The Mad Matter
Okay surfy people, here is the deal, we just got a limited number of these 21st century Surf Mats at Surfy Surfy Surf Shop direct from the man himself, Mark Thomson.
The Krypt MT5 was designed and tested by Mark (the mat includes single concave) and built with US military materials that he was somehow able to source. As shown in the above photo you don’t inflate them all the way.
Rory Landon Aronson
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Rory Landon Aronson
August 20, 2010Too. Legit.
Anonymous
August 20, 2010do they come with automatic drop-in and bad attitude like their maker?
Anonymous
August 20, 2010That music on the vid is straight rippin!
Anonymous
August 20, 2010Holy crap, surf mats have come a long way since using them at the wedge in the 80’s (yes I’m old). So sick!
Where was that filmed?
dogleg
August 20, 2010speed!
Anonymous
August 20, 2010Holy crap that’s fast! Big waves, mats. YEAH!
GRAYMAN
August 20, 2010There’s plenty going on in mat-world.
Well done for stocking them Surfy-Surfy
Cheers
G
http://www.ukmatsurfers.org
Anonymous
August 20, 2010mark is NOT george greenough’s co-conspirator. greenough hates him. just ask george to find out why.
the krypt mt5 was NOT designed by mark. it originated with the CUSTOM neumatic “advanced design” that has dale solmonson has been selling for over 10 years.
the krypt mt5 is as mass produced popout made in taiwan with chinese military materials. mark has never personally made a surfmat in his life.
wake up gullible people!
colony13stars
August 20, 2010After seeing all that speed, I think I am ready to give it a go. A real challenge would be standing up on it. A very nice alternative to wave riding equipment.
casual observer
August 20, 2010There is nothing better than a controversial surfy surfy post.
GRAYMAN
August 20, 2010Saying you want to stand on a mat is like saying you want to go to the bottom of the ocean in an helicopter.
If people are genuinely interested in mats then I urge you to look around online and find out what’s ACTUALLY happening. Mats aren’t being reintroduced but the emergence of mass-produced mats can mean that modern surf mats are now more accessible than before. That doesn’t mean these are the only mats out there or even the only affordable ones.
Look about, you’ll find a ton of stuff on these versatile, hard to ride, turbo-charged serious surfcraft, including why you can’t stand on a modern mat!
đŸ˜€
Cheers
G
Anonymous
August 20, 2010You guys are seriously arguing about this? LOL. Get a surfboard freaks.
Anonymous
August 20, 2010HazMat……….
Anonymous
August 20, 2010What’s next?…SUM?
SUM = Stand Up Mat
Coming to an already clogged lineup near you.
Brandon
August 20, 2010holy cray, those things are pretty amazing. Can’t believe he’s getting waves though.
Anonymous
August 20, 2010He’s getting waves because he’s a complete dick in the water…
Anonymous
August 21, 2010Cant be too smart if he left that big drop in on the video! was really hoping the surfboard would have hit him, freak!
Really had me for a min, nice post, good video, but the drop in sunk the ship, i now want to pop mats!
Anonymous
August 21, 2010All longboarders suck.
Anonymous
August 21, 2010wow. a lot of hate going on here. lighten up.
Anonymous
August 21, 2010And I thought boogie boarding was at the top of the LAME list. My kids play with a raft (sorry – “mat”) like that in our pool. Never once have I thought, ‘man, it would be sweet to surf that.’
Anonymous
August 21, 2010Mat bitch got tossed by the lifeguards Wednesday @ Tourmo… I can still here him crying.
Anonymous
August 21, 2010Great shot of Mark’s mat building demonstration at Sacred Craft…
http://tiny.cc/zf1ms
Anonymous
August 21, 2010I have a Dale Solomonson mat, and I find it quite easy to ride, especially in head-high surf. (I live on Maui, so we do get some decent surf.) Rigid-board riders always drop in on me, thinking I’m just some clueless tourist who drifted into the lineup by accident. I just shoot past them, taking the high line over the tail of their boards. Sometimes I gently yank their leash as I go by, just to let them know I’m not as clueless as they think! The mat is great fun, and fun in the ocean is what it’s all about. I love my GH quad fish and my Ole noserider, but sometimes the mat is just the right thing.
Anonymous
August 21, 2010So reading between the lines Marks an arsehole?
and the rest of you who havent ridden a mat think there shit.
Anonymous
August 21, 2010There are some amazingly inane remarks on here from people with very narrow minds fine if you don’t like someone, but a surf craft is just that and mat ridding has been taken to a much higher leval don’t knock something till you try it, there is a steep learning curve but well worth the efort and the speed is amazing,these mats are real works of art to build some of them have been in development for years to perfect the product.
we seem to be losing the whole aloha spirit of surfing which I find quite sad.
Stu.
Anonymous
August 21, 2010I thought people were being jerks in the comments, but having watched the video I’m amazed that he left in that clip of him dropping in.
And I guess these are better than boogie boards because they are faster, but the seeming inability to do anything except go fast down the line kills it for me.
Anonymous
August 21, 2010I agree that the vibe on this thread is a bit nauseating. Why the personal attacks ang stereotyping? I’ve always been intrigued by the prejudices waterman carry around, particularly among shortboarders. As I see it. the smug heirarchy now starts with lowly mats -> bodyboards -> SUP -> longboards -> shortboards ->body surfers ->alaia riders.
Surf snobs and other fart sniffers might want to take a couple of steps back and remember that we’re all just playing in the waves.
