Wednesday, August 25, 2010

This will never be cool...


But will always be fun!

I had fun at the Mat meet this last weekend. We had good surf and a large crew of pool toy enthusiasts in attendance. I am reminded by watching others and looking at myself in the picture above that mat surfing does not look good. It sure feels good!

Oh, by the way, last winter, on one of the bigger days at Swampi's, Kassia Meador, who is a rather beguiling water nymph, hooted at me while I was slotted, not quite barrelled, on my surfmat, making me feel a little tingly all over, and supporting my delusion that mat surfing may someday make me very popular and attractive, despite my obvious shortcomings.


4 comments:

mattitude said...

Andrew the photo looks great
mad steeze.
looks real good to me

Surfsister said...

You're cracking me up! First, that's a great picture of you. As far as I'm concerned, you mat guys are studs. Seriously. To be able to stare down waves of that size and then throw yourselves down the faces of them was . . . downright sexy. Perhaps one needs to ride a mat in order to understand this.

You know what was equally exciting about the mat meet? Ken took his photography to a new level. I don't know if he realizes it, but his pictures are pretty damn amazing. He got over 300 shots, some of which are of cover shot quality.

The meet was a success in every sense of the word!

Anonymous said...

you're still on the outside looking in until you can appreciate the subtle beauty of mat surfing.

Anonymous said...

"You know what was equally exciting about the mat meet? Ken took his photography to a new level. I don't know if he realizes it, but his pictures are pretty damn amazing. He got over 300 shots, some of which are of cover shot quality."

so where are the over 300 shots?
i want to see them!
thanx,
lobster