To The Ichiban Matuse Crew, My girlfriend and I had the pleasure of meeting you in February 2008. We were encouraged by Matuse and Rich Pavel to check on your wetsuit wizardry. Sneaking a peek at your wetsuit wizards at work was insightful and rewarding. In fact I walked out of the building with a […]
Recently Matuse received an email from Scott informing us of his upcoming journey in May, 2008. We were excited to hear about his efforts to promote the idea of lessening the impact we as surfers have on the environment while also raising money for cancer research. We were happy to donate two of our wetsuits […]
Words: Chris Del Moro The only way I could justify flying into a full blown blizzard, being surrounded by the Hollywood ’scene’, plus bone-chilling temperatures, was to remind myself that the waves at home were flat. The Sliding Liberia crew brought me along to represent our film at the Alpinist film festival in Jackson Hole, […]
From a recent email received from Patrick Ruddy of Surfing Mag. Matuse Family, I recently spent a few weeks on the North Shore with the Jones family and Flynn Novak. The boys have a house looking right over Rocky Point. It was rad to be able to stand in the back yard and see world […]
A large theatre set amidst an old Catholic missionary building, now acting as a school for Santa Barbara children, was the stage for Sliding Liberia. The film, as part of the Santa Barbara Film festival, had a buzz around it and you could feel the electricity as you walked up the main stairs and through […]
Date: Wednesday, Feb 6, 2008 Time: 9 am Location: Del Mar Fairgrounds at Wyland Hall. 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, Ca 92014. Just west of the I-5 freeway. exit at Via De La Valle. So here’s your chance to come out and show your support for preserving one of California’s most pristine coastal resources. […]
Date: Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 Time: 7 pm Location: Marjorie Luke Theatre, 721 E. Cota Street Purchase: $9 at the Lobero Box Office, 33 E. Canon Perdido. 888-456-2376. You can also buy tickets at the theatre door unless sold out.(Theatre seats 800) After Party: Sandbar, 514 State Street. 805-966-1388 Come to Santa Barbara and join […]
An email received from Todd Glaser back from a recent road trip. Yeah Boys, Just wanted to say thank you so much for the keeping me warm the other day. Bummy and I just got back from an adventure up to Central Cal to find some waves. The weather was frigid to say the least. […]
Date: December 13, 2007 Time: Doors open at 9pm Location: The O Lounge (Oahu, Hawaii) Matuse is proud to sponsor a Heavywater & The Surfrider Foundation event in Hawaii called Keep It Blue (working to keep oceans clean). There will be live music by Sashamon, The Pricks & OPM. 20k in prizes & giveaways from […]
This story is from the personal travel journal of Bret Howard. With some free time coming up and a series of south swells in the window, I couldn’t help but buy a one way ticket to my favorite beach break! A few things I know I can always count on at Playa Zicatela are stiff […]