C.I Happy Everyday, Bobby Quad & Tyler Warren Zipper - WE TEST 3 PU SURFBOARDS IN THE URBNSURF POOL

Welcome to our PU surfboard wave pool test!

With so much chatter around EPS and epoxy boards in wave pools, we thought it’d be great to grab a few of our favourite PU surfboards to put in the water at URBNSURF to see how they go…

We were lucky enough to grab two great C.I surfboards straight off the rock at Onboard Store in Mona Vale Sydney - that was the Happy Everyday and the Bobby Quad:

Channel Islands Happy Everyday - https://www.onboardstore.com.au/surfb...

Created by Britt Merrick from what was initially the Two Happy performance shortboard model, CI's new Happy Everyday fills a need in every surfer's quiver: the everyday shortboard.

Coming off the heels of CI's Pro Team loving the Two Happy, Britt wanted to draft off its performance attributes but modify it to address the everyday conditions most of us come up against. The kind of conditions where you want to rip and aren't feeling the groveler vibes, and at the same time maybe not quite 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-to-rail ease and plenty of lift in the small stuff.

The CI Pro Team has been loving it, and the design was further validated in the recent Stab in the Dark that featured Taj Burrow in West Oz - not only for the way it looked under his feet but the fact he chose to paddle out on as the wildcard for WSL's Rottnest Islands event.

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).

In short, a board designed for high performance surfing on the majority of waves the majority of us surf every day, the Happy Everyday.

Channel Islands Bobby Quad - https://www.onboardstore.com.au/surfb...

If you're after a speedy, playful, short-railed board that stays loose yet crisp in the pocket on smaller, weaker days then look no further than the new Bobby Quad.

Santa Barbara's Bobby Martinez challenged CI to build him as short of a board as possible with the goal of maximizing his fun in tiny summer surf.

By shortening the rail line and distributing the volume into the width throughout the plan shape, Bobby is able to skate over the flats and carry enough speed on this four-finned design to still fit in his signature turns. Bobby's dimensions landed at 5'2 x 19 x 2 5/16, quite a step down from his 5'8 standard shortboards.

The Bobby Quad is designed to be ridden 3" to 6" shorter and 1/4" to 1/2" wider than your shortboard.

Tyler Warren Zipper - https://heartofglassbyronbay.com.au/c...

This board Tyler desighned with Midget Smith in 2006. The original was a diamond tail thruster. A fishy outline allowing for effortless speed and drive. This board can also be ridden as a quad, bonzer or single fin.

This review was a great chance to check out the new Blackstix 4.0 by Futures Fins - https://futuresfins.com.au/pages/blac...

Futures Blackstix fins feature a V2 inside foil that generates and maintains speed throughout turns. The precision carbon and fiberglass matrix construction paired with specialised epoxy resin provides a very lightweight fin with incredible response, making your board feel livelier.
V2 Foil

SPEED GENERATING

Future’s revolution in fin and foil design. The inside surface of the fin is concave at the base and transitions to a flat surface at the tip of the fin, improving how water flows across fin. The V2 foil creates an effortless feeling rail-to-rail so you can keep speed while setting up big maneuvers down the line, even when the waves you’re surfing lack power.

Thanks for checking out the review, and thanks to URBNSURF for having us, it really was a blast!

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