As to the mats, $150 bucks? WTF? I could buy and surf HQ pool rafts and replace them every week of the summer for that kind of money. Which military contractor ends up with my cash, anyway? I’d rather burn the cash and stay dry, thanks.
Anonymous
August 21, 2010BIg corona bitzach
Anonymous
August 21, 2010I got a mat at the grocery store, it was rad but tore up my nipples. Duct tape solved all of that!
beep beep im a jeep. eat me, im a giant twinkie
August 21, 2010I think it’s funny how everyone goes anonymous as soon as they want to talk smack. đŸ™‚
Anonymous
August 22, 2010sh1t! its only water play! who cares what you ride as long as you are having fun and are totally respectful. this thread proves that there is no longer respect for ones neighbor. are our minds really so small that we think we’re better because of the equip we ride? who cares? nobodies really watching….
Surfy Surfy!
August 22, 2010This post is full of hot air!
ha ha!
Phill
August 22, 2010That drop-in. Oh, the horror. What does he think this is, some kind of wilderness? I bet he didn’t even pay for parking. I bet he has no idea how expensive that surfboard was! He almost took seven hundred dollars to the head. What a kook.
There are rules, you know. There are rules, and there ought to be citations. Ticket him, I say. Take his parking pass away, and while we’re at it will someone scrape that ‘Keep Surfing Dangerous’ sticker off of his van?
Send him to the back of the line, someone hug that surfer, and let’s put this whole mess behind us as quickly and quietly as possible.
Tomo
August 22, 2010Yo Grumpy gumbys…If you lived at Lennox you would know that if someone drops in first, its a free ticket for the locals. review the tape.
surfcrafts aside, The locals (like Mark) rule with an iron fist an order reigns with strength of solidarity, just like other Aussie surfing heartland places,Snapper, Burleigh and Angourie to mention a few. Our lineup survives the total social disintegration of sooo many of our A grade spots around the world.
Also to Clarify,
Mark never assimilates with George, he designs all his own mats and credits Dale for the years of collaboartation. surfmats are about funnest and fastest surfcrafts i am aware of.
Daniel Thomson.
I've shot my board at your head before you just didn't see
August 24, 2010Every wave but the last one he caught cleanly. Maybe he owed those 2 barnodgglers on that last wave. Who knows. Who cares. That was some smoking fast surfing.
Anonymous
August 24, 2010way to publicise surf mats. If you really loved them you would keep your mouth shut.
These guys are just trying to cash in and make some money out of it.
Greenough has been on to it since the 60’s.
Anonymous
August 25, 2010Ditto to the above.
This freak is a con man, trying to suck as many gullible wanna be mat surfers into his world of self delusion and fantasy.
Bottom line is the $$$$ for this sell out opportunist.
Anonymous
August 25, 2010LOL. The mats only cost $150. Chump change. Stop spazzing out ya wiggers.
Anonymous
August 25, 2010Narcissism has been taken to new heights,publicising this goose.
He is fraud,and exploits surfer’s ignorance and gullibility.
Surfopath of the 21 century
mr snippy
August 26, 2010I bet you buy your surfboards from Randy French.
pinliner
August 26, 2010is it ok to put a traction pad on a surfmat? I borrowed Ken Dog’s once and it was slippery.
Anonymous
August 26, 2010“The locals (like Mark) rule with an iron fist and order reigns with strength of solidarity”
Daniel Thompson
It’s shameful that Moonlight and Surfy Surfy continue to promote these two cretins as admirable members of the surfing community.
Surfy Surfy!
August 26, 2010This whole thing is getting a little out of hand. And how come the shortboarder in the middle isn’t getting flack for dropping in on the other guy?
Anonymous
August 26, 2010Moonlight makes surfboards. Not rubber pool toys.
dad
August 27, 2010Yeah it’s fast but does it have a clear window in it to see the fishies? I want to buy my son one but he wants the window. He’s 3 1/2.
Anonymous
August 27, 2010Hey, I wrote the song on the video on my Casio keyboard when I was 11! I want royalties!
Dale Solomonson
August 31, 2010For the finest (and only) custom high performance surf mats in the world, do what Mark Thomson does- order a Neumatic.
I’ve been creating custom surf mats since the 1970s with more experience than anyone else in the world.
Dale Solomonson
Surfy Surfy!
September 3, 2010All sold out! Thanks everyone!
Anonymous
September 3, 2010Excellent to at last hear from Dale Solomonson!
Does this mean he is back in business and will honor those outstanding orders from people who have paid $ upfront in good faith?
Ramsnake
September 12, 2010Christ that is about the most interesting flame war I have read in the comments following a post in quite awhile.
Oh and incidentally I wrote the tune on the video for a local jazz/funk outfit and it is a head based on Chick Corea’s “Spain”. The dots are available here http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&scoreID=159413 for the few who might be interested.
Good to hear from you Dale and yes “Anonymous” he is.
I think he has probably already done so and I have also made my upfront payment and am patiently looking forward to receiving my mat all in good time.
Anonymous
March 15, 2011I carry my neumatic mat with me when I’m on wave patrol. It doesn’t take up much room and while I prefer my custom-made surfboards (Moonlight glassed) I do inflate it once in a while when conditions warrant. I’m even seeing other mat riders in the line up now and then and the riders are having a great time.
Anonymous
September 21, 2013you mob of bitchy sluts….that clip was as good to watch as the pipe masters at 10ft…….that took skill. shut up or front up and punch on .