In a lot of ways The Pass at Byron Bay is the spiritual home of surf mat riding. The long right point, with its myriad of sections and moods, and pleasant, warm water, makes is a paradise for the ...

Why: After years of surfing all kinds of boards, I was introduced to mats. Mat surfing is done on an inflatable air mat. The old school tool was a rubberized canvas, multi-chambered mattress with ...

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A Melbourne surfer has had a close encounter with a shark, which he filmed on an action camera. Roger Essig was mat surfing at Gunnamatta Beach on the Mornington Peninsula when he looked down and saw ...

Adaptive Surf Project is expanding its beach mat access for those with mobility challenges this summer. They were able to install Mobi Mats on Sunday morning at Lakewood Camping Resort in Myrtle Beach ...

THIS COULD BE IT: the summer you put down the iPad and that fruity drink with the paper-umbrella garnish, relinquish your beach chair and hit the surf. We get it—if you've never ventured past the ...

Seacliff surf life saving club has rolled out a special mat that lets the disabled and elderly back onto the sand. The nation’s first special-­purpose sand mat was rolled out by the Seacliff Surf Life ...