Written By Matt Keenan on October 25th, 2010 with
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After all the years I’ve been a sponsored surfer, nothing beats that feeling you get when the UPS man pulls up at the front door and drops off some fresh gear. Weather it be a box of ERGO clothes, a grip of NPX wetties or the holy grail , a box of freshly shaped shortboards, you still just gotta smile. We’ve been in the worst pattern of waves and I’ve been starring at the new boards for weeks and wondering if these wetsuits are ever going to get a use in them before we need hoods again. So today…
Written By Matt Keenan on October 8th, 2010 with
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Thanks god fall came in with a bang. This is the time of year we all just dream about all summer long as we ride grovelers and hop around in knee high mush. The hurricane swells pulsed and found a lot of long period walled out beaches, but last week our little wind swell just rocked our beaches here. At every nook and cranny in town there was wedges to be found, tubes to be stood up in , and lined up peeling walls to slice to pieces. I feel lucky to just be able to suit up at…
Written By Matt Keenan on September 15th, 2010 with
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It’s been sometime since I’ve had more then a few minutes alone with my own thoughts. During the summer months I work nonstop and barely have fifteen minutes to figure out what to do with myself let alone about surfing, get and ride new boards, chase a swell or travel. Now that summer is an image in the rearview mirror , I’ve gotten a lot of time to reflect on surfing and how much I really love our sport!!!
I have had to time you need to just wake up and check the surf and find the exact spot…
Written By Matt Keenan on May 10th, 2010 with
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I am really into doing a piece every few days about what I’m wearing, riding, into and things like that. I’ve been super blessed to work with Scott, at Hyperflex Wetsuits lately and I’ve been getting some super warm, comfy and flexible suits. I was always seeing them out in the water but never really knew where people were buying them as I’ve never seen them in any of the stores. People in the lineup seemed to always have them on and I figured I’d give them a try when I met up with him a few months back….
Written By Matt Keenan on May 7th, 2010 with
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So I just got back from Puerto Rico and was able to try out the ERGO Glasser Boardshort, Its a new trunk that is available for summer. They are seriously the best boardshorts that I have ever surfed in. They are full 4-way stretch without the hefty price tag. I literally surfed in these for 8 hrs every day with no lube and I had no rashes or chafed areas at all. These come in a couple different color ways and are avaiable at ERGO retailers for $55… Thats right $55 for a full 4 way trunk! So find your way into a local ERGO dealer or…
Written By Matt Keenan on May 1st, 2010 with
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I got married to my amazing wife, Lauren, on Oct 24th of this past year. It was the best day of my life and we had everyone with us there to share it with. We have waited for almost seven months to get our pictures back and last night was that day. Figured I would share a few of my favorites on here. ENJOY….
Written By Matt Keenan on April 30th, 2010 with
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My earlier post from Puerto RIco was about our amazing day riding horses. I really didn’t think much more was going to happen on our trip in regards to cool activities besides the beach and such, but I was incredible wrong. I’ve always heard there were some beautiful waterfalls in the San Sebastian area and since I had my wife and sister with me on this trip , I figured we had to sample them first hand. I wasn’t sure how to get there but go figure KR, who’s got perfect gps built right in his head lead us…
Written By Matt Keenan on April 28th, 2010 with
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I was in Florida a few weeks ago with Rob and we had a ton of random clips on his computer. I was teaching young Rob about the great rap songs of old and we came across Rump Shacker. He loved that the guys rapping were wearing Rip Curl spring suits and such so we threw it to some clips of me we had. Sorry for the quality of the footage as it’s all HD but he didn’t have a good conversion from my mac to his pc. Either way its a upload for whacky wednesday, enjoy.
Written By Matt Keenan on April 27th, 2010 with
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Yesterday was a great day for both Filtrate Eyewear and our own , Rob Kelly. When we were out on California in March, and we met up with the boys from Filtrate at Lowers and had a great surf. The funny thing about it all was it was just such a relaxed group of cool guys all hanging out and surfing and when we came in we just talked sunglasses for a few minutes and tried a few pairs on. These shades instantly caught my attention with the unmatched clarity and comfort. The polarized lenses were making our crowded…
Written By Matt Keenan on April 23rd, 2010 with
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I am literally loving life right about now. I’m down in Puerto Rico at Shacks beach and I’m staying at my sponsor’s house. Real Watersports has the sickest house a few lots back from the beach. I got married exactly six months ago, and for our wedding the boys gave us a free weeks stay in their rental. So since this is the first time my wife could take a vacation since our honeymoon we decided to shoot on down for a week and just live it up.
My sister, Jaime, came along as well as my boy Colin…
