Channel Islands Surfboards
The two time Billabong Pro Tahiti champ says he’s not going to Teahupo‘o and that the Quiksilver Pro New York will be his ASP World Tour swan song. Just added: The ASP responds...
We met up with the good guys from Channel Islands this morning to try out a few of their new surfboard models. The waves were waist high and a south wind was hacking it up, but in the interest of servicing our readers, we manned up and paddled out...
Turn on the easy listening jazz, kick back, and watch the elder statesman Kelly Slater test drive some new sticks at the famed Rincon, tickling each wave with his toes, discovering and exploiting every nuance of each board and wave—the master at work...
It’s official! Today it was announced on Channel Islands blog that Kelly is heading to snapper for the first event of the World Tour in 2011. Check out his Snapper Rocks quiver here.
Matt Biolos of ...Lost Surfboards And George Gall from Plus One Surfboards break down the latest trend in surfboard design—going wider and shorter.
Fueled up on coffee and donuts courtesy of Analog, the TW crew tested just about every board Dave Downing from Channel Islands had in his van. Here’s some feedback from us office jockeys…
Rob Machado’s not afraid to ride just about any shape, style, or era of surfboard. And he’s got access to one of the world’s best shapers, Al Merrick, which makes for a potent combination of experimentation and board design. We caught up with Al to find out what Rob’s been up to lately, as well [...]
Dusty Payne's Qualifying Quiver, as seen in the April 2010 issue of TransWorld SURF.
Let surfing's see-sawing, Brett Favre-type-speculation on retirement or return begin again. Kelly Slater is working on a few new whacky shapes, and with rumors of the "new tour" being dead, could he be preparing for 2010 on the ASP World Tour?
In a just released video from Channel Island Surfboards, Al Merrick breaks down the nuances of the highly popular "Proton" model—Dane Reynolds' board of choice. Pretty cool to hear about the completely different rocker and what type of surfer the Proton is designed for.
