mat wave ride slowed down on Maui in '67...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SnHlsDA5nM
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Thanks for the videos. My youngest brother recently had a bunch of my dad's old 16mm moves digitized. I am pretty sure there is some footage of George on a raft in there somewhere. Unfortunately I think most of their adventures were not recorded on film Most of the movies are motorcycle racing but there are a few reels of early 60's SB surfing. I will check it out and see about posting it when I see him next.
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I had a neumatic mat built by Dale Solomonson, but didn't really get on with it, that was a few years back now, I might have to give it another go after reading this thread, my friend Graeme in the U.K. is building some nice mats now & heavily involved with the mat scene there, he told me his mats are easier to ride than the neumatics :)
You can check them out here: http://customsurfmats.com
And here's the U.K. mat rider's forum: http://ukmatsurfers.com
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Great retro comeback Ralph. I used to have one of the blue and yellow ones that I rode my first wave on about 50 years ago.
I have to check out our Ace Hardware now.
Deb used to love to surf those exact rafts back in our college daze...pretty fun...check out her smile...that was until there started to be a number of increasing shark bites on surfers at her fav spot...;-)
Of course, our local surf god, George Greenough was the king of all mat surfers...I shared an over DOH wave with him in front, that I will never forget...
GG mat wave ride slowed down on Maui in '67...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SnHlsDA5nM
Thanks for the videos. My youngest brother recently had a bunch of my dad's old 16mm moves digitized. I am pretty sure there is some footage of George on a raft in there somewhere. Unfortunately I think most of their adventures were not recorded on film Most of the movies are motorcycle racing but there are a few reels of early 60's SB surfing. I will check it out and see about posting it when I see him next.
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That would be awesome if you can stream some of the footage of George...
I was fortunate to have spent a good amount of time with him at the beach surfing and windsurfing...also, had him in our home with his 35mm underwater dolphin movies...learned so much about fin design from him, that I have incorporated into my own fins...especially tip flex...pure genius...
Our shop staff are having a blast getting back into mat surfing...a bunch of them are life guards and swimmers...the new surf mat technology is worth checking out...man, they are fast...;-)
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As our close amigo Kenny would say....every day is overhead on a "trash bag"......;-)
For performance surf mats...it's time to zoom ahead 4 decades past "rafts"...to the new school surf mats...;-)
Don't travel for surf without one...
http://blog.surfingsports.com/2014/09/mat-surfing.html
http://matsurfing.com