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LUPE FIASCO IN THE ICHIBAN

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Lupe Fiasco

Smiles wide in any weather, Lupe holds it down in a new Matuse lid. Photo by Mike Muller.

Matuse Family Member, Mike Muller, sent us this shot today of Lupe Fiasco, one of his fellow climbers on the recent Summit on the Summit mission to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro (http://summitonthesummit.com/). A Hemingway favorite and the loftiest point in Africa, this fabled peak is situated 3 degrees south of the Equator and has 3 distinct volcanic cones. While it obviously doesn’t have the highest elevation of any mountain in the world, Kilimanjaro is actually the planet’s tallest freestanding mountain rise — scaling 15,100 feet (4,600 meters) from its base. Big ups to Mike and Lupe for taking down this heavy hitting climb and raising awareness around the earth’s clean water crisis.

For more information on Mike Muller and his work, click here (http://www.mullerphoto.com/). For more information on Lupe Fiasco, click here (http://www.lupefiasco.com/).

NYC CREW GRINDING

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NY Fish Roast

Rob McKinley, the Brothers Termini (pictured: John and Joe), Scott Rudin and the always timeless Jack Luber were captured in some classic pics from their late summer 2009 fish roast in Montauk. Fresh grinds, top notch suits and sunshine flowin’. Not too shabby – especially when you consider that the very same beach is now covered with snow. Big ups to the NY Matuse Family for braving the elements, sporting the ichiban and making hay (or fish) while the sun shines.

SWEET KID ROB DOGGER

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Rob Malmberg’s A-game.

Matuse Family Member, Rob Malmberg recently won first place in a Daily Candy New York run-off: http://www.dailycandy.com/sweetest_things/2009/new_york/ … Though he is a shoddy billiards man, Rob provided a steady hand and mad comic relief during the Joel Tudor sauna shoot. Oh, ya-ya. OK. Big ups to Rob for being the Kentucky-born, whiskey sippin’ and NYC stompin’ artist that he is.

ALEKS FROM AQUA IN SF

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Aleks Aqua Surf

Shots taken by Alek’s homeboy in Hawaii, Darren.

As emailed to the Matuse NorCal rep, Ryan Hughes:

Yo,

Here are some pics of me in my Matuse from last Sunday and Monday. The waves were double over head and good. It was a little too much offshore – making it a little harder to get ‘em. I took a Matuse hood of da shelf cause it is freezing out here. Da Tumo hood is nice! So comfy it is almost too hot.

Love yer buddy-Aleks

Mikala Jones: Sipping Sahara

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Mikala Jones in Africa

Top three images taken by Nathan Meyers. Bottom three images are from Marlon Gerber.

Here are some images from a recent mission down into West Africa. Taylor Steele pulled an elite crew together to ride and capture film and images for his new installment in the Sipping Jetstreams Trilogy. Perfect points and arid deserts were abound for this crew which included Matuse Family Member, Mikala Jones, along with Marlon Gerber, Taylor Steele and Jeff Flindt. To see more images and read more visit:

http://blogs.surfingmagazine.com/news/sipping-sahara-taylor-steele-sipping-jetstreams-update-010310/

For more knowledge on Mikala Jones and the rest of the Matuse Family, kindly CLICK HERE.

Derek & Todd: 50 People to Watch Dinner

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Derek Dunfee & Todd Glaser

Last weekend San Diego Magazine held a dinner honoring the 50 people selected in San Diego as the “50 People to Watch” in 2010. Matuse Family Members, Derek Dunfee and Todd Glaser, were two of the 50 making the list. Derek won the XXL Big Wave Paddle award for paddling into the largest wave in 2009 and Todd Glaser won Photo of the Year during last year’s Surfer Poll Awards presented by Surfer Mag. We look forward to seeing what these two do in 2010.

For more knowledge on Derek Dunfee and the rest of the Matuse Family, kindly CLICK HERE. For more info on Todd Glaser you can check out his blog at http://tglaser.blogspot.com/.

Nick Ferreira Loves Matuse

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Nick Ferreira

Nick sitting pretty somewhere in North San Diego last summer.

A recent email received from Nick.

Happy new year hope it was a good one! Hey just wanted to say my suits work great! Thanks. Your suits are so warm that one day I forgot my 4/3 so I just wore my spring. Golden! Have a great year buddy, see you in the water. BTW, here’s a shot from last summer. The short sleeve Chapter 1 worked perfect.

Best regards, Nick F.

MIKE MULLER GOES KILIMANJARO

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Mike Muller

From great heights to great depths, Mike Muller loves the ichiban.

Matuse Family Member, Mike Muller (http://www.mullerphoto.com/), brings it. Whether he’s swimmin’ with sharks or strolling to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro he’s investing his energy in a badass and worthwhile cause. This globetrotting photographer recently scaled the famed African peak with a slew of big hearted peeps as part of the Summit on the Summit. This mission was dedicated to the global clean water crisis: http://www.summitonthesummit.com/#/basecamp/.

Mike’s fellow climbers included Lupe Fiasco, Kenna and Jessica Biel. Today, MM texted the Matuse Family from Ethiopia – where he is currently with the UN. Once he’s states-side next week, he’ll be back at it. Rolling stone. No moss. Like the sharks he swims with – MM keeps it movin’. Big ups Mike!

Zach Plopper Goes Feral In Baja

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Zach Plopper, BajaZach and company somewhere between TJ and Cabo.

It’s always a little sad to wash the thick red dust off the WiLDCOAST Baja mobile after our excursions off the grid, deep into the peninsular heart. Like a knight cleaning his sword clean of the defeated, or a conquistador buffing out helmet scratches from battle, it nearly brings a tear to my eye to wash away the desert’s residue from the nave’s body, engine and undercarriage. The stamp of hours of lurching, searching and blazing through North America’s most isolated coastal stretch rinsed down the car wash drain. Soon the car looks as it did five days prior; gleaming, new, falling right in line with all of the other rigs on the road. But this one is still a little rattled. Somewhere in there the desert remains; much like my head.

After four nights beneath the chilled desert sky, talking to no one but my three compadres (WiLDCOAST’s ED Serge Dedina, his child hood buddy Chris, and SURFER Mag Senior Ed Kimball Taylor), hitting the hay at 7 p.m. after marathon point break sessions and a lack of fire wood, I couldn’t quite get accustomed to my bed, a ceiling, walls or the sounds of urbanity. I became a little bit feral, at least until civilization softens me up once more. The mental simplicity (and stability) brought on by the isolation, the tranquility and multiple barrel rides per wave is partially lost at the border, a little more with one night’s sleep at home, and then completely rinsed away at the car wash.

And as I scream down the 5 for an arvo session at Swami’s no one can tell that I had been completely immersed in nature for the past few days. Except my eyes are still a bit red, my hair a little matted, and a trail of Baja dust turned mud trickles out the tail pipe. I am already craving to be dislodged from the grid once more. Swell on the rise, tides are low and the winds are right. The desert coast calls.

For more knowledge on Zach Plopper and the rest of the Matuse Family, kindly CLICK HERE.