Kolohe's quiver. Photo: Matt Biolos
The word Mayhem is the same as the round stone found in Lower Trestles.
Naturally, some of the world's most famous surfers are backed by the Matt Biolos brand.
Matt always feels the waves in his mind as he planes his board.
Every year the World Tour meets in San Clemente, and when it does, Matt is swamped with orders from the best surfers in the world.
For the 2015 Hurley Pro (starting tomorrow), Matt built boards for Kolohe, Mick, Julian, Taj, Alejo, Wiggory, Ricardo, Adam, and Freddie P.
In the Women's category, Carissa, Maria, Coco, and Tyler will likely be carrying Matt's fiberglass.
There are also some very dedicated surfers who are constantly developing huge numbers of custom orders.
That's Kolohe Andino, whose results in the lower tournaments tend to affect his performance for the rest of the tour.
As Trestles approaches, he is currently ranked 31st in the world.
We called Matt and asked him.
What kind of shape do you plan to get him into to get him out of his slump as a competitor?
Matt Biolos: "Dino and I are hopeful that the new quiver will turn things around. Kolohe has focused on riding longer, narrower, more traditional boards this year that have been refined for the CT. He has kept those boards his own, but we built him a second quiver based on the boards that have been working well on the QS. Based on the board he used to win the Australian Open earlier this year, the new quiver is a little shorter with a wider tail block. It also has a slacker rocker for more movement."
The board that beat Jeremy Flowe at Snapper this year was a combination of several boards.
"Last year he changed his designs more and had more success, but mainly in good waves like Fiji and Brazil.
After getting on the board and practicing surfing lower, it just didn't seem to work the way he wanted to approach it.
The board was geared towards parko and finesse.
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The new board should allow him to get deeper edge backs and surf.
We're slowly getting closer to the board that launched his surfing skills at age 15. The most important features of Kolohe's board are the smooth, flowing rocker and outline, which are perfectly suited to the slope of Trestles' coveted waves. We've just finished spray painting the board for him.
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The two surf photos above were just sent to me by Kolohe photographer Noah Alani @noah_alani and were taken in Kolohe the previous evening.
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