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Mathea Olin

Mathea Olin

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Born: Canmore AB

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Lives in: Canada

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Disciplines: Shortboard Surfing, Longboard Surfing

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Transports Of Delight | Mathea Olin on #TheSearch | Rip Curl Sometimes you want to explore somewhere you’ve been a little differently. Capture a different feeling and see the place from a new lens. Canadian surf phenom Mathea Olin did this recently, deciding to navigate the freezing waters of the far north Pacific Ocean with some friends on a 37-foot aluminum sailing boat called the Gypsy Baron. “I’ve gone on many surf/boat camping trips around this island, but I’ve never done it on a sailboat, so this trip was extra special and exciting for me,” says Mathea. “It allowed us to really take our time going up the coast and take in every nook and cranny; check out new places, new sections of reef and kinda go wherever the wind would take us.” They cooked on a wood-fed stove on the boat, jumped overboard to camp on the rocky shores, and stayed up late to watch meteor showers shoot across clear, cold skies. There were also the empty line-ups, where the only locals they came in contact with were orcas. “I’ve spent a lot of time boating to camp, away from civilization, out of service and to be honest those are the times and places I feel most at home and connected to myself,” says Mathea. “I love when you’re in a place where there’s no distractions from the outside world and you can fully enjoy the place you are in, the people you’re with and just enjoy how beautiful our earth is and how insanely special it is to be alive.” The crew scored too, finding new waves they’d never surfed before, surfing a faithful right hander absolutely firing, and checking out potential slabs to come back to another time. All of the surfing was done in ‘balmy’ conditions for Canada. “It was very warm and sunny. I was only surfing in a 4x3, hood, and boots!” Despite the incredible weather, there were still blasting winds to negotiate and a few sketchy moments. On the night crossing over, the expert skipper Satch Robertson handed over a radio before bed and calmly told them if they woke up to him yelling from it, he’d fallen overboard. They’d have to come and find him. The guy was almost too relaxed in tricky situations, so Mathea didn’t know how to react when things got rough. “On our way back home there was one day that was insanely windy, decent size swell, and we were going around a point where there is always lots of water moving, so for me it felt really dicey but for Satch it wasn’t anything he hasn’t been in before and was a little too calm for my liking.” Those are the moments that make a trip memorable though. The people. The waves. The unique situations you’ll probably never be in again. That’s what The Search is all about. Proper adventure to inspire the next one. This is a film about The Search. Watch Transports of Delight, in all of its calm yet intense glory. Filmed and produced by Nate Laverty. #RipCurl Explore more from Rip Curl: https://www.ripcurl.com

11/04/2024   |   video icon

Rip Curl Hometown Showdown Since its inception in 1896, the Olympic Games have never been postponed. Until now. 2020 was to be surfing’s debut on the world’s biggest sporting stage, but due to Covid-19, the games were postponed one year. We’re taking you inside the lives and minds of the Canadian surfers on hold as they stay mentally and physically prepared for their biggest moment in the sport. The excitement is building as we wait for the Tokyo Games in 2021. Hear from Canada’s best surfers Mathea Olin and Pete Devries, and the rest of the Team, ahead of Surfing’s historic Olympic debut. The countdown is on for the Tokyo Olympics… and Surf Canada needed to find a way to prepare Canada’s Olympic hopefuls amongst the pandemic. The answer comes in the form of The Rip Curl HomeTown ShowDown, an invite only specialty competition, set to return High Performance surfing to Tofino’s coastline. With the Rip Curl Nationals postponed, this marks the first and only competition of the year and features some of Canada’s best talent, ready to be action tested. The unique ‘skins’ format brought local Tofino National Team members competing in a one-day ‘ShowDown’, purposefully designed to stress test the Athletes by adding intentional financial incentives to each heat, which will further simulate the high stakes of National Team Selections, World Championships and Olympic Games. "Everyone involved is really fired-up to compete again!" said Executive Director Dom Domic. "I am so stoked to have our National Team back in the ocean competing and staying On Track to Tokyo”. In addition, this ShowDown format, significantly tests our targeted athletes in all possible heat formats, and our Coaching staff will be able to identify any technical and tactical gaps, for optimal functioning prior to final Olympic Qualifiers in May 2021." Surf Canada worked closely with Nate Laverty and his Film team to capture content and produce a made for broadcast 23 min package that we will be providing to our Commercial and Media partners to share and amplify. Adjusting to the reality that is 2020, competitors and essential staff will be following our strict Safe Return To Sports Guidelines. Competition will be called on and take place subject to District of Tofino restrictions and COVID-19 related policies and protocol in B.C.. 10 Invited Athletes (5 females, 5 males): Olympic Pathway A Team Mathea Olin Pete Devries B Team Hanna Scott Catherine Bruhwiler Kalum Bruhwiler Temple Noah Cohen Michael Darling NextGen Team Sanoa Olin Jasmine Porter Reed Platenius

10/10/2023   |   video icon

Highlights / Competition Day 6 - 2023 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games

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