Converse Canvas Surf Mat

45 canvas surf rider 45 in x 29 in 1 14 m x 74 cm visit the intex store.

Converse canvas surf mat.

Surf mats reached their peak popularity in the sixties particularly in the rental market with its mainstay the workhorse converse hodgeman. Thin fabric on the bottom of course. Mat made of a canvas type material. The bottom fabric is a thinner nylon twill which provides a highly pliable material which can respond sensitively to the wave and the surfer.

The stripes down hodgman converse mat was a game changer in terms of surf mat performance. These highly advanced surf mats can be used in heavy surf as they are made with military grade fabrics and self sealing one way valves that are unique to the krypt surf brand. Before the stripes down model mats were wide corky affairs that favored either small kids looking to blow their mats up rock hard and stand on them or. 4 3 out of 5 stars 356 ratings 24 answered.

Mat surfing allows you to levitate above the surface of the water. Designed by the surf mat legend himself mr. With the emphasis on fun. Decks are made of heavy duty nylon canvas while the bottoms consist of a thin nylon twill.

And small junky waves became a creative canvas too as the new age mats boasted more bottom end performance than ever before. Surf mats might look like boogie boards but they re built and ridden in a completely different way. The rugged mat was made for the rigors of the rental market by the converse rubber company think chuck taylor all stars sneakers who had purchased hodgeman a renowned manufacturer of fishing. The concept of the hybrid 4gf surfmat design is simple and effective.

The surf mat is a pliable watercraft capable of doing magic things. Find classic chuck chuck 70 one star jack purcell more. We bought them to body surf or boogie board in hawaii because the cheap boogie boards are terrible and break almost instantly and we had heard that these are used in australia instead. So i tried a couple of variations of the canvas topped mats to minimize that downside.

It was a narrower mat along the lines of today s highest performing mats like the 4gf standard. Free shipping returns. These mats are sturdy coming with a thicker 1000 denier canvas style nylon deck which provides a naturally grippy surface backed up with a brushed hot wax finish. Big powerful waves that were once off limits to even the best mat riders were now ridden with joy and confidence.

The most sophisticated idea was a hybrid deck mat with canvas in the middle and thin nylon twill on the rails. The speed and handling of this new generation of surf mats redefined the sport. But some riders missed the super glide of a thin decked surf mat.