Greetings, Shredderz! Today we’re featuring a board from a label I haven’t written about for some time, but one that remains an all time favorite: Channel Islands Surfboards. CI is the label of Al Merrick, one of the most influential shapers of all time, thanks to collaborations with at least three surfers who…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Today’s vintage surf ad — part of the Sagas of Shred series — features the Eighties surf scene’s version of peanut butter and jelly: Tom Curren and Channel Islands Surfboards. Never mind that the ad is technically an OP ad. I still look back fondly on Ocean Pacific’s run as one of…
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Greetings, Shredderz! You know the drill: here are some of the coolest boards I’ve seen on Instagram lately. Keep scrolling for more… View this post on Instagram ⚡️RENNY YATER GUN⚡️1976⚡️ . This is Jock Sutherland’s personal Pipeline Gun. . Dims: 8’1 x 20-1/2” x 3-1/2” . #renny #yater #santabarbarasurfshop #santabarbara #pipeline #ricon #jocksutherland…
Continue readingGreetings, Shredderz! As always, here are some of my favorite social media posts I have seen over the past month. Keep scrolling for more. View this post on Instagram Shred Sledz actually has its origins on the East Coast: Long Island, New York to be exact. Perhaps the greatest shaper in New York…
Continue readingGreetings, Shredderz! Today we have an amazing 70s single fin that comes courtesy of Rich Cicala, who reached out on Instagram. The surfboard featured in this post is a 70s Bob Krause Channel Islands Surfboards single fin, and it is loaded with all sorts of old school goodies. First, a primer: for those…
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Greetings, Shredderz! We have another Social Media Roundup on deck, just in time to take you into the weekend. Without any further ado, here come some hand picked selections from the various transmissions across the world wide web… View this post on Instagram Happy Frye Day!!! 5’10” Skip Frye G&S fish and the…
Continue readingBefore we start, I’d like to make one thing clear: this might be a free country, but Shred Sledz is a blog that will not tolerate any slander of Tom Curren whatsoever. This is non-negotiable. That said…I’d like to know who at OP in the Eighties thought it would be a good idea…
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My first ever surfboard — which is still in my possession, thank you — is an oversized Channel Islands thruster from the late 1990s. It still bears many relics from a time when the Momentum generation was the coolest thing since sliced bread, including an outdated On A Mission traction pad and what…
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A Channel Islands Tom Curren Al Merrick shaped personal rider!
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Seasons’s Greetingz! Nothing says holiday cheer more than a neon wetsuit and a vertical backhand attack. Actually, that’s not true at all. But I figure if you’re a regular Shred Sledz reader, there’s no better way to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year than with another Sagas of Shred entry. The…
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