The joy of pneumatics!
I’ve always lived by the maxim, as long as it’s warm and tight the rest of the world can go to hell.
Andrew Buck, a longboarder and surf-mat aficionado from Dane Reynolds’ hometown of Carpinteria just south of Santa Babs, is a similar student of finding sensations in whatever form they take regardless of popular opinion.
Buck’s ability to catch sets at Rincon on an inflatable mat and generate speed has won him fans all over the world, including former world number two Taj Burrow and winner of the Hurley Pro Trestles, Richie Lovett.
A recent clip of Buck that appeared on Encinitas filmer Ryan Cannon’s Instagram account LogRap, a page that combines longboarding and hip-hop, generated over one million views and almost one thousand comments from surfers and non-surfers, many convinced there was a motor attached somewhere.
“He’s the best I’ve seen in person. Neck and neck with Rasta,” wrote Channel Islands’ Devon Howard.
“That doesn’t even look real,” wrote Richie Lovett.
Holy shit that looks fun,” wrote Taj Burrow.
Doesn’t make sense,” wrote shaper Greg Webber.
And,
“Is he getting pulled by a ski or just got a motor on the bottom of that thing? Insane!”
“How is that mat so fast??? Zoomed right past that one guy. I always assumed they were slow.”
“What is that? He is breaking the sound barrier.”
The waves are from a session at Rincon on December nine and Cannon says he wasn’t sure he was even going to post the clip online.
“I though it might be interesting but I wasn’t sure. I did and it blew up,” he says. “No one was getting good waves, crazy how crowded it was, and he was able to go right by people, underneath and around everyone. He made it look so easy, so impressive. But they’re hard to even ride.”
The only dissent came from Kook of the Day, who fought multiple fronts on Instagram against anyone praising the rides.
“Still counts as dick dragging,” he concluded.
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That’s Clark “Sparky” Griswald in the upcoming National Lampoon’s COVID vacation. He’s using the new non caloric silicone based kitchen lubricant his company has been working on, makes a surface 500 times more slick than any cooking oil. Heard it’s vegan too.
When I was 11 and living in WA I got a surf mat with rubber twin fins.
It was the closest thing my dad could (be arsed to) find like a boogie board at the time in early 80’s Perth.
I went back to Hawaii with it and was mercilessly teased for it on the first school trip to the beach.
Quite right.
But it was pretty damn quick, I’ll say that.
What I gotta go to instascam stare at you through the camera man
This story is over-inflated.
That Lograp clip really blew up.
https://www.instagram.com/p…
Would love to see him at Lemoore.
Forgive me if I’m wrong, and with all due respect for the journalist and the readership, THIS FOOOTAGE IS FABRICATED/MANIPULATED. That’s not a real puppy, it’s too teeni-tiny give a real puppy.
Those things in the righthands are fast but this here show and tell is 100% Hansel and Gretel shit there’s no was he’d pass that logger like he was standing still like that. Look at the spray coming off, it’s a betrayal of the bond we share with the oceans’ surface.
The motor/propulsion mechanism must be his penis. Probably acting as a rudder as well. I mean, it can’t be some Teflon-slicked mat on icy cold, calm water and and using gravity for that speed!
the logger was on the back half of his board getting ready to pull out, and wasn’t even close to being in ‘trim mode’ –where you get your speed at on a log.
They’re way faster than a trimming log when ridden properly.
No it’s not fabricated. Mats are very fast down the line if ridden properly. Are you saying you’ve never seen this before? https://www.youtube.com/wat…
I just want to have as much fun as that guy. Is that too much to ask?
If you look closely at his face you can see that after the first 50m of dragging your dick like that, feels like grinding one out through stage 4 of the clap
That’s why a cut a hole in my wetsuit.
Don’t you love George G!
They’re great except you can’t turn them and they give you an uncontrollable urge to try to drown female surfers.
Only If your last name is Thomson. Aside from his misgivings, I love my mat. It’s fast and yes you can turn them, just not as much as a boog.
I’ve thought taking one of these and some fins might scratch the surf itch when travelling.
Seems like it would be OK at point breaks but not so much where you need to do a bottom turn. Probably harder than it looks.
They can do bottom turns but it’s tricky.
You guys should see me ride my inner tube. Next level shit.
Post it! I’ll watch!
As long as it’s warm and tight the rest of the world can go to hell – I’m still cackling. This could be part of the best first sentence of any surf article I’ve ever read.
Yes, I too, reveled in this quick wit… Actually made me do a double take to make sure I read it correctly!
Fuck yeah cunts flying
Is that a quote from Turpel?
Curren and Derek Hynd understand.
I dont, wtf is going on here?
Friction free.
Low friction, minimal wetted area, minimal cavitation, no fin drag and expert rider. Looks fun!
thats what she said!
Skimboards and roller skates, Curren’s addicted to the feel of the no drag. Escape the rub on the earth of gravity.
Actually, you do know what’s going on. This isn’t the first time you’ve seen this.
The Fucking Boss.