Channel Islands Surfboards

ROUNDABOUT: Parker Coffin

In the past year Parker Coffin has starred in Snapt 4, Stab High, Stab Highway, Drive Thru, won the Backdoor Shootout, and launched two models with Channel Islands (the Fishbeard and the SITD-winning CI Pro) all while continuing to drop some of the best freesurf edits on the side as passion projects.

Parker hasn’t cleared the decks either. Currently, he is working on Snapt 5, a new apparel range with Roark, and a new clip for the CI Pro that will come out late summer. And that’s just the near-horizon.

In this edit he's riding a mix of Two Happys and CI Pros.

Filmed by Alex Kilauano, Ryan Perry, Blake Michel

Edit by Alex Kilaunao

Let it Simmer - starring Mikey February, G Bros, Britt & Noe Mar

“Let it Simmer” is live over on CI Surfboards’ YouTube channel or cisurfboards.com. This short surf film highlights the collaborative process of CI’s Britt Merrick working on designs and shapes with some of the world’s best surfers (the CI Surf Team!). It Features Mikey February, Tanner and Pat Gudauskas and Noe Mar McGonagle.. Let it Simmer is a peek into CI’s riders and Britt chasing waves and talking about board designs that will utlimately help us all enjoy our surfing all that much more on our next trip or session at home.

This film was captured by Alex Kilauano and Sean Lesh, and was also edited by Alex Kilauano.

Boards featured are Twin Pin and Two Happy.

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Meet Lenny: Australia’s Next Big Thing

Lennix Smith is Australia’s hottest up and coming youngster. He lives in Barrack Point, a quaint coastal town on the southern coast of Australia. Lennix charges and has a very well-rounded repertoire for being only 16, as seen in his recent edit “Not Lenny" on @stab.

Lennix currently trains with Matt Griggs, a former professional tour surfer and coach of Mick Fanning. Now in year 11 at school, his main goal is to be on the CT and keep exploring South Australia to get some proper barrels. He now adds his Tweed Pro win to his list of major accomplishments that include 2x Australian Titles and The Occy Grom Comp Champion. We expect we’ll see a lot more great things to come from this rising star in the coming months and years ahead.

Video shot by Ben Bagley from Lago films.

Australia's Jordy Lawler — Baja Trippin'

Narrabeen's favorite son, and Sydney Pro champ, Jordy Lawler, headed over the U.S. Mainland to sharpen up his CI quiver and his surfing a few weeks ahead of the WSL's Challenger Series kick off at the U.S. Open. After spending some time at our factory working on his comp quiver with Britt, he headed south of the border to test ride and then pick out his favorites for the Series. The work on his boards and his surfing appears to have paid off, as seen by his 5th place finish in Portugal. We're excited to see how he goes in France, and hoping he lands himself a spot on the CT for next Season. Jordy is mostly riding his Two Happy model as well as the OG Flyer.

Video by Noah McPherson.

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Dane Reynolds is Two Happy

Britt Merrick worked with Dane Reynolds and Parker Coffin on developing this board. The Two Happy takes all the high-performance speed and flow of the original Happy but makes it more accessible and user-friendly for a broader range of surfers and conditions. With added entry rocker and increased double concave, the Two Happy is looser, rolls rail to rail more easily, and carves better in the pocket. Our team describes the board as exceptionally fast, responsive, and under the feet. The fuller rails and wider, thicker tail block provide ease of paddle, ride, and acceleration. To enjoy all of our state-of-the-art shortboard performance design characteristics packed into one easy-to-ride and accessible board, look no further than the Two Happy—now available at your local surf shop or cisurfboards.com.

Filmers: Jason Blanchard (@miniblanchard) Andrew Schoener (@andrew_schoener)

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Mikey February Twin Pin Indo Sessions - V.1

Mikey February recently took a few his new Twin Pins over to quiet Indonesian reef pass in Indonesia to experience a range of conditions. In this video you can hear Mikey's insights about how the Twin Pin all came together between him and Britt Merrick, as well as his sizing recommendations.

The new Twin Pin model is now available, stocked in a few select color deck laminations—as well as clear—which you can find at a surf shop near you or on

CI GROM COMP

We had so much fun putting on the recent Grom Comp as part of our first CI Surfboards Rider Session team gathering of 2021. CI Team Riders and top prospects (ages 8 to 17) not only enjoyed a beautiful day of competing against their peers, they were treated to an epic BBQ, words of wisdom by Britt, as well as some super valuable coaching by Chris Keet.

CI’s future champs start with the youth, and through these next generations we believe they’ll help guide the level of surfing we see in the years to come.

Lookin forward to the next one!

Video by @ryanperry

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Two Happy in Bali

CI's Bali Boys were looking way Two Happy on a recent little weekend trip away from their home breaks. Head over to CI Surfboards YouTube to see them going ham on a dreamy lil' high performance wave that got us all pretty psyched here in our Carpinteria factory. They all tell us the Two Happy is blowing their minds—an incredible well rounded performance board.

Surfers are @ryukiwaida @_kianmartin @ketutagus_ and this edit is via @lem_ontrees / filmed by @bretoncarasso

You can find Two Happy at your local surf shop or learn more here at

Two Happy

Exponential happiness is here.

Two Happy, a performance shortboard model created by Britt Merrick, is the result of working with Dane Reynolds, Parker Coffin, Mikey February and more. Two Happy takes all the speed, flow and maneuverability of the original Happy but makes it more accessible and user friendly for a broader range of surfers and conditions.

With added entry rocker and increased double concave, the Two Happy is looser, rolls rail to rail more easily, and carves better in the pocket.

Our team describes the board as exceptionally fast, responsive, and under the feet. The fuller rails and wider, thicker tail block provide ease of paddle, ride, and acceleration.

Stock Dimensions:
5’8” x 181/4” x 2 3/16” - 24.1L
5’9” x 18 3/8” x 2 1/4” - 25.3L
5’10” x 18 5/8” 2 5/16” - 26.7L
5’11 x 18 7/8" x 2 3/8” - 28.2L
6’0” x 19 1/8” x 2 7/16” - 29.7L
6’1” x 19 1/4” x 2 1/2” - 31.1L
6’2” x 19 1/2” x 2 9/16” - 32.7L
6’3” x 19 7/8” x 2 5/8” - 34.5L
6’4” x 20 1/8” x 2 3/4” - 37.1L

To enjoy all of our state-of-the-art shortboard performance design characteristics packed into one easy-to-ride and accessible board, look no further than the Two Happy.

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Channel Islands "Upright" Fin

The new CI Upright came from a need to balance the CI fin offering. Where the original, highly raked CI fin is more suited to classic down-the-line thrust and drawn out turns, the reality is, most surfers are riding smaller waves and beach breaks that require quicker turns, and a fin that allows for more pivot.

“You’ll find the CI Upright will help you in smaller waves and steep, quick waves, any time where you need quickness of response and the ease of top to bottom transitions”. – Britt Merrick

Where the original CI fin is suited to bigger, better open face waves, the CI Upright has a high rate of return and responsiveness, which means it’s ideal for beach breaks and little waves where need to generate speed quickly.

“The CI Upright will lend itself to any board, but given the lower sweep, it will really suit grovellers and small wave boards where you need a little more get up and go” – Brit Merrick