Britt Merrick and CIs Global Team Manager Brent Power just spent a few weeks on North Shore to dial in quivers for CI's CT 2024 Surfers: Joao Chianca, Barron Mamiya, Lakey Peterson, Imaikalani DeVault, Alyssa Spencer, and Matt MacGillivray.They met daily, surfed, talked about their boards' pros and cons, took notes and went back to California after a few weeks to fix the board refinements they felt were needed. The work they did collectively on dialing in boards will ensure these CT surfers are 100% ready for Pipe and Sunsetthere will be no second guessing what they are riding, regardless of whatever Mother Nature has in store for those events.The video is a fly-on-the-wall view of Britt and Brent's time with these 6 surfers, and includes insightful commentary about how they approached this process. And, of course, there was lot of great waves and surfing as the backdrop to their R&D sessions.So what are they riding? The team is mostly on custom dims of popular CI Performance models such as CI Pro, 2.Pro and Happy Traveler...

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We are stoked to bring you Part 1 of our new YouTube series Free Scrubber: Excess Baggage, starring Tom Curren. You can follow along, right here on CIs YouTube, as every Tuesday we will share another reel of unseen moments captured during the making of Free Scrubber by Rip Curl. You wont want to miss these!In Part 1, youll see Tom on his CI Free Scrubber twin-fin model flying across sand-bottom points, then hiding from Mexicos sweltering sunshine with Stratocaster in hand, dropping his latest single: Instagram (No thank you maam).Video shot by Andy Potts, and edited by Vaughan Blakey and Nick Pollet. Project made possible by the support of Buggs and Punta Conejo Resort.See Britts breakdown on this super fun twin fin here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSu9tJjxCnE, or find more on the Free Scrubber board here: https://cisurfboards.com/products/free-scrubber-1

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We met up with Mikey February and our CT surfers Lakey Peterson, Jacko Baker, Joao Chianca, Nat Young and Jordy Lawler to let them take their first spin on our new everyday shortboard: Happy Everyday. We captured immediate reactions and thoughts following their first session.Created by Britt Merrick from what was initially the Two Happy performance shortboard model, our new Happy Everyday fills a need in every surfers quiver: the everyday shortboard.DIMENSIONS54 x 18 x 2 1/8 22.4L55 x 18 x 2 3/16 23.7L56 x 18 x 2 1/14 - 25.1L57 x 19 x 2 5/16 - 26.4L58 x 19 x 2 3/8 - 27.9L59 x 19 x 2 7/16 - 29.4L510 x 19 x 2 - 30.9L511 x 20 x 2 9/16 - 32.6L60 x 20 x 2 5/8 - 34.2L61 x 20 x 2 5/8 - 35.1L62 x 20 5/8 x 2 - 37.5L63 x 20 x 2 - 38.2L64 x 21 x 2 7/8 - 40.9LSometimes you face the kind of conditions where you want to rip but arent feeling the groveler vibes, and at the same time it may not quite be the epic stuff you would use your high performance shortboard for. To achieve this goal, Britt shortened the rail to create a curvier outline, especially through the tail area. For both the entry and exit rockers he lowered them to increase paddle and planing speeds to cover a broader range of conditions. The single concave under the front foot acts as a gas pedal and generous double concave through the fins provides rail. The single concave under the front foot acts as a gas pedal and generous double concave through the fins provides rail-to-rail ease and plenty of lift in the small stuff.The Happy Everyday is a great all-around design that sits right between your high performance shortboard (Two Happy) and a step down/groveler (Rocket Wide). Its ridden most often as a thruster but can be ordered as a five-finsome people have been raving about riding it as a quad.Head to your local shop or here to learn more

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WSL Rookie Joao Chianca was definitely the breakout performer of the recent Pipe event. Britt Merrick caught up with him to talk about his experience in the event and his thoughts on the 64 Happy Traveler he rode.Learn more about Happy Traveler here