Malibu Surfing Association - Matt Calvani Profile
BIO
NAME: Matt Calvani
BORN: June 8, 1970
NICKNAME: Moose
HOMETOWN: Redondo Beach
STANCE: goofy
STARTED SURFING: 1985
STARTED COMPETING: 2004
SURFING INFLUENCES: Tom Curren, Tyler, David Nuuhiwa
FAVORITE MANUEVER: in the tube or on the nose
BOARDS: 10' Bing Silver Spoon, 9'10" & 9'6" Bing Gold Standard, 7'6" Bing Lotus, 7'2" gun, 6'4" MC thruster, 5'10" Bing Quad, 5'10" Bing Bonzer twin-fin
VINTAGE BOARD: 10'1" Jacobs Lance Carson, 10'0" Jacobs 422, 9'10" Rick Dru Harrison Improvisor, 9'4" Hansen 50/50
FIRST BOARD: 5'9" Tom Stanton thruster
SPONSORS: not really
JOB: surfboard shaper/business owner, Bing Surfboards and Jacobs Surfboards
FUTURE PLANS: kitchen remodel to make Margaret happy...travel
TRAVELS: Fiji, Tahiti, Bali, New Zealand, G-land, Mentawais, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Spain, France, Portugal, Oregon
OTHER INTERESTS: Margaret, the love of my life
NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE: G-land during the Bali bombings
ONE THING YOU'D SAVE IN A FIRE: Velzy Jacobs balsas...then Margaret
FAVORITE FOOD: sushi
SOUNDS: Radiohead, The Police, Modest Mouse
WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO NOW: silence is golden
SURF FLICKS: Sprout, Free and Easy, Blazing Longboards
WEBSITES: bingsurf.com, hapjacobssurf.com, jamlongboarding.com , eBay
GUIDING LIGHTS: Hap Jacobs, Bing Copeland, Ms. Barrett, dad, Margaret
SHOUT OUTS: To my crew at Shoreline, work harder not smarter!
QUOTE: "Ride the right board for the right condition."
CHOOSE ONE
BASKETBALL / FOOTBALL neither, just surfing
BLONDE / BRUNETTE black hair
BRAINS / BRAWN
BURGERS / SANDWICHES
GOLF / TENNIS because Margaret makes me
TEA / COFFEE
PEPSI / COKE neither, Pacifico
CAKE / PIE
SMOOTHIE / ICE CREAM FLOAT
TATTOO / PIERCING neither
SHORT / LONG SKATEBOARD
SHORT / LONG SURFBOARD both, and everything in between
BEACH CHAIR /TOWEL
