BMT may better suit those that are of a lighter frame or like a looser, tighter arc feels underfoot.The CI Mid is a modern classic design resulting from a fun collaboration with Devon Howard, a southern California surfer that has spent the past two decades riding and refining egg-inspired designs that are in a category of boards many refer to as midlengths. Go the AMK if you like fuller, rounder, drivey turns-or if have a medium to larger body type. Recommended fins are either the AMK or BMT. When sizing any of our Mid designs, we recommend about 10” above your height for good to very good surfers 12” for average to good and 14-16” for beginner to average ability. bottoms) and sealed with a beautiful satin gloss finish.
All Mid Twins are stocked with high quality resin craftsmanship (6-4oz. Team riders have shared they are sometimes going as much as 4 inches shorter than the original Mid because of all these updates with fins, dims and rocker-as well as the fact that we built the shorter sized Mid Twins with more generous volume than our original Mid stock dims.Īs for the finishing touches, we kept the same minimalist logo as the original Mid-the exact logo Al put on his boards in the early ’70s. To help the board perform even better rail to rail and be more sensitive through turns when you need it, we added just a touch more tail rocker.
Although it called for a slightly shorter rail line, we wanted to keep the Mid Twin’s stock volume (liters) as close to the original as possible for optimal paddling-so a tad bit of width and thickness was added. Thanks to added lift from the larger twin fins, we were able to cut down the board’s length by 1” from the original Mid dims-resulting in crisper turns through critical sections. Riders may also experience surprisingly high top-end speeds that seamlessly and confidently flow into quick, drivey bottom turns or redirections out on the open face. The Mid Twin is best described as an incredibly responsive, spicy mid-length that allows riders to draw smooth – classic lines with effortless trim speeds while still offering the high levels of performance customers expect from Channel Islands. After riding multiple R&D revisions with various fin placements-and adding tweaks to both tail rocker and overall dimensions-Devon concluded: “A really great board just got even better.” So, when updating our popular “CI Mid” to accommodate two fins, we once again worked with the Mid’s co-designer Devon Howard. While it can also be enjoyed as a single-fin, the side-fin placement is too far forward to work properly as a twin. Our original CI Mid debuted with the ever reliable 2-plus-1 fin set-up (big center fin, small sidebites).
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