Check out this article about our spokesperson, Schuyler McFerran in Surfline magazine!

10 Reasons to Ride a Mat

By: Schuyler McFerran

Sometimes life just gets the best of us. Maybe you accidentally asked an overweight woman when she's due or sent a creepy text to your crush then immediately regretted it.

On those days, you need to get in the water, wash off the stupidity and laugh at yourself while catching a few waves. But if the surf happens to be non-existent at that moment, a mat is the perfect solution.

Yet, Schuyler McFarren, the 2006 ASP Women's World Longboard Champ, is a bit more stylish and composed than most of us so she's got a completely different list of reasons you should invest in your very own surf mat. Or she's just trying to convince me to trade my hard boards for the squishiness of an inflatable mat since the first time we met as groms, nearly eight years ago, I ran over her board, gouging a gigantic chunk out of it. While I'll never live that one down, here's Schuyler's list of reasons to mat it up. – Ed

(Excerpt via Surfline Magazine)

- Kathryn Vargas