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Indo 2008 - 2010 🌺 trying to etch into my brain what Bali was like before the influencer circus 🫏
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Here's a mat heading to the US Virgin Islands for Mariah Ernst @mariah_langit

Mariah is a mat surfer of long standing who knows how to ride a mat well. She is on the team at Emocean Magazine @emocean.surf and has a close effinity with the ocean and natural world, so no surprises then that Mariah rides a mat!

Having recently hung out with Andrew Buck @aslbuck talking mats, Mariah was pretty clear that she wanted an RB-JMC super-free-breather with negative elastic rocker and, a particular Buck influence, an animal theme. As Mariah has always had a fantasy of skimming across a wave face on a giant clam shell her choice was simple and "Shell Yes!" was born! 😁

Shell Yes! is a nice addition to the quiver for Mariah. Over the years she has had a Nouveau Racer and a free (flat) rockered RB-JMC that has more restricted venting so Shell Yes! will give a very different ride to both. Very technical and very fast. Perfect addition. Shell Yes! also has one of the new low profile spring valves so I'm excited to hear how Mariah finds it. 

So, shell yes will be heading over to the US Virgin Islands and I can't wait to hear and see how she goes.

Have fun Mariah. 👍🏻🧔🏻👍🏻

Cheers

G

PS Mariah also recently picked up a G-Mat Mini from my partner Tom Jennings @rftsurfmats She says you should definitely get one too. 😁
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In 2009 I went to Bali for my first time. I arrived in the dark to Bingin and woke up (grabbed my disposable CVS camera) and snapped this first photo from my bed. It didn’t seem real to me that i was there. It still doesn’t after 16 years has passed. The following few weeks i stayed in Bingin were some times I will always cherish for the rest of my life. The kindness of the local people, endless waves, and “simple non resort structures” were what made it so special.  I hope that this iconic place gets to stay or be protected in some capacity from impending development. Thank you to the people of Bali for letting outsiders ,like myself ,visit over the years but also I hope that a line in some way gets drawn for the sake of the land.
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