THE XX – VCR
One of those rare instances where an insanely good original is topped by the remix.
Superfrog Dojo Triathlon Wetsuit Is Here
The Superfrog Dojo Triathlon wetsuit only $399.
2012 is now well under way and we hope you all are sticking to your new year resolutions. We know that a lot of you out there want to challenge yourself while getting fit and doing a triathlon is a great way to go. The season is just starting and there are a whole list of great events all over the US. So get online and sign up for one and start training if you haven’t already done so.
Matuse is a proud sponsor of the Superfrog Triathlon here in San Diego. The oldest running triathlon, the Superfrog holds three levels of triathlons throughout the year. Visit http://superfrogtriathlon.com/ to see the dates and levels you can enter. This is why our Tri-suit is named the Superfrog Dojo because we support the history of the Superfrog Traithlon. Started by Moki Martin who was a Navy SEAL, the Triathlon is the longest running to date and has always been held on the beaches of Coronado here in San Diego. The same beaches our Navy SEALs are trained on.
If you want the best wetsuit to help you swim your best our Superfrog Dojo Triathlon wetsuit is your weapon of choice. We use the best of the best Geoprene rubber technology. Geoprene is made from limestone and is 98% water impermeable compared to standard neoprene that is at best 65% water impermeable. This means you are lighter, faster and own a longer lasting wetsuit. Our SCS & Titanium Alpha Technology smooth skin gives you the ultimate in frictionless glide. The fit is perfect and the paneling design gives you complete freedom in movement. There has been an amazing amount of planning and technology used in this wetsuit. The fact we can offer this suit at $399.00 means anyone can use the best and enjoy the benefits of our design and research. You can’t get better style or technology in the other brands so why pay more. Click here http://matuse.com/shop/dojo-triathlon-suit/ to read more and purchase your Superfrog Dojo Triathlon wetsuit for your 2012 season.
THE XX – ISLANDS
Mike Myers, eat your heart out.
UNKLE – ANOTHER NIGHT OUT
Boxers just have all the fun.
"Crossings" Now Available on Matuse.com
Cover art by Trevor Gordon.
Matuse Family Member, Michael Kew, has recently released his book titled “Crossings”. This book covers stories from Michael’s surf travels all around the world. You’ve seen many of Michael’s images and short videos on our website and even if you didn’t realize it you’ve seen his images and read his words in pretty much every surf magazine on the planet. A super interesting read, this book is 480 pages long with no frills. Text only but a perfect book to bring on your next travel adventure, a gift for your special surf friend or your next bedside book to transport you to new corners of the world. Here’s an excerpt from the book:
“Another unsurfable day. Accordion and fiddle were apt din for a cozy mid-afternoon teatime in the small pub of our B&B aside a coal fire with pints of cask-drawn ale ‘round the dark wooden table. Then the CD started skipping and so was switched off, allowing for soothing rain patter on the room’s double-paned windows, the wind whistling around the pub’s old stone perimeter, the soft lilting voices in the room augmenting ours. Main courses were fatty and caloric—Jones’s broiled, seaweed-fed lamb, Mulcoy’s battered haddock, Smith’s beef pie with black pudding—and there were the soft fillets of wild brown trout, hooked hours ago in the adjacent loch; then the selection of Grimbister Farm cheese on a tray, the chewy warm oatcakes, the flaky butter biscuits, the gooey fudge from Stromness, the unfiltered pints of Quoyloo ale, the drams of peaty whisky from the outskirts of Kirkwall.
Dusk was a slit of ochre pressed between distant low hills and dark rain clouds. Early night was wet, a gale from the south, its constant low rumble like the hymn of waves. The rain intensified from a patter to a pelting of hail, a woodfire crackle, the tiny balls sticking to the ground like snow. White in the night. Surely the glass of the small room’s window had seen fairer eves.
Outside…pitch-black. Eventually the storm’s vigor killed the town’s wattage, so we used candlelight, a fitting glow for Orkney, islands steeped in sentimentality despite the 21st-century trappings on the far end of that Atlantic horizon. In the tiny B&B we pored over the maps, drew arrows, made plans. The boys would turn in early, not long after 9, satiated with artisan fare, comfortable in the old warmth that only a Scottish isle could grant.
Later—the wee hours. Drowsing supine with Enya’s “And Winter Came” in my ears, there was a meditation on the archipelago’s 59°N latitude and our position in surf travel. North Atlantic austerity had only allowed for recent navigation of the region’s surf wealth. Scotland has many locals now—new wetsuit technology has fostered a gestation of surfers in places like this. Abroad, too, temperate surfers have begun to search far beyond the tropical fray, the traditional heart of surf trips—the equatorial score, the Third World junket, the generic lust for barrels in boardshorts. But our Orkney nonce was dissimilar, a cerebral levitation into the northern wilds, chased by weather and lured by maps. It was emotional and risky, a long and expensive journey.
The next morning’s newspaper said the sea-and-sky forecast was good, but not for another 72 hours. Winter was near. There would be more time to burn, more setups to consider. If anything it was a chance to dry the wetsuits and study some historic decor—Viking ruins, standing stones, medieval churches, brochs, castles, cairns, tombs. It was all there, an archeologist’s dream. Sometimes, like Enya sang, dreams are more precious. We had ours, too.”
If you’d like to read more about places like the Gaels, Polynesia, Scandinavia, Indian Ocean, Melanesia, Caribbean, Asia, Micronesia, Africa, and Pacific Northwest purchase this book online here: http://matuse.com/shop/crossing/
Team Rider Hunter Lysaught
One session in Ventura during the road trip. The wind and water was freezing but I stayed in my Matuse hood ornament.This session was an hour and a half of duck-diving, close-out barrels, and intense paddling but was worth it for the one barrel I made. Troy Mothershead film & edit. Montrahouse.com
GOTYE – Somebody That I Used To Know
1 part Bowie. 2 parts Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer and D’Angelo. 100% creepy. Featuring Kimbra.
SHAME TRAILER
Michael Fassbender channels his best Patrick Bateman in Steve McQueen’s latest opus.
Tudor in San Diego Surfline Video
Frame grabs from Surfline vid shot by PK.
Matuse Family Member, Joel Tudor, seen here getting some sweet barrels in San Diego. He was joined by Rob Machado and few shredding locals. Tudor seen wearing the Tumo Hooded 543mm. Click here to see the video on Surfline.com: http://www.surfline.com/video/featured-clips/machado-and-friends_67091