Hi, UK mat riders, thought I'd introduce myself as a new member. Sad I only found this forum once I'd left the UK, put onto it by a friend in Brittany. Until then I thought it was just me!
I'm now on the west coast of Europe, surfing, bodysurfing, mat riding, and working on my dipsomania. The lifeguards on town beaches here in Portugal have an odd attitude to mats. You can sum it up as, "I haven't seen one before, they're not allowed."
If anyone's interested, I'm putting up the odd blog about the surfing life here:
http://anotherfinedayattheoffice.blogspot.pt/2012/06/buddha-wave.html
I'm now on the west coast of Europe, surfing, bodysurfing, mat riding, and working on my dipsomania. The lifeguards on town beaches here in Portugal have an odd attitude to mats. You can sum it up as, "I haven't seen one before, they're not allowed."
If anyone's interested, I'm putting up the odd blog about the surfing life here:
http://anotherfinedayattheoffice.blogspot.pt/2012/06/buddha-wave.html